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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Keeping up with trail upkeep
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A1 If a tree falls on the Centennial Trail when no one’s around, does it make a sound? Probably, but the more important question might be: Who’s going to pick it …
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Some in mobile homes can’t escape high rents
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A1 Oil paintings hang in the two-car garage. Flowers and potted plants line the front porch. At night, from her deck, Geraldine Wagner can watch deer cross the field behind her …
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U.S. troops kill 8 after bomb attack
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. troops opened fire near a checkpoint south of Baghdad after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb and a hospital official said Sunday at least …
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Palestinians choose Abbas, renewed talks with Israel
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 RAMALLAH, West Bank – Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a wide margin Sunday, exit polls showed, giving him a decisive mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, …
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Cold snap on its way
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A1 As the Inland Northwest was digging out from four days of snowfall on Sunday, forecasters warned that an arctic front is expected to bring the region its lowest temperatures so …
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Staff tests merit of NIC pay plan
January 10, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 Will Brown doesn’t have any problems with his boss and – as far as he knows – his boss is happy with the work he’s doing at North Idaho College. …
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Relief chopper crashes
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – A U.S. Seahawk helicopter on a relief operation crashed in a rice paddy near Banda Aceh’s airport, injuring all 10 aboard and causing the military to …
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Smokers in Italy take last puffs in most public places
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 ROME – Smokers in Italy took their last puffs in smoky bars and trattorias Sunday, hours before the start of one of Europe’s toughest laws against smoking in public places. …
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Audits ignite debate on Iraq’s oil-for-food
January 10, 2005 on Page A3 NEW YORK – Internal U.N. audits sent to the director of the Iraq oil-for-food program uncovered extensive mismanagement of multimillion-dollar deals with contractors and fraudulent paperwork by its employees, according …
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Box office surprises win at People’s Choice Awards
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 PASADENA, Calif. – Two controversial films that defied the odds to earn millions at the box office joined a familiar green ogre to take top honors at the 31st Annual …
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Wrinkle-injection warning in Florida
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 West Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach County’s top health official urged people not to take anti-wrinkle injections after investigators said four people were paralyzed by raw botulism marketed as a …
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Vietnamese teen 3rd bird-flu death
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 Hanoi, Vietnam A 16-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Vietnam, the country’s third death from the virus in less than two weeks, a doctor said Monday. The girl …
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‘Difficult mission’ for Abbas
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 RAMALLAH, West Bank – In 1965, he helped found Fatah, the dominant Palestinian party. In 1993, he stood on the White House lawn as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli …
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Iran OKs samples, not military inspection
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran will allow U.N. nuclear experts to take environmental samples at a military site the United States links to an alleged nuclear weapons program but won’t allow …
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Soldier might give testimony
January 10, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 FORT HOOD, Texas –In his quarter-century working in military courts, the attorney for Spc. Charles Graner Jr. can count on one hand the times he has allowed a client to …
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Teen hit by deputy disputes police story
January 10, 2005 in Region on Page A6 TACOMA – A teenage bicyclist who was injured in a fatal accident involving a sheriff’s deputy says he never told authorities he had been drinking alcohol before the crash. The …
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Lewiston gets its own special car license plate
January 10, 2005 in Region on Page A6 LEWISTON – Idaho’s newest special-interest license plate goes on sale today. The Lewiston plate, designed by local artist Margo Craig, is the first state license plate to feature a city. …
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Something cold to write home about
January 10, 2005 in Idaho on Page A6 What do you do when they throw a Polar Bear Plunge, and you can’t make it? You stage one of your own, especially when you’re a foreign exchange student from …
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Neighbors lament killing of stray dog
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A6 This is a story about a dog abandoned in east Spokane Valley. Maybe she was too spastic. Maybe her puppy cuteness didn’t last. Maybe she chewed on the wrong pair …
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Rules for exchange students being revised
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A6 Stricter student visa laws disrupted German student Robert Bechlin’s attendance at Lewis and Clark High School during the last school year. He was forced to return to Germany while his …
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Thousands start trip down bridal path
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A6 If it’s January, it must be time to start planning a wedding. Thousands of people turned out over the weekend for a pair of bridal shows in downtown Spokane.
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Doctor makes fees optional
January 10, 2005 in Region on Page A6 TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Dr. Richard Powell, a naturopathic physician with an office in Old Towne Twin Falls, doesn’t want to turn away patients because they can’t afford treatment. So …
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Workers or not, the limit’s still 50
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A6 Don’t let the lack of work fool you. Interstate 90 between Argonne and Sullivan is still a construction zone. And you’d better obey that 50 mph speed limit if you …
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Symphony, viola soloist cure for the winter blahs
January 10, 2005 in City on Page A7 The Spokane Symphony knocked the chill off a bleak Sunday with an outstanding performance at The Met. The orchestra’s players sounded at the top of their form under associate conductor …
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