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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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Vets’ service to be honored
April 12, 2006 in City on Page A1 Dan Kuttner and Gavin Mason survived tours of duty in Vietnam only to have the war return to haunt them decades later. The two men died three years ago, Mason …
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Iran claim accelerates the debate
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Iran’s announcement on Tuesday that it has enriched uranium for the first time marks a small but significant advancement of its potential to build a nuclear bomb in …
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Knezovich tapped as sheriff
April 12, 2006 in City on Page A1 Ozzie Knezovich, once a long-shot candidate virtually unknown outside local law enforcement, was named the 25th sheriff of Spokane County on Tuesday after a grueling and contentious six-month appointment process. …
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Orange County Chopper show headed here
April 12, 2006 in City on Page A1 Tourism officials are expected to announce today that popular motorcycle customizer Orange County Choppers will visit Spokane this summer as one of four stops on a national tour. The show …
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Property tax break passes
April 12, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho homeowners will receive a significant property tax break next year that will grow in the future, under legislation that won final passage at the very end of …
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Lottery numbers
April 12, 2006 in City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 6-3-0. Tuesday’s Keno: 2-5-8-18-19-30- 32-33-37-39-40-43-52-54-55-60- 62-75-78-79.
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Bush’s childhood home dedicated after restoration
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 MIDLAND, Texas – Former President Bush and his wife returned Tuesday to the small home they shared in the 1950s to dedicate a $1.8 million restoration of the house where …
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Maine adds pets to protection laws
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 PORTLAND, Maine – Spurred by growing evidence of a link between domestic violence and animal abuse, Maine has enacted a first-in-the-nation law that allows judges to include pets in protection …
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Vioxx jury awards millions to couple
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 A New Jersey man was awarded $13.5 million from Vioxx maker Merck & Co., including $9 million in punitive damages on Tuesday after a jury found that the company knowingly …
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Bush’s WMD claim belied report
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. …
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Estrogen alone doesn’t raise breast cancer risk
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 Taking estrogen alone does not increase the risk of breast cancer in menopausal women, according to a large federal study that offers reassurance to millions of women using the hormone …
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Rumsfeld unmoved as resignation calls grow
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – If calls by retired generals for his resignation disturb Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, he wasn’t showing it Tuesday. “No,” Rumsfeld replied sternly when asked in a Pentagon briefing …
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Clinton offers economic alternatives
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., warned Tuesday night that rising budget and trade deficits now threaten the nation’s global competitiveness and called for economic policies that restore fiscal …
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GOP leaders repudiate felony charges for aliens
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The two top Republicans in Congress, confronted with internal party divisions as well as large public demonstrations, said Tuesday they intend to pass immigration legislation that does not …
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Bomber kills dozens in Karachi
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 47 people were killed and more than 100 injured Tuesday when a bomber blew himself up in the port city of Karachi at a massive …
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Prodi coalition wins in contested election
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROME – Center-left economist Romano Prodi emerged the winner of Italy’s election by a razor-thin margin Tuesday, promising to form a strong government able to run a deeply divided country …
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Many on Flight 93 expected the worst
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Passengers and flight attendants aboard the hijacked plane that crashed Sept. 11, 2001, in a Pennsylvania field made more than three dozen frantic phone calls depicting chaos …
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40 years on the run end quietly for Italy’s Mafia boss of bosses
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROME – For more than 40 years he eluded arrest. He dispatched orders on little typewritten notes and shunned telephones that might pinpoint his location. His resume allegedly included some …
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Israelis formally end Sharon’s tenure
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Israeli Cabinet on Tuesday formally ended the five-year tenure of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been comatose since suffering a stroke in January, designating acting Prime Minister Ehud …
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Medicare drug plan passes muster with users
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Millions of senior citizens have not signed up for and do not know much about Medicare’s new prescription drug benefit, but among those who have enrolled, three-quarters said …
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Suicide bomber kills 47 at prayer service
April 12, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 At least 47 people were killed and more than 100 injured Tuesday when a bomber blew himself up in the port city of Karachi at a massive gathering to celebrate …
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Businesses are game
April 12, 2006 in Business on Page A6 About 300 video-gamers are expected to share $600 in cash awards during this weekend’s first GameFest Spokane. Sponsored by a number of area companies and the Spokane Area Economic Development …
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Umbdenstock will be next AHA head
April 12, 2006 in Business on Page A6 Rich Umbdenstock, a longtime health care executive in Spokane, will leave Providence Health & Services to become president of the American Hospital Association. Umbdenstock was president and CEO of Providence …
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Goodale & Barbieri name reborn
April 12, 2006 in Business on Page A6 Red Lion Hotels Corp. is spinning off its real estate management division. The re-established business will bear a familiar name: Goodale & Barbieri Co.
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