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Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Hundreds embrace nonmotorized Parkway
July 11, 2010 in City By foot or by nonmotorized wheel, hundreds turned out Sunday for Spokane’s inaugural Summer Parkways event. People on scooters, skateboards, rollerblades, Big Wheels, bicycles – single and tandem – or …
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Barefoot Bandit’s 2-year run from law is over
July 11, 2010 in Nation/World, Region The teenage “Barefoot Bandit” who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge U.S. law enforcement was nabbed Sunday as he tried to make a water escape then brought handcuffed … 15
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Fallout of military sexual trauma can’t be ignored
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A1 Some female veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan are having trouble adjusting to civilian life because of the trauma they experienced in the military. Not all war wounds, they … 43
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Debt forces Social Security into spotlight
July 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Young Americans might not get full Social Security retirement benefits until they reach age 70 if some trial balloons that prominent lawmakers of both parties are floating become … 64
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In all but soccer, South Africa wins
July 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – They would never finish the stadiums on time. Transportation would be a fiasco. Tourists who weren’t shot, stabbed or killed in car smashes would get food … 1
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Baghdad kills 58,000 stray dogs
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A2 BAGHDAD – Teams of veterinarians and police shooters have killed some 58,000 stray dogs in and around the Iraqi capital over the past three months as part of a campaign … 1
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Scientists rolling out mats to greet unwelcome clams
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A3 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Scuba-diving scientists are unrolling long rubber mats across the bottom of Lake Tahoe coves in an attempt to quell a clam invasion that could cloud …
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In brief: Murder suspect was arrested often
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A3 Los Angeles – The man charged with 10 murders in the Los Angeles “Grim Sleeper” case was arrested at least 15 times over four decades but never sent to state …
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BP begins risky cap replacement
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – In another subsea attempt to control its runaway oil well, BP began a risky procedure Saturday that could contain all of the oil spewing from the Gulf …
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Photos of Castro suggest better health
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A4 HAVANA – New photographs of a smiling, tracksuit-clad Fidel Castro greeting workers at a scientific think tank were posted on the blogs of two Cuban journalists and a media website …
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Group calls for Mitchell’s license
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A4 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Psychologists in the United States have been warned by their professional group not to take part in torturing detainees in U.S. custody. Now the American Psychological Association … 3
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Series of attacks kills six U.S. troops
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 KABUL, Afghanistan – A wave of attacks killed six U.S. troops and at least a dozen civilians Saturday in Afghanistan’s volatile south and east, as American reinforcements moving into Taliban-dominated …
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New policies to aid vets with stress disorder
July 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, saying that post-traumatic stress injuries are one of two “signature injuries” of today’s wars, announced Saturday that new policies will soon take effect to make …
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Arizona law likely doomed, experts say
July 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Arizona’s law giving local police immigration enforcement powers is likely to be struck down, most legal experts predict, now that the Obama administration has gone to court asserting … 5
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Raceway hosts 2010 Northwest Grand Prix
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 Brooke Jordan picked the blue car as her favorite Saturday at Spokane County Raceway. The BMW sedan wasn’t the fastest as it joined Porsches, Hondas, Chevys and some cars that … 2
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In brief: Canyon wildfire prompts evacuations
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 About 17 residents of Swakane Canyon north of Wenatchee in Chelan County were evacuated after fire broke out there early Saturday afternoon. The fire had grown to 3,000 acres by …
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history » On the Web: spokesman.com/topics/local-history
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A $75 bounty was laid on the head of Old Sleuth.
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Defense to claim rare disorder
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 The attorney representing Justin W. Crenshaw will be allowed to present a defense that essentially says he couldn’t have planned to kill two people because of a rare psychological disorder …
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Candidate for prosecutor on defense in murder case
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 Defense attorney Chris Bugbee is caught between his current job of defending a double homicide suspect and the stated goals of the prosecutor job he seeks: to ensure that murder … 2
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GOP chief asserts support for troops, win
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 TACOMA – The embattled national chairman of the Republican Party insisted he is behind American troops in Afghanistan “1,000 percent” as he urged GOP faithful here to fight for election …
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Obama declares disaster area
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B2 President Barack Obama on Saturday declared Hill County and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in north-central Montana a disaster area after severe storms and flooding swept through the area in …
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Capitalism a language we all understand
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B2 In the latest example of genuflecting to the supremacy of the English language, the Bonner County Republican Central Committee objected last week to the theme of the local county fair, … 1
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Liquor license approved for Bon Bon
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B2 Katherine Fritchie got the news Tuesday at 4:21 p.m. Her precision about the time gives you a sense of how important it was to her: The Washington Liquor Control Board …
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City settles lawsuit over arrest recording
July 11, 2010 in City on Page B7 BEAVERTON, Ore. – The city of Beaverton has agreed to pay $19,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by a 29-year-old man the police arrested for using a cell phone to … 3
