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Sunday, October 26, 2008
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Decades later, rape victims still bear scars
October 26, 2008 in City on Page A1 The trauma of rape doesn’t have an expiration date. After she was sexually assaulted by Kevin Coe on a dark South Hill street in October 1980, Julie Harmia slept with …
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Writings provide insight to Coe
October 26, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Kevin Coe is back on McNeil Island, behind the locked gates and razor wire of the state’s home for sex predators. In more than a quarter century of …
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Growing pangs
October 26, 2008 in City on Page A1 SPANGLE – Wheat prices are in a free-fall. Last year’s crop was a billion-dollar boon to the region’s bottom line. This year’s harvest will fall far short of that measure …
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FBI joins search for Jennifer Hudson’s nephew
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – The FBI joined the search Saturday for the 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson, still missing a day after the bodies of Hudson’s mother and brother were …
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McCain, Obama campaigns swing through Southwest
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – John McCain and Barack Obama brought their dueling presidential campaigns to the mesas and mountains of New Mexico on Saturday, trading mocking jibes and sharp new attacks …
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Cheerleaders killed in fiery crash
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 A rural East Tennessee community was grieving Saturday for four high school cheerleaders who died in a fiery car crash hours after they had been cheering on their football team. …
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Afghan security guard kills two businessmen
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Security for Westerners in Afghanistan took a sharp turn for the worse Saturday when an Afghan security guard working for the international shipping company DHL shot dead …
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Sunnis say U.S. covered up killing
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 The most powerful Sunni Muslim party in Iraq issued an angry statement Saturday accusing Americans of covering up the killing of an innocent member of the party. The Iraqi Islamic …
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Military prepares for presidential transition
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – The U.S. military, bracing for the first wartime presidential transition in 40 years, is preparing for potential crises during the vulnerable handover period, including possible attacks by al-Qaida …
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Administration finds homes for homeless
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – On a cold January morning in 2001, Mel Martinez, who was then the new secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was headed to his office in his limo …
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Bogus war medal claims ‘rampant’
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – Scores of Americans, from clergymen to lawyers to CEOs, are claiming medals of valor they never earned. A Chicago Tribune investigation has found that the fabrication of heroic …
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California firm launches Bay Area zeppelin tours
October 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A11 SAN FRANCISCO – Zeppelins, the giant floating airships used to carry passengers and drop bombs until the 1930s, haven’t been seen in American skies for more than 70 years. Now …
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For $245k, this space will be empty
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B1 I hope you don’t mind me breaking some sad news prematurely. This could be my last column.
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Daughter comes to grips with serial-killer dad
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B1 Keith Jesperson earned the nickname “The Happy Face Killer” by mailing anonymous confession letters adorned with happy faces to a newspaper columnist. The convicted serial killer has been in the …
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Firm marks 100 by treating kids
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B1 Eight-year-old Makayla Siegert-Fowler, of Davenport, Wash., wore a white-over-black witch’s costume and added a pink tiara that she won in a carnival game Saturday. Makayla suffers from a kidney disorder …
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I-985 could cost state millions
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B1 SEATTLE – A letter from two federal transportation officials says Initiative 985, sponsored by initiative activist Tim Eyman, could cost the state millions of dollars in federal funds. The initiative …
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Man in stolen truck leads police on chase
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 Traffic was light Saturday morning at the intersection of North Nevada Street and East Magnesium Road when a Spokane sheriff’s deputy spotted a suspicious-looking man in a pickup. A routine …
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Lake Stevens boy ran away, officials say
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 LAKE STEVENS, Wash. — The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office says a 13-year-old Lake Stevens boy who has a passion for the outdoors and has talked about going on a cross-country …
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‘Bug farm’ a breath of fresh air
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. – The new $9.5 million biofilter at Plum Creek’s fiberboard plant in Columbia Falls already has “bugs” in its system – about 4 trillion. Plum Creek Timber …
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Mayor contends campaign ads inaccurate
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 Despite her efforts to remain neutral, Spokane Mayor Mary Verner is being pulled into the county commissioner race between incumbent Todd Mielke and challenger Kim Thorburn. A newspaper ad purchased …
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Ailing Tamarack Resort set to open by Dec. 12
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 BOISE – The head of the company that’s stepped in to manage financially crippled Tamarack Resort as the central Idaho vacation destination’s bankers and owners fight over its future says …
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CWU student dies after 35-foot fall on job
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B3 ELLENSBURG – A 24-year-old Central Washington University student is dead after a 35-foot fall through a skylight onto a concrete floor in Ellensburg. Gary D. Sivey, of East Wenatchee, died …
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Mail-in voting makes for slow election results
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – In Washington state, the election won’t be over on Election Night. The state’s vote-by-mail system ensures that any close race will be unsettled for days afterward. That’s because …
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Ex-boyfriend shot in confrontation
October 26, 2008 in City on Page B6 A Spokane-area man was reported in stable condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center today after suffering a pair of gunshot wounds during an altercation north of Mead on Friday night. …
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