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Thursday, October 28, 2004
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CdA gets chance at big grant
October 28, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene is the best chance Idaho has for snagging a $20 million Salvation Army grant to build a community center. Local leaders and youth advocates were ecstatic Wednesday after …
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County hires ex-Met manager
October 28, 2004 in City on Page A1 Longtime Spokane political strategist Erik Skaggs has taken a $55,000-a-year job as Spokane County’s new director of economic development. Until last year, he also was a key figure at Metropolitan …
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North Idaho man gets new heart pump in national trial
October 28, 2004 in City on Page A1 The search for a more durable heart pump to help the sickest heart patients is under way in Spokane. A 60-year-old North Idaho man on Tuesday received a Novacor heart …
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STA to cut paratransit service to some riders
October 28, 2004 in City on Page A1 About 200 people with disabilities are scheduled to lose their transportation service from the Spokane Transit Authority next year, a loss that some riders say could force them to leave …
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‘Hobbit’ bones that of new human species
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 In an astonishing discovery that could rewrite the history of human evolution, scientists say they have found the skeleton of a new human species, a dwarf, marooned for eons in …
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From ‘cursed’ to first
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 ST. LOUIS – Harry Frazee was ready for the reaction. The Boston Red Sox owner had just sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 …
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Man accused of failing to tell sex partner of HIV infection
October 28, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 A former North Idaho man was summoned to court on Wednesday on the felony criminal charge of having sexual intercourse and not disclosing that he is HIV-positive. The court filing …
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Lottery numbers
October 28, 2004 on Page A2 Wednesday’s Washington Daily Game: 2-9-5. Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 2-9-16-22-29-46. One winner. Next jackpot $1 million.
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Haitian police raid slums, execute 10, neighbors say
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Police raided a slum building in Haiti’s capital and executed at least 10 people, most students, neighbors told a human rights lawyer Wednesday, the second day of …
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Arafat’s health raises concerns
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 RAMALLAH, West Bank – Top Palestinian leaders gathered early today at Yasser Arafat’s battered headquarters here amid reports that the longtime Palestinian leader’s health was deteriorating rapidly. Arafat’s top spokesman …
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Kyoto Protocol heads to Putin
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of parliament ratified the global climate pact Wednesday and sent it on to President …
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Candidates try to mine missing Iraqi explosives
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 LITITZ, Pa. – President Bush accused Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Wednesday of “saying almost anything to get elected” for trying to make a campaign issue out of missing …
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Romanian cities shaken by quake
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 BUCHAREST, Romania – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 shook Romania late Wednesday, Romania’s Earth Physics Institute said. Authorities said there were no immediate reports of injuries …
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Discovery of body dashes hopes for earthquake victim
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 TOKYO – A 3-year-old girl buried in the rubble of an earthquake-triggered landslide in northern Japan was found dead today , a day after rescuers pulled her younger brother alive …
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2-year-old pulled alive from earthquake rubble
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A5 TOKYO – In a dramatic rescue shown on live TV, a 2-year-old boy was pulled out alive Wednesday after four days trapped inside his family’s minivan, buried by an earthquake-induced …
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Titan mystery continues
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – High-quality images of Titan, Saturn’s mysterious moon, tantalized and bewildered scientists Wednesday, and they warned that NASA’s Cassini spacecraft may have to make several passes over the frozen …
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Space travelers pleased with completed chores
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A6 STAR CITY, Russia – The newly returned crew of the international space station said Tuesday they had accomplished all the necessary tasks in their six months on the orbiting station, …
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Americans taller, but fatter
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A7 American adults weigh about 25 pounds more now than they did in 1960, according to new government statistics released Wednesday. Kids’ weight has increased about 9 pounds over the last …
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Man lost 421 pounds before obesity surgery
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A7 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. Doctors said he was “doing …
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Abuse of mentally ill alleged
October 28, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A9 WICHITA, Kan. – A couple who run a mental health facility forced mentally ill adults to labor on their Kansas farm in the nude and subjected them to other forms …
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Natural gas pipeline inches toward reality
October 28, 2004 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON – A 3,500-mile pipeline to deliver natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to the fuel-hungry Midwest is suddenly more than a pipe dream. Congress has promised to cover 80 …
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Boeing profits leap 78 percent
October 28, 2004 in Business on Page A10 CHICAGO – Burgeoning military sales lifted The Boeing Co. to a 78 percent increase in third-quarter profits, its bottom line thriving despite the ethics scandals that have roiled the aerospace …
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The Crash of ‘29: Can it happen again?
October 28, 2004 in Business on Page A10 NEW YORK â With more people in the stock market than ever before, nobody seemed to pay much attention to the bad news that cropped up throughout the year in …
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U.S. economy weathering hurricanes, energy prices
October 28, 2004 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy continued to grow in the early fall despite being buffeted by rising energy costs and hurricanes, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, providing its last snapshot …
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