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Sunday, December 27, 2009
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Portland stuns Chiefs with big third period
December 27, 2009 in Sports It’s not often a goalie can give up more than double his league-leading average and still be the player of the game, but it happened at the Arena on Sunday …
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Lambeau flop
December 27, 2009 in Sports GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Sea hawks took the field in one of the league’s most legendary stadiums Sunday, and put on a nearly historic performance. Historically awful that is, …
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Whitworth downs Stout
December 27, 2009 in Sports Whitworth showed few ill effects of its recent nine-day layoff – on the offensive end of the court, at least – on Sunday afternoon as the Pirates beat down visiting …
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Zags, Eagles square off
December 27, 2009 in Sports Two teams looking to get back in sync offensively collide tonight at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Eastern Washington is coming off a three-game stretch where “we kept missing shots,” head …
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Gonzaga women roll over UCI
December 27, 2009 in Sports The Gonzaga women’s basketball team got back on track Sunday afternoon, erasing the disappointment of a pair of losses to highly-ranked Big 12 Conference teams last weekend in Las Vegas …
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Man shot by police in Spokane Valley
December 27, 2009 in City Spokane Valley police shot a man they described as suicidal following a standoff this afternoon. 1
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2 shot in downtown CdA; suspect is noted businessman
December 27, 2009 in Idaho, Region Two Moses Lake men visiting family for Christmas were shot in downtown Coeur d’Alene early Sunday, one critically. The suspect is a North Idaho businessman who reportedly had been involved … 67
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Suspect may have Yemen ties
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – U.S. counterterrorism officials on Saturday were looking at possible connections between al-Qaida-linked militants in Yemen and a 23-year-old Nigerian man charged with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines …
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Holding on to hope
December 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 The cancerous tumor in Chuck Young’s left lung had started to grow again. When readers of The Spokesman-Review last heard about Chuck and Shirley Young, of Coeur d’Alene, they were …
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First highly drug-resistant TB case found in U.S.
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 LANTANA, Fla. – It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away. Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, …
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Winter weather disrupts travel in Plains, East
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 OMAHA, Neb. – Drifting snow and cold rain that have plagued much of the country for days stranded drivers and airline passengers Saturday trying to get home after Christmas. Storms …
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In brief: Benedict appears unhurt after attack
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI appeared in good shape on Saturday as he addressed the faithful two days after a woman knocked him down at the start of Christmas …
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Iranians plan protests
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s opposition is gearing up for a potentially large demonstration against the government today to coincide with the climax of a major Shiite religious commemoration. The Rah-e …
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Six killed in Mideast violence
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – In a deadly spurt of violence, six Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces Saturday, three of them suspects in the slaying of an Israeli West Bank settler …
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Missionary crosses into North Korea, group says
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEOUL, South Korea – An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God’s love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong …
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Unmarried couples call for federal benefits, too
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton won praise in June after pushing to extend to gay and lesbian partners many of the federal benefits traditionally provided to diplomats’ … 3
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In brief: Crews clean up after tug collision
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Valdez, Alaska – Salvage crews have finished transferring thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a stricken tugboat that crashed into the same reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 …
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Airports tighten security
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 LOS ANGELES – Travelers taking international flights to the United States on Saturday faced pat-down searches, new limits on carry-on luggage and more thorough screening at airport checkpoints after a … 4
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Post-Christmas pickings look slim
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 Shoppers headed to America’s malls Saturday, many with gift cards in hand, hoping to snag after-Christmas discounts. They were greeted with big markdowns – in some cases topping 75 percent …
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In Passing
December 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 Vic Chesnutt, singer-songwriter Athens, Ga. – Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after an intentional overdose of prescription …
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Spokane City Council OKs 2010 budget
December 27, 2009 in City on Page B1 Spokane leaders last week climbed out of a $7 million budget hole and approved the city’s 2010 budget with no layoffs and no dramatic loss of city services. The approval … 4
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Saying potholes caused crash, Spokane man sues Idaho
December 27, 2009 in City on Page B1 A Spokane man has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the state of Idaho for injuries he says resulted from a crash caused by potholes on Interstate 90 in North Idaho. … 3
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In brief: WSP says alcohol had role in Route 231 crash
December 27, 2009 in City on Page B1 Authorities say alcohol was a factor in Friday night crash on a Stevens County highway in which a 46-year-old Valley, Wash., woman was injured. Lois E. Culp was northbound on …
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Filters show promise in river cleanup
December 27, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 Each day, cities along the Spokane River dump millions of gallons of phosphorus-rich wastewater into its waters. As the state of Washington embarks on an ambitious plan to reduce the …
