Spokane7
58°
« May 16 
May 18 »
Sunday, May 17, 2009
-
Moderate quake rattles Los Angeles
May 17, 2009 LOS ANGELES — A moderate earthquake rocked the Los Angeles region late Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of any major injuries or damage.
-
Accident cleared; woman seriously injured
May 17, 2009 in News A one-car collision that blocked traffic this evening along Trent Avenue near Harvard Road has been cleared.
-
Competition tough for summer jobs
May 17, 2009 For many teens, a summer job means something temporary to pick up pocket money. For others who are older or who have been thrust into adult responsibilities, their job hunt …
-
Difficult blessing: Illness threatens stability
May 17, 2009 Chuck Young strides into the North Idaho Cancer Center in black cowboy boots. An oversized belt buckle shines at his waist. When he tells his doctor what he sees in …
-
Repair work to begin on I-90
May 17, 2009 in News The rutted pavement on Interstate 90 through east Spokane is getting fixed starting Monday night. The Washington state Department of Transportation doesn’t believe the work will cause major inconvenience to …
-
Couple gains custody of four great-grandchildren
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 Chuck and Shirley Young learned three years ago that their great-grandchildren had been placed in foster care in Cranbrook, B.C. The kids had been left with a family friend while … 1
-
Otter’s hard line softens over time
May 17, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was a legislator back in the ’70s, he was precisely the sort of outspoken, no-new-taxes, shrink-government conservative as those in the House who …
-
Notre Dame outcry shows church rifts
May 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 CHICAGO – It’s hardly news to JoAnne Festle that there are people in the pews at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic parish in Chicago who wink at church teachings. …
-
Hubble upgrades, repairs smooth
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument Saturday, then pulled off their toughest …
-
Bristol Palin graduates from high school
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASILLA, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter is now a high school graduate. Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton says 18-year-old Bristol Palin received her Wasilla High School diploma Thursday … 1
-
Swine flu confirmed in New York jail
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 NEW YORK – The swine flu virus continues spreading in New York City – closing more schools and showing up in a jail – while the disease also reached farther …
-
Violence escalates on Pakistan border
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Bombs destroyed an Internet cafe, wrecked a bus carrying handicapped children and spread panic through Pakistan’s main northwestern city on Saturday, killing at least 11 people in …
-
Taliban finding safety in Karachi
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 KARACHI, Pakistan – Taliban fighters seeking money, rest and refuge from U.S. missile strikes are turning up in increasing numbers in Pakistan’s largest city and economic hub, Karachi, according to …
-
Huntsman tapped as ambassador to China
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama Saturday reached into the Republican ranks for a key foreign policy position in his administration, choosing Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to China. … 1
-
Kidnapped boy found in Mexico
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A4 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A 3-year-old boy abducted from his family home in San Bernardino nearly two weeks ago by two armed men was reunited with his mother Saturday after …
-
Decisive win in India
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A4 NEW DELHI – The ruling Congress party swept to a resounding victory Saturday in India’s mammoth national elections, defying expectations as it brushed aside the Hindu nationalist opposition and a …
-
Hospital deciding fate of Virgin Mary window
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A4 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A Massachusetts hospital is trying to figure out what to do with a window in which some Catholics claim to see an image of the Virgin Mary. …
-
Obama will request Israeli concessions
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A4 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to freeze Jewish settlements in the disputed West Bank during their first White House meeting Monday, U.S. …
-
Anti-war Democrats remain frustrated
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A7 WASHINGTON – The anti-war crowd had waited years for this moment, when it could finally use its political muscle to end or at least sharply curtail American involvement in a … 1
-
Hubert Van Es, photographer
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A10 Hubert Van Es, a Dutch photojournalist who captured one of the most memorable but widely mischaracterized images of the Vietnam War, a U.S. helicopter taking on evacuees from a rooftop …
-
Congress probes connection of pilot pay, air safety
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A10 WASHINGTON – The investigation into the commuter plane crash in upstate New York that killed 50 people in February has exposed the long hours and low pay of some regional …
-
Key decisions remain as high court winds up
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A11 WASHINGTON – Justice David Souter’s final few weeks of work will be busy ones for the Supreme Court, which has yet to resolve disputes over a major part of the …
-
Tornado-leveled town still set on growing back green
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A12 GREENSBURG, Kan. – There’s a Ford Escort in the yard of a house at Iowa and Sycamore streets, crushed in the middle like an aluminum can. At first, you think …
-
Broad response to bedbug boom
May 17, 2009 in City on Page A12 WASHINGTON – The biggest bedbug outbreak since World War II has sent a collective shudder among apartment dwellers, college students and business travelers across the nation. The bugs – reddish …
