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Spokane high-rise going up
May 1, 2005 in Business on Page A1 The skyline of Spokane is about to change as Davenport Hotel owner Walt Worthy launches construction on the first downtown high-rise to be built in more than 20 years. Worthy …
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Missing Paul
May 1, 2005 in City on Page A1 OROFINO, Idaho – They are a church without a pastor. Yet with a Job-like patience, members of Orofino Tabernacle continue to worship – singing and praying twice a week with …
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Politics and a parking garage: Lessons of RPS
May 1, 2005 in City on Page A1 The main lawsuit over the River Park Square garage ended last week with a fizzle, not a bang, as the Spokane City Council accepted a $4.25 million settlement offer. That …
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More deadly blasts in Iraq
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Insurgents unleashed a series of deadly bombings in Iraq’s capital and beyond Saturday, staging carefully coordinated and increasingly sophisticated assaults that killed at least 65 people over …
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Kids get HIV drugs after needle attack
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 Philadelphia Nineteen elementary schoolchildren who were pricked with a needle by another student are taking strong drugs to fight HIV after one of the children tested positive for the virus, …
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Two women attack bus in Egypt, die
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – Two veiled women shot at a tour bus, and a man – the brother of one shooter and the fiance of the second – blew himself up …
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Al Qaeda Web journal resurfaces
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – An Internet journal purportedly issued by al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia appeared for the first time in several months Wednesday, and asked why Muslims on the Arabian …
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Gun incident spurs TV actress’s death
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – A Mexican television actress died on Friday of a heart attack after a man armed with a pistol approached her vehicle on a Mexico City street, officials …
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Where the burqas are
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Afghan watchers were taken aback Tuesday night when Laura Bush, appearing on the “Tonight” show, chatted with Jay Leno about her recent trip to Kabul, where she found …
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Warplanes hit rebel camp, killing four Afghan militants
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Warplanes attacked a rebel camp in a Taliban-haunted province of central Afghanistan, killing three civilians including a child as well as four suspected militants, the U.S. military …
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Killings were to send message, hearing told
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – A Marine accused of murdering two Iraqi detainees intended to make an example of them by shooting them 60 times and hanging a sign over their …
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Report clears American soldiers
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. Army has cleared American soldiers in the death of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq and recommended no disciplinary action following an investigation, according to …
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Hamburg toads are exploding
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 BERLIN – More than 1,000 toads have puffed up and exploded in a Hamburg pond in recent weeks, and German scientists have no explanation for what’s causing the combustion. Both …
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Comet smasher has target in sight
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has photographed, for the first time, the target of its comet-smashing mission – a big ball of dirty ice and rock that scientists …
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USGS wants better volcano watch
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – While Mount St. Helens and Kilauea generate the most attention, many other volcanoes in the United States have little or no regular monitoring and need to be watched …
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Rediscovered bird keeps a low profile
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 DIXIE, Ark. – The Arkansas swamp that’s home to the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker is a forbidding place, and visitors searching for birds above are wise to scan for snakes …
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Runaway bride”s call ends search
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A9 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Distressed, out of cash and in disguise, a missing Georgia bride-to-be turned up on a seedy stretch of Route 66 and told authorities Saturday she’d been abducted, …
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Casino waitresses sue
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Two casino cocktail waitresses have filed a discrimination complaint over their employer’s weight-limit policy, saying it unfairly burdens women and older employees. Trisha Hart and Renee …
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Lynching of black teenager in 1916 stirs debate in Waco
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A10 WACO, Texas – Nearly a century after a black teenager was stabbed, burned and hanged in front of some 15,000 Waco residents, some black residents are calling for the city …
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N. Korea rips Bush over remarks
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A11 WASHINGTON – North Korea lashed out at President Bush Saturday for comments he made about the country’s leader, Kim Il Jong, at a news conference Thursday, asserting that the North …
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Jews protest fans’ waving of swastikas
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A11 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Jewish leaders demanded Friday that Argentine soccer authorities take action against a club whose fans waved flags emblazoned with swastikas at a professional match. Television images …
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Firm drops reference to death camp
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A11 VIENNA, Austria – One of Austria’s biggest houseware chains found itself with unwanted publicity Tuesday after protesters complained its summer catalog lists a toolshed as the “Mauthausen” model, the same …
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These fans live their love of Disney
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A15 ORLANDO, Fla. – George Reiger has turned his tattooed body into a human animation cell for hundreds of Disney characters. Betsy and Dale Nelson left their law enforcement jobs in …
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Wal-Mart not amused by lampoon
May 1, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A15 PITTSBURGH – A college student had to redesign his Web site that parodied a foundation run by Wal-Mart after the retail giant complained he violated copyright law by using the …
