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Sunday, July 27, 2008
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Parents speaking out on suicide
July 27, 2008 in City on Page A1 When Joshua Levy jumped off the Monroe Street Bridge a year ago, a firefighter watching from a kayak in the Spokane River said the mentally ill young man frantically flapped …
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Thirst for oil turns Arctic refuge into a battleground
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Alaska – This place is a Zen thing. The only way to tell you’ve wandered in is the absence of anything saying so. No signs. No …
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‘You’re like brothers’
July 27, 2008 in City on Page A1 Not a day goes by that Dane Broadfoot doesn’t think about his time in World War II and the roughly 600 days of combat he experienced with the 1st Armored …
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NYC adds double dutch to official school sports
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in …
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Lottery numbers
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-5-4 Saturday’s Washington Lotto: 1-8-21-30-36-39
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Senate passes mortgage relief bill
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Even as a huge bipartisan majority in the Senate voted Saturday to send a sprawling housing bill to the White House, economists, consumer advocates and other analysts said …
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What they said
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 ‘Everything is so unstable, and people are so panicky that I see a lot of this as an effort to calm people down. The whole bill is an attempt to …
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Virgin Galactic to roll out ship
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps …
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Obama refocuses on U.S. economy
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 LONDON – Barack Obama turned his attention back to the stalled U.S. economy Saturday as he wrapped up an eight-country trip abroad with a stroll through the gardens of 10 …
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Volunteer rate drops to 1 in 4 adults in U.S.
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 MIAMI – Blame it on the traffic. Or the number of new immigrants. Or the allure of the beach. Whatever the reason, Miami has secured the bottom spot – No. …
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McCain urges broader ADA protections
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 COTTONWOOD, Ariz. – Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for people with disabilities under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. Speaking from …
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Series of blasts kill 29, injure 88 in western India
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 AHMADABAD, India – Bombs exploded Saturday near a busy market and a hospital in a western Indian city, killing 29 people and injuring 88 a day after deadly blasts struck …
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Extremists held court in prisons
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 BAGHDAD – For years, extremist Iraqi detainees in U.S. custody held self-styled Islamic courts and tortured or killed inmates who refused to join them, military officials said, disclosing new details …
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Ahmadinejad says Iran has 6,000 centrifuges
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s president said Saturday his country now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, a significant increase in its nuclear program that is certain to further rankle the United States and …
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Cylinder may have exploded in flight
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 Australian investigators are exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines with a …
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Fire threatens homes near Yosemite Valley
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 MIDPINES, Calif. – A growing wildfire has forced the evacuations of 170 homes near the main entrance road to Yosemite National Park and is threatening more, fire officials said Saturday. …
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Charles Z. Wick, shaped the USIA
July 27, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 Charles Z. Wick, the long-serving director of the U.S. Information Agency who raised the agency’s profile, doubled its budget and extended its ability to reach foreign audiences through new technology …
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Idaho Senate candidates file finance reports
July 27, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Candidates vying to replace Idaho Sen. Larry Craig are gearing up for a fight, with one bringing on two dozen campaign workers and another piling up a million-dollar …
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Risch will use contested ad again
July 27, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Lt. Gov. Jim Risch is standing by a controversial TV ad he aired in his successful primary race for a U.S. Senate seat and says he’ll run …
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Met investors to get $45 million
July 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 About $45 million is set to be distributed to investors of Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities Inc. at the end of next week. It will be the second repayment following the … 1
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Expo center hosts motorcycle show
July 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 Shimmering chrome gleamed in the parking lot Saturday at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, prompting some to make a detour on their way to the 100 Years of …
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Early July freeze tempers wheat farmers’ optimism
July 27, 2008 in City on Page B1 COLFAX – Winds that fanned wildfires in Spokane two weeks ago delivered a cold slap to farmers. Temperatures the night of July 10 dipped into the mid-20s and nipped spring …
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Work under way to restore Chelan River flow, habitat
July 27, 2008 in City on Page B2 CHELAN, Wash. – Ruggedly beautiful, the rocky channel and gorge once guided the free-flowing Chelan River from its origin at the southernmost tip of Lake Chelan along a rolling-and-tumbling course …
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Another wish warmly granted
July 27, 2008 in City on Page B3 Ryan Knapp, of Post Falls, loves the sound of the river, the water cascading then trickling over the rocks. He loves summertime, being outside and being warm.
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
