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Shock hand Pioneers a loss at Arena
July 11, 2009 in Sports The Spokane Shock had just enough to defeat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers at the Arena tonight, winning 55-52, to improve their records to 13-1. Look for more in tomorrow’s edition of …
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Camp Sekani plays host to day of adventure
July 11, 2009 in City Ian Barker crammed about a week’s worth of new summer activities into a few hours Saturday, trying his hand at rafting, canoeing and kayaking on the Spokane River, then shooting …
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Small quake rattles Methow Valley
July 11, 2009 in Region A small earthquake shattered the Saturday morning calm in the Methow Valley but apparently caused no damage.
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Knife-wielding man arrested after standoff
July 11, 2009 in City A 40-year-old Spokane man was arrested early Saturday morning after a two-hour stand-off with police. He faces a first-degree assault charge for attacking his neighbor with a butcher knife. 1
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Man killed in wreck near Harrison
July 11, 2009 in Idaho A Harrison, Idaho, man was killed Friday night when his pickup truck failed to make a curve on State Highway 97, and the vehicle went off the road and down …
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Spying program hurt by secrecy
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON — “Extraordinary and inappropriate” secrecy about a warrantless eavesdropping program undermined its effectiveness as a terrorism-fighting tool, government watchdogs have concluded in the first examination of one of the …
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Police shoot, kill man in northeast Spokane
July 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 A large knife, a skateboard and a pit bull figured into a string of crimes that ended when a man was shot and killed by police officers in northeast Spokane … 4
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CEO vows leaner GM will become smarter, too
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 DETROIT – General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection Friday with ambitions of making money and building cars people are eager to buy. Once the world’s largest … 3
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Posh condos seek buyers to match
July 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 With the push of a button, 36-foot-long glass walls retracted from a luxury condo overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene. Mike DeLong, sales director for The Terraces, stepped out onto a deck …
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More bones found, prompting cemetery’s closure
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ALSIP, Ill. – Some horrified relatives who searched Friday for loved ones’ plots at the historic black cemetery at the center of a gravedigging scheme near Chicago instead found more …
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Obama, G-8 leaders wrap up Italy summit
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 L’AQUILA, Italy – Leaders of the world’s major economies on Friday pledged $20 billion for food and agricultural aid to the world’s most impoverished countries, and President Barack Obama ended …
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UC leader proposes furloughs, pay cuts
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 OAKLAND, Calif. – Tens of thousands of University of California employees would be forced to take furloughs and lose pay under a plan proposed Friday to offset deep funding cuts …
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Taxes emerge in health talks
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Capping weeks of negotiations over how to pay for a health care overhaul that could top $1 trillion over the next decade, senior House Democrats have settled on … 2
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Western park head picked to lead NPS
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Barack Obama on Friday tapped Jon Jarvis to head the National Park Service, turning to a 30-year veteran who oversees the national parks across the Western states, and who …
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Afghanistan shift signals new goals
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The 4,000 U.S. Marines now pushing deep into Taliban-controlled tracts as part of an expanded war in southern Afghanistan are setting up fire bases amid some of the …
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Sides take break in Honduras talks
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – The delegations representing ousted Honduran President Miguel Zelaya and acting President Roberto Micheletti on Friday suspended talks for the weekend, after two days of lengthy discussions in …
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China raises toll from riots
July 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 URUMQI, China – China raised the death toll from riots in its Xinjiang region to 184, state media said today, giving an ethnic breakdown of the dead for the first …
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Geithner: Plan working
July 11, 2009 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Despite persistently high unemployment, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday the Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan is on the “expected path.” “There’s been substantial improvements in arresting what … 2
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Fixed-rate credit cards feel pinch of reforms
July 11, 2009 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – It could be time to kiss fixed-rate credit cards goodbye. Two of the biggest issuers in the nation – Bank of America and Chase – say they’re …
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Utah business buys car dealerships
July 11, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Downtown Automotive, owner of the Toyota, Honda and Lexus dealerships on West Second and Third avenues, has signed a purchase agreement with Larry H. Miller Auto Group of Utah. Terms …
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Governor wants GM to honor contract with U.S. mine
July 11, 2009 in Business on Page A8 BILLINGS – Gov. Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy … 1
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Car owners in a fix
July 11, 2009 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – When the taillight of Laura Musall’s 5-year-old Nissan Altima burned out, she hoped to avoid the repair shop by letting her husband replace it at home. It …
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Capitol will be ready for Idaho legislators
July 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho’s state Capitol has been closed to the public for renovation for more than two years, but workers say it’ll reopen in time for January’s legislative session. The …
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Milfoil attacked in St. Joe River
July 11, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 Decked out in diver’s gear, Glenn Edwards submerged for a search-and-destroy mission Friday. His target: Eurasian milfoil. The invasive aquatic weed has gained a toehold in the St. Joe River, …
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