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Sunday, December 6, 2009
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Bald eagles flocking to Lake Coeur d’Alene
December 6, 2009 in News, Outdoors The annual congretion of bald eagles in Wolf Lodge Bay is dwindling earlier than in past years, prompting biologists and volunteers to move up the date for the annual Eagle … 4
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War recalls past conflict
December 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 An editorial cartoon in the early 1980s, as the Soviet Union army struggled against the mujahedeen in Afghanistan, featured two shivering soldiers in furry hats in front of a Soviet … 2
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A passion rising
December 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 They’re angry, and they’re getting organized. Groups once seen as fringe political outcasts are banding together, powered by what experts describe as an unprecedented fear of the federal government and … 38
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High hopes, hurdles await at Copenhagen summit
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly … 1
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Snowfall dusts South
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana got its earliest snowflakes ever as people across the South awakened to a dusting of powder. Snow started falling in the region late Friday and continued …
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Baucus: Girlfriend was ‘highly qualified’
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., on Saturday defended recommending his girlfriend and former staffer to become a U.S. attorney, arguing that she is a “highly qualified … 1
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Health reform deals in doubt
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Heading into a make-or-break week, Senate Democratic leaders are struggling to preserve the fragile support of interest groups for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, … 2
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Zhu Zhu Pets in safety quarrel
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ST. LOUIS – A consumer group contends one of the holiday season’s must-have toys is unsafe. But the maker of the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters defended its product Saturday …
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U.S.-Afghan offensive meeting little resistance
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL – U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have killed at least seven Taliban fighters during the first U.S.-led offensive since President Barack Obama announced a new American war plan this …
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Mine-clearing tank debuts
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – The new NATO offensive in Helmand province marked not only the largest assault yet for the VM-22 Osprey, but also the combat debut of the Marines’ massive …
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Nuns balk at Vatican inquiry
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 Leaders of a significant number of the nation’s Roman Catholic sisters are challenging aspects of a Vatican investigation of their communities, declining to answer questions they say are ambiguous, inappropriate …
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L.A. Episcopalians elect first female, gay bishops
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that kept gays out of its …
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Joel’s daughter taken to hospital
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 NEW YORK – Alexa Ray Joel, the daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, was hospitalized after taking eight pills at her Manhattan apartment, a law enforcement …
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In Passing
December 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 William A. Wilson, Reagan confidant Carmel Valley, Calif. – William A. Wilson, a Los Angeles businessman and a member of President Ronald Reagan’s “kitchen cabinet” who was appointed the first …
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Updating emissions blueprint
December 6, 2009 in City on Page A9 Some 15,000 delegates, environmentalists, scientists, journalists and others gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Monday to begin two weeks of negotiations on what to do about climate change. Here’s a look … 1
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Timeline
December 6, 2009 in City on Page A9 1898: Swedish scientist Svante Ahrrenius calculates that CO2 from coal and oil burning will warm the planet. 1971: First international conference on climate change is held in Sweden.
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Ice a factor in two crashes, one fatal
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B1 Icy road conditions in the Inland Northwest contributed to the first major weather-related accidents of the season Friday night, prompting officials to remind drivers to slow down during inclement weather. …
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Scores claim sex abuse
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B1 More than 500 people have filed claims accusing Jesuits of sexually abusing children across the Northwest. The claims vary in severity and span decades and geography, from Native Alaskan village … 1
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Robotics inspires scientific drive
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B1 At first glance, the competition under way inside Eastern Washington University’s computer science building Saturday looked and sounded like a fierce athletic contest. Fans cheered. Music blared. Referees in black …
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To the thin blue line: Thank you
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B1 Everybody knows that wearing a badge can be hazardous to your health. The pitfalls of police work, after all, have been the go-to grist for myriad movies and half the … 2
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Seattle massacre parole hearing held
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B2 SEATTLE – Lin Yee Wong listened Friday as the interpreter read her handwritten letter that detailed in Chinese the memories of her husband who was slain more than 26 years …
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Rivalry takes ugly turn as duck painted orange
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B2 ALBANY, Ore. – The day the Oregon Ducks beat the Oregon State Beavers in the annual Civil War football game, a male mallard was found in Albany, spray-painted Beavers orange …
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Think you could do better with budget? Go for it
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B3 Later this week, Spokane County commissioners will take a $10.5 million whack out of the county’s general fund budget. They’d need $146.8 million to maintain the status quo and can … 30
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Old safe’s contents a mystery
December 6, 2009 in City on Page B3 MARYSVILLE, Wash. – A safe from the 1880s that was once owned by Marysville’s first mayor has been donated to the city’s historical society. Nobody knows the combination or what’s …
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