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Thursday, December 6, 2007
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SCAFCO among new fund donors
December 6, 2007 in City on Page A1 Hundreds of Christmas Fund donors have made their gift to the newspaper’s charity an annual tradition. Their names appear year after year in the list of generous donors to the …
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Unchained enthusiasm
December 6, 2007 in City on Page A1 The game Eighth-ranked and unbeaten Washington State University survived a poor shooting night by both teams to edge 17th-ranked Gonzaga 51-47 in men’s basketball Wednesday night before a sellout crowd …
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Idaho session will have plenty of seats
December 6, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho’s next legislative session still will be cramped in its temporary quarters, but lawmakers have decided to add some relief – in the form of eight flushing porta-potties. …
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West Side floodwaters receding
December 6, 2007 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA _ Floodwaters in several Western Washington counties began to recede Wednesday, with residents returning to waterlogged homes and state officials struggling to gauge the scope of the damage. With …
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Bali coral reefs thriving with low-voltage assist
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia – Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by …
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Lottery numbers
December 6, 2007 in City on Page A2 Wednesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 1-4-6 Wed. Lotto: 13-18-25-38-45-48
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Report cites ‘high risk’ of runway catastrophe
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Air travelers face a high risk of a catastrophic collision on U.S. airport runways because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology and overworked controllers, congressional investigators said Wednesday. …
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Man kills 8, self in Omaha mall
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 OMAHA, Neb. – A man opened fire with a rifle at a busy department store Wednesday, killing eight people in an attack that made holiday shoppers run screaming through a …
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Birth rate for teens up after decline
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – After falling steadily for more than a decade, the birth rate for American teenagers jumped last year for the first time since 1991, federal health officials reported Wednesday. …
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Study finds obese children face more adult heart risk
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Being overweight as a child significantly increases the risk for heart disease in adulthood as early as age 25, according to a large new study that provides the …
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Global warming bill moves in Senate
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Democrats turned back repeated efforts by Republican senators to soften the economic impact of a global warming bill before advancing it out of a Senate committee on Wednesday. …
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Senate panel questions VA nominee
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Skepticism ran high at Wednesday’s hearing for Lt. Gen. James Peake, the nominee to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. But problems at the VA and a leadership vacuum …
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Iraq bombings kill 22 during Gates visit
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 BAGHDAD – At least 22 Iraqis were killed in four car bombings across Iraq on Wednesday, underscoring the persistent danger as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited the country …
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Deal boosts military control over security contractors
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – A new agreement between the Pentagon and the State Department gives the military in Iraq more control over Blackwater Worldwide and other private security contractors. The agreement was …
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Administration fights to maintain pressure on Iran
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Bush administration scrambled Wednesday to hold together a global alliance of suspicion against Iran, saying the clerical regime still has much to answer for despite …
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World in brief: Mass exhumations, DNA tests planned
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 Authorities in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday that they plan to exhume the remains of more than 4,000 unidentified people buried in common graves and take …
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Nation in brief: Shuttle will carry European lab
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A10 To the pleasure of NASA’s International Space Station partners, prospects were good for an on-time liftoff of shuttle Atlantis and Europe’s long-awaited Columbus lab today. Columbus will be the second …
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Justices appear split on detainees’ rights
December 6, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A11 WASHINGTON – Nearly six years after foreign prisoners were first sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a divided Supreme Court debated Wednesday how to determine whether these men are dangerous enemy …
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Bert Caldwell; Bike rally organizer has done footwork
December 6, 2007 in Business on Page A12 Harry Sladich loves to climb on his Italian motorcycle, an Aprilia Capanord, and hit the road. Wind in his hair. Grin on his face. “That’s it for me,” says the …
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Shoppers crossing border for deals
December 6, 2007 in Business on Page A12 Here’s a little story to illustrate how the strength of the Canadian dollar affects retail spending in Spokane. Last month, the 42 women onboard the Savvy Shopping Bags bus tour …
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Newspapers optimistic about online revenue
December 6, 2007 in Business on Page A12 NEW YORK – Newspaper publishers, entering 2008 with some of the worst economic conditions in many years, said Wednesday they hope to bring more readers – and ad spending – …
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Ethanol boom cools
December 6, 2007 in Business on Page A12 SPIRITWOOD, N.D. — Harold Newman shuttered his financially foundering ethanol plant in October and then broke ground on one 10 times the size. “It sounds crazy — but it appears …
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Mortgage bailout agreed to
December 6, 2007 in Business on Page A12 WASHINGTON – President Bush will announce this afternoon an agreement with major mortgage firms to freeze interest rates for five years for financially troubled homeowners – a plan advocates say …
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Comcast’s rising spending, falling sales hit shares
December 6, 2007 in Business on Page A12 PHILADELPHIA – In a bad year for cable stocks, Comcast’s fall has been downright ugly. Shares of the nation’s largest cable operator tumbled to a 20-month low Wednesday after it …
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