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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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Six dead in West Side shootings
September 3, 2008 in City on Page A1 ALGER, Wash. – A shooting spree that stretched from a small northwest Washington town onto the state’s busiest highway left six people dead and at least two more wounded Tuesday. …
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Caution, speeders: The road knows
September 3, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – So you’re barreling down I-90 past Ritzville, open road ahead, not a state trooper in sight. You give the engine a little gas, then a little more, and …
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College, custom-built
September 3, 2008 in City on Page A1 When Brian Campbell heads to college this fall, he’ll be driving five days a week between Spokane and Cheney. His wife, Heather, will head to her home computer – a …
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Palin to make her case to nation
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 ST. PAUL, Minn. – Now the American people get a chance to screen Sarah Palin for themselves. The Alaska governor is scheduled to take the stage at the Republican National …
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Feds allege Boeing overcharged Air Force
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The federal government sued the Boeing Co. on Tuesday for allegedly inflating the prices of B-1 bomber equipment sold to the Air Force. The lawsuit alleges the …
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Jerry Reed, singer, actor, dies at age 71
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 Jerry Reed, whose roles in three “Smokey and the Bandit” Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, died Monday …
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Same-sex marriage challenge rejected
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 A judge has thrown out the first direct legal challenge to the New York governor’s move to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, calling the policy a legally allowable …
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Gulf Coast evacuees told not to return home yet
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said on Tuesday that they were not ready …
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Hanna floods low-lying Haitian city
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAINT-MARC, Haiti – Haitian families scrambled onto rooftops and screamed for help Tuesday in a city flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, as U.N. peacekeepers and rescue convoys tried in vain …
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Gonzales mishandled top-secret paperwork
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified information related to two of the government’s most sensitive counterterrorism programs, including its controversial domestic surveillance operation, a Justice Department …
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Students go to suburb to protest funding inequity
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 NORTHFIELD, Ill. – More than 1,000 Chicago public school students skipped the first day of classes Tuesday to protest unequal education funding, a boycott organizers said would continue through the …
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Gene variant linked to marital discord
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Men are more likely to be devoted and loyal husbands when they lack a particular variant of a gene that influences brain activity, researchers announced Monday – the first time …
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Teen suicides down, but still high
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO – The number of teen suicides has fallen slightly, but the rate remains disturbingly high, possibly fueled by drug warnings that have scared many from using antidepressants. The suicide …
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Band offers $1 million in nightclub fire lawsuits
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Members of the 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims’ relatives, …
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Evidence shows death toll lower
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 U.S. military officials on Tuesday refuted claims from the United Nations and Afghan government that a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan two weeks ago killed up to 90 Afghan civilians, …
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Smoking puts heart at great risk in women
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 MUNICH, Germany – Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks more than …
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Bush praises McCain’s leadership
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – It was supposed to be President Bush’s glory moment in his party’s spotlight, full of tributes to his eight years of leadership and cheers from grateful partisans, as …
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Palin had ties to Alaskan Independence Party
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has cheered the work of a tiny political party that is pushing for a vote on Alaskan secession. Todd Palin, the Alaska governor’s husband, …
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Rice launches Mideast trip with Libya visit
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to visit Libya this week, part of a dramatic turnaround in U.S. relations with the former pariah nation. No U.S. secretary of …
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Terrorism suspect had notes on ‘mass casualty attack’
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – A U.S.-educated female Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of links to al-Qaida captured in Afghanistan in July was carrying handwritten notes referring to a “mass casualty attack” on famous locations …
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At least 15 killed in Pakistan border attack
September 3, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack involving U.S.-led forces in a remote Pakistani village near the border with …
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Condo partner files suit
September 3, 2008 in Business on Page A8 A partner in Don Barbieri’s high-profile riverside condo building is suing the Spokane businessman, alleging Barbieri and companies he owns overstated costs by more than $3 million to avoid sharing …
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Comcast raising video cable service fees
September 3, 2008 in Business on Page A8 Starting Oct. 1, Spokane-area Comcast video subscribers will face an average rate increase of roughly 3.7 percent, the cable provider announced. Although that’s an average hike, customers who take Comcast’s …
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Deep discounts now could cost retailers dearly down the road
September 3, 2008 in City on Page A8 NEW YORK – In a bid to pull hesitant shoppers into their stores, retailers are slashing prices on everything from jeans to dinnerware. But those fat discounts will likely come …
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