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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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River park plans get big boost from gift
June 20, 2007 in City on Page A1 Friends of the Falls, a nonprofit organization working toward opening a whitewater park on the Spokane River near downtown, announced Tuesday that it has reached its fundraising goal and expects …
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Guard fired in peeping case
June 20, 2007 in City on Page A1 A security guard working at the U.S. Courthouse in downtown Spokane was fired after allegedly using remote-controlled rooftop security cameras to peer inside an occupied high-end condominium unit at Main …
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Mom faces prison
June 20, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 The mother of a 9-week-old baby is pleading to stay out of prison after an Idaho Court of Appeals ruling that a Kootenai County judge didn’t have the legal authority …
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Memories still fit ex-ballplayer like a glove
June 20, 2007 in City on Page A1 Dwight Aden’s baseball glove is cracked and creased, well-aged like he is. The glove hangs from a nail high on the wall of Aden’s Loon Lake cabin, surrounded by baseball …
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Lottery numbers
June 20, 2007 in City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-6-8
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Vatican guide to driving charts a righteous path
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Tuesday issued a “Ten Commandments” for motorists to keep them on the road to salvation, warning drivers against the sins of road rage, abuse …
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Judge in Smith case stepping down
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Larry Seidlin – the Broward County circuit court judge who cried on national television over Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith’s death – has resigned from the …
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Bloomberg drops GOP affiliation
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg abruptly left the Republican Party on Tuesday, declaring himself free of a “rigid adherence” to ideology and stoking speculation that he will use …
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Blaze kills nine firefighters
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHARLESTON, S.C. – More than a dozen firefighters who rushed into the burning furniture superstore knew – or thought they knew – two things: Employees were trapped inside, and the …
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Nation in brief: Atlantis undocks from space station
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 Hours after undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, Atlantis’ seven astronauts finished a final inspection of the space shuttle to make sure its heat shield was ready to …
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World in brief: China plans highway to Everest
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 China plans to build a highway on the side of Mount Everest to ease the Olympic torch’s journey to the peak of the world’s tallest mountain before the 2008 Beijing …
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Budget director Portman resigns
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – White House budget director Rob Portman resigned Tuesday, forcing President Bush to shuffle key assignments yet again as he seeks to assemble a team to close out his …
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Bush, Olmert back Abbas
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed Tuesday on a strategy to prop up the embattled Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas with financial aid, eased travel …
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Palestinians flee, wait in tunnel
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip – Trapped by Israeli tanks and Hamas gunmen, hundreds of terrified Palestinians holed up in a stench-filled concrete tunnel at a border crossing Tuesday, desperate to …
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Bush to push research into alternatives to embryonic stem cells
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – President Bush, under increasing pressure to relax his restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, plans to issue an executive order today to encourage government agencies to support research …
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Oil tax package advances in Senate
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – A proposal to hit oil companies with $29 billion in new taxes advanced in the Senate on Tuesday, targeting the money to energy conservation, wind turbines, electric hybrid …
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Iraq truck blast suggests shift
June 20, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 BAGHDAD – Thousands of U.S. troops waged a new offensive against al-Qaida in Iraq north of the capital on Tuesday, focusing in particular on the extremist group’s bomb-making facilities, while …
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Kaiser invests in future
June 20, 2007 in Business on Page A8 Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will spend an additional $34 million on equipment for its Trentwood rolling mill to further increase its heat-treated metal plate production, the company announced Tuesday. Unspecified new …
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Boeing lands deal with former Airbus customer
June 20, 2007 in Business on Page A8 LE BOURGET, France — Boeing Co. scored a major coup Tuesday, announcing that the original launch customer for its rival Airbus’ planned A350 had signed up for another 50 of …
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SprayCool to lay off 52 more workers
June 20, 2007 in Business on Page A8 Liberty Lake-based SprayCool Inc. will lay off 52 employees and close offices in Seattle and Pullman, the electronics cooling systems company has announced. Thirty Liberty Lake employees will lose their …
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Fit after 50
June 20, 2007 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — Marshall Kahn attends a gym with yoga, tai chi and Pilates classes, weight training and treadmills. It also has a driving simulator, where members can keep their …
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NO HEADLINE
June 20, 2007 in Sports on Page A8 DOW13,635.42Up 22.44DOW YEAR Up 1,172.27NASDAQ2,626.76Up 0.16SILVER13.303Up 0.092S&P 5001,533.70Up 2.65OIL69.10Up 0.01AMEX2,338.98Down 3.80GOLD660.40Up 4.60
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Home Depot to sell wholesale unit
June 20, 2007 in Business on Page A8 ATLANTA — The Home Depot Inc. announced Tuesday it will sell its wholesale distribution business to a group of private equity firms for $10.3 billion over the objection of some …
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Racial slurs alleged in suit
June 20, 2007 in Business on Page A8 The foreman at a Coeur d’Alene company used racial slurs and told racist jokes in the presence of two African-American employees, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the U.S. …
