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Saturday, February 6, 2010
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Vandals crush Boise State
February 6, 2010 in Sports Luciano De Souza gave Idaho a boost early and the Vandals never looked back, beating Boise State 79-55 Saturday night, the biggest Vandal margin in the 40-year history of the …
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Cheer squads put best foot forward
February 6, 2010 Nobody had to tell the cheerleaders at the Lilac City Regional Cheer and Dance Championships Saturday in Spokane to B-E aggressive.
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Casto leads WSU to win
February 6, 2010 in Sports DeAngelo Casto scored 19 points and blocked three shots as Washington State beat Arizona 78-60 on Saturday, knocking the Wildcats out of a tie for first place in the Pac-10 …
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Zags get best of Memphis with 66-58 win
February 6, 2010 in Sports MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Matt Bouldin scored 19 points and No. 17 Gonzaga pulled away at the end for a 66-58 victory over Memphis on Saturday. 1
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‘Snowmageddon’ blankets Mid-Atlantic in heavy snow
February 6, 2010 in News, Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Mid-Atlantic residents were buried Saturday from a likely record-setting blizzard the president jokingly called “Snowmageddon,” and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, …
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Top administrator salaries for Spokane, Central Valley, Mead school districts
February 6, 2010 in City Tables ranking the top administrators by salary for three Spokane-area school districts. 6
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H1N1 rate sees sustained decline
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 ATLANTA – If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn’t over, it certainly looks as if it’s on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the …
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Toyota repairs begin
February 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane County resident Jon Livingston brought in his 2008 Toyota Tundra truck for an accelerator fix Friday afternoon. Like potentially several thousand Toyota owners in the area, Livingston owns a …
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School administrators’ pay among highest in county
February 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane-area public school administrators were not sheltered from the budget storm that howled across Washington last year. An analysis of top administrators’ pay in the Spokane area’s three largest districts … 15
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Nation’s jobless rate recedes
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The nation’s unemployment rate unexpectedly fell below double digits in January for the first time since last September, to 9.7 percent, as the pace of job losses continued … 3
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Find out if and how to get your car fixed
February 6, 2010 in Business on Page A1 Q. Which Toyota vehicles are being recalled? A. Visit www.toyota.com/recall to find the exact years and models. Worldwide it will be more than 4 million vehicles.
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Charges to be filed in Jackson’s death
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office will file a criminal case against Dr. Conrad Murray on Monday, capping an eight-month police investigation into Michael Jackson’s death …
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Speaker’s workers granted immunity
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 PRESCOTT, Ariz. – Two employees of a motivational speaker facing manslaughter charges told authorities they had no reason to be alarmed when participants in a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony …
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In brief: Army trims plans for cuts to bases
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Army is curtailing plans to cut what it spends on running its bases worldwide after concerns from soldiers and Congress that services for military families might …
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Storm hobbles capital; snow rates ‘dangerous’
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Life in the nation’s capital ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell, the beginning of a storm that forecasters said could be the biggest for the …
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Brewing up change
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ask Gail Hathaway, a warm, 61-year-old retired nurse from Vonore, Tenn., what she wants out of the “tea party” movement and she returns the quizzical look of …
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E-mails suggest Palin spouse’s advisory role
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 JUNEAU, Alaska – E-mails shed new light on Todd Palin’s role while his wife was Alaska’s governor, showing that the one-time oil field worker’s advice was sought on board appointments …
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Polygamist president has out-of-wedlock girl
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma already has three wives and numerous children. He has survived a trial on charges that he raped the daughter of an old friend, and in …
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Twin blasts kill Shiite pilgrims
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – A car bomb ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims outside the holy city of Karbala on Friday, sending many fleeing into the path of a suicide attacker …
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New Ireland pact faces tests
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland – A breakthrough deal Friday to save Northern Ireland’s Catholic-Protestant government has given a new lease of life to an awkward partnership of former foes that still …
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In brief: Missionaries still jailed in Haiti
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of … 1
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U.S. plans major Afghan offensive
February 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL – A new and possibly decisive chapter of the Afghan war is unfolding. The U.S. is preparing a major attack on the Taliban, the militants are being squeezed in …
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Toyota chief apologizes for recalls
February 6, 2010 in Business on Page A6 TOKYO – After a week of silence, the boss of the world’s No. 1 automaker finally appeared in public Friday to apologize over massive car recalls, but it may not …
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Laughs return
February 6, 2010 in Business on Page A6 NEW YORK – Game on! Super Bowl ads are returning to their goofy roots. Men march across a hillside without pants, toys joyride in Vegas and the miserly Mr. Burns …
