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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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New direction for Air Force
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took action Monday to reorient the leadership of the Air Force, dramatically recommending the nomination of the first …
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Commuter pays a penny a mile
June 10, 2008 in City on Page A1 Four-dollar gas isn’t giving Mike Cameron any heartburn. The 58-year-old has spent the last month riding his electric bike to and from work at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Spokane. …
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Index takes happiness temperature
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Gallup Organization and a health industry partner now offer a detailed daily measure of U.S. happiness and stress that you can look up on the Internet. They …
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Elephant, 52, dies at zoo
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 PHILADELPHIA – Petal, the oldest African elephant in an American zoo, died Monday at age 52. The elephant, who usually slept standing up, was found lying in her stall by …
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Lottery numbers
June 10, 2008 in City on Page A2 Monday’s Lotto: 13-30-32-33-39-41. No winner. Next jackpot: $6 million.
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Weather Extremes
June 10, 2008 in City on Page A2 For the week of June 1-7, there were 255 weather records broken or tied. Most extremes were warm records with 92 high temperature and 96 high minimum temperature records. Most …
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Nation in brief: Kennedy home after brain surgery
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Fresh from his hospitalization for aggressive surgery on a cancerous brain tumor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy announced it was “good to be home” at his family’s Cape Cod compound Monday …
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Panel says Abramoff’s sway underplayed
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Convicted superlobbyist Jack Abramoff influenced White House actions while his firm wooed administration officials over expensive meals and plied them with box tickets to sporting events, according to …
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New tool in illegal worker crackdown
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration, in an aggressive new effort to keep illegal immigrants out of the U.S. work force, on Monday ordered all companies doing business with the federal …
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U.S.-Iraq pact may not get done this year
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is conceding for the first time that the United States may not finish a complex security agreement with Iraq before President Bush leaves office. Faced …
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Iran leaders oppose security agreement
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Iraq’s prime minister made little headway in easing Iranian opposition to a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, as Iran’s supreme leader told him Monday that American troops must leave …
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Poll sees Clinton’s strong negatives
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Lots of Democrats love Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet plenty of Republicans, conservatives and all-important independents can’t stand her, suggesting possible pitfalls for Barack Obama should he make her …
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Obama, McCain talk about economy
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 With recession in the air and gasoline surpassing $4 a gallon, presumptive presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama focused on the economy Monday, each accusing the other of not …
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Midwest deluge continues
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 LAKE DELTON, Wis. – An embankment along a man-made lake gave way under severe flooding Monday, unleashing a powerful current that ripped several homes off their foundations and down the …
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Name check backlog clogs federal system
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The FBI’s system for performing background checks on immigrants has become so overloaded since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that thousands of legal immigrants are waiting years to …
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Violent crime down, FBI says
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Both violent and property crimes declined in 2007 from the previous year, the FBI reported Monday. But one expert warned the figures could mask rising murder rates among …
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World in brief: Cabinet offers to quit over furor
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 South Korea’s entire Cabinet offered to resign today following a public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports despite concerns of mad cow disease. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo …
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Zimbabwe runoff in peril, group says
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Persistent violence by government agents and supporters is making it impossible to hold a fair presidential runoff election in Zimbabwe later this month, according to a …
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Supplies reach new areas of Myanmar in need of aid
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 YANGON, Myanmar – U.N. helicopters loaded with relief supplies reached areas of Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta Monday that have been cut off from regular aid since a devastating cyclone five weeks …
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Tokyo attacker posted plans to kill on Internet
June 10, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 TOKYO – As mourners, some weeping, piled Japanese comics, flowers and other mementos at the scene of a deadly stabbing rampage, the government Monday sought to impose tighter controls over …
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Introducing iPhone 2.0
June 10, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Now there’s iPhone 2.0, a much upgraded version of the trendy smartphone from Apple that forever changed the way mobile devices communicate when it was introduced a year ago. The …
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Treasury announces debit card option
June 10, 2008 in Business on Page A8 More than 4 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients who do not have bank accounts will now have the option of getting a prepaid MasterCard debit card with …
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Kaiser Corp. finances thriving
June 10, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Kaiser Aluminum Corp. announced Monday a 33 percent dividend increase and a $75 million stock repurchase program. The higher payout and buyback are another signal Kaiser, which emerged from bankruptcy …
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Surprising turn of events for vinyl
June 10, 2008 in Business on Page A8 PORTLAND – It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.’s latest release “Accelerate” inadvertently …
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