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Saturday, April 21, 2007
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Parishes, diocese to formalize relationship
April 21, 2007 in Business, City Parishes have been told to bring blank to be prepared to sign papers and pay license fees turning each congregation into a separate nonprofit corporation.
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Colleges cram on security
April 21, 2007 in City on Page A1 Campuswide siren systems. Expanded video surveillance. More guns – or fewer guns – on campus. In the days since the massacre at Virginia Tech, colleges everywhere are examining their emergency …
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CdA has had program since 1999
April 21, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Teens in Kootenai County’s Juvenile Detention Center have told Lenaya Hogan they’d rather be in lock-up than in their chaotic or violent homes. At least in jail they have a …
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Refuge from the chaos
April 21, 2007 in City on Page A1 Spokane nonprofits and businesses launched two programs on Friday designed to engage the public in preventing child abuse and neglect. The programs establish safe places for endangered children to find …
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State readying Lincoln events
April 21, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – It was Abraham Lincoln who established the Idaho territory in 1863, helped pick the name “Idaho” and appointed the first territorial governor. Lincoln even had Idaho on his …
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Family of Virginia Tech gunman issues statement
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 BLACKSBURG, Va. – They are grieving, too, the family who loved Seung-Hui Cho. They love their son, their brother, as deeply as they deplore the things he did. Their hearts …
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Little won’t be imitating Colbert
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Talk about taking the edge off of edgy. Impressionist Rich Little hasn’t been hot since Nehru jackets and go-go boots were hip. But the mild-mannered 68-year-old nightclub performer …
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Miss America gets her gun
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 WAYNESBURG, Ky. – Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle’s tires and …
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Murder-suicide at NASA
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 HOUSTON – A NASA contract worker took a handgun inside an office building Friday at the Johnson Space Center and fatally shot a hostage before killing himself, police said. A …
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Reading First program under investigation
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is investigating a $6 billion reading initiative at the center of President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law, another blow to a program besieged by …
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Executive pay targeted in House
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives sent a message to corporate America’s plushest executive suites Friday: It’s time to put your pay packages to a vote. Lawmakers voted 269 to …
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In brief: Board intensifies probe of Wolfowitz
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 Paul D. Wolfowitz’s chances of remaining World Bank president grew more uncertain Friday after the governing board for the multinational aid agency expanded its probe into his role in a …
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Killer’s videos are posted on YouTube
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 Even as television news anchors explained why they would no longer show the videos made by suspected Virginia Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho, his diatribe was rapidly being uploaded to YouTube.com. …
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Text of family’s statement
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 Statement issued to the Associated Press by Sun-Kyung Cho, sister of Seung-Hui Cho: On behalf of our family, we are so deeply sorry for the devastation my brother has caused. …
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Gates wants action by summer
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 BAGHDAD – In the latest warning from Washington that America’s patience is wearing thin, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Iraqi government officials Friday that they need to pass legislation …
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Haditha massacre report criticizes Marines’ leaders
April 21, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps chain of command in Iraq ignored “obvious” signs of “serious misconduct” in the 2005 slayings of two dozen civilians in Haditha, and commanders fostered a …
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Lincoln Memorial fencing removed
April 21, 2007 in Idaho on Page A6 U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, looking ahead to the celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday in February 2009, questioned ugly chain-link fencing that was placed at the Lincoln Memorial shortly …
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College counselors say violence extremely difficult to predict
April 21, 2007 in City on Page A7 College counselors are not unfamiliar with the profile. A student who writes violent fantasies. A student angry at the whole world. A student who creepily pursues young women.
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Threats shut college, high school
April 21, 2007 in Idaho on Page A7 Lewiston police apprehended an 18-year-old college student threatening “Columbine”-style shootings Friday at Lewis-Clark State College and Lewiston High School. Richard Sonnen, a Lewis-Clark student, allegedly told several people Thursday that …
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Business in brief: USDA admits security breach
April 21, 2007 in Business on Page A8 The Social Security numbers of as many as 150,000 people who received Agriculture Department grants have been posted on a government Web site since 1996, but were taken down last …
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Grocers going green
April 21, 2007 in Business on Page A8 LOVELAND, Ohio — Grocery shoppers at the new Kroger store in this eastern Cincinnati suburb are bathed in sunlight from 75 skylights in rows overlooking the aisles. It’s the most …
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Stocks up sharply; Dow near 13,000
April 21, 2007 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — Wall Street bounded higher Friday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrial average to a record close approaching 13,000 as investors celebrated a week of surprisingly strong earnings reports. …
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Falling dollar means a boost for many
April 21, 2007 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — During the Great Depression, New York’s ebullient mayor Fiorello LaGuardia dubbed the popular marble lions that frame the steps of the city’s main library Patience and Fortitude …
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Blackberry outage traced to poorly tested upgrade
April 21, 2007 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — After two days of frustrating silence about a lengthy outage in its BlackBerry e-mail service, the company that makes the addictive mobile device issued a jargon-laden update …
