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Sunday, January 16, 2005
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Smokers could pay for renovations
January 16, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Since Idaho temporarily raised its cigarette tax two years ago, the states surrounding it have upped theirs to the point that Idaho’s 57 cents a pack is the …
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Plenty of projects vie for state money
January 16, 2005 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Among the many things state lawmakers do – changing laws, writing a budget, helping people with government-related problems – is this: They hand out money. Every two years, …
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Guard: Abuse part of his job
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 FORT HOOD, Texas – Former Army prison guard Charles A. Graner Jr. was sentenced to 10 years in a military stockade Saturday for his role in abusing Iraqi prisoners at …
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Heater ignites pickup, killing sleeping man
January 16, 2005 in City on Page A1 A Post Falls man died after a propane heater apparently ignited a fire as he slept in a pickup truck early Saturday morning. Marty R. Christison, 45, died in the …
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Big plans, shrinking support
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Amid pomp, protest and unprecedented levels of security, President Bush will usher in a second term Thursday by proclaiming the next four years as a period of hope …
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Ally of Yushchenko criticizes his order to raze tent camp
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 KIEV, Ukraine – In a sign of emerging cracks in the camp of Ukraine’s apparent next president, a top ally of Viktor Yushchenko on Saturday criticized his order to raze …
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Bosnian suspect turns himself in
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Banjaluka, Bosnia-Herzegovina A Bosnian Serb wanted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for crimes he allegedly committed during the 1992-95 war surrendered Saturday to Bosnian Serb police, a police statement …
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Bush again sounds alarm over Social Security
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Bush, saying Saturday that Social Security is “on the road to bankruptcy,” again called for giving workers more control over their retirement funds but offered no specific …
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In passing
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles Barcelona, Spain Victoria de los Angeles, a Spanish soprano whose career spanned five decades, died Saturday at a clinic in Barcelona. She was 81.
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Unorthodox foreign language instructor who taught stars dies
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 Michel Thomas, a linguist whose rapid-learning method for teaching foreign languages attracted some of Hollywood’s most glamorous names, has died. He was 90. Thomas, who last July was awarded the …
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Pilot killed when plane crashes into house
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 COCONUT CREEK, Fla – A two-seat plane crashed into a house and burst into flames Saturday afternoon, killing the pilot, police said. No one else was injured. The pilot was …
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Residents return after chlorine accident
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 GRANITEVILLE, S.C. – Dawn Smith circled her house nervously on the morning she was allowed to return. A white flower had bloomed while she was away. The mildew that sprinkled …
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Baby is ‘well’ after 6-organ transplants
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 MIAMI – An 11-month-old Japanese boy smiled and laughed in his mother’s arms Friday as doctors talked of his progress from a six-organ transplant, an operation done here because children’s …
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China, Taiwan OK direct holiday flights
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 BEIJING – Longtime rivals China and Taiwan agreed Saturday to allow nonstop charter flights between them over the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. The arrangement marks the first time in …
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Deposed Chinese official ill, activist says
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 BEIJING – Zhao Ziyang, the Chinese Communist Party leader deposed after tearfully sympathizing with the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, was hospitalized in a coma Saturday and may be near …
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Tsunami aid
January 16, 2005 on Page A8 The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia. U.S. organizations are members …
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Evil stalks smallest survivors
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Children for sale. After such a devastating act of nature, God, science or whatever, how could predators move in to hurt children left homeless and hungry and vulnerable?
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U.S. military relief nears end after tsunami
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A9 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – U.S. military commanders said Saturday they have nearly completed their emergency relief missions in the tsunami-battered areas of Thailand and Sri Lanka and could withdraw the …
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Outpouring of aid includes unusables
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A9 GALLE, Sri Lanka – In one of the largest relief efforts in history, a new issue is cropping up: mismatched aid. Relief groups have opened boxes meant for tsunami survivors …
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Sick boy’s dad called back to duty
January 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 MILTON, Fla. – Small, frail but rambunctious, 16-month-old Will Fitzpatrick suffers from multiple birth defects. He’ll need a second open-heart operation within six months and a transplant if he makes …
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His canvas keeps growing
January 16, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 THE MOOSE MOUNT peering over Leon Roulette’s living room is in the same crowd dead as when it was alive. Elk, deer, even grizzly bears and wild sheep share the …
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LCSC’s CdA programs get tight on space
January 16, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 Increasing enrollment in Lewis-Clark State College’s Coeur d’Alene program – and a lack of an actual satellite campus – has forced the college to look to creative solutions for classroom …
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Arrest in contract-killing case
January 16, 2005 in City on Page B1 A Spokane woman was arrested Saturday after finding out that the hit man she allegedly hired to murder her ex-boyfriend was an undercover police officer, Spokane Police said. Jackie R. …
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Hemingway house built by tin-firm heir
January 16, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 KETCHUM, Idaho – The two-story concrete-and-wood house located a half-mile north of Ketchum’s Warm Springs bridge may be known as the “Ernest Hemingway house.” But the author didn’t build it.
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