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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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Priorities clash in fuel shop bid
July 25, 2007 in City on Page A1 A 23-year-old idea for a gasoline station on Bigelow Gulch Road will go to Spokane County commissioners next month with a new wrinkle and as much opposition as ever. The …
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Blaze deliberately set
July 25, 2007 in City on Page A1 The enormous fuel-depot fire that had firefighters afraid for their lives Monday was deliberately set, officials said. On Tuesday, investigators walked among the twisted metal and charred ruins of Whitley …
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Riding low and lazy, beverage in hand
July 25, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 There’s something appealing about sitting on an ice chest on a hot summer day and having a cold drink close at hand. And then there’s being able to sit on …
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Alley trash pickup a political hot potato
July 25, 2007 in City on Page A1 Two years ago Spokane city leaders made voters a deal. If citizens approved a two-year property tax increase, officials would use the reprieve to get the budget in shape and …
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‘$54 Million Pants’ event held to clean up pair’s debt
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – A now-famous pair of pants was the star attraction at a fundraiser Tuesday meant to help pay the bills of a dry-cleaner couple caught in a legal stitch. …
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Lottery numbers
July 25, 2007 in City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 6-7-9. Tuesday’s Keno: 2-3-7-8-10-11- 24-26-31-40-44-46-47-52-53-54- 56-62-78-80.
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Top Taliban leader kills self in face of raid
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A top Taliban commander who became one of Pakistan’s most wanted men after his release from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, died Tuesday as security forces …
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MySpace counts sex offenders
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 RALEIGH, N.C. – MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site – more than four times the number cited by …
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Five killed in crash of Alaska sightseeing plane
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A sightseeing plane with a pilot and four cruise ship passengers crashed into steep mountainous terrain Tuesday. There were no survivors, the Coast Guard said.
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Clinton, Obama battle over Castro, Chavez talks
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has seized on Sen. Barack Obama’s debate assertion that he would meet with Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as evidence …
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Senate panel accuses Gonzales of deceit
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday accused Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of repeatedly misleading Congress and suggested he had perjured himself in connection with statements to …
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Nation in brief: Outages darken downtown for hours
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sporadic power failures Tuesday afternoon darkened a broad swath of downtown, an area dotted with Internet companies whose servers rely on a steady supply of electricity. About 51,000 homes and …
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Health workers back in Bulgaria as release stirs ransom questions
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – Five Bulgarian medical workers arrived home to an emotional welcome Tuesday after more than eight years in Libyan prisons, closing a case that caused international furor over Libyan …
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Blair plans permanent office in Mideast
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 JERUSALEM – Setting out with optimism, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to seize on a “sense of possibility,” and made plans to …
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Bush contends al-Qaida covets Iraq as a home base
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHARLESTON, S.C. – For the next seven weeks, the commander in chief becomes salesman in chief. President Bush traveled Tuesday to a military cargo facility here and cited declassified intelligence …
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Meeting gets testy between U.S., Iran
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker chided his Iranian counterpart at a rare and heated meeting Tuesday, saying Iran increasingly had meddled in Iraq since the pair’s first encounter earlier …
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Controversial professor dismissed
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 BOULDER, Colo. – The University of Colorado on Tuesday fired professor Ward Churchill, whose controversial statements comparing victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to Nazis triggered a debate over free …
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$207 million cash seizure biggest in Mexican history
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 MEXICO CITY – A week ago, Zhenli Ye Gon was the toast of the Mexican media. Speaking by telephone from a hiding place, he told a news conference that he …
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World in brief: Oil spills into sea after pipe rupture
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 Crude oil gushed through a Vancouver-area community and flowed downhill to the sea Tuesday after an accident broke open a pipeline, officials said. The oil blackened lawns and left a …
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Suspicious items prompt TSA warning
July 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Airport security officers around the nation have been alerted by federal officials to look out for terrorists practicing to carry explosive components onto aircraft, based on four curious …
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WSU-Spokane team wins design contest
July 25, 2007 in Business on Page A8 Four Washington State University students from the Spokane campus beat out professional architects from around the country in a national design competition. The Walla Walla Market Station Design Competition, which …
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Dow falls 226 on mortgage fears
July 25, 2007 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — Wall Street pulled back sharply Tuesday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and rising concerns about the mortgage market. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than …
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Truckers’ maximum hours trimmed
July 25, 2007 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a Bush administration decision to allow long-haul truckers to drive for up to 11 hours straight. For 60 years, truckers …
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Pop Shoppe is back
July 25, 2007 in Business on Page A8 A soda chain that sold “stubby” bottles of pop that customers could mix and match has reopened after a two-decade absence. The Pop Shoppe, a familiar name to pop-lovers who …
