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Saturday, March 11, 2006
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Investigation reopened
March 11, 2006 in City on Page A1 After days of community outrage over the handling of a sexual encounter between a firefighter and a 16-year-old girl, the Spokane Police Department has reopened its criminal investigation of the …
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Claims against diocese soaring
March 11, 2006 in City on Page A1 Sex-abuse claims against the Catholic Diocese of Spokane have more than doubled since the troubled Eastern Washington church filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 15 months ago. The claims, 176 and …
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Nursing the whitebark
March 11, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 The picture is increasingly bleak for the Inland Northwest’s last remaining stands of whitebark pine. The tree, a critical food source for everything from birds to grizzly bears, has quietly …
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Yankee Stadium becomes field for dream wedding
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – This Yankee Stadium home run wasn’t celebrated with a high-five or a handshake. It was sealed with a kiss. The hallowed Bronx ballpark Friday became a wedding …
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Kempthorne on short list to lead Interior Department
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Gale Norton, who as secretary of the interior reopened Yellowstone National Park to snowmobiles and pushed for greater energy development on public land, announced Friday she would relinquish …
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Congress seeking wider role after port deal
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders will unveil legislation as soon as next week demanding a congressional role in reviewing the acquisition of U.S. businesses by foreign buyers, suggesting that the …
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Ex-Bush adviser denies swindling
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 Claude A. Allen, who resigned last month as President Bush’s top domestic policy adviser, was arrested this week in Montgomery County, Md., for allegedly swindling Target and Hecht’s stores out …
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Mars craft enters ‘picture perfect’ orbit
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter completed a flawless 300 million-mile trip Friday to sweep smartly into orbit around Mars, dropping out of radio contact behind the planet for a nail-biting half …
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PR blitz launched on Iraq war strategy
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Bush next week plans to begin a series of speeches again explaining the administration’s strategy for winning the war in Iraq, as the White House returns to …
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Deaths of 6 Japanese result of Internet pact
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 TOKYO – Six young Japanese were found dead from asphyxiation in a car Friday, charcoal stoves still smoking beside them – apparently the latest victims of a surge in suicide …
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Captors kill U.S. hostage taken in Iraq
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – An American who was among four Christian activists kidnapped last year in Iraq has been killed, a State Department spokesman said Friday. The FBI verified that a body …
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Troops kill 30 in raid on hideout
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships targeted a suspected militant hideout in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region near the Afghan border and killed about 30 militants, an Army spokesman said today. …
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Argentine president bans beef exports
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has a plan to fight rising inflation and food prices: Let them eat beef. In an extraordinary decision, the government this week …
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Report raises questions on New Orleans levees
March 11, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – The force of surging high water from Hurricane Katrina bent back a key New Orleans flood wall and splintered its foundation, an investigating panel said Friday in a …
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PBGC wants more data from firms
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 Companies with underfunded pension plans should be required to provide information on the condition of their plans as part of an overhaul of the pension insurance system, the head of …
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Owners win clear title to Otis Hotel
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 A Superior Court judge decided Friday that a former lessee of the Otis Hotel did not exercise his option to purchase the downtown building, granting clear title of the property …
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Golf Universe store to open at Sprague and Sullivan
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 A new golf store is on par to open just in time for the upcoming golf season. Golf Universe, a discount golf retailer, plans to open in 10,000 square feet …
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Market recap
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 DOW11,076.34Up 104.06DOW YEAR+358.84NASDAQ2,262.04Up 12.32SILVER9.895Down 0.008S&P 5001,281.58Up 9.35OIL59.96Down 0.51AMEX1,874.26Up 4.57GOLD539.90Down 5.60
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Hiring up, but so is national jobless rate
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON — Stuck in a job you hate? Fed up with your boss? With payrolls strengthening, it might be the time to dust off your resume, polish your skills and …
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NASCAR’s Hall of Fame is not for sale
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a sport famous for slapping sponsor names on every available inch of sheet metal and fire-retardant racing suit, it appears NASCAR has finally found something it …
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Port deal fallout may be minimal
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON — The scuttling by Congress of a Dubai-owned company’s bid to gain control of U.S. port operations is unlikely to trigger negative economic consequences unless it is followed by …
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Can AT&T avoid megamerger curse?
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A7 NEW YORK — If AT&T and BellSouth merge, it will be a gargantuan task, affecting tens of millions of customers and investors and more than 300,000 employees. Many mergers of …
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Volvo plans hybrid trucks
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A7 Sweden’s AB Volvo, one of the world’s largest truck makers, on Friday unveiled a new hybrid engine technology that it said will cut fuel consumption in heavy vehicles by up …
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Dow jumps 104 points on job report
March 11, 2006 in Business on Page A7 Broad-based gains in employment sent stocks higher Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials gaining more than 104 points as investors regained some confidence in the economy. However, interest rate concerns …
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