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Sunday, July 9, 2006
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Oversight of police an issue
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A1 Four finalists who want to be Spokane’s next police chief currently work at departments where civilian oversight is either defunct, under challenge or doesn’t exist at all. All four candidates …
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Papers detail police abuses
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Brutality and corruption are rampant in Iraq’s police force, with abuses including the rape of female prisoners, the release of terrorism suspects in exchange for bribes and …
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Unattended boy, 4, survives 11-story fall
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 ALBANY, N.Y. – A 4-year-old boy survived a fall from an 11th-story window after being left alone at home, bouncing off a metal awning into a concrete courtyard and then …
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Indiana farming village to turn waste to energy
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 REYNOLDS, Ind. – This farming hamlet is aiming at generating its own electricity and gas, using everything from municipal trash to farm waste, hog manure and even town sewage. If …
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Loser says Mexico vote rigged
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – Downtown Mexico City swelled Saturday with the accumulated frustration and rage of the poor, who were stoked into a sign-waving, fist-pumping frenzy by new fraud allegations that …
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Guided missile destroyer docking in Japan ‘routine’
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 TOKYO – A new U.S. guided missile destroyer docked in Japan on Saturday amid tensions over North Korea’s missile tests, but the military said the arrival was routine and had …
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Over 100 die in Siberian plane crash
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – An airplane carrying about 200 people crashed today in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, and most on board are feared dead, officials said. The regional prosecutor’s office said …
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New shuttle repair technique passes muster, astronauts say
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 HOUSTON – A key test of a daring yet wobbly spacewalking technique that could be used someday to repair space shuttle heat shields worked well Saturday and got good reviews …
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Slavery tie won’t prompt Penny Lane change
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – Penny Lane will keep its name. Liverpool officials said Saturday they would modify a proposal to rename streets linked to the slave trade when they realized the road …
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Israel, Hamas closer to truce
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel and the Hamas-led Palestinian government expressed hopes Saturday of arranging a cease-fire to end their bloody two-week-old confrontation over the capture of an Israeli …
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Bush chided on domestic surveillance
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – In a sharply worded letter, the Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee has told President Bush that the administration is angering lawmakers, and possibly violating the law, …
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In Passing
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 Los Angeles Jan Murray, comedian, actor
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‘Pirates’ sequel digs up box office record
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 LOS ANGELES – Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” earned …
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Driver ‘panicked,’ injuring dozens at summer festival
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 NEW LONDON, Conn. – An 89-year-old man driving through a crowd at a summer festival panicked after striking one pedestrian and lurched his station wagon through the throng, injuring 27 …
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New Jersey ends weeklong shutdown
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – After three slotless nights at Resorts Atlantic City, Lucille Mock was packing her bags to head home Saturday morning when she heard the news: the casinos …
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Twin brothers could take two top posts in Poland
July 9, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 WARSAW, Poland – The United States has its political power families – the Kennedys, the Clintons, the Bushes. But nothing quite like what has developed in Poland, which faces the …
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Money can’t buy meaning
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A7 Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by …
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Debt defying
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A7 A year ago, Cassie and Matt Breithaupt did something unusual for a growing family. They bought a smaller house.
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Porsches right on our back porch
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A7 As some drivers struggle to afford gas to keep their old Geo Metros running, a new Porsche dealership drove into the Northwest with autos costing $40,000 to $450,000. George Gee …
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College costs weigh heavily
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A8 College expenses can be tough on any family. For the Murphys, that was triply so. With three children in college in recent years, the Murphys estimate they’ve spent roughly $100,000 …
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Closer attention to budget pays off
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A8 The Greiners are both 33, and they expect to pay off their house and get completely out of debt by Jan. 1, 2012. Living on a combined annual income of …
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Sometimes you can only pray
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A9 Staeheli earned $15,000 in 2005, mostly from substitute teaching. She also works at a minimum-wage job doing phone surveys. With the $700 rent and utilities for her two-bedroom home eating …
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The haves and have nots? More like haves and have mores
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A9 Everything costs more. Right? Think health insurance, child care, postage stamps, gasoline, electricity, cable television, movies, newspapers, coffee, cigarettes, dope and lawyers.
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Feeling heat from soaring gas bills
July 9, 2006 in City on Page A9 People always ask the Loes how they do it: Seven children, one full-time salary. Their answer is a combination of careful budgeting, simple living and faith in God. Clipping coupons, …
