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Saturday, May 23, 2009
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Idaho float trip turns deadly
May 23, 2009 in Idaho One man is dead and another missing after their raft capsized Saturday on the north fork of the Coeur d’Alene River.
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Spokane opts for watering education, not regulation
May 23, 2009 in City Connoisseurs of super-green lawns in Spokane can relax – the water police will not be out this summer.
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Zags baseball headed to NCAAs
May 23, 2009 in Sports Gonzaga University clinched its first-ever West Coast Conference baseball title with a 14-3 victory over Loyola Marymount University on Saturday. The win sends the Zags to the NCAA tournament for …
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Hormone doctor gets state reprimand
May 23, 2009 Well-known Spokane physician Dr. Cheryle Hart has been reprimanded by Washington state health officials, surrendered her medical license in Montana and stopped practicing in Idaho after patient complaints about her … 2
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Lake CdA boater injured in accident
May 23, 2009 in Idaho A boater visiting Lake Coeur d’Alene from Denver got his right leg severely cut by a boat propeller this afternoon.
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Riverfront Park scene of afternoon rape
May 23, 2009 in City Some visitors at Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon ended up as witnesses to a brazen sex crime. happening in broad daylight. 4
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Another moose collision on I-90
May 23, 2009 in City A driver collided with a moose Saturday afternoon, near the same location where a 19-year-old Spokane woman was killed after hitting a moose on May 13.
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First death reported under new suicide law
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 OLYMPIA – It took just a few weeks for the end of Linda Fleming’s life to rush painfully into focus. Diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer, Fleming pictured her final days …
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Second climber conquers record
May 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane is having a senior moment on Mount Everest this week. Kay LeClaire, 60, of Spokane, was on top of the world Friday night as she became the oldest U.S. …
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Marine patrols heating up, too
May 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 With temperatures forecast to hover near 80 degrees this Memorial Day, heavy turnout is expected at lakes and rivers across the Inland Northwest. Authorities in Washington and Idaho are reminding …
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Man sues book over most-litigious crown
May 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 The “Lawsuit Zeus,” also known as “Johnny Sue-nami,” filed a lawsuit this week in federal court seeking an injunction to stop the Guinness Book of World Records from naming him … 2
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Obama vows to sustain U.S. military dominance
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 ANNAPOLIS, Md. – President Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he will only send them “into harm’s way …
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Obama asks for revived talks with Cuba
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Further signaling its interest in engaging Cuba, the Obama administration is asking the Castro government to resume migration talks that President George W. Bush suspended in 2004. The …
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Ex-astronaut to lead NASA
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will name former astronaut Charles Bolden as NASA administrator, according to three congressional sources. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the retired Marine Corps general …
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Freed journalist back home; national anthem lifted spirits
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – An American journalist who spent four months in an Iranian prison was greeted Friday with cheers and hugs from friends as she returned to the United States. Roxana …
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Levi’s mom plans guilty drug plea
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The mother of Bristol Palin’s ex-fiancé has agreed to plead guilty in a drug case involving OxyContin, a strong prescription painkiller. Attorney Rex Butler said 42-year-old Sherry …
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Ex-South Korean president dies in apparent suicide
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 SEOUL, South Korea – Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a broadening corruption scandal, jumped to his death today while hiking in the mountains behind his rural southern …
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Court limits marketing of cigarettes
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court dealt a blow to cigarette makers Friday by upholding a landmark 2006 legal ruling that the companies lied for decades about the dangers of …
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Prosecutors say ex-cop tried to put hit on wife
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 JOLIET, Ill. – Former police officer Drew Peterson offered someone $25,000 to kill his third wife because he thought a pending divorce settlement would financially ruin him, but then killed …
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Ruling near on gay marriage ban
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court will rule Tuesday on the validity of a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, a decision that will end months of speculation over whether … 1
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Swine flu vaccine probable
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 A new analysis of more than 50 strains of the H1N1 influenza virus at the center of the global outbreak concludes they are closely related and can be fought with …
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California budget crisis comes to head
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The day of reckoning that California has been warned about for years has arrived. The longest recession in generations and the defeat this week of a package …
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Speaker Pelosi withstands blistering attack by GOP
May 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has avoided serious damage from the relentless Republican effort to discredit her, though there’s some evidence that the GOP is making small inroads. Republicans … 1
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Fresh Abundance closes South Hill grocery store
May 23, 2009 in Business on Page A8 A small South Hill store operated by Fresh Abundance closed this week to allow the fresh and organic foods grocer to focus on two other locations, said BrightSpirit Hendrix, the …
