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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Fannie, Freddie move gets results
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Financial markets soared, and mortgage rates fell Monday after Sunday’s government takeover of housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but shares in the two companies lost …
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Safety group urges higher driving age
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 CHICAGO – Taking aim at a longstanding rite of passage for 16-year-olds, an influential auto safety group is calling on states to raise the age for getting a driver’s license …
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Eroding confidence
September 9, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 Spokane County’s efforts to craft new regulations for 750 miles of shorelines along rivers, lakes and streams are too little, too late, according to the Washington Department of Ecology, where …
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Firehouse sex claim against city dismissed
September 9, 2008 in City on Page A1 A federal judge has dismissed the city of Spokane and two of its police detectives from a lawsuit brought by a teenage girl who contends she was raped two years …
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Recall effort begins in California
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who won election in the first recall of a California governor, has now become a target for removal himself. The state’s well-financed prison guards …
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Congress warms to drilling; Senate moves on defense bill
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats promised a series of votes next week on offshore oil drilling as Republicans agreed Monday to let the Senate proceed on a defense bill that had …
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Nearly 1 million Cubans evacuate
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 MIAMI – Hurricane Ike ripped through central Cuba on Monday, toppling colonial landmarks and forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people – with more likely to be displaced as …
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Bush to sustain troop levels through term
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Bush will announce today that the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq will remain steady until after he leaves office, deferring any further decisions about troop …
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Feds to review nuke dump application
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Federal regulators took a first step Monday toward allowing a radioactive waste dump in Nevada, agreeing to formally review the government’s license application for the dump. It will …
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Both candidates hit trail promising to cut taxes
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. – As the U.S. housing crisis deepens and job losses accelerate, Sen. John McCain is trying to distill the debate over the economy into a simple, and …
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Presidential race deadlocked, poll says
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain solidified support among party loyalists during the conventions, but it was the Republican nominee who entered the presidential campaign’s final stretch …
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Democratic legislator to retain oversight of Palin inquiry
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Republican effort failed Monday to unseat the Alaska state senator overseeing the ethics investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she dismissed the …
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U.S. misses mark in Pakistan strike
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 PESHAWAR, Pakistan – U.S. forces made an apparently unsuccessful attempt Monday to assassinate a prominent Taliban-linked commander who sometimes shelters in Pakistan’s tribal areas, local witnesses and military officials said. …
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Troops will be pulled out of Georgia, Russia says
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 MOSCOW – Russia will pull its troops out of Georgia proper in one month, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged Monday, but only after international monitors deploy around the breakaway republics …
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3 found guilty in jet bomb plot
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 LONDON – A jury Monday convicted three young Britons of conspiracy to commit murder in an alleged al-Qaida plot to blow up passenger jets bound for North America but acquitted …
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Washington Mutual board ousts CEO
September 9, 2008 in Business on Page A6 NEW YORK – Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, replaced Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation’s largest savings and loan on Monday, adding him to …
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Old story slams United Airlines
September 9, 2008 in Business on Page A6 MINNEAPOLIS — The 2002 bankruptcy of United Airlines parent company was big news at the time, and big news again on Monday when an investment newsletter mistakenly passed along an …
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GADGETS
September 9, 2008 in Business on Page A6 What if locking the front door of your home while you’re away was as easy as hopping on the Internet? At the CEDIA Expo in Denver last week, Ingersoll-Rand Co.’s …
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Troubled skies
September 9, 2008 in Business on Page A6 SEATTLE — If the Boeing strike drags on for more than three months, there could be long-lasting harm to the country’s exports, economists said. By dollar value, Boeing Co. ranks …
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Board overturns zoning change
September 9, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Spokane County violated the state’s Growth Management Act and its own comprehensive plan when it granted a zone change allowing McGlades Bistro & Wine Bar in Colbert to reopen, the …
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Global anxiety a factor in takeover
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – When Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the weekend seizure of mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he cited the need to stabilize nervous financial markets and bolster …
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New Simpson trial under way
September 9, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A10 LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson went on trial for kidnapping and robbery Monday with a judge determined to find a jury unaffected by his long-ago “Trial of the Century.” “What …
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Empty races fill war chests
September 9, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – In Ritzville, Republican state Sen. Mark Schoesler has amassed an impressive $123,000 in campaign donations in his run for re-election. Over in Bothell, Democratic Rep. Mark Ericks has …
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Another pharmacy held up
September 9, 2008 in City on Page B1 A man holding a sign demanding OxyContin robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy in Spokane Valley on Monday morning, the latest in a string of drugstore heists. No weapon was displayed, …
