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Sunday, April 19, 2009
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Motorcycle wreck blocking Highway 291
April 19, 2009 in City Highway 291 is blocked near Tum Tum in Stevens County because of a crash between a car and a motorcycle. Alcohol or drugs is believed to be a factor, according …
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Getting there: Keep kids in the back
April 19, 2009 in News Spokane law enforcement officers found scores of child safety-restraint violations in March during the first stage of a program to improve compliance with the law.
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Thousands turn out to race for cure
April 19, 2009 in News A fundraising race for breast cancer research brought more than 7,100 people to downtown Spokane Sunday morning. The turnout was the largest in the four-year history of the Susan G. …
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Final meeting on Sprague-Appleway reworking set
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane Valley residents will get one last chance April 28 to comment on plans to transform the Sprague-Appleway corridor from a gap-toothed, six-mile strip mall to a collection of cozy … 1
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Shriners’ global outreach shrinks
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 Albanian villagers consider her a miracle worker. She brings their children, those crippled by accidents and birth defects, to the United States, and they return months later healed and wide-eyed …
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A turn for the better
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Our Kids: Our Business theme this year is mentoring. Sometimes, the mentors don’t even have to be real. Children who read well meet fictional characters who can show them …
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Jackie Chan ‘not sure’ freedom best for Chinese
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 BOAO, China – Action star Jackie Chan said Saturday he’s not sure if a free society is a good thing for China and that he’s starting to think “we Chinese …
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At 100, her mind ‘superior’ to 20
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Rita Levi Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said Saturday that even though she is about to turn 100, her mind is sharper than it was when she was 20. Levi …
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Cleopatra’s, Marc Antony’s tombs may have been found
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Archaeologists think they may be close to locating the graves of the doomed lovers Cleopatra and Marc Antony in a temple on the Mediterranean Sea just west of Alexandria, Egypt. … 1
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U.S. will boycott U.N. conference on racism
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will boycott “with regret” a U.N. conference on racism this week over objectionable language in the meeting’s final document that could single out Israel for …
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Iranian-American gets 8-year term
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian-American journalist accused of spying for the U.S. was sentenced Saturday by an Iranian court to eight years in prison, a move likely to strain the …
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Leaders press Obama on policy toward Cuba
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – Foreign leaders have jostled to be in pictures with him and pressed for autographs. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who called the last U.S. president the …
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Obama picks pair to lead efficiency bid
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday named Jeffrey Zients, a longtime management consultant, as chief performance officer to head an effort to streamline government and cut costs. The selection …
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Cap-and-trade alternative sought
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A growing number of lawmakers who are deeply involved in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming are beginning to question “cap-and-trade,” the current hot-button solution …
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Murder-suicide leaves family dead
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 An accountant for a railroad operator killed his wife and their three children before fatally shooting himself in a northwest Maryland home, leaving a gruesome scene that was discovered Saturday …
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NATO frees high-seas hostages; Belgian ship latest to be seized
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 NAIROBI, Kenya – NATO forces rescued 20 fishermen from pirates who launched the latest attack in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, but let the Somali hijackers go because they …
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Governor rides tea party horse
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Rick Perry appears to have given new life to the state’s two decades-old tourism promotion – Texas: It’s like a whole other country. The empathy …
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Five children die in swamped car
April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 HOUSTON – Five Houston children died Saturday after their sedan slid into a rain-swollen ditch when the driver lost control while trying to answer a cell phone, authorities said. John …
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Bernadette Haddleton, 70, Post Falls
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A14 Her childhood: She grew up in upstate New York. “My mother was bipolar and she was an angry bipolar. The main feeling in our home was fear. We were threatened …
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Gary Brown, 59, Deer Park
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A14 His childhood: He was raised in the Chicago area. His father, an industrial engineer, traveled extensively and was rarely home. Brown was the oldest of three, and the only boy …
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Books that mentor
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A14 Sally Chilson, youth services coordinator for Spokane Public Library, has worked in libraries since she was 15. The 39-year-old librarian says characters in books mentor children and teens in many …
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Reading facts
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A15 Students who reported having four types of reading materials (books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias) in their home scored, on average, higher than those who reported having fewer reading materials. Children whose …
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In your words
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A15 In an e-mail survey, Spokesman-Review adult readers were asked how their reading habits as children changed or expanded the rest of their lives. Here are some responses. ‘My paternal grandparents …
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Our Kids calendar
April 19, 2009 in City on Page A15 Our Kids: Our Business events for the week of April 19: Today
