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Saturday, September 1, 2007
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Drought draining region’s rivers
September 1, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Severe drought conditions are expanding across the Inland Northwest, with forests and fields crackling under weeks of heat and rivers trickling with record-low flows, according to a briefing issued Thursday …
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Dated lung cancer protocol revised
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 Thousands more lung cancer patients each year could be offered surgery or other aggressive therapy under a new system that classifies many tumors as more treatable than in the past. …
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Craig expected to resign
September 1, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho’s senior senator, Larry Craig, will resign today, Republican officials said Friday. Craig, who’s been under intense pressure to step down since news broke Monday that he’d pleaded …
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A mosque in the making
September 1, 2007 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s Muslims prayed on a tarp under a tent Friday, in the hopes that a year from now they’ll be worshipping on the same spot in the region’s first traditional …
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Lottery numbers
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Daily Game: 7-1-2. Friday’s Washington Keno:
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Captain helps deliver baby
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 FREEPORT, Texas – When the cook on his shrimp boat went into labor 30 miles offshore, captain Ed Kiesel grabbed a new roll of paper towels and a first aid …
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Joint chiefs warn of troop strain
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families …
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Man suspected in six killings
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 LANSING, Mich. – A prison parolee and sex offender was identified as the man suspected of killing five women in the city in a little more than a month, and …
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Mine search indefinitely halted
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 SALT LAKE CITY – The search for six men trapped in a coal mine during a cave-in nearly four weeks ago is effectively over, after a robotic camera failed to …
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President Ford stamp goes on sale
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Gerald R. Ford left his stamp on the nation. Now it can travel on letters worldwide. A new 41-cent first-class stamp features a painting of Ford …
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‘Beer hunter’ dies at 65
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 Michael Jackson, 65, who was widely regarded as the English language’s leading writer and authority on beer and who earned the nickname “the beer hunter” after his TV documentary of …
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Three Democratic candidates draw line on early primaries
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Democrats Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden on Friday pledged not to campaign in states that hold early nominating contests in violation of party rules, drawing a …
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Virginia’s Warner will retire
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – U.S. Sen. John Warner, who through three decades in office transformed himself from an object of curiosity and occasional ridicule into a respected elder, announced Friday that …
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Press secretary Snow quits for bigger salary
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Bush named a new press secretary Friday, replacing the high-profile showman Tony Snow with his quieter, stickler-for-detail deputy, Dana Perino. Snow, 52, battling cancer, said he was …
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Man sentenced for smuggling pills on Air Force jet
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – A military cargo loader who admitted smuggling thousands of Ecstasy pills aboard a U.S. Air Force jet from New York to Germany was sentenced Friday to 17 …
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Immunity sought for companies that aided spy program
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration wants the power to grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies that are facing privacy suits for cooperating with the White House’s controversial warrantless eavesdropping program. …
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‘Mass disturbance’ problems reportedly rise at Guantanamo
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – “Mass disturbances” are up sharply at the Guantanamo Bay prison this year despite a security overhaul and the release of dozens of prisoners, according to …
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Iowa couple wed during brief chance at gay marriage
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 DES MOINES, Iowa – Same-sex marriage was legal here for less than 24 hours before the county won a stay of a judge’s order Friday, a tiny window of opportunity …
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Treaty bans toxic paint used on ships
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – A treaty that forbids the maritime use of what the Environmental Protection Agency deems the most toxic chemical ever deliberately released into the world’s waters is expected to …
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Key part missing from Boeing jet
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 TOKYO – Inspectors found a key part missing in a Boeing jetliner during an emergency check prompted by the explosion of a similar plane last week in Japan, officials said …
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Cholera outbreak in Iraq kills 8
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 KIRKUK, Iraq – An outbreak of cholera in two northern Iraqi provinces has killed eight people and left dozens ill, a Kurdistan health official said Wednesday. Regional Health Minister Zeryan …
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Tropical storm intensifies, floods Acapulco
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 ACAPULCO, Mexico – Mexican officials closed schools, shut down ports to small fishing boats, and battled flooding in this Pacific resort city Friday as Tropical Storm Henriette dumped heavy rains …
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Tar-like oil spill threatens reefs
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – An oil spill stretching as wide as five miles was discovered off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, where it threatens environmentally sensitive corals and …
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Diana extolled 10 years after violent death
September 1, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 LONDON – It was not the vision of Princess Diana gliding across a ballroom nor that of the compassionate royal consoling AIDS victims that her son remembered. Rather, it was …
