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Sunday, January 27, 2008
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Ex-priest Patrick O’Donnell ‘free to roam’
January 27, 2008 in City, Region LA CONNER, Wash. – In this idyllic town nestled near the Puget Sound and surrounded by tulip fields, residents of the Shelter Bay neighborhood are in an uproar: They have …
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Oversight plan for police due in spring
January 27, 2008 in City on Page A1 Spokane is moving slowly toward a new police oversight system. A proposal for a new ombudsman’s office at City Hall will be presented to the Spokane City Council this spring, …
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Obama wins big in S.C. primary
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 CHARLESTON, S.C. – Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois, won the South Carolina primary in a landslide Saturday, attracting a biracial coalition and giving his candidacy a much-needed boost as the …
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Lottery numbers
January 27, 2008 in City on Page A2 Saturday’s Washington Daily Game: 6-5-7 Saturday’s Washington Lotto: 2-9-11-20-32-43
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Disabled spy satellite falling from orbit
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or early March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which no longer …
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Michigan teen is Miss America
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 LAS VEGAS – Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old …
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Chavez: Pull money from U.S.
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his Latin American allies on Saturday to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming …
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U.S. aid worker kidnapped
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver in southern Afghanistan’s largest city early Saturday, the latest in a series of kidnappings of foreigners in the troubled country. …
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Gadhafi’s son blamed for blast
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is behind a group of foreign and Iraqi fighters responsible for this week’s devastating explosion in northern Iraq, a security chief …
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Pakistan official insists its nuclear arsenal is safe
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are safe from Taliban and al-Qaida militants because of the military’s stringent security system and a political climate that precludes a takeover by religious …
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Activists say Russia using draft on foes
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – For two years, Oleg Kozlovsky has been a fixture at anti-Kremlin street demonstrations, confronting riot police and just as often getting arrested. One of the leaders of a …
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In Passing
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 Amman, Jordan George Habash Palestinian leader
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Palestinian radical leader, Arafat rival dies at 81
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 AMMAN, Jordan – George Habash, whose radical PLO faction gained notoriety after the simultaneous hijackings of four Western airliners in 1970 and the seizure of an Air France flight to …
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Indonesia’s ex-dictator Suharto dies
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 JAKARTA, Indonesia – Former dictator Suharto, an army general who crushed Indonesia’s communist movement and pushed aside the country’s founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that …
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Black voters dare to dream about Obama
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 ORANGEBURG, S.C. – It’s a dangerous thing to get ahead of yourself, to hope that times have changed. People around this small Southern town say they know too well what …
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School shooting victims angered by Huckabee book deal
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 JONESBORO, Ark. – After two middle school boys in full camouflage gear shot and killed four classmates and a teacher here, leaving 10 people wounded and a community shattered, it …
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Body of avalanche victim found
January 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 LOS ANGELES – As a fierce storm barreled toward Southern California on Saturday, searchers found the body of a third avalanche victim and rescued a missing snowboarder who survived a …
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Accuracy watch
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 For 01-27-2008
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Popular shows may sway jurors
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 A man has been hit by a car and left for dead. The only evidence is a paint fragment about the size of a pinhead. Within minutes of rushing the …
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Exercise as easy as falling off a pole
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 Man. This global warming is worse than I thought. It has apparently even affected gravity, making the Earth’s pull far more intense than I recall.
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Samuel Huppin, son of store founder, dies
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 Longtime Spokane resident and pioneering retailer Samuel I. Huppin has died. He was 85. Huppin, patriarch of the Spokane-based Huppin’s Hi-Fi, Photo and Video, had been in failing health and …
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Snow upsets auto, air traffic
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 The snowstorm blanketing the Inland Northwest, sending motorists slipping out of control Saturday and disrupting arrivals into Spokane International Airport, is expected to linger over much of the region today. …
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Interesting experiment with confusing results
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B2 The word “disconcerting” is not exactly a word that pops into the mind at most musicals, but this is no ordinary musical. “The Last Five Years” is a small, intense …
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No news from ethics probe
January 27, 2008 in City on Page B2 WASHINGTON – With just a year remaining in Larry Craig’s Senate term, there’s little indication that the Senate ethics committee is doing much about the Idaho Republican’s controversial arrest last …
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