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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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Prosecutor’s son gets jail time
September 12, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 The son of Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas was sent to jail Tuesday for violating terms of his probation for prior convictions. As his parents sat in the front row …
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Iraq plan a tough sell
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After two days of testimony before Congress, the Bush administration’s top diplomat in Iraq and the top military commander of U.S. troops there made few inroads in their …
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Facing scandals, Abe announces resignation
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced today he will resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat. Abe, …
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Lottery numbers
September 12, 2007 in City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 0-4-3. Tuesday’s Keno: 1-10-12-19-20- 27-29-31-38-40-45-46-48-54-68- 70-71-72-76-79.
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Bin Laden video lauds terrorists, seeks more
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – Osama bin Laden urged sympathizers to join the “caravan” of martyrs as he praised one of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers in a new video that emerged …
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Mexico steel industry crippled after pipeline bombings
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – More than 60 percent of Mexico’s steel production was halted and two major auto plants, including Volkswagen’s only manufacturing facility in North America, shut down Tuesday after …
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World in brief: Archbishop critical of president resigns
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Zimbabwean archbishop who was an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal said Tuesday he has resigned, but he vowed to continue championing …
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U.S., China agree to toy export efforts
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Amid heightened concern about the safety of foreign products, the U.S. and Chinese governments agreed in writing Tuesday on measures to prevent future export of Chinese-made toys containing …
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U.S. meeting al-Sadr loyalists
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – U.S. diplomats and military officers have held talks with members of the armed movement loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a sharp reversal of previous policy and a grudging recognition …
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Senate acts against cross-border trucks
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Congress on Tuesday moved to block the Bush administration from allowing Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States, setting up a collision with the White House and …
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Woman held captive, beaten; 6 arrested
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 BIG CREEK, W.Va. – For at least a week, authorities say, a young black woman was held captive in a mobile home, forced to eat animal waste, stabbed, choked and …
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Nation in brief: Parrot, friend of science, dies
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 Alex, a parrot who could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian …
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Giuliani’s lead shrinks among GOP hopefuls
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the race for the Republican presidential nomination but has seen a dramatic erosion in his support, which now stands at its …
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Health premium growth slows
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – The price of health insurance premiums rose this year at the slowest rate since 1999 but still outpaced wage growth and inflation by a wide margin for the …
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Football rivalry spurs bloody brawl in bar
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A9 OKLAHOMA CITY – To some Oklahoma football fans, there are things that just aren’t done in the heart of Sooner Nation, and one of them is to walk into a …
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Mars rover starts descent into crater
September 12, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A9 After surviving the harshest dust storm in its nearly four-year trek on Mars, the rover Opportunity returned to work Tuesday, dipping its toe into 260-foot-deep Victoria Crater. Opportunity rolled its …
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UCLA forecast sees near-recession before economy rebounds by 2009
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 LOS ANGELES – Ongoing weakness in the housing market will push the national economy to the brink of recession, but growth in other areas should put the country back on …
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Wanted: a working solution to housing costs
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 A growing number of communities are realizing that attracting and retaining quality workers often boils down to cost and quality of housing. Lack of workforce housing, places that professionals such …
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NO HEADLINE
September 12, 2007 in Sports on Page A10 DOW13,308.39Up 180.54DOW YEAR Up 845.24NASDAQ2,597.47Up 38.36SILVER12.667Up 0.135S&P 5001,471.49Up 19.79OIL78.23Up 0.74AMEX2,268.99Up 39.71GOLD712.20Up 8.90
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Business in brief: Kohl’s sites opening Oct. 3
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 Kohl’s is opening its NorthTown Mall store in Spokane and its Coeur d’Alene store Oct. 3. The stores will be the first in the region for the retailer, which also …
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Energy case goes back to FERC
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 Federal regulators erred when they did not consider new evidence that Pacific Northwest electricity markets were manipulated in 2001, according to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court …
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Answering the call
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 MENASHA, Wis. — Firefighting is all about speed: fast red trucks, fires that can quickly get out of control. The only thing the industry seems slow at is changing its …
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Housing units, prices increasking in state
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 The number of housing units in Washington rose more than 10 percent since 2000, with the most growth in Franklin County in Eastern Washington, according to new Census data. There …
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VMware builds on the buzz
September 12, 2007 in Business on Page A11 SAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off this year’s hottest debut on Wall Street, trendsetting software maker VMware Inc. is hosting nearly 11,000 people clamoring to learn more about a computing twist …
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