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Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Police searching for Cash Store robber
June 18, 2009 in City Spokane police are investigating a robbery Thursday at The Cash Store, 5920 N. Division St.
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Machete victim: ‘I thought I was going to die’
June 18, 2009 in City It took more than a hundred stitches to mend the wounds. The machete took a chunk out of his hair, sliced his face from his left ear to his jaw …
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North Idaho freeway could include bottleneck
June 18, 2009 in Idaho When the big Garwood-to-Sagle freeway project on Highway 95 in North Idaho is completed, it may have a two-mile, two-lane bottleneck at its southern end before it reaches the existing …
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Bank robbery reported in Spokane Valley
June 18, 2009 in City Spokane Valley Police are investigating the robbery of the Banner Bank branch located at 1521 N. Argonne Road.
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42-unit Timbers aims for higher-end rental living
June 18, 2009 in Business The Timbers at Wandermere, a 42-unit apartment complex in north Spokane, has been described as part of a Spokane resurgence in higher-quality rental living.
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Attorney: Ryan Leaf will face Texas charges Friday
June 18, 2009 in Sports DALLAS — Ryan Leaf’s attorney says the former NFL quarterback is back in West Texas and plans to surrender Friday on burglary and drug-related charges.
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40,000 marijuana plants found on tree farm
June 18, 2009 in City, Region BURBANK — A southeast Washington narcotics team has seized about 40,000 marijuana plants in Walla Walla County.
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Wash. revenues down nearly $500 million; governor orders cuts
June 18, 2009 in News Gov. Chris Gregoire is ordering state agencies to cut their payrolls by another 2 percent, after a state forecaster on Thursday whacked revenue projections by nearly $500 million. 1
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Avista issued new hydropower license
June 18, 2009 in City, Idaho Avista Corp. has received a new 50-year license for five hydropower dams on the Spokane River. 2
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Key Spokane arterial reopens Friday
June 18, 2009 in City One of northwest Spokane’s key arterial routes – Alberta and Cochran streets – reopens Friday after more than two months of work to rebuild the driving surface.
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Average pay in Washington up 3.4 percent
June 18, 2009 The average annual wage in Washington grew by 3.4 percent in 2008, to $46,256, the state Employment Security Department reported today. The increase equals $1,535. In 2007, the average wage … 1
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Plane lands safely after pilot’s death
June 18, 2009 in News The Federal Aviation Administration says a plane carrying a pilot who died in mid-flight has landed safely at the airport in Newark, N.J.
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Woman rescued from murky swamp
June 18, 2009 in City, News A woman who wandered into a tangled swamp on the West Plains was rescued early today by firefighters and rushed to the hospital for treatment of hypothermia.
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Enjoy the sun; showers likely this weekend
June 18, 2009 in City, Idaho Sunny weather should hold over the Inland Northwest today and Friday, but showers and clouds are expected to return over the weekend, forecasters said.
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Deaconess closing Parkinson’s clinic
June 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 Patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders are frustrated by a decision by the new owners of Deaconess Medical Center to close a clinic and dismiss its director, Dr. … 3
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Agency declares health emergency in polluted Libby
June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday it will pump more than $130 million into a Montana town where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths. EPA …
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Farmers markets put churches in quandary
June 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – State tax officials recently gave several Spokane-area churches an ultimatum: Stop running farmers markets in your parking lots or start paying tax on that land. “We have no … 5
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President rolls out financial regulation proposal
June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama proposed sweeping new government regulation of the nation’s financial system Wednesday, turning sharply away from the pro-free-market passion that’s dominated American politics for three decades. …
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PETA criticizes Obama’s fly smackdown
June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he’s bedeviled by a … 1
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Accuracy watch
June 18, 2009 in City on Page A2 For 06-18-2009
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Ensign resigns from GOP leadership post
June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – A former campaign aide to Sen. John Ensign confirmed her involvement Wednesday in an extramarital affair with the conservative Republican, lamented his decision to “air this very personal …
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World in brief: Reputed al-Qaida leader arrested
June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Baghdad – Iraqi commandos swept into a western Baghdad neighborhood Wednesday and arrested a reputed al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of plotting the assassination of a prominent Sunni lawmaker. Officials …
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Wheat growers concerned about Iranian market
June 18, 2009 in City on Page A3 Regional wheat farmers hope the political unrest roiling Iran won’t disrupt a business breakthrough that during the past year resulted in the first grain sales into the country in nearly …
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Huge rallies planned in Iran
June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Tehran Wednesday in the fifth day of protests to demand the annulment of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election, and more nationwide …
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