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Monday, August 15, 2005
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Trooper resigns amid scandal
August 15, 2005 in City on Page A1 A state trooper, previously disciplined for storing pornography on his police computer, has resigned after allegations he abused his position to gain sexual favors from young women. Trooper Rob Young, …
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Iraq charter down to wire
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD, Iraq – With one day left to finish Iraq’s new constitution, Sunni Arabs asked Sunday that the divisive issue of federalism be put off until next year so the …
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Churches reconcile, but don’t reunite
August 15, 2005 in City on Page A1 The day Frank Hamilton’s church divided, three-fourths of the congregation walked out. They took all of church’s elders and its pastor with them, leaving only the building and a leaderless …
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Israelis leaving Gaza
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip – After 38 years of occupation and months of preparation and protest, Israel began its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip on Sunday by sealing off the …
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White House gets first female chef
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WACO, Texas – Kitchen duties traditionally may have been viewed as women’s work, but not at the White House. Until now. Cristeta Comerford has been named executive chef. After a …
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Pilots pass out, dooming jet
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 GRAMMATIKO, Greece – Flying 34,000 feet above the Aegean Sea, the F-16 fighter-jet pilots peered into the cockpit of the Cypriot passenger plane they had been sent to save. No …
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Morals can be dilemma for athletes
August 15, 2005 in City on Page A1 College football players are enduring twice-daily workouts in the August heat, practicing blocking and tackling, running wind sprints and learning the playbook. Sharon Stoll would like to see them add …
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Studies find genes, diet have role in Alzheimer’s
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 A gene that regulates blood vessel health in the brain may not be doing its job in people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. At the same time, …
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Surveillance cameras cause controversy
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – Six could be seen peering out from a chain drug store on Broadway. One protruded awkwardly from the awning of a fast-food restaurant. A super-sized, domed version …
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Hoping to sidestep a strike, Qwest, union keep talking
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 DENVER – Negotiations between Qwest Communications and its largest union resumed Sunday evening as workers remained on the job without a contract in hopes a strike could be avoided. A …
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Japan’s leader apologizes for war acts
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Tokyo Japan’s leader apologized for Tokyo’s wartime colonization and invasions on the 60th anniversary of the country’s surrender on Monday, after other Asian nations marked the event by honoring their …
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Iran accuses U.S., Britain of fueling unrest
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran accused the United States and Britain on Sunday of stoking the unrest that has broken out among its Kurdish and Arab minorities. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid …
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Televised church rally blasts ‘arrogant’ judges
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – America’s most powerful judges are “unelected, unaccountable and arrogant,” Focus on the Family founder James Dobson told the thousands of people who packed a Nashville church for …
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Iran seeks uranium-enrichment talks with Europe
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – An increasingly defiant Iran called Sunday for Europe to open talks on Tehran’s intention to enrich uranium, and dismissed a veiled Bush administration warning of military action …
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Gaza settlers insist on refusing ‘evil plan’
August 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip – There are no packing boxes, no containers, no deserted homes. Not even precious photo albums have been packed or taken away for safekeeping. It is …
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Roundabout not quite up to speed
August 15, 2005 in City on Page A6 It will be a first for Spokane – a high-speed roundabout. But one thing still going slowly around the intersection of Bruce Road and Mt. Spokane Park Drive are tires.
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Increased cancer screening is goal
August 15, 2005 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho has the second-lowest rate in the nation of screening for cervical cancer, though simple screening easily can prevent the deadly disease. But an interim legislative committee that’s …
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Crisis at park just cannot be papered over
August 15, 2005 in City on Page A6 During the recent Art on the Green weekend, resourceful women in a CdA City Park restroom performed their version of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Spare A Square” episode – you know, the …
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Through sickness and health
August 15, 2005 in City on Page A6 It was Mark Hall’s 20th wedding anniversary, and he was pulling out all the stops. The diamond earrings he’d bought his wife, Lori, at a local pawnshop a year earlier …
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Crews gain ground in biggest fire
August 15, 2005 in Region on Page A6 The $2 million it’s cost to fight the fire near Grangeville since last week appears to have paid off, with fire officials saying that fire lines etched into a steep …
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State joins uniform tax program
August 15, 2005 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has issued an executive order to have Idaho join 43 other states and the District of Columbia in participating in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project, …
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Crews gain in School fire
August 15, 2005 in Region on Page A6 POMEROY, Wash. – Crews strengthened lines around the perimeter of a 49,000-acre wildfire burning in southeastern Washington as fire officials prepared for warmer, drier weather. The fire, the largest in …
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KMC seeks candidates for life-saving positions
August 15, 2005 in Idaho on Page A6 Patients at Kootenai Medical Center are getting more specialized care since the hospital opened its Heart Center nearly two years ago. Job opportunities are the result. The hospital needs respiratory …
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Tribes mark 150th anniversary of treaty
August 15, 2005 in Region on Page A7 MISSOULA – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes marked the 150th anniversary this weekend of a bittersweet chapter in their long and storied history. In a gathering at Council Groves …
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