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Sunday, November 9, 2008
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More Americans are going bankrupt
November 9, 2008 in City on Page A1 October was a scary month in more ways than one. More people filed for bankruptcy – in the Inland Northwest and nationally – than in any month since laws governing …
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Legislators urge Bush to bail out automakers
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With the nation’s automotive industry hemorrhaging cash, congressional leaders called on the Bush administration Saturday to offer government assistance to the car companies as part of the Treasury …
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A call to action
November 9, 2008 in City on Page A1 When The Spokesman-Review began its “Voices of War” series last fall, editors and reporters expected to be able to find enough compelling stories to publish one a month for a …
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Women’s hands have more germ varieties
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 For the gender that considers itself the more fastidious (and has the studies to back up the claim), women might be chagrined to learn that they harbor more varieties of …
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Trio executed for roles in deadly Bali attacks
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities early today executed three men convicted of helping to plan and carry out bombings that killed 202 people on the resort island of Bali six …
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Russian N-sub accident kills at least 20
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – An accident aboard a nuclear-powered Russian navy submarine doing a test run in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday killed more than 20 people, the navy said. The nuclear …
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Paloma wallops staggering Cuba
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAMAGUEY, Cuba – Hurricane Paloma hit Cuba as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as darkness fell Saturday, striking the southern shore with winds of 145 mph, then carved its …
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Collapsed school’s owner arrested
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 PETIONVILLE, Haiti – Police arrested the owner of a Haitian school that collapsed on top of students and teachers during school hours, killing at least 88 people and launching a …
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Boy, 8, faces two murder charges
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 ST. JOHNS, Ariz. – Police in this small eastern Arizona community are looking into the possibility that an 8-year-old boy who is charged with killing his father and another man …
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Third Episcopal diocese splits off
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 A third theologically conservative diocese has broken away from the Episcopal Church in a long-running dispute over the Bible, gay relationships and other issues. The Diocese of Quincy, Ill., took …
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Proposition 8 protests erupt
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 LOS ANGELES – Tens of thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and even Modesto on Saturday in hastily organized and peaceful demonstrations over …
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Crisis demands ‘global solutions,’ Brazilian says
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told international finance ministers Saturday that developing countries must be given a greater role in finding solutions to the …
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Canadian TV reporter freed in Afghanistan
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 KABUL, Afghanistan – A female Canadian TV journalist abducted and held for nearly four weeks in Afghanistan was freed Saturday after Afghan tribal leaders persuaded her kidnappers to release her, …
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New Zealand shifts, elects conservative
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealanders chose a wealthy, conservative former financier Saturday to help navigate the country through the global financial meltdown, handing long-serving left-wing Prime Minister Helen Clark …
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Rebels, militiamen execute civilians
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 Rebels and pro-government militiamen executed civilians last week in two waves of terror that the top U.N envoy to Congo said Saturday amount to war crimes – ones that highlight …
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Veterans Day events
November 9, 2008 in City on Page A10 Monday “A Salute to Hometown Veterans” – A presentation by panelists from various branches of the U.S. armed forces.
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Economy tops Democrats’ list
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders in Congress plan to delay consideration of a number of expensive campaign promises, including proposals to reform the nation’s health care system and fund a strategy …
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So far, transition a smooth affair
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A11 WASHINGTON – Faced with one of the most important transfers of presidential power in American history – amid wars on two fronts, the looming threat of terrorism at home, and …
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Obama, Medvedev chat by telephone
November 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A11 CHICAGO – President-elect Obama spoke to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as the future American leader had another round of phone calls with leaders in other nations. A Kremlin …
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Election finally over? Not so fast …
November 9, 2008 in City on Page B1 Let’s all raise a glass of cheer to the 2008 election and toast the fact that it’s over. Finis. Kaput. For that, most of us will say, “About time.” The …
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What a relief to have censors for our schools
November 9, 2008 in City on Page B1 Few things endanger society like exposing young people to literature. The classics can poison kids with big ideas that mess with their impressionable minds and make them want more out …
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Body found near Upriver Dam
November 9, 2008 in City on Page B1 The body of a white man of unknown age was found in the Spokane River near Upriver Dam on Saturday, according to the Spokane Police Department. A man walking on …
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Children find creative outlet
November 9, 2008 in City on Page B1 Now he can call himself a writer. Nine-year-old Justin Beaudry wrote and illustrated his first book, “That Halloween,” at Whitworth University’s annual Writing Rally on Saturday.
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Cross-dresser elected mayor
November 9, 2008 in City on Page B2 SILVERTON, Ore. – Plenty of politicians reinvent themselves. But none quite like Mayor-elect Stu Rasmussen. Rasmussen, 60, has been a fixture in Silverton politics for more than 20 years and …

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