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Thursday, August 18, 2005
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Feds bust smokes ring
August 18, 2005 in City on Page A1 Eight people, including four from Plummer, Idaho, are named in an 88-count federal racketeering indictment returned Wednesday as part of a four-year investigation into the sales of contraband cigarettes. The …
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Higher heat bills ahead
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After a summer of soaring gasoline costs, people should not expect cooler weather in autumn to end their energy woes. Prices at the gas pump probably will stay …
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Many go kicking, screaming
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip – Jewish settlers sobbed and screamed, some of them ripping their shirts in mourning, as Israeli troops dragged them from homes and synagogues Wednesday – the …
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Chinese-Russian military exercise has message for U.S.
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 BEIJING – As they prepare to join forces for their largest military exercise in modern history, China and Russia have billed this week’s maneuvers as a cooperative fight against terrorism. …
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Homeless shelter to be homeless
August 18, 2005 in City on Page A1 “TRUTH” beckons the homeless in tall blue letters on the windows of an old storefront across West Sprague Avenue from the Spokane Intermodal Center. A group of men wait outside …
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From nudists to NRA, interest groups bend ears
August 18, 2005 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – In one booth, animal-rights proponents warned that “Animals don’t vote, but those who love them do.” A few booths away, sportsmen toting plastic shotguns with laser beams gleefully …
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Study sees french fry–breast cancer link
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 A study examining the role childhood diet plays in breast cancer has found an association between eating french fries regularly during the preschool years and developing breast cancer as an …
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Where the elephants roam …
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 DENVER – Lions stalking deer in the stubble of a Nebraska corn field. Elephants trumpeting across Colorado’s high plains. Cheetahs slouching through the West Texas scrub. Prominent ecologists are floating …
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ABA rates Roberts as ‘well-qualified’
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Washington Supreme Court nominee John Roberts earned a “well-qualified” rating from the American Bar Association on Wednesday, clearing one hurdle in his path to joining the high court.
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First-time home buyers undeterred in California
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Soaring home prices in California haven’t deterred first-time buyers from entering the market in record numbers, and many of them are going to extraordinary lengths to dive …
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Mad cow testing limited in 9,200 cases
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Agriculture Department acknowledged Wednesday that its testing options for mad cow disease were limited in 9,200 cases despite its effort to expand surveillance throughout the U.S. herd. …
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Critics say NASA failed to learn lessons
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Some of the same “disturbing” traits that contributed to the Columbia tragedy were still present in the months leading up to the shuttle Discovery’s liftoff, seven …
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Car bombs’ toll mounts to 43
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Three car bombs exploded Wednesday near a crowded bus station and a nearby hospital where survivors were being taken, killing as many as 43 people in the …
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Italy to give up bombing suspect
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – An Italian court Wednesday approved the extradition to Britain of a suspect wanted in connection with failed coordinated attacks last month on subway trains and a London bus. …
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Overloaded boat capsizes; 104 die
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bogota, Colombia A small boat overloaded with 113 illegal immigrants capsized and sank in rough waters in the Pacific Ocean, and only nine survivors were found, clinging to a wooden …
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West Bank Palestinians have hope, but Wall likely staying
August 18, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 AL AZARYA, West Bank – Ahmad Abu Zaid and his children and their children watched it on television for three straight days, sometimes until 2 a.m., and they smiled because …
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Variations of worm unleashed
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A8 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Hackers unleashed new variants of a computer worm that attacks a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 2000 operating system, but infection rates appeared to be low …
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‘Urban village’ project hits the Internet
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A8 People interested in more information about a high-profile development just north of downtown Spokane can visit a Web site just posted by the property owner. The 77-acre Kendall Yards project …
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Ice cream trucks make sweet music
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A8 ABOARD TRUCK NO. 95 – As music-box tunes tinkle from the white van rolling down Greentree Place in sweltering heat, a man rushes forward, digging into his pocket and scanning …
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S.L Start sees many changes after 26 years
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A8 S.L. Start started business 26 years ago with a single $89,000 contract for placing the disabled in jobs. Projects with Industry was a new federal program then, and so was …
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Driving gas price woes away
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A8 CORTE MADERA, Calif. – Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades …
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No deal as Northwest strike looms
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A9 MINNEAPOLIS – The union that represents Northwest mechanics said Wednesday that two days of mediated talks with the airline led to some progress in heading off a looming strike, but …
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Stocks rise, but capped by inflation
August 18, 2005 in Business on Page A9 NEW YORK – Stocks edged higher Wednesday on plunging oil prices and an upbeat outlook from Hewlett-Packard Co. But inflation concerns capped the day’s rise, as government data showed wholesale …
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Dow Jones
August 18, 2005 on Page A9 Dow Jones HighLowCloseChange30Ind10625.8610472.4510550.71+37.2620Trn3743.883671.243725.05+19.9915Utl393.25386.08390.61-0.7965Stk3468.593410.503446.40+9.68
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