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Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Competition draws skaters of all ages
February 28, 2009 It was chilly outside Saturday, but that didn’t stop dozens of figure skaters and their families from having a little bit of fun at the Riverfront Park Ice Palace.
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Broadcaster Paul Harvey dies at 90
February 28, 2009 CHICAGO — Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio …
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Zags run the table
February 28, 2009 in Sports The Gonzaga Bulldogs tonight ended the regular West Coast Conference season undefeated, with a 58-47 victory over the Toreros of the Univeristy of San Diego. They become the first team …
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UI students injured in Hwy 95 crash
February 28, 2009 in News, Idaho A crash on U.S. Highway 95 at Athol sent four people to the hospital early Saturday morning after one driver apparently drove on the wrong side of the road. 5
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Family blames VA for veteran’s suicide
February 28, 2009 A North Idaho family blames the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the death of a Navy veteran who killed himself last year amid a sharp increase in suicides among … 1
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Zehm case may soon see legal action
February 28, 2009 in News, City On the eve of the third anniversary of the police encounter death of Otto Zehm, a civil rights suit against the city of Spokane and its Police Department could be … 1
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Rochestie’s three wins it
February 28, 2009 in Sports In the waning seconds of overtime, Taylor Rochestie put up a big, NBA three with his Cougars down by one. His aim, it turns out was perfect, and the Cougars …
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Skier found dead at Mt. Spokane
February 28, 2009 in News, City A man was found dead of apparently natural causes Saturday at the Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park. Another skier found an unconscious “older gentleman” in the area of Lost …
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Zito, Giants hand M’s a loss
February 28, 2009 in Sports PEORIA, Ariz. — Barry Zito looked like his old self in his first spring outing. Carlos Silva’s two innings also were familiar, in a much different way.
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Jail inmate commits suicide
February 28, 2009 in News The Spokane County Jail was locked down for five hours Friday afternoon after an inmate apparently committed suicide. “He was in a cell all by himself,” said Sgt. Joe Peterson … 1
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Tekoa man stabbed
February 28, 2009 A man was stabbed in the back with a knife Friday night in Tekoa, according to the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office. The victim, identified as Patrick George, told Sheriff’s Deputies …
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Proposals too far to the left
February 28, 2009 in Letters Regarding Envision Spokane: What are these people drinking or inhaling? Do they even live in the same world as the rest of us?
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Care providers seek united voice
February 28, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – With state child care subsidies well below the actual cost of caring for enrolled kids, some Spokane-area workers and lawmakers say it’s time to give the industry more …
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Economic pit looks deeper
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The prospects for an economic recovery by year’s end dimmed Friday, as government data showed the economy contracted at the end of 2008 by the fastest pace in …
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Iraq exit timeline draws criticism
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced a timetable Friday for a drastic reduction in troops but failed to satisfy war critics who objected to his plans to leave behind a …
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Phelps report urges agencies to share data
February 28, 2009 in City on Page A1 Concerns about Summer Phelps – the 4-year-old who died in Spokane in 2007 at the hands of her father and stepmother – were reported eight times to Washington’s Child Protective …
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Dobson quits leadership of Focus on the Family
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 DENVER – James Dobson is stepping down as chairman of Focus on the Family, the conservative religious group announced Friday, a change that comes as the political movement Dobson has …
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Second arrest in hate-crime slaying
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – “So I killed someone – that makes me a bad guy?” Those were the first words Keith Phoenix uttered to detectives Friday when they pulled him out …
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Guard leaving New Orleans
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weekend, leaving behind a …
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Exec’s pension ‘unjustifiable’
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Amid growing public and political clamor, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that he would seek ways to block a nearly $1-million-a-year pension awarded to a banking executive whose …
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WHEELS
February 28, 2009 in Business on Page A4 Even as the spotlight has been trained on struggling Detroit automakers, many of the nation’s 20,000 auto dealers are fighting for their own survival. Faced with high fixed costs and …
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United will restart direct Chicago flights
February 28, 2009 in City on Page A4 United Airlines will resume direct flights to Chicago from Spokane International Airport on June 4, seven months after high fuel costs forced what many local officials said they hoped would …
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Pay-as-you-go air travel
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 DUBLIN – When nature calls at 30,000 feet, is $1.40 a wee price to pay? Or could it force passengers without correct change into a whole new kind of holding …
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Feds re-rescue Citigroup
February 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The U.S. government will exchange up to $25 billion in emergency bailout money it provided Citigroup Inc. for as much as a 36 percent equity stake in the …
