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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Housing won’t go to poor
August 6, 2008 in Business on Page A1 Nearly 250 vacant homes on the West Plains will see new life as rental dwellings, but not as low-income housing as two Spokane nonprofits and an area homebuilder first proposed. …
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Day of wet fur, toothy grins
August 6, 2008 in City on Page A1 Max had no problem with it. Neither did Charlie. And after a few swims and jumps, Baxter could barely contain himself. “Take a deep breath, OK?” Kimberly Morse told the …
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Gun-control groups oust alleged NRA spy
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 PHILADELPHIA – A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid …
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Shasta’s testimony would close courtroom
August 6, 2008 in City on Page A1 BOISE – A federal judge has ordered the courtroom closed if confessed killer Joseph Duncan’s surviving victim takes the stand in his death penalty sentencing trial, even though the 11-year-old …
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FBI to present evidence in anthrax investigation
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – After nearly seven years of investigating, FBI officials plan to present evidence today to the surviving victims of the 2001 anthrax attacks that they believe proves that a …
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Bush says N. Korea must work to get off terror list
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEOUL, South Korea – President Bush said today that North Korea has much to do before the U.S. can remove it from the terror blacklist, but expressed hope that its …
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Iran’s reply to nuclear offer ‘unacceptable’
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Iran’s response to an incentives package aimed at defusing a dispute over its nuclear program is unacceptable, U.S. officials said Tuesday, making the prospect of new sanctions against …
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Bush aide denies Iraq documents falsified
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration joined former top CIA officials in denouncing a new book’s assertion that White House officials ordered the forgery of Iraqi documents to suggest a link …
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Iraq oil income to more than double
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Iraq’s oil income will more than double this year, even as Baghdad continues to spend only a small percentage of its own money on reconstruction and services while …
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Rapist, murderer executed in Texas amid controversy
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Jose Ernesto Medellin, whose death row appeal provoked an international dispute over U.S. treaty obligations, was executed in Texas on Tuesday for his role in the gang rape …
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Crews begin storm cleanup
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Crews began cleaning up downed trees and restoring power across northern Illinois on Tuesday after a line of powerful storms ripped through the area, spawning at least two tornadoes. The …
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Federal agent shot, killed in apparent road rage incident
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 MIAMI – Donald J. Pettit was a retired soldier who survived a long military career, including a terrorist bombing in Bangkok. Tuesday morning, he lost his life in a traffic …
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McCain backer rallies support from odd donors
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic …
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Six GOP senators will skip convention
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Will he or won’t he? Vice President Dick Cheney is one of the nation’s most prominent Republicans, but there are doubts about whether he will attend the GOP …
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Black reporter told to leave Florida rally
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A newspaper has asked John McCain’s campaign why a black reporter assigned to cover a rally was singled out by security and told to leave a backstage …
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Visit puts focus on nuclear power
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – John McCain’s visit to a Michigan nuclear plant Tuesday revives a debate over the promise and safety of nuclear energy. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee emphasized the promise, …
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NASA scientists find toxic chemical in Martian soil
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 New soil chemistry tests by NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander have unexpectedly uncovered evidence of perchlorate, a highly reactive salt found naturally on Earth and in a variety of products, including …
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Beheading suspect: ‘Please kill me’
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 A man accused of stabbing, beheading and cannibalizing another man on a Greyhound bus in Canada pleaded Tuesday in court for someone to “please kill me,” and was ordered to …
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A marriage made in the heavens
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 LONDON – It was Katie and Darren’s wedding day and they were in the clouds – strapped to the top of biplanes reciting vows 1,000 feet above the earth. Katie …
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Robert Maheu, CIA spy and tycoon aide, dies at 90
August 6, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 Robert A. Maheu, who was a powerful aide to reclusive tycoon Howard Hughes and whose cloak-and-dagger exploits included involvement in a CIA and Mafia plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, died …
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Rival buys Priest River mill
August 6, 2008 in City on Page A8 JD Lumber Inc. is selling its sawmill in Priest River to competitor Riley Creek Lumber Co., creating uncertainty about the future of 216 jobs in the North Idaho mill town. …
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Weyerhaeuser to chop 1,500 jobs
August 6, 2008 in Business on Page A8 FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Weyerhaeuser Co. on Tuesday said it would cut about 1,500 employees, or 6.3 percent of its global work force, as part of an ongoing plan to …
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Security in numbers
August 6, 2008 in Business on Page A8 CHICAGO – Keri Rainsberger isn’t rich. She works in the nonprofit world for a relatively low-profit salary. Yet, as many Americans are scrimping for every penny, she hardly feels the …
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11 charged in identity theft case
August 6, 2008 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had charged 11 people in connection with the hacking of major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of …
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