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Sunday, February 1, 2009
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Farmers get ready for Ag Expo
February 1, 2009 in News, City, Region Spokane Ag Expo, one of the largest trade shows in the Inland Northwest, is drawing thousands of food growers, from those who produce wheat for export around the world to …
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MVP Holmes survives gritty childhood
February 1, 2009 in Sports TAMPA, Fla. — He once sold drugs on a street corner. Now he’s MVP of a most remarkable Super Bowl. Santonio Holmes, who overcame his gritty childhood in rural south …
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Steelers win sixth Super Bowl
February 1, 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl, defeating Arizona Cardinals 27-23.
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Bad times show in TV commericals
February 1, 2009 NEW YORK — Along with the usual punchlines, cartoonish violence and car chases, the real world of a depressed economy slipped into the showcase of Super Bowl commercials. 1
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‘Boss’ delivers high-energy halftime show
February 1, 2009 in Sports Bruce Springsteen looked into the camera Sunday night and told the people watching at home to “put the chicken fingers down and turn the television all the way up!”
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Hudson scores touchdown at Super Bowl
February 1, 2009 TAMPA, Fla. — After one deep breath, Jennifer Hudson returned to the spotlight Sunday with a flawless performance of the national anthem before the Super Bowl.
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Save money on health care? Can be done
February 1, 2009 in News, City It’s easy to feel that health care decisions are out of your control. Doctors order tests and prescribe drugs. Follow-up appointments are scheduled automatically. The default position for health-care providers …
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Health care decisions take active participation
February 1, 2009 in News, City Whatever you pay for your health care, chances are good that it’s going up. The basic costs of procedures and services have been rising steadily for years. Employers have been …
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Plans brewing to spend stimulus
February 1, 2009 in News, City As Congress and the President hammer out an economic stimulus package, local leaders already are maneuvering to take advantage of the money, while some are lamenting what appears to be …
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Security gains likely to benefit Al-Maliki
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD – A young Sunni man strolling along the Tigris River hesitated when asked whom he had voted for in provincial elections Saturday. Then he gave an answer that would …
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Corrosive impact
February 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 METALINE FALLS, Wash. – Michigan’s automobile factories are more than 2,000 miles from the Pend Oreille Mine’s assay lab where Sally Dunn prepares zinc samples for testing. Yet Detroit’s pain …
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Obama keeping rendition option
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The CIA’s secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to being a wind-swept naval base in southeastern Cuba. …
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Novice skydiver lands after instructor’s death
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHESTER, S.C. – A first-time skydiver was able to steer safely to the ground Saturday after his 49-year-old instructor died of an apparent midair heart attack. The first-timer, described as …
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Obama readying road map for spending
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to lower mortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, get credit flowing and rein in free-spending executives as he readies a …
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Nation in brief: Google apologizes for computer glitch
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Computer users doing Google searches during a nearly one-hour period Saturday morning were greeted with disturbing but erroneous messages that every site turned up in the results might be harmful. …
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Scores killed in oil fire in Kenya
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOLO, Kenya – An oil spill from a crashed truck erupted into flames Saturday in Kenya, killing at least 89 people who were trying to scoop up free fuel, officials …
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Storm cleanup triggers call-up of entire Guard
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MAYFIELD, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear deployed every one of his Army National Guardsmen on Saturday, with his state still reeling after a deadly ice storm encrusted it this week. …
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Daschle kept tax woes from Obama
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Thomas Daschle waited nearly a month after being nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before informing Barack Obama that he had not paid years of …
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World in brief: Netanyahu says he’d stop Iran
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s leading candidate for prime minister, said Saturday that Iran “will not be armed with a nuclear weapon.” In an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 TV, Netanyahu said …
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Islamist cleric sworn in as Somalia’s president
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 NAIROBI, Kenya – A moderate Islamist cleric was sworn in Saturday as Somalia’s new president, a widely popular choice that could mark a turning point for the troubled Horn of …
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Trade ministers gather amid protectionist fears
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 DAVOS, Switzerland – Trade ministers gathered on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting vowed on Saturday to work toward completing the long-stalled Doha Round of international trade …
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Combat gear’s weight triggers injury spike
February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – Carrying heavy combat loads is taking a quiet but serious toll on troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, contributing to injuries that are sidelining them in growing numbers, …
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Accuracy watch
February 1, 2009 in City on Page B1 For 02-01-2009
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Cakes stacked against us in quest for glory
February 1, 2009 in City on Page B1 We interrupt your Super Bowl beer, brats and burp fest revelry with the following important food announcement … The all-you-can-eat pancake record at Spokane’s East Sprague IHOP still stands at …
