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Saturday, March 14, 2009
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Shadle falls short in championship quest
March 14, 2009 in Sports TACOMA — Tournament Most Valuable Player Yaz Fuller scored 20 points and Aminah Williams had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead Kennedy past Shadle Park 50-43 on Saturday night …
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Lady Griz claim Big Sky title
March 14, 2009 in Sports MISSOULA, Mont. — Big Sky MVP Mandy Morales scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Montana claim the league tournament championship with a 69-62 win over Portland State …
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Fans of St. Patrick flock to parade
March 14, 2009 in News, City It’s perhaps the only time you’ll see the cast of “Braveheart” run down Spokane Falls Boulevard chasing a leprechaun. Granted, William “Braveheart” Wallace was Scottish. But still, on St. Patrick’s …
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Food poisoning puts Chiefs games on ice
March 14, 2009 in Sports A widespread case of food poisoning has forced the postponement of two Spokane Chiefs hockey games - including the regular-season home finale originally scheduled for Sunday. 5
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Envision a bankrupt Spokane
March 14, 2009 in Letters Check out what “Envision Spokane” is advocating in their “Bill of Rights.” Consider the results if it becomes law – especially the last provision! (Comments in parenthesis mine.)
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Obama pivots to positivity
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 Turning more upbeat, President Barack Obama said Friday his administration is working to create a “post-bubble” model for solid economic growth once the recession ends. He said that means the … 5
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Ex-Chicago public health official offered long-vacant regional post
March 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 After 2 ½ years without a public health officer, the Spokane Regional Health Board decided Friday to offer the job to an epidemiologist who served as a senior executive for …
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Olsen cleared in shooting
March 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 Suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen was acquitted of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment Friday for shooting Shonto Pete in the head and firing four other bullets in Peaceful Valley … 17
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Porous passport process still letting fakes through
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. Despite efforts …
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Administration revises detainee policy
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday abandoned two key aspects of former President George W. Bush’s policies on suspected terrorists, setting off wide debate on whether the move undercut …
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Brazil’s Lula calls on the White House
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – On the eve of Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to the White House to discuss trade, energy and global warming issues, U.S. diplomats reacted coolly …
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Container ship’s oil fouls beaches along Australia
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BRISBANE, Australia – Authorities declared a disaster zone Friday along a stretch of some of Australia’s most popular beaches after tons of fuel oil that leaked from a cargo ship …
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Shooter convicted of six murders
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 A former janitor was convicted Friday of murdering six people and attacking 19 others in dozens of random nighttime shootings of pedestrians, bicyclists and animals that terrorized this desert city …
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Trump sued as Tijuana condo deal sours
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 SAN DIEGO – Donald Trump was sued Friday by buyers who lost millions of dollars in deposits on a failed hotel-condo in the Mexican border city of Tijuana. The 69 …
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Vampire corpse unearthed in Italy
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROME – An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws – evidence, experts say, that she was believed …
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WHEELS
March 14, 2009 in Business, City on Page A6 Nine years ago, Jeff Caplan was working on a 1980 five-series BMW and needed to fix the odometer. “Every speedometer shop I contacted said the same thing, ‘You have to …
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Pundit takes a beating
March 14, 2009 in Features, Business, Nation/World on Page A6 NEW YORK – The verdict from critics Friday was quick and unsparing: Comedian Jon Stewart trounced CNBC pundit Jim Cramer in their televised encounter Thursday night. Forgoing his typically caustic …
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Swiss to cooperate in tax investigations
March 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 GENEVA – Switzerland’s days as a safe haven for the world’s tax evaders are numbered. Under pressure from the United States and other troubled economies, the Swiss government announced Friday …
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Chinese ‘worried’ about U.S. debt
March 14, 2009 in Business, Nation/World on Page A6 SHANGHAI, China – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao voiced concerns Friday about the security of China’s massive investments in U.S. government debt, even as he expressed confidence in the leadership of …
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Lawsuit filed in Otto Zehm death
March 14, 2009 in City on Page B1 A federal civil rights suit against the city of Spokane and nine of its police officers says Otto Zehm died three years ago when police officers used batons and Tasers … 1
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A lesson plan with meaning
March 14, 2009 in City on Page B1 Teaching the history of the Holocaust would be a bigger challenge without people like Peter Metzelaar. The 73-year-old Seattle resident is a survivor of the genocide that took place during …
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A different pace, courtesy of Uganda
March 14, 2009 in City on Page B1 Erin Larsen-Cooper, 25, just back from two years in a village in Uganda, has noticed a civility gap between Uganda and the U.S. – but not the way you might …
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Accuracy watch
March 14, 2009 in City on Page B1 For 03-14-2009
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Girl’s abuser gets 10-year sentence
March 14, 2009 in City on Page B1 Blackened, dead flesh on toddler Kyra Wine’s hand and feet and black patches of scalp were among the injuries police saw during a welfare check at the child’s home near … 1
