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How to spend your summer staycation
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A1 With gas and travel costs on the rise, The Spokesman-Review is offering a vacation solution: Stay close to home, have just as much fun and save some money. Today we …
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After Puerto Rico win, Clinton ponders options
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The race all but over, Hillary Rodham Clinton is determining how to end her historic candidacy with her dignity intact and future secure. It’s not an academic question …
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Region feels the pain of nursing shortage
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A1 Help wanted: Come live, work and play in sunny California. Salary: $80,000. Signing bonus: $10,000. Meaningful employment with excellent benefits and job security. Such enticing offers for entry-level nurses are …
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Getting There: Cell phone ban coming on July 1
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A1 Spokane police Officer Teresa Fuller was watching a four-way stop at Monroe Street and Queen Avenue recently when she noticed a car approaching. “She blew right through that intersection at …
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CDC finds child cancer worst in the Northeast
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer is most common in the Northeast, results that even caught experts off guard. But some specialists say it could just reflect differences …
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Lottery numbers
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A2 Sunday’s Washington Daily Game: 6-3-5. Sunday’s Washington Keno: 3-7-11- 13-15-18-21-22-28-30-36-45-54- 58-60-63-66-69-76-77.
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Church’s restraining order bans autistic 13-year-old from mass
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 BERTHA, Minn. – Carol Race thinks it’s important for her 13-year-old son to be in church on Sundays for Catholic Mass. Leaders of the Church of St. Joseph once felt …
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Saint Laurent, legendary fashion designer, dies at 71
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 PARIS – Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, …
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Lebanon receives freed spy
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – Israel handed over a convicted Hezbollah spy to Lebanon on Sunday, and in a surprise move the Islamic guerrilla group turned over what it said were the body …
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World in brief:Two states OK autonomy measures
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Bolivians in two opposition-controlled states voted overwhelmingly Sunday for autonomy measures that aim to shield the country’s remote Amazon basin from President Evo Morales’ leftist reforms. The Amazonian states of …
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Immigrant raid spurs calls for action
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 DES MOINES, Iowa – After the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of workers have been sentenced but not one company official yet faces charges – something critics say …
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Nation in brief: NASA robot touches Mars soil
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 NASA’s new robot on Mars has reached out and touched the soil for the first time, leaving behind a striking footprint-like impression, scientists said Sunday. The Phoenix Mars Lander’s robotic …
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Fire rips Universal film lot
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Fire tore through a lot at Universal Studios on Sunday, destroying a set from “Back to the Future,” a King Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen …
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Go and do
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A6 Ongoing Sandpoint Bike Week - Sandpoint Bicycle Film Festival, June 6 at the Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., free; Schweitzer Hill Climb! competitive hill climb open to riders of …
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Ceramics studio puts creativity on a pedestal
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A6 There’s an artist in all of us. At least, that’s the premise behind a handful of paint-your-own-pottery businesses in the region. “It’s fun to create your own things,” said third-grader …
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Nature Corner: How can you not take the bait?
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A6 Although area rivers are still high with runoff, this weekend will be the perfect time to take family fishing at area lakes and ponds. Trout will be stocked and volunteers …
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Dishman area preserves a nearby wilderness experience
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A6 On a Thursday morning, the Dishman Hills Natural Area is one of the quietest places in Spokane. A couple of cars sit in the parking lot. Walk through the log …
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In brief: One man killed in motorcycle crash
June 2, 2008 in City on Page A7 A 20-year-old Priest River man was killed in a Saturday night motorcycle accident on U.S. Highway 95 near Chilco, Idaho, the Idaho State Police reported. Ranald C. Jones was pronounced …
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Memorial honors gambler with heart
June 2, 2008 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Joyful, smiling, shaking hands, “Mr. Simplot was fluent in the universal language,” said Larry Hlobik, president and CEO of the J.R. Simplot Co., who opened Simplot’s memorial service …
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Gates sees little hope for aid in Myanmar
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 BANGKOK, Thailand – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates painted a bleak picture Sunday of the prospects for delivering international aid to suffering villagers in Myanmar’s devastated Irrawaddy River Delta, …
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Obama praises Clinton, takes aim at McCain
June 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 Hillary Rodham Clinton’s easy victory in Sunday’s Puerto Rico primary underscores the advantage she has enjoyed among Hispanic voters over Democratic rival Barack Obama. Obama, speaking in Mitchell, S.D., told …
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A bittersweet transition
June 2, 2008 in Opinion on Page A9 Dear daughter: I have loved you from the moment I met you. You were still wet from the birth canal, hair matted to your scalp, eyes squeezed shut. They dried …
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For family’s sake
June 2, 2008 in Opinion on Page A9 Four years ago, Cathy McMorris was a single Republican legislator from a rural district in northeast Washington. Since then she’s added a name – she’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers – and …
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Wives outside the kitchen take heat
June 2, 2008 in Opinion on Page A9 “Lay off my wife.” So says Barack Obama about his spouse, Michelle.
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