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Saturday, August 15, 2009
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Shock climb back, head to ArenaCup
August 15, 2009 in News, Sports That’s more like it.
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Phosphorous ban appears to be working
August 15, 2009 in News, City The storyline of the near-ban on phosphorus in dish detergent in Spokane County has focused on scofflaws sneaking Cascade across the state line in a dogged attempt to keep their …
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Community comes together
August 15, 2009 in News, City It was just warm enough Saturday afternoon for kids to cool off in the giant fountain at Riverfront Park. The day-long Unity in the Community celebration, however, closed out with …
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Man dies after assault
August 15, 2009 in News, City A man died after being assaulted in the area of Lincoln and Indiana at 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Police received a report of a fight and arrived to find the …
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Body found in Lake Coeur d’Alene
August 15, 2009 in News, Idaho The body of Post Falls resident Robert J. Meadows was recovered from Lake Coeur d’Alene near Arrow Point at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Meadows, 49, had been missing since July …
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British unite to defend national health system
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Castigating their public health care system may be a national pastime for the British, but it’s not one they care to share with Americans. In fact, Britain’s oft-maligned …
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New living option for poor
August 15, 2009 in City on Page A1 Roxanne Smith is ecstatic as she tours the apartment she’ll soon move into. It’s a clean, well-lighted, two-bedroom unit inside the Madison, the newly remodeled downtown Spokane building converted into …
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Obama vows safeguards
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 BELGRADE, Mont. – President Barack Obama on Friday promised a new era of protections against insurance companies that drop customers when medical crises hit and said people who already have … 2
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Marines offer woman’s touch
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 KHAWJA JAMAL, Afghanistan – Put on body armor, check weapons, cover head and shoulders with a scarf. That was the drill for female American Marines who set out on patrol …
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Investor alleges 20-year affair with Madoff
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – Bernard Madoff’s decades-long fraud might not have been his only secret. A new book says he had a two-decade affair with one of his investors. The memoir, …
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Accuracy watch
August 15, 2009 in City on Page A2 For 08-15-2009
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Australian quadriplegic wins right to die
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CANBERRA, Australia – Christian Rossiter has proven his legal right to die and declared himself a champion of other quadriplegics who no longer find life worth living. An Australian state …
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Ex-priest called by federal panel
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – A former Los Angeles priest convicted of molesting boys has been called before a federal grand jury investigating how the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger Mahony …
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‘Squeaky’ out on parole
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 FORT WORTH, Texas – Three decades after basking in the national spotlight as “Squeaky,” the infamous Charles Manson disciple who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the now-60-year-old woman slipped …
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Vilsack outlines forest policy
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEATTLE – Restoration and conservation are the goals that will guide management of the U.S. forest system under the Obama administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday. In his first …
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Virginia senator visiting Myanmar
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Sen. James Webb arrived in Myanmar on Friday for talks with the country’s military ruler, starting a 2 1/2-day diplomatic mission that is likely to prove a test of U.S. …
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Fire prompts declaration
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Davenport, Calif. – California’s acting governor Friday declared a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County, site of one of two large coastal fires burning out of control and forcing …
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Karzai may face runoff, poll shows
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai has a wide lead over his opponents in next week’s election, but may not be able to muster enough support to avoid a runoff, …
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Lost Russian-manned ship found off West Africa coast
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – A Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian …
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Hamas battles Gaza militants
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Hamas government forces stormed a mosque in the Gaza Strip on Friday and apparently subdued a heavily armed group of al-Qaida-inspired militants whose imam had …
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Italy, on one cent a night
August 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROME – You had to be quick, but what a deal. A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation – a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon …
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Making a connection
August 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 Friday was Yevgeniy Sirokhin’s first day on a Spokane bus, but the STA hopes he becomes a regular rider. The 82-year-old Ukrainian immigrant and World War II veteran joined nearly …
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It was the dawning of the age of bad skin, corduroys
August 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 ‘We are stardust, we are golden …” Today, on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I want to share my own magical memories of that world-changing event. 1
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More schools miss feds’ goal
August 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 Compared to the previous year, twice as many schools in Spokane Public Schools failed to meet federal standards under the No Child Left Behind Act in 2008-’09, officials announced Friday. …
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