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Airmen join ground war
March 19, 2006 in City on Page A1 Roadside explosions rocked his armored vehicle some days. Bullets pounded its thick panels on others.
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Card-dealer school always has full house
March 19, 2006 in City on Page A1 Dice tumble across the felt surface of a craps table. “Nine centerfield nine … mark the nine,” chants a dealer, retrieving the dice with a wooden stick hooked like a …
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Foreign high-tech firms find unlikely hub in Baja
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 TIJUANA, Mexico – This border city – perhaps best known for tunnel-digging drug smugglers, bottomless margaritas and maquiladoras that churn out cheap toys – is quietly transforming itself into a …
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Revenge-seeking dad ready to leave Iraq
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 AL-ASAD, Iraq – In the desert chill, on the lonely nighttime roads of Iraq, Joe Johnson looks out over his machine gun and thinks of Justin. It was on Easter …
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Reaction to law monumental
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 PIERRE, S.D. – The superintendent of Mount Rushmore was surprised at first when people from all over the country started calling up to express their opinion about South Dakota’s ban …
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Dozens of suspects held in Iraq sweep
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD, Iraq – American and Iraqi troops pushing through a desolate area of Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartland rounded up dozens more suspected insurgents, including alleged killers of a television journalist, …
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Protests mark war anniversary
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – In Times Square, anti-war protesters rallied outside a military recruiting station, demanding that troops be withdrawn from Iraq. In London, 15,000 people poured into Trafalgar Square. In …
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Academy sex cases rarely adjudicated
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sexual assault charges against students at the Naval Academy are routinely dismissed without trial, an analysis of Navy documents found. A review of 56 midshipmen accused of sexual assault since …
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Jobs plan sparks French protests
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 PARIS – Police loosed water cannons and tear gas on rioting students and activists rampaged through a McDonald’s and attacked store fronts in the capital Saturday as demonstrations against a …
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Hard-liners fill Hamas posts
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Hamas said Saturday it had completed the formation of its government without succeeding to bring in moderate parties, a step that looked likely to only …
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Thousands bid farewell as Milosevic is buried
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A7 POZAREVAC, Serbia-Montenegro – Slobodan Milosevic was laid to rest Saturday beneath a tree at the family estate in his hometown, a quiet end for a man blamed for ethnic wars …
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In Passing
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A7 Washington G. William Miller, Treasury secretary
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Hostages find odd foe in U.S. policy
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – At an emotional meeting this month at the State Department, steps from the office of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a group of former American hostages released by …
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Neverland never more?
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A8 LOS OLIVOS, Calif. – Here lies Neverland. Trains once packed with laughing children no longer roll around the grounds. The arcade that pulsed with rap music, the curse words edited …
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Navy fires on armed boat off Somalia
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – Two U.S. warships opened fire on suspected pirates in a small boat in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia Saturday when the pirates brandished shoulder-fired rocket …
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Tests find woman died of bird flu
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A9 Initial tests at a U.S. Navy lab show that a 35-year-old woman who died last week in Egypt had bird flu, officials said Saturday. If the results are confirmed, she …
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Many fines go unpaid
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A12 When a gasoline spill and explosion killed three young people in Washington state, officials announced a record penalty against a gas pipeline company: $3 million to send the message that …
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Guru to Bush joins McCain
March 19, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A12 WASHINGTON – With an eye toward the 2008 presidential campaign, GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona has hired one of President Bush’s top re-election advisers to help run his political …
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The fur flies (and drips), all in fun
March 19, 2006 in City on Page B1 These are the dogs that fly – the ones that spring from the dock and soar more than 20 feet into the air. Like well-trained athletes, the good ones practice …
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Geologist to review mine
March 19, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 The Kootenai National Forest has hired a geotechnical consultant to review a mine operator’s plans to extract silver and copper from underneath a Montana wilderness. Forest Supervisor Bob Castenada ordered …
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Suspect sought after body found in river
March 19, 2006 in City on Page B1 A 45-year-old Spokane man missing for more than a week was found dead in the Spokane River on Saturday afternoon, and police were searching the Northwest for one of two …
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Woman injured in head-on collision
March 19, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 Five people escaped serious injury after a head-on collision between a car and a logging truck on state Highway 200 near Ponderay, according to Idaho State Police. Cathie S. Burley, …
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College plan sparks NIC debate
March 19, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 Efforts to create a statewide system of community colleges have exposed a debate about work force training and tax fairness at North Idaho College. Two North Idaho chambers of commerce …
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Mining vote falling short
March 19, 2006 in City on Page B1 Members of the Colville Tribes were rejecting a proposal to allow mining of Mt. Tolman by a margin of nearly 3-to-1 in early election returns Saturday. But most ballots – …
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