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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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S-R to cut 60 positions; editor resigns
October 2, 2008 in City on Page A1 The Spokesman-Review will cut about one-fourth of its editorial staff this month, laying off as many as 27 employees in a move its publisher says is a reaction to economic …
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Tonight’s VP debate a big stage for Palin
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin faces a problem in tonight’s vice presidential debate: Fairly or not, she’s in danger of becoming a national punch line. As a result, the Republican’s 90-minute …
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Senate OKs rescue plan
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate voted reluctantly but solidly in favor of a modified $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan Wednesday, but it remained uncertain whether the legislation – even with …
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Nurses see results of personal touch
October 2, 2008 in City on Page A1 While politicians wrestle with a multibillion-dollar rescue of Wall Street, a young Spokane family living in a Third Avenue motel room tries to make it on $8.50 an hour. Thanks …
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Letter carriers key in plan to counter anthrax attack
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, nor bioterrorism attack stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds – especially if they …
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Rail safety bill, with Amtrak aid, passes
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A sweeping rail safety reform bill that envisions billions of dollars for Amtrak easily cleared the Senate on Wednesday, its passage helped by the Sept. 12 train collision …
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Both sides wrap up in Simpson trial
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Both sides rested in the O.J. Simpson kidnapping and armed robbery case Wednesday after a last-minute dispute over testimony blurted out by a witness threatened to derail the trial. The …
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Items found likely missing pilot’s
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. – Search teams combing a rugged part of eastern California for any sign of Steve Fossett, the adventurer who vanished on a solo flight more than a …
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Senate approves nuclear pact with India
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Senate Wednesday night approved a historic agreement that opens up nuclear trade with India for the first time since New Delhi conducted a nuclear test a quarter-century …
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Iraqis take control of fighters
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – The Shiite-led government of Iraq on Wednesday took command of 54,000 Sunni fighters here in the capital in a U.S.-backed effort to ease sectarian mistrust and offer Sunnis …
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General asks for more troops in Afghanistan
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The new top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that more American troops are urgently required to combat a worsening insurgency, but he stated emphatically that no Iraq-style …
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3 miners rescued; 2 bodies found
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Rescuers found the bodies of two miners in a flooded gold mine in the northern Philippines today, following the dramatic rescue a day earlier of three others who had been …
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EU monitors patrolling in Georgia
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 KARALETI, Georgia – European Union monitors in white shirts and bright blue berets began patrolling a buffer zone Wednesday outside the breakaway region of South Ossetia that has been controlled …
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Poll shows Obama has 7-point lead over McCain
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to …
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Rape ruling won’t be revisited
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court refused Wednesday to reconsider its ruling barring the death penalty for the crime of raping a child, despite having overlooked a recent federal law …
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Less money going to Mexico as U.S. economy falters
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 MEXICO CITY – The money that Mexicans living in the U.S. send home, a lifeline for both the economy here and millions of families, has suffered its steepest decline on …
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Analysis dates AIDS virus to 1900
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 A genetic analysis of a biopsy sample recently discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led researchers to conclude that the virus that causes AIDS has existed in …
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Liberia’s Taylor, son on trial
October 2, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 THE HAGUE, Netherlands – In separate courts on different continents, former Liberian President Charles Taylor and his American son are standing trial on charges of committing atrocities in neighboring West …
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Romney praises Palin, backs fix for economy
October 2, 2008 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – On the eve of the vice presidential debate, former candidate Mitt Romney touted GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s chances in what’s expected to be a much-watched debate …
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Mortgage aid program begins
October 2, 2008 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The government kicked off a program Wednesday that aims to prevent foreclosures by letting an estimated 400,000 troubled homeowners swap their mortgages for more affordable loans. Lenders, rather …
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Sirti tenant moving into new offices
October 2, 2008 in Business on Page A8 A Spokane tech manufacturer is moving into new offices this week after seven years as a tenant at Sirti, the state-funded technology assistance agency. MatriCal Inc., which became a Sirti …
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Shopping
October 2, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Westside options: The Tacoma Mall will raise the curtain on its newest addition, a 100,000- square-foot “lifestyle” section, this weekend. That addition to the ’60s-vintage mall will add seven specialty …
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ASL wins grant to develop explosive
October 2, 2008 in Business on Page A8 The Applied Sciences Laboratory based in the Spokane University District has been awarded an $8.5 million grant to develop a new material that’s tough as steel, yet explosive. The lab, …
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Credit, fuel prices stall auto sales
October 2, 2008 in Business on Page A8 DETROIT – Tight credit, economic worries and high gasoline prices combined to crush the sales of U.S. and foreign automakers alike last month, with Ford, Toyota, Chrysler and Nissan all …
