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Saturday, April 1, 2006
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Vet’s plea to Corps: Step up
April 1, 2006 in City on Page A1 Tom and Anne Townsend had been waiting for six years for the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps to take responsibility for the death of their infant …
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God’s got game
April 1, 2006 in City on Page A1 The key to winning Logan Knight’s new card game is really no different from the lessons he teaches his kids: Read the Bible, avoid Satan’s snares and remember to keep …
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For one Marine’s mom, many happy returns
April 1, 2006 in City on Page A1 Mary DeLateur’s final wait for her son, a Marine corporal, lasted seven hours. Not so long, compared with other times of waiting. When Mary brought Andrew into the world 21 …
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Truth behind plane crash revealed
April 1, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 Nearly 16 months after their son’s airplane slammed into an Arizona mountain ridge, Jim and Carla Dvoracek know why. Just as important, the Coeur d’Alene parents know now that 28-year-old …
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Retired librarian’s list of favorites a page turner
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 GARDINER, Maine – Gregg Allman acknowledges that he doesn’t read as much as he should. But when a friend gave him a copy of “The Five People You Meet in …
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Lottery numbers
April 1, 2006 in City on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Daily Game: 2-0-0. Friday’s Washington Keno: 2-8-15- 16-19-23- 26-28-29-33-35-39-42- 52-53-55- 59-61-70-71.
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Chaos, desperation evident in calls from burning towers
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – Emergency operators listening to trapped callers’ heartbreaking pleas from the burning World Trade Center repeatedly said help was on the way while they struggled with crashing computers, …
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EPA yields on arsenic limits
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to allow higher levels of contaminants such as arsenic in the drinking water used by small rural communities, in response to complaints that they …
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Mumps sweep Iowa; total hits 17-year high
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 DES MOINES, Iowa – A mumps epidemic is sweeping across Iowa in the nation’s biggest outbreak in at least 17 years, baffling health officials and worrying parents. As of Thursday, …
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Ex-DeLay aide pleads guilty, will aid probe
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy Friday and promised to aid a wide-ranging federal investigation into corrupt lobbying practices. Tony Rudy, …
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Iraqi militants teaching others
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Islamic militants in Iraq are providing military training and other assistance to Taliban and al-Qaida fighters from eastern and southern Afghanistan and Pakistan’s tribal areas, U.S. intelligence officials …
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Rice admits Iraq tactical mistakes
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that she was sure the Bush administration has made “thousands” of tactical errors in Iraq, but defended the decision to …
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Iran claims test-fire of radar-proof missile
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s military said Friday it successfully test-fired a missile not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously, a development that raised …
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Chirac says he’ll sign disputed labor law
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 PARIS – French President Jacques Chirac said Friday he will sign a controversial youth jobs law that has sparked more than three weeks of street protests and violence, but he …
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Storms spawn flooding, tornadoes
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 FARGO, N.D. – Flooding from heavy rain and snowmelt around the Red River threatened homes and washed out roadways, killing a woman who stumbled into a water-filled ditch, officials said …
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Killing of militant triggers unrest
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 A Palestinian militant with ties to Hamas was killed in a car bomb Friday, unleashing factional unrest that left three others dead and 35 wounded, in the first direct threat …
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No deals reached at summit
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A7 CANCUN, Mexico – President Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada concluded a two-day summit at this vacation resort on Friday without making visible progress on immigration or the …
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Past scandals loom over hearing on censure of Bush
April 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Memories of Watergate and Monica, break-ins and cover-ups, hovered like the ghosts of shamed presidencies over a Senate hearing Friday on whether to censure President Bush. There was …
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Delphi move shocks U.S. auto industry
April 1, 2006 in Business on Page A10 DETROIT — When Robert S. “Steve” Miller took over as chairman and chief executive of auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. last summer, the veteran of turnarounds at Bethlehem Steel and …
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Clearing the rails
April 1, 2006 in Business on Page A10 FORT SUMNER, N.M. – Perched at a big window in the last rail car, Matthew Rose watched as he passed three westbound trains near the Pecos River Bridge, then four …
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Oil heads toward $70
April 1, 2006 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON — Oil prices appear headed back toward $70 a barrel, a level not seen since Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and sporadic shortages sent gasoline at the pump …
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Body-scanning system developed at PNNL may find wider application
April 1, 2006 in Business on Page A10 A New York company that has extensive contracts with the Department of Homeland Security has acquired a body-scanning system developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. L-3 Communications announced this …
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Kaiser operations rebound in 2005
April 1, 2006 in Business on Page A10 Kaiser Aluminum lost $753.7 million in 2005, largely on the sale of factories that were hurriedly sold as part of the company’s bankruptcy strategy. Despite the accounting loss, the company …
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Privacy notices get low grade
April 1, 2006 in Business on Page A10 The privacy notices stuffed into envelopes with bank and brokerage-firm statements and credit card bills aren’t getting much of a reading from consumers and are too complicated for most to …
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