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Friday, December 11, 2009
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Manslaughter conviction nets 13-year sentence
December 11, 2009 in News A Spokane man will spend 13 years in prison for killing a man in a dispute that began with a beer can tossed from a car window. 7
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Whitworth rolls over Slugs
December 11, 2009 in Sports The Whitworth men’s basketball team takes an easy victory over UC Santa Cruz at home on Friday night.
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Man beaten in alley dies
December 11, 2009 in City A Spokane man badly beaten in an alley late last month died this week and two teenage suspects have been charged with his murder. 18
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Tiger Woods to take ‘indefinite’ leave from golf
December 11, 2009 in Sports Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite leave from professional golf to work on saving his family, using the word “infidelity” for the first time in a statement posted on his … 3
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Police investigating series of smash-and-grabs
December 11, 2009 in City Spokane police are investigating four smash-and-grab service station burglaries that began before dawn on Friday.
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Lakewood officer remembered in home state
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World Mark Renninger grew up 250 paces from the Boys & Girls Club of Bethlehem. When he heard the lawn mower start up, he would come running — and insist on …
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Economic news raises hopes for global recovery
December 11, 2009 in Business Just in time for Christmas, the fragile economic recovery is showing signs of strengthening: Consumers are spending, companies are rebuilding stockpiles and Chinese exports are mounting a comeback. 1
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Snowy forecast takes us into next week
December 11, 2009 in City, Idaho A partly sunny Friday will give way to a forecast of snow through next week, when we finally should escape temperatures in the single digits and teens.
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Police logs for Dec. 9 and Dec. 10
December 11, 2009 in Idaho Read the Spokane police logs for Dec. 9 and Dec. 10 and the Bonner County law enforcement log for Dec. 10, 2009.
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‘Invictus’ recalls a winning game
December 11, 2009 in Features “Invictus” is Clint Eastwood’s latest and most unexpected foray in his one-man campaign to make movies the way they used to be made.
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Palin devotees thrilled by visit
December 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 Krista Woodruff arrived at the Coeur d’Alene Fred Meyer store on Wednesday night to wait for a chance to have Sarah Palin autograph her copy of Palin’s memoir, “Going Rogue: … 35
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Coeur d’Alene Basin mine waste deal huge
December 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Cleanup of mine waste in the Coeur d’Alene Basin got a $583 million shot in the arm Thursday, when Asarco Inc. agreed to settle environmental claims at 80 toxic sites …
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Small businesses at heart of latest bailout money plans
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration plans to channel money from the government’s massive financial bailout program to small businesses as part of an effort to limit the political and economic … 2
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Christmas Bureau volunteers set the tone
December 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane Valley resident Sally Olson has spent the past two days entering data about recipients into a computer system, tracking names, addresses, income and other information about some of the …
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Bone drugs may aid breast cancer fight
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 SAN ANTONIO – New results from a landmark women’s health study raise the possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel may help prevent breast cancer. Women who already …
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Blackwater tied to clandestine CIA missions
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Highly trained personnel employed with the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide sometimes operated side by side with CIA field officers in Iraq and Afghanistan as …
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North Korea says it sees need for nuclear talks
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said today that it understands the need to resume the stalled international talks on ending its nuclear programs, and that it agrees to work …
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Americans detained in Pakistan interviewed
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Five young American men now detained in Pakistan had sought to fight a holy war against U.S. troops in Afghanistan and were in contact with an Islamic …
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New climate bill plan laid out
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senators working on a compromise climate bill unveiled the basics of their plan for the first time on Thursday, including encouragement for new nuclear power plants, a continued …
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Obama’s Nobel speech offers ‘just war’ defense
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 OSLO, Norway – President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned rationale for war in accepting the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace on Thursday, a paradox that he acknowledged, even as he … 4
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Major spending bill gets House approval
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The House voted Thursday to approve half a dozen spending bills contained in one large package, as the chamber races to complete its work before adjourning for the …
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Nation in brief: Pelosi endorses Medicare ‘buy-in’
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Washington – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed a proposal Thursday that would allow people in late middle age to buy insurance through Medicare, helping to sustain an idea that sprang … 2
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Scam suspect chased, shot dead
December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – A plainclothes cop chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists Thursday in the heart of Times Square, killing the suspect near a …
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Allred to challenge Otter
December 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A respected nonpartisan activist, former Harvard University professor and trained mediator stunned Idaho’s political establishment Thursday by filing to run against Republican Gov. Butch Otter as a Democrat. …
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