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Sunday, November 14, 2004
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Bans bolster foes of gay marriage
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 BOSTON – The fight for gay marriage appeared to be gaining ground a year ago. Although dozens of states had passed laws defining marriage as a heterosexual institution, advocates took …
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Fallujah under troops’ control
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 FALLUJAH, Iraq – U.S. commanders said they had established at least loose control over almost all of Fallujah on Saturday, and estimated that 1,600 insurgents had been killed during the …
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Proposal would split state’s electoral votes
November 14, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Despite a high-interest presidential election this year, state House Minority Leader Wendy Jaquet said many Idaho voters complained to her that they felt like their votes didn’t count. …
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Finding the spark
November 14, 2004 in City on Page A1 Christien stopped talking at 19 months. The toddler lost the words “mommy,” “daddy,” “bottle” and “I wuv you.” The only word left was “juice.” He demanded juice frequently and screamed …
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Spokane County shifts into red zone
November 14, 2004 in City on Page A1 This year’s election results confirm what politicians and political observers have suspected for years: Spokane County is shifting to solid Republican territory. From Deer Park to Spangle, from Liberty Lake …
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Scott Peterson now faces legal battle on two fronts
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A2 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The jury that convicted Scott Peterson saw a man with two faces: in public, a loving father-to-be with a steady job and stable home – and, …
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Holocaust exhibit includes testimony
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 CINCINNATI – Henry Meyer was a Jewish teenager imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. Elmer Reis was an Army soldier who helped liberate the German concentration camp where …
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Police use Taser to stop fleeing 12-year-old girl
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 MIAMI – Police have acknowledged using a stun gun to immobilize a 12-year-old girl just weeks after an officer jolted a first-grader with 50,000 volts. Police Director Bobby Parker defended …
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China urges calm over sub incident
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 TOKYO – Japan and China should try to resolve their differences calmly, China’s ambassador to Japan said Saturday, a day after Tokyo filed a protest with Beijing over the intrusion …
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Iran minister says nuclear talks in ‘final stages’
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran is in the “final stages” of negotiation with diplomats from the major European powers in a dispute over nuclear arms, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Saturday. …
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Irish leader doubts sincerity of IRA’s offer to disarm
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The Irish Republican Army is probably bluffing and won’t disarm or disband in support of revived Northern Ireland power-sharing, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble told his …
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India says it’s willing to consider formal proposals on Kashmir
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW DELHI – India will consider any formal proposal from Pakistan to settle their decades-old dispute over Kashmir, the Himalayan region at the center of two wars between the nuclear-armed …
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Westerners continue to flee Ivory Coast
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Frightened Westerners – many of them longtime residents of this former African economic success story – piled into buses, boats and planes Saturday as a French-run …
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Behind the ‘Purple America’ map
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A6 Down-in-the-dumps Democrats, gloating Republicans and secessionist wannabes, take note: The presidential election results weren’t what they seemed. At least that’s the finding of Jeff Culver, a University of Washington grad …
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Bush faces domestic challenges
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – From his domestic policy platter, President Bush chose to serve dessert before the main course. He accomplished the things that were palatable and relatively easy during his first …
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Congressman advocates adequate health care funds for troops, vets
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans in Congress must set aside partisan differences to adequately fund health care services for active U.S. troops and military veterans, Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas …
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Schwarzenegger still a political phenomenon
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A7 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It’s been a year since Arnold Schwarzenegger became California’s 38th governor, and the Hollywood actor-turned-politician remains a phenomenon – theatrical, unbridled and radiating raw confidence. He smokes …
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Russia gets suspect in bombing
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A10 MAKHACHKALA, Russia – A suspect in a 1999 apartment-building bombing that killed 64 people and helped trigger Moscow’s renewed military campaign in Chechnya was brought to Russia on Saturday after …
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Living with Chernobyl
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A10 SVETILOVICHI, Belarus – The signs say “KEEP OUT” and warn of radiation contamination, but the mushroom-pickers trudge right past them carrying their pails. Eighteen years after the reactor at Chernobyl …
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The breath of life
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A11 RICHMOND, Va. – Two years ago, Len Geiger was near death, suffering from a severe case of genetic emphysema. On Saturday, Geiger participated in his first marathon, accompanied by the …
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Minnesota church may have been conned again
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A11 WILLMAR, Minn. – After its last pastor allegedly bilked them out of $10,000, leaders of Rejoice Ministries church thought they were being extra careful when they hired James Poole. Still …
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In passing
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A12 Mimis Chrysomallis, Greek actor Athens, Greece Mimis Chrysomallis, a popular Greek actor, died Friday of a heart attack, a hospital said Saturday. He was 66.
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George Gross, block grant creator, dies at 70
November 14, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A12 WASHINGTON – George Gross, a lawyer and lobbyist who focused primarily on urban issues and who helped develop the Community Development Block Grant program while at Housing and Urban Development, …
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Rapper O.D.B. found dead in studio at 35
November 14, 2004 in City on Page A13 NEW YORK – The rap artist O.D.B., whose utterly unique rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died …

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