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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Spokane Public Schools canceled for Thursday
January 7, 2009 in News, City Monday, no school. Tuesday, school. Wednesday, no school. Thursday? No school again, for students in Spokane Public Schools. 1
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Prosecutors seeking 75 years for Lytle
January 7, 2009 in City There’s a nearly 50-year difference in the sentencing recommendations for Jonathan Lytle, the father convicted last November of homicide by abuse in the torture death of his daughter, 4-year old …
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Teck Cominco makes layoffs permanent at zinc operation
January 7, 2009 in City Canadian mining company Teck Cominco has filed paperwork with Washington state that makes official the permanent layoff of 165 workers at its Pend Oreille zinc mining and milling operations near …
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House burns a second time
January 7, 2009 in City A South Spokane County house fire burned for the second time in a week Wednesday.
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Refuge-seeking wild elk killed when barn collapses
January 7, 2009 in Region Schools were closed on Tuesday for fears of roofs collapsing, but a herd of elk in Pend Oreille County didn’t get the message. About 20 wild elk were in and …
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Rain and snow melt a concern
January 7, 2009 in City, Idaho An ice jam was backing up the Palouse River in Colfax this afternoon, and debris was flooding across roadways in the Palouse region as a strong January thaw brought an …
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CdA Police seek public’s help
January 7, 2009 in Idaho Coeur d’Alene Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two burglary suspects for taking several items from Parkside Condominiums, 601 E. Front Ave.
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Police detective suspended for 17 months reinstated
January 7, 2009 in City A Spokane police detective suspended without pay for 17 months during a domestic violence investigation and trial has been reinstated after an internal affairs investigation concluded there was insufficient evidence …
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Court: Forest Service can sell Twisp property
January 7, 2009 in Region YAKIMA, Wash. — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service can sell a former ranger station in Twisp, denying a request by the Confederated Tribes of the …
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Man pulls unresponsive driver from burning car
January 7, 2009 in City It looked liked just another car stuck in the snow. Summoned from his basement bedroom by his mother, Joshua Myers looked out the living room window and saw a van …
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Western Washington under weather too
January 7, 2009 in City, Region SEATTLE — Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures from rapid snowmelt. At least three people were rescued by boat.
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Highway 95 crash kills Liberty Lake man
January 7, 2009 in City A Liberty Lake man died in a car crash on U.S Highway 95 south of Coeur d’Alene Tuesday.
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Flood warning extends through Friday
January 7, 2009 in City on Page A1 Precipitation, melting snow and heavy traffic created a commuter’s nightmare Tuesday as the Inland Northwest began to emerge from its blizzard of holiday storms.
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Egypt, France propose truce
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 GAZA CITY, Gaza – France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds …
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Rain could make snow heavier than buildings required to bear
January 7, 2009 in City on Page A1 It’s a question facing homeowners: Is it time to shovel the roof? For Spokane Mayor Mary Verner, the answer became clear when water found its way into her home.
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E-waste finds a home
January 7, 2009 in Business on Page A1 Thousands of pounds of old computers, TV sets and monitors have begun their final journey, landing in the warehouses of Spokane-area recyclers who are part of Washington’s groundbreaking electronic waste … 1
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Running late, boy, 6, takes family car to school
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The word “miracle” can be overused. But when a 6-year-old boy drives a Ford Taurus for more than 10 miles, weaving in and out of oncoming traffic, slams …
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Stooges guitar player Asheton dies
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ron Asheton, whose scorching and energetic guitar work behind singer Iggy Pop in the Michigan punk band The Stooges established a new model of raw emotion for a succeeding generation …
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Gupta tabbed for surgeon general
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – America’s most famous television surgeon, Sanjay Gupta, is poised to take his black bag and microphone to the White House as President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for U.S. surgeon …
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New Congress swears in members
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The 111th Congress began Tuesday with debates over how to ease the nation’s worsening recession and to fight a pair of wars overseas, adding a sense of gravity …
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Obama rips Bush over federal deficit
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday ripped outgoing President George W. Bush for “irresponsibly” doubling the federal debt, then warned that he could preside over trillion-dollar-a-year deficits for “years to …
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Jeb Bush won’t run for Senate in 2010
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and brother of President George W. Bush, has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate, ending weeks of speculation that he …
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New federal security rules irk business
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will collect millions of new electronic records about private planes, imported cargo, foreign visitors and federal contractors as part of an array of …
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Oil freefall could mean trouble for Chavez
January 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 CARACAS, Venezuela – High oil prices allowed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to spend freely to spread his socialist gospel and challenge the U.S. role as the dominant player in Latin …
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