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Wednesday, November 3, 2004
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Voters went to great lengths
November 3, 2004 in City on Page A1 After nearly a year of presidential politics, months of negative television ads and weeks of campaign brochures filling their mail boxes, voters decisively took control of the electoral process Tuesday. …
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District 4 legislative races too close to call
November 3, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 It was unclear Tuesday night whether Coeur d’Alene was keeping the Democrats in the Idaho House. With 48 percent of the precincts reporting, Rep. George Sayler, D-Coeur d’Alene, was leading …
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McMorris defeats Barbieri in House race
November 3, 2004 in City on Page A1 Cathy McMorris, who began her career in politics at the age of 24, will be the first woman to represent Eastern Washington in the U.S. House after soundly defeating Democrat …
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Bush has lead
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With Ohio looming as a Florida redux, President Bush prepared to declare re-election victory this morning and Democratic rival John Kerry refused to concede. “We will fight for …
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Passions, turnout high in North Idaho
November 3, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 In back rooms and shopping malls, from Indian Country to remote trading posts, North Idaho residents kept an ear cocked for election results on a night when steady rain dripped …
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GOP retains control of Congress
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Republicans appeared certain to retain control of the U.S. Senate Tuesday after pulling off key early wins in the South, and they had the prospect of widening their …
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Governor’s race too close to call
November 3, 2004 in City on Page A1 Washington residents might not know for several days who their next governor will be. As counties around the state wrapped up the counting of their ballots cast at poll sites …
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By the numbers
November 3, 2004 in City on Page A1 U.S. Senate 40 percent of precincts reporting
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Lottery numbers
November 3, 2004 on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Daily Game: 1-2-7. Tuesday’s Washington Lucky for Life: 11-15-20-24.
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Lawyer: Hate, don’t convict
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A2 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A defense attorney in Scott Peterson’s murder trial began his closing remarks Tuesday by telling jurors that although they may loath his client they should not …
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Prison soldier pleads guilty
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A fourth soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has pleaded guilty, and provided authorities with fresh details on how an Iraqi inmate was dragged naked on …
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At least 10 Iraqis die in insurgent attacks
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD, Iraq – A series of bloody attacks Tuesday claimed the lives of at least 10 Iraqis and wounded nearly 20 as insurgents continued their campaign of undermining the U.S.-appointed …
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Taliban ‘flexible’ about demands
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban splinter group threatening to kill three U.N. hostages said Tuesday there was “some flexibility” about their demands, which include the world body’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. …
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DNA to tell if skull is Mozart’s
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 VIENNA, Austria – DNA tests could soon solve a century-old mystery – whether a skull held by the International Mozarteum Foundation is that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Archaeologists have opened …
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Mines to vines plants peace
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 RUTHERFORD, Calif. – Heidi Kuhn tasted the fruits of her labors in September when she visited Croatia and sampled the first harvest from a vineyard that used to be a …
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Desertion saga ends with man’s guilty plea
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins pleaded guilty today to deserting the U.S. Army in 1965 and aiding the enemy, saying that he wanted to avoid hazardous duty …
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Queen visits Germany to mark reconciliation
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 BERLIN – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath at Germany’s national war memorial and urged remembrance of the suffering of both sides in World War II during a state …
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London newspaper broadly announces switch to tabloid
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 LONDON – To make sure nobody missed its big change from a broadsheet to a tabloid, The Times of London told readers about it on the front page. On Saturday, …
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Vietnamese show canceled over flag images
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 WESTMINISTER, Calif. – A Vietnamese television station in Southern California canceled a news program after it briefly aired images of the communist Vietnamese flag and Ho Chi Minh, the founder …
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Mexican bread honors the dead
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 MEXICO CITY – It fell into young hands like manna from heaven – only this was Day of the Dead bread, commemorating the annual return of souls of the deceased. …
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Police raids punctuate Thai nightlife
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 BANGKOK, Thailand – Police burst into the dark nightclub after midnight, weave through the crowd and lock the doors, trapping nearly 400 bewildered customers inside. The lights flicker on and …
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Recently appointed cardinal who disparaged homosexuals dies
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 BRUSSELS, Belgium – Belgian Cardinal Gustaaf Joos, who derided lesbians and gays as “sexual perverts,” died Tuesday, local church officials said. He was 81. Joos, who was appointed cardinal last …
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Scandal costs Mexico’s Pemex director his job
November 3, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 MEXICO CITY – The general director of Mexico’s state oil company was replaced Monday amid a scandal involving the use of corporate funds to pay for his wife’s plastic surgery. …
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Backers say Nader made a difference
November 3, 2004 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON, D.C. – By 10:20 Tuesday night, about 150 people stood, yelling and applauding at the National Press Club as Ralph Nader spoke to the happiest party of any losing …
