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Sunday, May 3, 2009
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GoGo Finder helps you fill up your spring, summer
May 3, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations Plenty of events, concerts and other diversions are awating you through the greater Northwest.
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Bloomsday: A city in motion
May 3, 2009 “Keep moving! Keep moving! Don’t stop!” Lori Shauvin’s repeated instructions at the Bloomsday finish line pretty much summed up Spokane on Sunday morning: a city in motion.
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Activist couple ready for retirement
May 3, 2009 For nearly two decades, Rusty and Nancy Nelson have shared all the duties that come with running Spokane’s primary peace and social action group – including deciding who would get …
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Argonne project sure to slow traffic
May 3, 2009 Motorists will find slow going through Millwood starting tonight with the reconstruction of Argonne Road that will reduce traffic to one lane in each direction until early August.
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Mariners win … finally
May 3, 2009 in Sports Jose Lopez blooped an RBI single in the 15th inning and the Seattle Mariners, after pulling off a pair of late rallies, beat the Oakland Athletics 8-7 Sunday in the …
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The Lake House offers new luxuries to enjoy Chelan
May 3, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations Located in one of Washington’s top vacation destinations and second-home markets, The Lake House at Chelan provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy the pristine surroundings of the Chelan Valley, combined … 1
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CDC confirms Kootenai flu case
May 3, 2009 in News, City, Idaho The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that a 60-year-old Kootenai County woman has been infected with H1N1 flu.
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Mobile home damaged in overnight fire
May 3, 2009 in News, City An early morning house fire has displaced a north Spokane family.
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Eastern Washington wine industry has come into its own
May 3, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations After viticulturist Wade Wolfe moved to Washington in 1978, he occasionally was asked where he thought the state’s wine industry would be in 25 years. “I would say, ‘I think … 1
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Early a.m. crash sends driver to hospital
May 3, 2009 in News, Idaho A Coeur d’Alene woman was injured early this morning in a one-car rollover accident on Interstate 90 at Post Falls.
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Police investigate Saturday robbery
May 3, 2009 in News, City Spokane police are investigating a robbery that occurred about 10:20 p.m. Saturday underneath the railroad trestle at First Avenue and Stevens Street.
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Yuda, Chepkurui take Bloomsday crowns
May 3, 2009 in News, Sports John Yuda, who finished 6th in Bloomsday 2008, has won this year’s elite men’s division. The 29-year-old from Tanzania took second in 2007, when he claimed the 14th best time …
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Garnet digs a secret jewel of central Idaho
May 3, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations Where can you dig for treasure, picnic in the forest, and meet royalty—all for $10?
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Idaho wildland agencies need volunteers
May 3, 2009 in Green Local News, Awayfinder destinations Will Cline says “I have a problem with just sitting in the living room,” and that explains, to some extent, why the 81-year old Coeur d’Alene resident has been a …
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They claim the color of shame
May 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Alex Stewart, 14, will be doing Bloomsday today with his face painted green. He’ll hand out green “Empower” wrist bands and spread this message: Kids with mental health issues never …
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Pakistan nuclear program growing
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Pakistan is expanding its nuclear weapons program even as Islamic extremists in northwest Pakistan continue to advance in the direction of several highly sensitive nuclear-related sites, U.S. officials …
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GOP leaders launch effort to rebrand party
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – A group of prominent GOP leaders on Saturday launched an effort to improve their party’s sagging image, hosting an event at which they did not directly attack President …
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BLM receiving stimulus funds
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Interior Department is sending more than $300 million in federal stimulus money to the Bureau of Land Management to update its facilities and jump-start renewable energy projects across the …
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Government actions serve economy well, Buffett says
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett spent Saturday praising the decisions U.S. officials made to right the economy in the midst of a “financial hurricane” and defending the ones he …
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Iraqi soldier’s rifle attack kills 2 U.S. troops, hurts 3
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – An Iraqi army soldier opened fire on American soldiers Saturday in northern Iraq, killing two and wounding three in an incident that raised fresh concerns about extremist infiltration …
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Former congressman Jack Kemp dies at 73
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Jack Kemp, a star quarterback with the Buffalo Bills who became a spokesman for supply-side economics, a secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a candidate for high …
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Nine new probable cases of swine flu in Washington
May 3, 2009 in City on Page A5 SEATTLE – Nine more probable cases of swine flu were reported in Washington state on Saturday, bringing to 25 the number of probable cases in five counties. The state Department …
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Canadian pigs infected, likely by farmhand
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 OTTAWA – Pigs on a Canadian farm have been infected with the new swine flu virus – apparently by a farm worker back from Mexico – and are under quarantine, …
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WHO official predicts highest-level flu warning
May 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 Although the pace of new H1N1 infections seemingly slowed on Saturday – with a total of 195 cases reported in the United States and 793 worldwide – a World Health …

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