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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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Public excluded from McMorris Rodgers meeting
August 19, 2009 in City While U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers travels across Eastern Washington discussing health care reform, one of her only stops in Spokane was a closed affair Wednesday in a Browne’s Addition … 19
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UI considers making freshmen live on campus
August 19, 2009 in Idaho The University of Idaho is pitching a plan that would require most of its first-year students to live on campus. 1
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Former Trus Joist execs bring firm back to Boise
August 19, 2009 in Idaho A landmark Boise timber products company is returning to Idaho’s capital city - kind of. A group of former executives of Trus Joist Corp., along with Atlas Holdings LLC, has … 1
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Indictment: Mother’s boyfriend blamed in Boise boy’s death
August 19, 2009 in Idaho BOISE — A grand jury indictment says an 8-year-old Boise boy whose body was found in an irrigation canal was tortured, beaten repeatedly and ultimately killed by his mother’s boyfriend.
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Van in road rage incident linked to Cheney man
August 19, 2009 in City A van involved in a road rage incident in north Spokane Friday has been connected to a man in the Cheney area, and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is asking … 3
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CBS News pioneer Don Hewitt dies at 86
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World NEW YORK — Don Hewitt, the CBS newsman who invented “60 Minutes” and produced the popular newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 86.
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Fire levy in north Spokane County failing
August 19, 2009 in City Voters in Spokane County Fire Protection District No. 4 may have been confused by a ballot title when they rejected a levy measure in the sprawling north county district on … 2
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Health care dominating McMorris Rodgers’ talks
August 19, 2009 in City Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is getting an earful from constituents over the health care debate this summer. 2
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Man injured trying to fight house fire
August 19, 2009 in City A resident living along Inland Empire Way was burned this morning when he attempted to knock down a second-story residential fire with a garden hose, Spokane fire officials said.
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Motorcyclist injured in early morning crash
August 19, 2009 in City A motorcyclist was in stable condition this morning at a Spokane hospital following an accident in the 2800 block of South Crescent Avenue at Nelson Street in northeast Spokane.
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Idaho students test above national average on ACT
August 19, 2009 in Idaho, Nation/World Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam held steady for the high school class of 2009, a sign of modest progress considering the pool of students taking the test … 2
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Sizzling heat returns today
August 19, 2009 in City, Idaho Hot temperatures move into the Inland Northwest today as a Pacific high pressure system creates the classic scenario for sizzling August weather.
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Amid cleanup dispute, project could have new developer
August 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 An $8 million legal dispute has erupted over the bill to clean up pollutants at Kendall Yards, the stalled housing and business project along the north bank of the Spokane … 1
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Voters decisive on council race, tax
August 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 Tuesday’s two Spokane City Council primary races yielded one landslide and one battle too close to call. Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin easily topped a list of five challengers for her seat … 1
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Spokane County tax extension passes with ease
August 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane County residents overwhelmingly agreed to continue contributing an extra penny on each $10 purchase to help pay for law enforcement. A ballot measure to extend a sales tax collected … 3
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Bill’s a major hurricane
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MIAMI – Bill became a major hurricane far out in the Atlantic on Tuesday, with winds whipping near 125 mph, and forecasters say it could strengthen even further. The National …
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Columnist Novak, 78, dies of cancer
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Robert Novak, the aggressive reporter and conservative commentator who became a television celebrity, died Tuesday of brain cancer at the age of 78. For three decades, from Presidents …
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Jackson remains to go to Forest Lawn crypt
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – With his love of old-time Hollywood glamour and spectacular if sometimes inauthentic artwork, Michael Jackson would likely have welcomed his family’s announcement Tuesday that his remains will …
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Attacks hit Kabul on eve of election
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents struck the Afghan capital two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO …
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Mubarak visit yields little on Mideast
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the Middle East peace process was in a “rut,” and prodded Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to help break an Arab-Israeli standoff that …
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Actor returns home, decries treatment
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW DELHI – Bollywood mega-star Shah Rukh Khan returned to India on Tuesday, stung by his treatment at the hands of U.S. immigration officials, and told fans that the screening … 2
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Nation in brief: Abortion law overturned
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Oklahoma City – An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor’s description of the fetus. Oklahoma …
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Sotomayor’s first vote sought to spare killer
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Newly seated Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court, joining three liberal justices in an unsuccessful effort to stop an execution in …
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Reluctant rangers shoot, kill grizzly
August 19, 2009 in Nation/World, Outdoors on Page A4 WEST GLACIER, Mont. – A disturbingly friendly grizzly bear that had boldly wandered through campgrounds and sniffed food and around the edges of tents has been killed after Glacier National … 1
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