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Saturday, December 13, 2008
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Bomb at Oregon bank kills 2
December 13, 2008 in News, Region WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) — A bomb explosion at a bank killed both a police officer and a state bomb disposal technician, and no suspects are yet in custody, officials said …
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Snow tapers off but streets remain slick
December 13, 2008 in News, City Snowfall in Spokane County this morning and Friday was far less than expected, the National Weather Service said. But totals in some locations in North Idaho came close to the …
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Moving toward auto bailout
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Friday moved to pull Detroit’s automakers back from the brink, saying it would drop its opposition to tapping the $700 billion financial industry rescue …
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Crews ready to apply lessons
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A1 Just 10 months after Spokane residents grew frustrated as snow piled up, city and county officials are facing another big storm that could drop a foot of snow on the …
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Weather tips
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A1 Public agencies have been getting the word out that people need to take precautions. Among their suggestions: Homes should be prepared for power failures with a flashlight, fresh batteries, candles, …
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Auto bailout gets a jump
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Friday moved to pull Detroit’s automakers back from the brink, saying it would drop its opposition to tapping the $700 billion financial industry rescue …
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Saturday hours help serve working poor
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A1 The working poor are expected to represent a large portion of the families who will come today to the Christmas Bureau. This is the second year that the charity, which …
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Obama sees transportation as catalyst for recovery
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – When President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to get the economy moving again, he means it quite literally. Transportation will play a central role in Obama’s first months …
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Lottery numbers
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-1-5
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Same-sex couple wins policy fight
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 State officials will now let married same-sex couples list both their names on their children’s birth certificates in a policy shift deeply important to many gays and lesbians. The decision, …
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Groceries in U.S. stores face tests for melamine
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEATTLE – Processed meat and poultry products – including some of kids’ favorite foods – will be pulled from grocery shelves nationwide for limited, random tests for melamine, an industrial …
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Severe ice storm hits Northeast
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 CONCORD, N.H. – An ice storm to compare with some of the Northeast’s worst made a mess of the region Friday, leaving 1.25 million homes and businesses in seven states …
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New test aims to predict breast cancer risk better
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN ANTONIO – A new test to predict an ordinary woman’s odds of getting breast cancer works better than a method doctors have relied on for decades, researchers reported Friday. …
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E.U. adopts climate change pact
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 BRUSSELS, Belgium – The leaders of Europe adopted what they described as a historic pact to combat global warming Friday and challenged President-elect Barack Obama to join in their commitment …
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Vatican criticizes leaps in biotechnology
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO – Applying its abiding ethic of life to modern medicine, the Vatican on Friday condemned genetic engineering and other innovations in biotechnology that have evolved in recent decades since …
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All-around actor Van Johnson dies at 92
December 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the ’40s and ’50s with such films as “30 Seconds over Tokyo,” “A Guy Named …
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Idaho economic outlook gets worse
December 13, 2008 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s economic forecast calls for pain, the governor’s chief economist says, even as state agencies struggle to meet budget cuts imposed earlier this month. After years of faring …
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County bosses trim budgets
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A6 Kootenai County department supervisors had until the close of business Friday to determine how to cut their budgets by 5 percent. “We’re looking at shortfalls in major revenues from the …
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Tribes, state agree on how murals should be explained
December 13, 2008 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Murals depicting white settlers accosting and then hanging a shirtless Native American man have been displayed openly in Idaho’s temporary Statehouse for the past year, with a note …
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Officials draw line on holiday displays
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – There will be no Festivus pole at the state Capitol this year, no banner reading “Lion of David,” and certainly no poem claiming that Santa Claus will send …
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1,000 babies and counting
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A6 Kathy Bentley has done it a thousand times. Yet there’s just something about delivering babies that never gets old, says the Deaconess Women’s Clinic midwife. Early Friday morning it was …
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Precaution spurs jail lockdown
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A8 A Spokane County Jail staffer sent the jail into a lockdown for about three hours Friday afternoon after she said she found a powdery substance in a piece of inmate …
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Washington Records
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A9 Marriage licenses Jonathan H. Espinoza and Josi A. Wilkinson, both of Spokane.
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TAMRA DAVISSON
December 13, 2008 in City on Page A12 Editor’s note: Christmas Bureau recipients come to the bureau for food vouchers, toys and candy. Every person has a story to tell. Reporter Rebecca Nappi is collecting some of those …
