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Sunday, May 24, 2009
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North Korea announces second nuke test
May 24, 2009 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea announced Monday that it successfully carried out a second underground nuclear test, less than two months after launching a rocket widely believed to be …
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Missing man presumed drowned in Priest River
May 24, 2009 in Idaho A Kootenai County man is presumed drowned after falling from a log into the Priest River on Friday night.
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Spokane police earn praise from city critic
May 24, 2009 A fixture of Spokane City Council meetings and frequent critic of city government praised police officers Sunday afternoon after he was robbed and the suspects were apprehended. 2
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Search for missing rafter will resume
May 24, 2009 in Idaho The search for a man presumed drowned in a rafting accident on the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River will resume Monday.
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Fire damages West Central home
May 24, 2009 in City A suspicious fire displaced two residents of a West Central Spokane home on Sunday. The neighborhood, which is north and west of downtown, has been plagued with arsons the last …
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Debt to society
May 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 Michael Lafferty has served more time in Spokane County Jail for failure to pay his court fees and fines than for his original third-degree assault conviction. Lafferty was 19 when … 4
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Bolden pick gives boost to spaceflight
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Barack Obama’s selection on Saturday of former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. to head NASA gives a boost to the agency’s manned space program and its stated goal of …
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Military suicides a vexing enemy
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – It was just past midnight in Afghanistan when Brig. Gen. Mark Milley appeared on the video screen in the Pentagon conference room to brief some of the Army’s …
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Colin Powell plans to answer his GOP critics
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Under intense fire from the right, former Secretary of State Colin Powell is preparing to answer his Republican critics today in a television appearance that is likely to …
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Britain’s Boyle will sing again
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 LONDON – Britain’s unlikely singing sensation Susan Boyle, the frumpy church volunteer who wowed the world with her angelic voice, was on Saturday voted into the next round of a …
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Gay diplomats’ benefits expanding
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, U.S. officials said Saturday. In …
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FBI gets bigger role in anti-terrorism shift
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The FBI and Justice Department are gearing up to significantly expand their role in global counterterrorism operations as part of a sharp U.S. policy turnabout, in which a … 1
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In brief: Iraqi trade minister expected to resign
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Iraq’s trade director, who made history last week as the first government minister ever forced to answer corruption charges before a nationwide television audience, is expected to resign before a …
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Man pushes suicide jumper
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIJING – Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand – …
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Pakistan, Taliban fight block to block
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani troops pushed into the largest city in the contested Swat Valley on Saturday and fought block to block with Taliban militants in an apparent escalation of …
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Search heats up for new homes for ‘Slumdog’ kids
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 MUMBAI, India – The search for new homes for two impoverished child stars from the hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire” has intensified, as one child fell sick days after city authorities …
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Air shows offer cheap thrills
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 LOS ANGELES – Recession-weary families looking for affordable entertainment are increasingly turning to air shows as a source of cheap thrills, served up with a dollop of red, white and …
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Times Square going pedestrian
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 NEW YORK – Take a walk through Manhattan and it’s clear that pedestrians think they own this city. They dash through red lights on the way to work, meander through …
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Space shuttle’s return delayed again
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Thunderstorms prevented space shuttle Atlantis from returning to its home base Saturday for the second day in a row, and kept the astronauts circling Earth after …
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Alaska cracks down on bear-friendly man
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Charlie Vandergaw is crazy about bears. That’s obvious in a documentary made last year by a British filmmaker at Vandergaw’s remote Alaska cabin and featured in the …
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High court takes criminal fees case
May 24, 2009 in City on Page A8 The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Spokane case concerning the jailing of people for court debts. Currently, every person booked into jail for charges stemming from failing … 2
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Sri Lankan refugee camps sober U.N. chief
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon flew over the scorched and deserted landscape of Sri Lanka’s last battlefield Saturday, and urged the government to let more aid …
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Obama adamant on health care
May 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama predicted travails ahead for the struggle to pass health care reform but offered a hopeful outlook for passage of legislation providing access to insurance coverage … 1
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In brief: One dead after rafting accident
May 24, 2009 in City on Page B1 One man is dead and another missing after their raft capsized Saturday on the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. Around noon, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office responded to …
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