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Sunday, September 21, 2008
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Scores die in bombing at Pakistan luxury hotel
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – With dozens still believed trapped inside, authorities continued to search early today for victims of a massive suicide bombing attack on a five-star hotel frequented by foreign …
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Bailout pressure shifts to Congress
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration asked Congress on Saturday for the power to buy $700 billion in toxic assets clogging the financial system and threatening the economy as negotiations began …
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Our racial roots
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A1 The country’s becoming less white with each passing year. Demographers predict a nonwhite majority in the United States by 2042. ■ Meanwhile, the population of the Inland Northwest is changing, …
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Turbines aim to use tidal power
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – On a recent morning, a crane sank a 16-foot rotor into the waters of the East River and divers swam deep to bolt it to the bottom. …
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South Africa’s president to resign
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South African President Thabo Mbeki, a former liberation leader and architect of his nation’s post-apartheid democracy, agreed to resign Saturday after the top ranks of his …
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Scholar touts ‘found’ lost Jewish city
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOSCOW – A Russian archaeologist says he has found the lost capital of the Khazars, a powerful nation that adopted Judaism as its official religion more than 1,000 years ago, …
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36 killed in two mine explosions
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Two mine accidents in different parts of China have killed at least 36 people and left another 35 missing, state media said today. The official Xinhua News Agency said 31 …
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Muslim smokers resist cravings for Ramadan
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 RAMALLAH, West Bank – It’s the fasting month of Ramadan, and fear of God keeps taxi driver Abdel Karim Romaneh from reaching for the pack of cigarettes next to his …
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Four killed in fiery Learjet crash
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were critically injured in a …
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Strikers told to file for unemployment
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A4 Union leaders say striking Boeing workers should apply for unemployment compensation but concede they have little chance of collecting. The Machinists union strike has shut down Boeing’s aircraft assembly plants …
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Child porn case leads to raid
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 FOUKE, Ark. – Federal authorities conducting a child-porn investigation raided the headquarters Saturday of a ministry run by a convicted tax evader once labeled by prosecutors as a polygamist who …
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Judge orders Cheney to save official records
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Saturday ordering Vice President Cheney and the National Archives to preserve all of his official records. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s …
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Driven divorcee, 10, resumes second grade
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 SAN`A, Yemen – Still groggy, the schoolgirl brushed her hair, struggled to pull on her socks and snuggled into her school uniform: a green gown and a white head scarf. …
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Funding flows in after Palin pick
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 John McCain raised more than $8.8 million in the two days after he announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would join him as his running mate on the Republican ticket – …
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Norman Whitfield, Motown songwriter
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics, including “War” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” has died. He was 67. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said …
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Economic crisis spurs political attacks
September 21, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A8 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Barack Obama made the calamity on Wall Street the central theme of his case against John McCain on Saturday, invoking the crisis to pound his rival …
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19th century councilman’s race unclear
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A10 When Jim Chase was elected a Spokane city councilman in 1975, some accounts listed him as the city’s first black member of the council. That description was challenged by a …
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Spokane’s black mayor left his mark
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A10 Even Ebony magazine took notice when James E. (Jim) Chase was elected mayor of Spokane in 1981. The magazine said it wanted to tell the world “that there is a …
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Political pioneers reflect
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A10 Like its population since the late 1800s, Spokane’s political landscape has been largely, although not exclusively, white. But it can claim some successes, such as electing a black mayor before …
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Francell Daubert
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A11 Francell Daubert’s grandfather found opportunity in Spokane. Along with other black people who came to the Inland Northwest from the pre-civil-rights-era South, Elmo Dalbert and his partner, Jim Chase, ran …
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Albert Wilkerson Jr.
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A11 Horses first brought Albert Wilkerson Jr. to North Idaho. The people, he says, made him want to return.
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Camilo Madero
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A11 Camilo Madero came to Spokane for the most typical of reasons. “It’s the ideal place to raise a family,” said the 40-year-old architect, who lived most of his life in …
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Estela Gonzalez
September 21, 2008 in City on Page A11 When Estela Gonzalez moved to Rathdrum with her family in 1982, she felt alone and despondent. A Mexican native who’d been living in California, Gonzalez didn’t speak English and felt …
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Gregoire, Rossi offer few specifics in first debate
September 21, 2008 in City on Page B1 SEATTLE – Gov. Chris Gregoire and her Republican opponent, Dino Rossi, sparred in an hour-long debate Saturday night on issues ranging from the environment to the economy. Rossi quickly seized …
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