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Thursday, September 2, 2004
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U-Hi plans appeal of WASL test results
September 2, 2004 in City on Page A1 For the second year in a row, University High School has made the list of schools that fail federal standards, because its special education students did not perform well enough …
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Grant Elementary gets WASL redemption
September 2, 2004 in City on Page A1 The numbers paint a bleak picture of East Central’s Grant Elementary School. But figures can also lift a place like Grant higher than anyone dared hope as Wednesday’s test score …
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Militants hold hundreds at Russian school hostage
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 BESLAN, Russia – Armed militants with explosives strapped to their bodies stormed a Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday, corralling hundreds of hostages – many of them …
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Slain girl’s uncle accused in flap over bench ads
September 2, 2004 in City on Page A1 The uncle of a slain Spokane Valley girl, Valiree Jackson, is being accused of using her name to bilk Spokane and Coeur d’Alene businesses out of advertising money. The Spokane …
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WASL test scores improve at most Spokane-area schools
September 2, 2004 in City on Page A1 The easy part is over. Now it gets tough.
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Green Meadows subdivision OK’d
September 2, 2004 in City on Page A1 The controversial Green Meadows housing development off Rimrock Road is a go after nearly three years of debate. The Kootenai County Commission unanimously approved the 80-home, 60-acre subdivision Wednesday. Opponents …
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Bryant rape charge dropped
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 EAGLE, Colo. – The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star’s …
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Cheney lambastes Kerry
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW YORK – Vice President Dick Cheney unleashed a stinging attack on Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday night, ridiculing him as a politician who has made a career out of …
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Lottery numbers
September 2, 2004 on Page A2 Wednesday’s Washington Daily Game: 7-5-7. Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 17-18-20-23-28-33. No winner. Next jackpot $6.6 million.
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Three-generation farmhouse mistakenly bulldozed
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A2 CUMMING, Ga. – Three generations of James Wheeler’s family were sheltered by a farmhouse built by his grandfather about 80 years ago. Now, there’s only red dirt, weeds and scattered …
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Florida in path of raging storm
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A2 PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos – Hurricane Frances battered the Turks and Caicos islands with stinging rains and powerful winds Wednesday, peeling off tin roofs from wooden houses and knocking out …
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U.N. raises alarm over Iran’s plan to alter uranium
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 ISTANBUL, Turkey – Iran plans to convert 37 tons of uranium into a substance that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said in a …
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Reservist charged in deaths of 2 Afghans
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Army charged a military police reservist with assault and dereliction of duty in connection with the deaths of two Afghans in U.S. military control in Afghanistan, and …
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Mexican chief’s speech met with protests, strike
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – President Vicente Fox defended his government’s democratic gains Wednesday in his fourth state of the union address, but thousands of protesters staged a one-day strike and nearly …
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Larger force in Sudan proposed
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that Sudan’s government has not stopped attacks on “terrorized and traumatized” civilians in its Darfur region and urged the speedy deployment …
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Kerry criticizes postwar planning
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In one of his most pointed critiques of the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq, Sen. John F. Kerry on Wednesday cataloged what he called a series of …
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Florida’s ‘butterfly ballot’ inventor loses elections job
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 MIAMI – As a final irony, there has been a last-minute discrepancy in tallying absentee ballots. But Theresa LePore, the elections supervisor in Palm Beach County who gained national notoriety …
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Admission of trial errors hailed
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 DETROIT – Civil rights advocates and legal experts Wednesday praised the government’s 60-page account of missteps in a major terrorism case as a rare admission that its own prosecutors made …
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Win in the war on terrorism hinges on definition of victory
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – The war on terror might eventually be won, depending on one’s definition of winning. Victory might mean a drop in the number of terror attacks, or a drop …
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Arrests of protesters top 1,700
September 2, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A11 NEW YORK – Chicago in 1968. Miami Beach in 1972. Add New York 2004 to that list. New York hasn’t seen the same unchecked violence on the part of either …
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Hospitals, nurses need Riverpoint facility
September 2, 2004 in Business on Page A12 Dean Dorothy Detlor of the Intercollegiate School of Nursing wants to trade up to a new Nursing Center on the Riverpoint Higher Education Campus, even if it means leaving the …
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Automakers report disappointing sales
September 2, 2004 in Business on Page A12 DETROIT — General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. reported disappointing U.S. sales Wednesday, prompting the nation’s two largest automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which …
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Now it’s the Spokane Athletic Club
September 2, 2004 in Business on Page A12 The Spokane Club, a private athletic and social club, changed its name on Wednesday to The Spokane Athletic Club to better reflect a shift in its focus, said Jeff Thomas, …
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Nintendo slashes prices on Game Boy Advance
September 2, 2004 in Business on Page A12 DALLAS — Nintendo Co. has permanently slashed prices on its Game Boy Advance SP portable video game system as the company tries to entrench its No. 1 position in the …
