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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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One more ordeal
April 24, 2007 in City on Page A1 The chief witness in the case of Spokane County v. Perry J. Bache fidgeted in her jean jacket. “Do you remember he showed you a bunch of pictures of people?” …
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Classes give parents ‘an owner’s manual’
April 24, 2007 in City on Page A1 Colleen Combs started teaching Love and Logic classes to Spokane area parents 11 years ago. “Parents were coming to me with the same concerns over and over again,” said Combs, …
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Consultant: Get rid of police review board
April 24, 2007 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s all-volunteer Citizen’s Review Commission no longer has the trust of the public to monitor police misconduct and should be replaced by a full-time police ombudsman appointed by and answerable …
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State struggles to stay buckled
April 24, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Nearly 80 percent of Idahoans are buckling their seat belts when they travel, up from 58 percent eight years ago. In the same time, the state has experienced …
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Bringing sprawl to California
April 24, 2007 in City on Page A1 PALM DESERT, Calif. – Near the 18th hole of Bighorn Golf Course here, Idaho tycoon Duane Hagadone laid out his vision for a dream home to his architect. It would …
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Breast-feeding study finds no prevention of obesity
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATLANTA – While breast-feeding has many benefits, it won’t prevent a child from becoming fat as an adult, says a new study that challenges advice from U.S. health officials. The …
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Deal lets Trump’s 1,250-square-foot flag fly
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 PALM BEACH, Fla. – Donald Trump and the town of Palm Beach have reached a quiet truce in the six-month war over the huge American flag he flies over Mar-a-Lago, …
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Study: No abortion-breast cancer link
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 An abortion or a miscarriage does not increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to results released Monday from a decadelong study of more than 100,000 women. The findings …
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Boris Yeltsin dies at 76
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – Boris Yeltsin, the bearish peasant who struck the deathblow that shattered the Soviet Union and served as the first president of the disorderly Russia that emerged, died Monday. …
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They said it Associated Press
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 Reaction to the death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin: “Life dictated that our fates crossed. Together in important posts, we had to solve problems linked with the changes that …
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Ruling party pick wins election
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 A former chemistry professor hand-picked by President Olusegun Obasanjo won Nigeria’s presidential election in a landslide Monday, a vote denounced as deeply flawed by international observers and the opposition. Umaru …
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9 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Nine U.S. soldiers were killed and 20 wounded Monday in a suicide car bombing against a patrol base northeast of the capital in Diyala province, a volatile area …
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Man acquitted of kidnapping, rape
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 A jury acquitted a convicted sex offender Monday of raping two teenage girls who police say escaped after they were left to die in an underground bunker he had built. …
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FCC to seek federal controls on TV violence
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Federal regulators, concerned about the effect of television violence on children, will recommend that Congress enact legislation to give the government unprecedented powers to curb violence in entertainment …
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Democrats tie Iraq funds to exit date
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Setting in motion a promised showdown with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders united Monday behind an emergency war-spending measure that requires the president to begin withdrawing troops …
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Research questions lethal injections
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 The drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States sometimes fail to work as planned, causing slow and painful deaths that probably violate constitutional bans on cruel and unusual …
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Bush confidence in Gonzales bolstered
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – President Bush said his confidence in Alberto Gonzales has grown as a result of his testimony last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as the administration moved to …
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Author Halberstam killed in car crash
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 SAN FRANCISCO – David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who chronicled the Vietnam War generation, civil rights and the world of sports, was killed in a car crash Monday, his …
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Students return after shootings
April 24, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 BLACKSBURG, Va. – No one denied the obvious at Virginia Tech – that pretending to be normal felt abnormal. Many of the flowers on the memorials had wilted, and the …
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Overweight workers cost more in injury claims, study finds
April 24, 2007 in Business on Page A6 CHICAGO — Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers’ compensation …
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Sterling Financial earns $22.9 million
April 24, 2007 in Business on Page A6 Sterling Financial Corp., the parent company of Sterling Savings Bank, announced on Monday that the company earned $22.9 million for the first quarter of 2007. Sterling’s earnings amounted to 50 …
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‘Moly’s time has come’
April 24, 2007 in Business on Page A6 Idaho General Mines Inc. is pursuing a potential mother lode in Nevada. Not gold or silver, but an industrial metal called molybdenum. Molybdenum is a key ingredient in stainless steel. …
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Out of lockstep
April 24, 2007 in Business on Page A6 For the first time in years, foreign stocks are behaving less like they are joined at the hip with U.S. shares — good news for globally minded investors worried that …
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Agency plans study of gas prices
April 24, 2007 in Business on Page A6 The Washington State Office of the Attorney General is partnering with other agencies to do a comprehensive study of Washington’s gasoline prices. The attorney general will work with the Governor’s …
