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Friday, September 16, 2005
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Missed chances scrub cleanup of lead-tainted beach for now
September 16, 2005 in City on Page A1 Cleanup of a lead-tainted Spokane River beach near the Idaho state line has been delayed for a year and will cost three times more than initial estimates. Environmentalists are disappointed …
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Baby found in tub next to dead mom
September 16, 2005 in City on Page A1 A 14-month-old girl was found alive Thursday beside her dead mother in a partly filled bathtub of cold water. The girl was discovered after a neighbor reported hearing running water …
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Washington budget has extra $1.1 billion
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington state’s surging economy, supercharged by the construction and real estate boom, has created a $1.1 billion cushion for the often-pinched state treasury, forecasters said Thursday. The state …
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Four who helped save Shasta share reward
September 16, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 Up until the early morning hours of July 2, Phillip “Nick” Chapman, Chris Donlan, Amber Deahn and Linda Olson were four ordinary people. The kind of people you might see …
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Big Easy ‘will rise again’
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW ORLEANS – President Bush promised Thursday night the government will pay most of the costs of rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast in one of the largest reconstruction projects the …
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Gonzales to fight for pledge in schools
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the Justice Department will fight to overturn a federal court ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance can’t be recited in public …
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Man accused in hunters’ deaths testifies he fired in self-defense
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 HAYWARD, Wis. — A Hmong man accused of killing six hunters and wounding two others said Thursday he feared for his life as he was confronted for trespassing. Chai Soua …
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Key Republican urges stall on Social Security
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The head of the House Republican campaign committee is urging fellow GOP leaders to drop plans for Social Security legislation this year, citing potential repercussions in the 2006 …
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Lottery numbers
September 16, 2005 on Page A2 Thursday’s Washington Daily Game: 9-6-0. Thursday’s Washington Keno: 3-7-13-14- 17-19-20-23-24-29-39-40-42-48-53- 60-68-72-74-79.
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Roberts declares ‘I’m not an ideologue’
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday summed up his Senate hearings to become the nation’s 17th chief justice by declaring, “I’m not an ideologue,” brushing aside his early …
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Tyson gets hugs in Chechnya
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Moscow He’s had trouble in many venues, but former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson got an enthusiastic welcome Thursday in Chechnya. Russian television showed Tyson shaking hands with and …
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Study: Oral sex prevalent among older teenagers
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Slightly more than half of American teenagers ages 15 to 19 have engaged in oral sex, with females and males reporting similar levels of experience, according to the …
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Al-Qaida recruiting more Iraqis, U.S. officials say
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Al-Qaida’s top operative in Iraq is drawing growing numbers of Iraqi nationals to his organization, increasing the reach and threat of an insurgent group that has been behind …
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Ophelia ‘beat us and beat us’
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 SALTER PATH, N.C. – Hurricane Ophelia, North Carolina’s least welcome guest, refused again to leave Thursday, lashing the Outer Banks with rain and wind as coastal residents elsewhere returned home …
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Parts of New Orleans to reopen in stages, under curfew
September 16, 2005 on Page A8 NEW ORLEANS – In a big step toward restoring the pulse and soul of New Orleans, the mayor announced plans Thursday to reopen over the next week and a half …
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Bush now biggest fan of big government
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – President Bush, who often refers to “that crowd in Washington” with near derision, found himself performing an act of political contortion Thursday night. Government was no longer the …
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Man says he’ll punish Duncan in afterlife
September 16, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A9 SEATTLE – The man who turned himself in and confessed to killing two Bellingham child rapists plans to seek execution as quickly as possible so he can wait in the …
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Federal pension agency faces shortfalls
September 16, 2005 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON — The government agency that guarantees worker pensions could see its liabilities quadruple over the next decade, jeopardizing the benefits of millions of retirees, a new report says. In …
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Wind or water?
September 16, 2005 in Business on Page A10 SLIDELL, La. — Carol Hess hoped she had shed her last tear over the ruins of her four-bedroom house in Slidell. But an hour after the adjuster from State Farm …
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Major changes loom for airlines
September 16, 2005 in Business on Page A10 DALLAS — With Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. now in bankruptcy, the airline industry appears headed for a major shakeup. Whether that means mergers, liquidations or something …
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On borrowed time
September 16, 2005 in Business on Page A10 NEW YORK — For Kim and James Merly, the home equity line of credit came in very handy — it helped pay for their son’s college education, a car and …
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Microsoft, AOL discuss partnership
September 16, 2005 in Business on Page A10 SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. have been discussing potential online partnerships that would help the two companies better compete against rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., two …
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Dow Jones
September 16, 2005 on Page A11 Dow Jones HighLowCloseChange30Ind10628.3310488.0510558.75+13.8520Trn3627.153559.893596.99+12.9515Utl425.25419.56424.01+4.2365Stk3501.233449.633479.67+14.12
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Rates go up on 30-year mortgages
September 16, 2005 in Business on Page A11 WASHINGTON — Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for the first time in five weeks as investors awaited word from next week’s meeting of the Federal Reserve on the future direction …
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