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Saturday, August 22, 2009
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Shock run away with it
August 22, 2009 They’re ArenaCup champions again.
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Freeway leg open to traffic
August 22, 2009 in News, City A completed north Spokane freeway – sought for more than a half-century – would bring economic growth to the region as much as it would speed traffic across the city, …
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Okanogan fire destroys home, prompts evacuation
August 22, 2009 in News, Region Wildfires near Okanogan in north central Washington have destroyed one home and are threatening 50 others, prompting a mandatory evacuation of the area.
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Police K9 tracks burglary, rape suspect
August 22, 2009 in News, City Within minutes of receiving a report early Saturday of a burglary and rape in the Whitman neighborhood in north Spokane, a Spokane police K9 tracked down the suspect.
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Six-car pile up sends one to hospital
August 22, 2009 in News, City A six-car collision Friday shortly before 10 p.m. snarled the already-snarled eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 construction zone and sent one passenger to the hospital.
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Bernanke grows bullish
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 JACKSON, Wyo. – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday offered his most optimistic outlook since the financial crisis struck, saying the economy is on the verge of growing again. … 1
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Lutheran Church expands pulpit
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 Leaders of the nation’s biggest Lutheran denomination voted Friday to allow gay people in committed relationships to serve as clergy in the church, making it one of the largest Christian … 1
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at a glance Bernanke’s optimistic tone
August 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 What it means: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s upbeat assessment of the economy is consistent with recent observations by the Fed. With the economy stabilizing, the Fed has felt free to … 1
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Calley says he’s sorry for My Lai killings
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 COLUMBUS, Ga. – Speaking in a soft, sometimes labored voice, the only U.S. Army officer convicted in the 1968 slayings of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai made an extraordinary public …
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Speedier justice
August 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 A college student charged with felony theft recently stood before Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno and asked to be enrolled into a diversion program. She was accused of shoplifting in …
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Taiwanese mourn typhoon victims
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan began a three-day mourning period to remember the victims of Typhoon Morakot today, two weeks after the island’s worst weather disaster in 50 years devastated its …
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Activist Peltier denied parole
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 BISMARCK, N.D. – American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, imprisoned since 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents, has been denied parole after authorities decided that releasing him would diminish …
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Warnings issued as Hurricane Bill skirts Bermuda, U.S.
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 HAMILTON, Bermuda – Hurricane Bill slammed punishing waves into Bermuda’s coastal seawalls as it spun Friday over the open Atlantic, spreading big swells across the Bahamas and the southeast coast …
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Chile finds swine flu in turkeys
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic. Top flu and animal-health experts with the …
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Iranian nominee wanted in Argentina
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – The man Iran’s president has named to be defense minister is wanted in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, and his nomination …
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Health care moderates eye cost
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Bipartisan health care negotiators are aiming to cut the costs of their bill after getting an earful from voters, a participant in the closed-door talks said Friday. Sen. …
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Top 2 Afghan candidates confident
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – Both main candidates for Afghan president claimed to be ahead Friday after an election marred by violence, spotty turnout and fraud allegations – threatening U.S. hopes for …
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Slain woman identified by implants
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BUENA PARK, Calif. – An ex-model found stuffed in a bloodstained suitcase without fingers or teeth was so badly mutilated that authorities had to use breast implants to identify her …
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S.C. governor didn’t disclose flights
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford took dozens of undisclosed flights on private planes since taking office in 2003 despite a state law requiring him to report who …
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In brief: Count starts for shuttle flight
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA has begun the launch countdown for space shuttle Discovery. The countdown clocks began ticking late Friday. Discovery is scheduled to blast off early Tuesday morning. …
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Report: CIA held mock executions
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The CIA’s internal investigator found that agency interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects and in one case threatened a detainee suspected in the USS Cole bombing with …
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FBI snatches man overseas
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Lebanese citizen being held in a detention center here was hooded, stripped naked for photographs and bundled onto an executive jet by FBI agents in Afghanistan … 1
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Runaway convert to stay in Florida for hearing
August 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ORLANDO, Fla. – An Ohio teen who says she ran away from home because she feared punishment for converting from Islam to Christianity will stay in Florida while custody issues …
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July sales of homes up across the West
August 22, 2009 in Business on Page A8 LOS ANGELES – Home sales across the Western region of the country posted an annual increase of nearly 4 percent in July as buyers snapped up foreclosures and first-time homeowners …
