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Saturday, September 8, 2007
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Wolf kills calf
September 8, 2007 in City on Page A1 Any doubts over the return of wolves to Washington were erased Friday when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that a calf in northeastern Washington had been killed by …
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West Side Cougs put the ‘fanatic’ in fan
September 8, 2007 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – It’s not always easy being a Cougar in a sea of Huskies, but at least you know who your friends are. That’s the verdict from some far-from-Pullman fans …
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Development shuts market
September 8, 2007 in City on Page A1 After more than 60 years, a small grocery and convenience store important to the population who remained when other downtown commerce fled closed its doors for the last time Friday. …
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Bin Laden, sporting dark beard, taunts America in latest video
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Ending a nearly three-year absence from public view, a dark-bearded Osama bin Laden surfaced Friday in a video in which he repeatedly taunted the Bush administration but made …
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Newland found guilty of murder
September 8, 2007 in City on Page A1 Jamie Lynn Drake was murdered last year before she got to open most of her high school graduation gifts. On Friday, her mother raced down Interstate 90 when she got …
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Airline rejects passenger for ‘inappropriate’ attire
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 SAN DIEGO – A 23-year-old woman who boarded a Southwest Airlines plane in a short skirt for a flight to Arizona says she was led off the plane for wearing …
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Lottery numbers
September 8, 2007 in City on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Daily Game: 4-2-7
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House approves patent reform bill
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The House on Friday passed the most comprehensive patent reform in half a century, delivering a victory for computer technology and financial services companies and leaving drug companies, …
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Nation in brief: Thompson covers abortion penalties
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 A day after touting his “100 percent record against abortion,” Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Friday that women should face no criminal penalties for having one during the first …
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Congress passes student loan overhaul
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Congress on Friday approved the largest overhaul of education funding in 60 years, slashing subsidies to lenders by $20.9 billion over five years and redirecting the funds to …
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ author L’Engle, 88, dies
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 HARTFORD, Conn. – Author Madeleine L’Engle, whose novel “A Wrinkle in Time” has captivated generations of schoolchildren and adults since the 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She was …
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World in brief: Hamas forces beat Fatah supporters
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 Hamas forces armed with assault rifles and clubs beat supporters of the rival Palestinian faction Fatah as they tried to hold street prayers Friday to protest against the Islamic group’s …
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Progress claims draw skepticism
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Launching a new assault on the president’s war strategy, congressional Democrats have begun to dismiss the Bush administration claims of military progress as unreliable spin ahead of testimony …
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Petraeus to seek more time
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – In a preview of his report to Congress next week, Gen. David Petraeus expressed disappointment Friday in the lack of progress toward political reconciliation in Iraq. Administration officials …
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Parents now suspects in disappearance
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal – In a shocking twist, the British parents who have run an international campaign to find their missing toddler were declared suspects in the case Friday, …
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Bush’s day at Australian opera falls flat
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 SYDNEY, Australia – President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House. He’d only reached the third sentence of Friday’s speech to business …
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U.S., South Korea bicker
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 SYDNEY, Australia – In an unexpected twist, President Bush’s bout of diplomacy in Asia hit a snag in dealings with longtime ally South Korea and drew a conciliatory gesture from …
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Diocese settles abuse cases
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 SAN DIEGO – After years of negotiations, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego on Friday announced a $198.1 million settlement with plaintiffs who said they were sexually abused by …
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Doctor recalls bin Laden
September 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Yemeni doctor who treated wounded al-Qaida fighters at Tora Bora in Afghanistan has confirmed Osama bin Laden was at the mountain stronghold as U.S. …
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U.S. on the slow track
September 8, 2007 in Business on Page A8 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Seven hours after boarding a train in Kansas City, Douglas Lewandowski finally arrived at Chicago’s Union Station — rested after the 500-mile trip but anxious to get …
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Comcast cuts Internet service to bandwidth hogs
September 8, 2007 in Business on Page A8 The rapid growth of online videos, music and games has created a new Internet sin: using it too much. Comcast has punished some transgressors by cutting off their Internet service, …
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Airport deal falls through
September 8, 2007 in Business on Page A8 A tentative agreement that would have created an 80-acre business park near Spokane International Airport has fallen through. Local developer Walt Worthy said his company, Worthy Enterprises LLC, declined to …
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Business in brief: Unemployment hits record low in North Idaho
September 8, 2007 in Business on Page A8 August provided no relief for North Idaho employers struggling to find workers in a tight labor market. Kootenai County’s unemployment rate sunk to an all-time low of 2.4 percent last …
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Stocks fall sharply; bond prices soar
September 8, 2007 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — Wall Street plunged while bonds surged higher Friday after the government reported payrolls in August fell for the first time in four years rather than rising as …
