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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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Hydroplanes make splashy CdA comeback
August 22, 2010 in Idaho, News Sunday was an emotional day for David Williams. As a child he spent every summer on Lake Coeur d’Alene, and he always looked forward to the hydroplane races. When the … 6
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Betty White scores Emmy win for ‘SNL’ hosting gig
August 22, 2010 in Features The Betty White phenomenon keeps getting bigger. White won an Emmy Award for best guest actress in a comedy series for her turn as “Saturday Night Live” host. The honor …
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U.S. Chamber flexing political muscles
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – At times subtle, at times loud, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending record amounts on lobbying and in election battlegrounds, elbowing into the nation’s politics in unprecedented …
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Remnants of St. Joe cedars tell fire’s tale
August 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 The Valley of the Ghosts contains the hulking snags of cedars burned by the 1910 Fire.
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Examining the legacy of the 1910 fires
August 22, 2010 on Page A1 One hundred years after the nation’s largest wildfires blazed across the Northern Rockies, blackening hillsides as far as the eye could see, the question lingers: Could the Big Burn happen …
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Torture cases get hearing, but not in U.S.
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al-Qaida operative in 2002 and …
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Nine of 58 beached whales saved in New Zealand
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach today after rescuers managed to save only nine from …
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Iran nuclear reactor fueling begins
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Engineers began loading fuel rods into a nuclear reactor on Iran’s southern coast Saturday, a milestone that puts the long-delayed plant within a few weeks of operation, …
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In brief: Bedbugs found in NYC landmark
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 New York – It survived the Depression, a bomber crash and King Kong’s climb, but can the Empire State Building withstand a bedbug infestation? Officials said exterminators had to clean …
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Feds to grill BP executives in fourth proceeding
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Federal investigators on Monday are expected to confront executives and managers of BP and rig owner Transocean about catastrophic failures in well design and disabled safety systems …
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Australian vote-counting continues in tight election
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CANBERRA, Australia – It could take more than a week to learn who will govern Australia after a cliffhanger election – the closest in nearly 50 years – and the …
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In brief: Swedes revoke Assange warrant
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Stockholm, Sweden – Swedish authorities revoked a short-lived arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying a rape accusation against him lacked substance. Julian Assange, who was believed …
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Book guides U.S. effort to win hearts, minds in Afghanistan
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PUL-E-KHESHTI, Afghanistan – “So, did you have your three cups of tea?” a U.S. infantryman, bulky in body armor, asked another soldier as he emerged from the mud-brick home of …
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In Passing: James Kilpatrick, Dr. Frank Ryan, Jack Horkheimer
August 22, 2010 on Page A5 James J. Kilpatrick, columnist Washington – James J. Kilpatrick, a nationally syndicated columnist whose strongly conservative viewpoints on politics, law and language appeared in hundreds of newspapers over the past …
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Dutch teen sets sail in secrecy
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 PORTIMAO, Portugal – A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Gibraltar on Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world – avoiding …
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Flooding takes more towns in Pakistan
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 SUKKUR, Pakistan – About 150,000 Pakistanis were forced to move to higher ground as floodwaters from a freshly swollen Indus River submerged dozens more towns and villages in the south, …
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Heyburn left thorny legacy on natural resources
August 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 History doesn’t shed a kindly light on U.S. Sen. Weldon Heyburn, a Wallace mining attorney and strident foe of the newly formed Forest Service.
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Q-and-A: Author Stephen Pyne
August 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Stephen Pyne, a history professor at Arizona State University, has written extensively about the 1910 Fire. His books include “Fire in America” and “Year of the Fires,” which describe how …
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Palin backs novice in Alaska primary
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – After a string of her candidates fell short in recent election primaries, Sarah Palin takes a trackside seat in her own state Tuesday as her choice for Alaska’s … 3
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Candidate’s welfare plan: Turn prisons into dorms
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 NEW YORK – Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get …
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Arizona governor gaining stature
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A9 YUMA, Ariz. – Move over, Sarah Palin, there’s another rising star in the Republican Party. Little-known even at home two years ago and locked in a tough three-way race for … 5
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Gunmen invade Rio hotel
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A10 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about …
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Radioactive boars on the rise in Germany
August 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A10 BERLIN – It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment. When Georg van Bebber hauled back his wild boar from Ebersberg forest near Munich after a …
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Idaho adapts to wolf ruling, plans appeal
August 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho’s top wildlife officials have agreed to appeal a federal judge’s decision placing wolves back on the endangered species list, but they’ve also agreed to work with the …
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