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Sunday, January 11, 2009
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Police seek help finding missing woman
January 11, 2009 in News, City A 48-year-old woman with a history of mental illness has been missing since Friday, and the Spokane Police Department has asked the public for help finding her.
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Don’t be fooled by credit score sites
January 11, 2009 in News, City While everyone’s entitled by law to one free copy of their credit reports a year, they must pay to get the all-important credit scores. After our story last week on …
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Not too late to trim electric bills
January 11, 2009 in News, City The weather’s cleared up a bit, but here’s the bad news: Spring is still a good 10 weeks away.
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Lack of sidewalk enforcement leaves walkers stranded
January 11, 2009 in News, City It’s no secret: Spokane’s sidewalks are a mess. 7
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STA board ponders fare increase in ‘09
January 11, 2009 in News, City If bus riders paid the full cost of providing transit service in Spokane, a one-fare would be $5. Sales taxes currently pay 83 percent of the cost of running Spokane …
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Obama foresees 3.7 million jobs
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama projected Saturday that his yet-to-be-written economic stimulus plan would create nearly 3.7 million jobs by the end of next year, mainly in construction, leisure services …
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In Olympia, huge repair job awaits lawmakers
January 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Each January, by tradition, Washington’s top lawmakers choose theme songs for the upcoming session. Most are lighthearted. Speaking to reporters last week, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown read …
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Goodbye to free vaccines
January 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 Darcy never saw it coming. The 11-month-old with wispy red hair cuddled in her mother’s arms and smiled at all the fuss and bustle of nurses preparing to stick needles …
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Otter’s proposed tax, fee increases face uphill battle
January 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Bleak. Dismal. Gloomy. Difficult. Really, really tough. That’s how Idaho state legislators and officials are describing the legislative session ahead, with state revenues slipping, budget cuts bringing cries …
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Huge lobster avoids dinner date
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – A huge lobster that was destined to adorn a dinner plate is back in the ocean after a New York City restaurant granted him a reprieve. The …
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USS George H.W. Bush last of Nimitz carriers
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 NORFOLK, Va. – It’s the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1,092 feet of flattop. “What do you give a guy who has been blessed and has just about …
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U.S. blocked Israel from attack on Iran
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Bush last year rejected an Israeli request to provide sophisticated, deep-penetration bombs to attack Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment facilities, Pentagon officials said Saturday. The administration also rebuffed …
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Kurds warn of rift with al-Maliki
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SALAHADDIN, Iraq – The president of Iraq’s Kurdish region warned Saturday that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is drifting toward authoritarian rule, in the latest sign of the dangerous rift that …
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Natural gas supply cleared for Europe
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Ukraine today accepted a deal on the European Union-led monitoring of Russian gas transit across its territory, opening the way for restarting Russian natural gas supplies to a freezing Europe …
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Ransom-rich pirates die with booty, relative says
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOGADISHU, Somalia – Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle …
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Wilderness bill triggers wrangling
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – In an early showdown for the new Congress, senators are considering setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness. The largest expansion of wilderness …
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Biden visits Pakistan, Afghanistan
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – Vice President-elect Joseph Biden made a heavily guarded visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, meeting with top Afghan and U.S. military leaders after a quick stop in Pakistan …
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Budget woes have states eyeing prison reforms
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – Their budgets in crisis, governors, legislators and prison officials across the nation are making or considering policy changes that will likely remove tens of thousands of offenders …
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Ford’s venerable Taurus gets an extreme makeover
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 DEARBORN, Mich. – Twenty-odd years ago, the Taurus saved Ford. Can it do it again? Ford will unveil its complete redesign of the car at the auto show in Detroit …
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Bad economy may fuel hate groups, experts say
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 For 20 years, Bart McIntyre has tracked white supremacist movements, even spending two years undercover in Alabama to penetrate a violent young band of criminals who called themselves the Confederate …
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Israeli media concentrate on dangers
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 TEL AVIV, Israel – After 15 days of war that have left more than 800 Palestinians dead – as many as half of them civilians, medical officials say – Israelis …
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Weapons, commerce find way
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 A U.S. government study issued in 2008 reported that Egyptian officials have privately acknowledged that between 10 and 30 main tunnel shafts run underneath the border at any one time. …
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Israel warns Gazans of escalation
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel warned besieged residents of the Gaza Strip on Saturday that it would soon escalate its onslaught against Hamas, including possibly a deeper push into …
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Tunnels are key factor in attack
January 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 RAFAH, Egypt – Some of them are said to be big enough to accommodate railroad cars. They may reach a depth of 50 feet, and are reported to be equipped …
