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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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Mistakes cost M’s
April 18, 2010 in Sports SEATTLE – During the Seattle Mariners’ four-game winning streak last week, manager Don Wakamatsu wasn’t afraid to give credit to their aggressive and mistake-free style of play. When the aggression … 1
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Carroll pumped for draft
April 18, 2010 in Sports RENTON, Wash. – Pete Carroll is pumped about having the sixth and 14th overall picks in the NFL draft. The Seahawks’ new coach likens it to being a kid waiting … 1
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Leaf repentant about past
April 18, 2010 in Sports LOS ANGELES – Met the punk 12 years ago, the angry and shockingly ineffective quarterback for the San Diego Chargers that I knew then sounding nothing like the Ryan Leaf … 2
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About Bill Robinson
April 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 President of Whitworth University since 1993. Highlight: “When the regional accrediting association issued its report (last year), they said we have a culture on campus characterized by grace and truth,” …
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Retiring college leaders share the wisdom of their years
April 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 Bill Robinson, president of Whitworth University, and Gary Livingston, chancellor of the Community Colleges of Spokane, will hand out college diplomas for the last time this graduation season. Both feel … 2
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About Gary Livingston
April 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 Chancellor of Community Colleges of Spokane since 2002. Received his associate’s degree from Dodge City Community College in Kansas, his bachelor’s degree in special education/psychology from Emporia State University in …
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Board readies grant program
April 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 The new Empire Health Foundation intends to distribute $1 million in grants this year to regional nonprofits. It will be the foundation’s first charitable action since its formation 19 months …
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Cat’s 1,300-mile road trip a mystery
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he’s set for a free flight home. …
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WinCo widens hamburger recall
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MODESTO, Calif. – WinCo Foods on Saturday expanded its hamburger recall to include ground beef sold at its 70 stores in California, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Utah. The original …
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LBJ’s youngest daughter may have Guillain-Barre
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 DALLAS – Luci Baines Johnson, the youngest daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, is being treated at the Mayo Clinic for what doctors suspect is a rare autoimmune disorder …
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Riot police keep peace at L.A. rally
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – A white supremacist group rallied against illegal immigration in downtown Los Angeles Saturday as hundreds of counter-protesters gathered to shout them down in a tense standoff that …
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Leaders call U.S. ‘nuclear scofflaw’
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s top political and religious authority lashed out at the United States at a nuclear disarmament conference Saturday in Tehran meant to counter a nonproliferation summit in …
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Pope goes to Malta; victims ask to talk
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 VALLETTA, Malta – Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday began a pilgrimage in Malta, a Catholic nation buffeted by the worldwide clerical sex abuse scandal and where victims are hoping to …
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Suicide bombers kill 41 Pakistani refugees
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Two suicide bombers attacked a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and injuring 64 others in what appeared to be retaliation …
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Gates memo criticized Iran policy
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a nimble long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, according …
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Volcano’s pall lingering
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 LONDON – The miasma of volcanic ash hovering over Europe showed no sign of dissipating Saturday, keeping thousands of forlorn travelers stranded across the continent for a third day and …
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Shaken baby dies at age 19; dad charged
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Soon after Christina Welch turned 18 in spring 2005, her biological parents asked permission to pay her a visit. Mike and Tina Wells broke down … 2
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They said it
April 18, 2010 in City on Page A6 Community leaders agree that the people who take over for Bill Robinson and Gary Livingston will have huge shoes to fill, because the men left their strong footprints throughout the …
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Adoption tale of Russian boy strikes nerve
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 CHICAGO – To many, the act seemed inhumane and indefensible. A Tennessee woman having trouble with her adopted son placed the 7-year-old on an airplane for an 11-hour flight alone …
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Crime suffocating border city
April 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – At the traffic lights in this city, only the killers look at other cars. Everyone else looks straight ahead, afraid of ticking off potential assailants. By …
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In brief: Memories, photos sought of eruption
April 18, 2010 in City on Page B1 On Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. It sent a mushroom-shaped cloud of ash high into the sky, which drifted east and fell on the Inland Northwest. …
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Pink to reign as Race for the Cure continues cancer fight
April 18, 2010 in City on Page B1 Some days the drugs she takes to treat her stage one breast cancer keep Heather McDonnell in bed. But on Saturday, the 32-year-old Spokane woman felt strong enough for an …
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Jim Kershner’s This Day in History
April 18, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago The Scottish Shakespearean actor Robert Mantell arrived in Spokane and opened “Macbeth” at the Auditorium Theater.
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Vote on gays splitting Lutherans
April 18, 2010 in City on Page B1 A controversial decision last summer by the largest Lutheran church group in America to ordain gays and lesbians is causing churches to exit the organization nationwide, including some in Washington … 8
