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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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Camas Center offers services for Kalispel tribe
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A1 USK, Wash. – Kalispel tribal elder Stan Bluff seems an unlikely health statistic. Fit and calm and wearing a cowboy hat, he acknowledges that he suffers from heart disease and …
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Proposal would regulate petitions
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – It’s practically a winter ritual in Olympia: the political dance between state lawmakers and initiative pitchman Tim Eyman. Some lawmakers, annoyed by Eyman’s broadsides and anti-tax measures, try …
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U.S. Hispanic population is on pace to triple
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 The number of Hispanics in the United States will triple by 2050 and represent nearly 30 percent of the population if trends continue, according to a report released Monday. The …
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Sept. 11 charges face hurdles
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The plan announced by the Pentagon Monday to seek the death penalty against six suspects accused of planning and organizing the Sept. 11 attacks could be complicated by …
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‘Icebox of Nation’ lives up to moniker
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 MINNEAPOLIS – It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a …
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Weather Extremes
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A2 For the week of Feb. 3-9, there were 293 weather records broken or tied. Most of the extremes – 210 – were warm. There were only 18 cold records and …
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Rep. Lantos, Holocaust survivor, dies
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 PALO ALTO, Calif. – U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, died Monday morning of complications from cancer. He was 80. The 14-term Democrat from …
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‘Potomac Primary’ seems settled early
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Barack Obama appeared poised Monday to win today’s “Potomac Primary,” as polls showed him with huge leads over Hillary Clinton in Maryland and Virginia. Obama, fresh …
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Gates seconds Petraeus on pause in withdrawal
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Monday endorsed the idea of a pause in the American troop drawdown this summer, as bombers killed at least 22 Iraqis in …
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East Timor under state of emergency
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 DILI, East Timor – East Timor declared a state of emergency today after attacks on the country’s top leaders in a failed coup left the president in “extremely serious” condition …
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Heist claims $163 million in impressionist paintings
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 PARIS – Three masked men pulled off one of the largest art heists in decades Sunday, forcing workers at a Swiss museum to lie on the floor while they stole …
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$163 million: Man confesses to historic arson
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Police said today a 69-year-old man upset over a land dispute has admitted setting the fire in Seoul that destroyed the 14th-century gateway considered South Korea’s top cultural treasure. The …
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Aborigines receive capital recognition
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 CANBERRA, Australia – Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia’s national Parliament today in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of …
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Nation in brief: Letter stamps will be 42 cents
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 Mailing a letter will soon cost a penny more. The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday.
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Hearst a winner at Westminster
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – The owner had just the right touch, trying to soothe her French bulldog’s trembling paws. “There, there,” Patty Hearst said.
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Even age-related disease needn’t halt living to 100
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 CHICAGO – Living to 100 is easier than you might think. Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent …
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Military secret cases involve China
February 12, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – A Defense Department analyst and a former engineer for Boeing Co. were accused Monday in separate spy cases with helping deliver military secrets to the Chinese government, the …
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Yahoo takeover chess match heats up
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A6 SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc.’s rejection of Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited takeover bid left investors guessing the next move in a tense mating dance that may hatch a more imposing challenger …
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Woman scammed by ‘lender’
February 12, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Just out of the hospital, with medical bills to pay and a Kettle Falls gift shop in need of inventory, RoseMarie McKee turned to the Internet for $5,000 that would …
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Web videos latest front in bandwidth battle
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A6 NEW YORK – In 1995, the first warning was raised: The throngs of people swarming to the Internet would overwhelm the system in 1996. For more than a decade, that …
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BlackBerry service interrupted
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A6 NEW YORK – A major service outage afflicted users of the popular, addictive BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and Canada on Monday, wireless carriers said. Officials with AT&T …
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Business in brief: EBay to revise fees
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A6 EBay Inc. bowed to pressure Monday from some of its high-volume sellers, saying it will further cut listing fees for books, music, movies and video games sold through the online …
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Starbucks, AT&T a team
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A7 SEATTLE – Starbucks Corp. and AT&T Inc. will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of the international coffee retailer’s U.S. shops, beginning this …
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Marketing of Enbrel investigated
February 12, 2008 in City on Page A7 TRENTON, N.J. – First one former sales representative, then another from drug maker Amgen Inc. claimed they were fired or forced out for refusing to go along with unethical, even …
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