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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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Coaches stress stricter hygiene to deter MRSA
October 25, 2007 in City on Page A1 Scary new statistics about drug-resistant bacterial infections have sent shivers through an unlikely section of the community: the high-school locker room. Coaches throughout the Inland Northwest say they’re emphasizing new …
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World’s biggest jetliner takes to skies at last
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 ON BOARD FLIGHT SQ380 – A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 took off on a historic journey today – the first commercial flight by the world’s largest jetliner, which boasts luxurious …
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Lottery numbers
October 25, 2007 in City on Page A2 Wednesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 9-4-2 Wed. Lotto: 23-29-31-34-41-43.
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California firefighters ‘making good progress’
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – As fierce Santa Ana winds finally began to subside, firefighters reached a turning point Wednesday in their four-day battle against Southern California’s wildfires. Although several large fires …
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Senate rejects citizenship bill
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill offering young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they served in the military or completed two years of higher education. …
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Residents return to random destruction
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 RANCHO BERNARDO, Calif. – Strange things happened on Cloudesly Drive. Houses simply disappeared. At one address, there is a swimming pool, transformed into a black lagoon. There is a metal …
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Nation in brief: Bill would grant Hawaiians powers
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 Native Hawaiians should regain some of the self-governance powers lost when the islands’ queen was overthrown more than a century ago, the House decided Wednesday. The White House threatened a …
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Turks step up operations along border with Iraq
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – The Turkish military has ramped up military operations along the southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation …
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Russian guilty of murdering 48
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – A Russian man known as the “Chessboard Killer” because he wanted to commit a murder for each of the 64 squares on the chessboard was convicted Wednesday of …
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China steps up space race with moon launch
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIJING – Half a century after the Soviet Union beat the United States to outer space, China blasted off its first lunar orbiter Wednesday, catapulting the Asian nation onto the …
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Mexican oil workers killed in rig accident
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – At least 18 oil workers were killed when a drilling rig hit an oil platform in stormy weather, spilling gas and oil into the Gulf of Mexico, …
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World in brief: Israel plans cuts to power in Gaza
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 Israel unveiled a new tactic Wednesday aimed at deterring Palestinians from firing rockets out of the Gaza Strip – it will cut off Gaza’s electricity bit by bit as a …
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University police cleared in Tasering
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida police were justified in using a Taser against a student who refused to stop questioning Sen. John Kerry on campus last month, according to …
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Bush tells Cuba to grant freedoms after Castro era
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Asserting that peaceful pressure is growing on Cuba in response to “the dying gasps of a failed regime,” President Bush on Wednesday called on Cuban authorities to abandon …
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Health care poll results
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Democratic ideas for fixing the health care system to cover the uninsured enjoy more support among Americans than proposals coming from Republicans, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll …
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Protester confronts Rice before Mideast hearing
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – A war protester ambushed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a House hearing Wednesday, thrusting “blood”-stained hands in her face and accusing her of having the “blood of …
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Democrats to present stricter kids’ health bill
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Just one week after failing to override President Bush’s veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance …
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Official resigns in wake of Blackwater
October 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The State Department’s diplomatic security chief resigned Wednesday, marking the first departure of a government official with oversight responsibility for the administration’s troubled private-security-contractor program. Richard J. Griffin, …
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Insurance meltdown unlikely
October 25, 2007 in Business on Page A10 LOS ANGELES – Despite reassurances from state officials, homeowners in fire-ravaged Southern California might have plenty to worry about when it comes to their home insurance. With damage estimates climbing …
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Business in brief: Bids requested for helicopters
October 25, 2007 in Business on Page A10 The Air Force will request new bids for a $15 billion contract awarded to Boeing Co. last November to replace 141 search-and-rescue helicopters used in combat. The deal was put …
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Gearing up for competition
October 25, 2007 in Business on Page A10 The thousand-gallon aquarium is gone, the fishing tackle a thing of the past. White’s Boots, a 102-year-old Spokane sporting goods store, is headed in a different direction. Although the company’s …
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Microsoft invests in Facebook
October 25, 2007 in Business on Page A10 SAN FRANCISCO – Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google …
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Bert Caldwell: Credit union reaches out to the ‘unbanked’
October 25, 2007 in Business on Page A10 The unbanked and unbankable have a champion at tiny Inland Empire Trades Credit Union. Chief Executive Officer Demaris Krummel, with the backing of her board of directors, has made serving …
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Toyota offers a new look for its cars
October 25, 2007 in Business on Page A10 CHIBA, Japan – With sales at home skidding, Japan’s automakers have turned to the odd, the sleek and the fuel-efficient to help accelerate buyer interest. At the Tokyo Motor Show …
