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Friday, August 7, 2009
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Two critically injured in Magnesium Road crash
August 7, 2009 in News, City A three-car crash involving a speeding minivan left two people critically injured Friday and closed a northeast Spokane road for several hours.
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NW Airlines, travel site battle over trademark
August 7, 2009 in News, Business A Spokane Web site owner has landed in the cross hairs of Northwest Airlines, which claims that the locally based online travel guide infringes on the air carrier’s corporate trademark. … 1
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CdA Resort saw deadly fall from 12th floor in 1993, too
August 7, 2009 in Idaho Police declared the man’s death an accident in less than a day. After a night of hard partying in downtown Coeur d’Alene, four young people booked a room at The …
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Obamas to visit parks in trip to West
August 7, 2009 in Region WASHINGTON — The White House is announcing that the first family will travel to national parks in the West next week. 1
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Lawsuit filed over murder-suicide at CdA apartments
August 7, 2009 in Idaho A landlord shot to death by a tenant in Coeur d’Alene two years ago should have been trained on how to deal with dangerous renters, a lawsuit filed this week …
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Idaho jobless rate jumps to 26-year high
August 7, 2009 in Business, Idaho Idaho’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.8 percent in July, and to 10.3 percent in Coeur d’Alene, according to state Labor Department statistics released today. The state rate was the highest …
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Crews working weekend to restart WA nuke plant
August 7, 2009 in Business, Region YAKIMA — Crews were set to work through the weekend to clean up and repair damage caused by a fire at the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant, which is …
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Six Washington post offices to remain open
August 7, 2009 in City, Region TACOMA — The Postal Service has decided not to close six post offices in the Washington that had been considered for closing to save money.
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Crash on Highway 395 now clear
August 7, 2009 in News The Washington State Patrol reports that crews have now cleared a two-car collision that had been blocking both directions of State Route 395 nine miles north of Spokane. The crash …
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Grant County men charged with killing grizzly
August 7, 2009 in Outdoors, Region Two Grant County men have been charged in federal court in Spokane with killing a grizzly bear.
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Sotomayor confirmed
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate, in a vote laden with history and partisanship, confirmed Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday as the 111th justice and the first Hispanic to serve on the U.S. …
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Mobius deal approved
August 7, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Park Board approved a 50-year contract Thursday with a group trying to put a science center on the north edge of Riverfront Park. With little discussion and only … 6
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Multiple flu shots looming this year
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 ATLANTA – Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That’s right, three times. This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a …
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Taliban chief reported dead in CIA strike
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Taliban chief, who has led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against Pakistan’s government, has been killed in a CIA missile strike …
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‘Breakfast Club’ director John Hughes dies at 59
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood’s youth impresario of the 1980s and ’90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s …
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Accuracy watch
August 7, 2009 in City on Page A2 For 08-07-2009
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Immigration detention overhaul outlined
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Pledging more oversight and accountability, the Obama administration will overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system and transform it from one reliant on a scattered network of local jails and private … 1
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Postal deficits threaten Saturday mail delivery
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – U.S. Postal Service plans to cut billions of dollars in losses would end regular Saturday mail delivery and reduce health benefits to retired postal workers, officials warned Congress … 1
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Hurricane season forecast lowered
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MIAMI – El Niño should knock some of the wind out of the sails of the 2009 hurricane season, federal forecasters predicted Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reduced …
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Senate refuels clunker program
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Pedal to the metal, Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation Thursday night with an additional $2 billion for “cash for clunkers,” the economy-boosting rebate program that caught the … 1
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Soldiers’ private info on stolen laptop
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MADISON, Wis. – The Army National Guard is investigating why a contractor had data including Social Security numbers for 131,000 current and former soldiers on an unsecured personal laptop that …
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Roadside bomb kills four Marines
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Four U.S. Marines were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their convoy in western Afghanistan on Thursday, the latest attack amid escalating violence ahead of a …
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U.S. now blaming Zelaya for coup
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – The Obama administration has backed away from its call to restore ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power and instead put the onus on him for taking … 1
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Rooks’ activity confirms fable
August 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop’s fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than …
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