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Friday, July 24, 2009
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Idaho prison weathers swine flu outbreak
July 24, 2009 in Idaho BOISE – A swine flu outbreak at Idaho’s privately operated prison south of Boise has sickened at least 13 inmates, and all visitors or volunteers have been shut out for …
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Driver lights cigarette near propane tank, torches car
July 24, 2009 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene man was hospitalized Friday after igniting a car fire in a motel parking lot. 3
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Suspects identified in early morning melee
July 24, 2009 in News A fight that began at a north Spokane bar festered at a party early Friday morning, then erupted on the other side of the city with two women shot and … 1
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Qwest plans to double broadband speeds in Spokane
July 24, 2009 in News, Business Qwest trying to compete with Comcast for Spokane’s broadband customers
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Girl’s mother gets 10 years in St. Maries abuse case
July 24, 2009 in Idaho Testimony about Christina Haynes’ mental state didn’t sway a judge today from imposing a 10-year prison sentence on the St. Maries woman, whose child, Kyra Wine, almost died in one … 1
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Officials: Enlarged heart killed Bonner County inmate
July 24, 2009 in Idaho A Bonner County Jail inmate with a lengthy Spokane criminal history died of an enlarged heart, an autopsy ruled.
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Cash lures drivers to unload clunkers
July 24, 2009 in City David Lausche is doing the math. Miles per gallon. Trade-in values. Four cylinders versus six. He’s hoping he can come up with the right answer: a new truck, with a …
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Spokane Police logs 7/20/2009 to 7/23/2009
July 24, 2009 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for July 20 to July 23, 2009.
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Bonner County police logs 7/23/2009
July 24, 2009 in Idaho Read the Bonner County law enforcement log for July 23, 2009.
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Thunderstorm risk continues
July 24, 2009 in City, Idaho A decreasing risk of showers or thunderstorms is being forecasted for today after lightning and hail dampened an ongoing heat wave on Thursday.
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State finds money to close gap in new North Idaho freeway
July 24, 2009 in Idaho The big Garwood-to-Sagle freeway project on U.S. Highway 95 in North Idaho won’t have a two-lane bottleneck at its south end after all, the Idaho Transportation Board decided Thursday.
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Old soldier going strong
July 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 Even though it was his birthday, Jack Babcock had his standard lunch Thursday at the Rosauers Family Restaurant on North Division: A plate of long-cut french fries with two tubs … 1
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Dow bounces back to 9,000
July 24, 2009 in Business on Page A1 NEW YORK – The Dow Jones industrial average jumped above 9,000 on Thursday for the first time since early January as favorable home-sales data combined with another round of encouraging …
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Stem-cell alternative
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Chinese scientists have bred mice from cells that may offer an alternative to embryonic stem cells, producing the most definitive evidence yet that the technique could help sidestep …
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Obama pushing school reform
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is leaning hard on the nation’s schools, using the promise of $4 billion in federal aid – and the threat of withholding it – to … 1
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Accuracy watch
July 24, 2009 in City on Page A2 For 07-24-2009
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Neglected National Mall languishes
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Crumbling sidewalks near the Jefferson Memorial are sinking into the Tidal Basin. Reflecting pools are filled with green, smelly water. And millions of visitors have trampled the soil … 1
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Two tires fall off C-5 during flight
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICOPEE, Mass. – Military officials are investigating how two tires fell off a huge C-5 transport plane on a training flight in western Massachusetts on Thursday. Authorities said no injuries …
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Obama stands by remarks on arrest
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Thursday stood by his comments that a police officer “acted stupidly” in arresting Harvard University black studies scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. on a … 1
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Ancient mammal tracks found
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SALT LAKE CITY – Scientists at Dinosaur National Monument said they have found hundreds of tiny footprints left by mammals 190 million years ago. Dan Chure, paleontologist at the monument, …
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Democrats spar over health reform
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged Thursday that his chamber is unable to pass health care reform before its August recess, a move that highlighted internal Democratic divisions …
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Rabbis, N.J. politicians held in corruption probe
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – A two-year federal probe into a money-laundering operation taking place between the New York area and Israel ballooned into one of the biggest bribery and corruption sweeps …
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Audit finds energy loss at Department of Energy sites
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Energy is wasting enough electricity to power more than 9,800 homes a year by failing to turn down the heat or air conditioning … 2
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Prosecutors allege woman spread hepatitis
July 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 DENVER – A grand jury indicted a surgery technician infected with hepatitis C on several charges Thursday, alleging she stole syringes with painkillers and replaced them with needles she had …
