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Sunday, August 31, 2008
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New Orleans residents flee
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW ORLEANS – Spooked by predictions Hurricane Gustav could grow into a Category 5 monster, an estimated 1 million people fled the Gulf Coast Saturday – even before the official …
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‘God had a plan for me’
August 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 Ernie Peluso has survived much in his 83 years of life – serious falls, car accidents, hunting accidents and a kamikaze attack that sunk his aircraft carrier during World War …
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Early wheat optimism rings hollow
August 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 REARDAN – Wheat farmers are becoming anxious as much of this year’s crop stands uncut in the rolling fields of Eastern Washington. The harvest is running about two weeks behind …
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Italy to compensate Libya for colonial rule
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 BENGHAZI, Libya – Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya $5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and …
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Ron Paul devotees gather for convention of their own
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – There’s no room at the Xcel Energy Center for maverick Ron Paul, so his acolytes have packed their cars, hitched rides on “Ronvoys” and will pitch tents at …
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Fired official cites calls, e-mails from Palin
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska’s former commissioner of public safety claims that Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s pick to be vice president, personally talked to him on two occasions about a …
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Fisherman pulls shark from lake
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 There’s no telling what might turn up in Lake Michigan. Rich Fasi, of Traverse City, says he found a dead 2-foot shark in the water while fishing on West Grand …
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Former NYPD detective arrested as ‘Bling Bandit’
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson …
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Admiral explains destroyer halt
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Navy took the unusual step of abruptly canceling construction of its expensive new class of destroyers this summer because the ships lack abilities that top commanders believe …
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Joint inquiry to address Afghan deaths
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 KABUL, Afghanistan – After a week of tense public disagreement over the civilian casualty toll in a U.S.-led raid in western Afghanistan, officials from the United Nations, the Afghan government …
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Shake-up by al-Maliki suggests talks stalled
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 BAGHDAD – At the make-or-break stage of talks with the United States on the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has swept aside his negotiating team …
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Port is strategic element of standoff with Russia
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 POTI, Georgia – Weeks before Russia invaded Georgia earlier this month, excavators in this key Black Sea port began to lay the ground for a $200 million tax-free zone to …
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U.N. says Georgians being kept from homes
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 TBILISI, Georgia – Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a U.N. representative said Saturday. Melita Sunjic, spokeswoman for the U.N. High …
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Tens of thousands rally against violence in Mexico
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 MEXICO CITY – More than 100,000 frustrated Mexicans, many carrying pictures of kidnapped loved ones, marched across the country Saturday to demand government action against a relentless tide of killings, …
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Rain hampering quake aid efforts
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck China’s southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, killing 22 people and injuring more than 100, state media said. Rescue teams were headed to the quake-hit area, but …
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White House readies response
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 ST. PAUL, Minn. – As Hurricane Gustav roars toward the Gulf Coast, President Bush is doing everything he can to blunt its impact on coastal residents – and on his …
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Oil, business groups sue over polar bears
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit Thursday against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, joining Alaska Gov. …
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Microbes might play role in premature births
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 Microbes in the wrong place at the wrong time – a woman’s amniotic fluid during pregnancy – might play a role in causing premature births, according to a study published …
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Amazon deforestation up sharply
August 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months – the first such increase in three years – as rising demand for soy and …
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Spokane soldier, 23, killed in Iraq
August 31, 2008 in City on Page B1 Rose Marie Alfonso said she was prepared for some kinds of bad news when her husband, Carlo, deployed to Iraq. Post-traumatic stress disorder, perhaps. Struggling to return to civilian life.
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Feeding the city, in more ways than one
August 31, 2008 in City on Page B1 Jim Clancy. Saving the world. One cucumber at a time. OK. That’s an oversimplification.
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Woman dies in crash; two children critical
August 31, 2008 in City on Page B1 A Spokane Valley woman was killed and two children remained hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, after an early morning accident on Interstate 90 eight miles west of Spokane. Amy S. …
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Early school start a growing trend
August 31, 2008 in City on Page B1 Residents on Ella Road experienced something Thursday they haven’t seen since June. A traffic jam.
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Tacoma shooting suspect competent to stand trial
August 31, 2008 in City on Page B2 TACOMA – State psychiatrists say a young man is now able to stand trial in a fatal shooting at Foss High School in Tacoma. During a Pierce County Superior Court …
