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Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Indians increase East lead
July 24, 2010 in Sports With Monday marking the halfway point in the Northwest League season, as well as the first opportunity to earn a playoff berth, every game of the four-game set with Tri-City …
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M’s roar back against BoSox
July 24, 2010 in Sports SEATTLE — Michael Saunders broke up the no-hit bid of Boston’s Jon Lester with a two-run homer in the sixth inning, Seattle added three more runs off Lester in the …
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Planes soar, fans sweat
July 24, 2010 in City As the woman in red tumbles through the sky in her aerobatic biplane, the smoke trail can barely keep up with the dizzying changes in altitude and rolls of her …
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Old Village Squire tavern burns in morning blaze
July 24, 2010 in City A vacant building that used to house the Village Squire tavern in Spokane Valley was damaged by fire early this morning. 1
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Electronics on the cheap
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 MUMBAI, India – It looks like an iPad, only it’s 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet, aimed at students, which it hopes … 1
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Opposition mounting to U.S.-Russia treaty
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The once smooth path for Senate ratification of a major nuclear arms control agreement with Russia is looking a little dicier. Conservatives opposing New START, a replacement for …
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Pay at bailed-out firms to stand
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – For all his tough talk about excessive pay for bankers, the Obama administration’s pay czar let the executives go without a fight. Kenneth Feinberg announced Friday that he … 21
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Past and present
July 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 More than 150 years ago the Native American tribes of the area were robbed of their horses – a symbol of power and necessary for survival – by soldiers of …
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The (police) force is after this bank robber
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 SETAUKET, N.Y. – Times must be tough back at the Empire. A bank robber dressed as “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader made off with an undetermined amount of cash after … 1
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General retires amid fanfare
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Gen. Stanley McChrystal said goodbye to the Army on Friday in a poignant ceremony that paid tribute to his three decades of military service and barely mentioned his firing by …
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Deficit projection lowered
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – New estimates from the White House on Friday predict the budget deficit will reach a record $1.47 trillion this year. The government is borrowing 41 cents of every …
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Longtime journalist Daniel Schorr, 93, dies
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Daniel Schorr, whose journalism career over more than six decades landed him in the dark corners of Europe during the Cold War and the shadows of President Richard … 3
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In brief: Four missing after plane crashes in lake
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LUDINGTON, Mich. – A pilot who volunteered to fly a man with cancer, his wife and a doctor to the Mayo Clinic on Friday was rescued by boaters in Lake …
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N. Korea issues threat over joint military drill
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 HANOI, Vietnam – North Korea threatened today to mount a powerful nuclear response to upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, calling the exercises an “unpardonable” provocation on top of wrongly …
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U.N. closer to treaty on arms trading
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – The world’s nations took the first steps at a conference that ended Friday toward a legally binding treaty that would try to regulate the multibillion-dollar arms trade …
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U.S. missiles kill 16 in Pakistan
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant hide-out, killing 16 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border before dawn today, intelligence officials said. The …
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More Midwest storms expected
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 MILWAUKEE – Weary travelers who were stranded overnight at a Milwaukee airport began flying out Friday afternoon, one day after powerful storms pounded southeastern Wisconsin and caused widespread flooding that …
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Insurers pull back on kids’ policies
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law, state officials …
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Bonnie chases ships from spill site
July 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – Ships relaying the sights and sounds from BP’s broken oil well stood fast Friday as the leftovers of Tropical Storm Bonnie blew straight for …
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Spring rains benefiting region’s wheat crops
July 24, 2010 in Business on Page A6 A cool and moist late spring may have posed problems for some Washington crops, but it looks to be a boon to dryland wheat farmers. “Summer’s finally here, the grain …
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Airlines ready for updates
July 24, 2010 in Business on Page A6 Acrobatic fighter jets, gangly robotic aircraft and menacing attack helicopters jockeyed for the spotlight at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this week. But the biggest attention-grabbers at one of …
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Sour job market helps military staffing levels
July 24, 2010 in Business on Page A6 PHILADELPHIA – Michael Lyons thought he had a career plan: continue working as an equity trader on Wall Street and finish 20 years of service with the Army National Guard. … 1
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In brief: Red Lion Hotels Corp. adds board member
July 24, 2010 in Business on Page A6 Red Lion Hotels Corp. has expanded its board of directors to eight members, adding consultant Melvin Keating. Keating has an extensive background in high tech – he sits on the …
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SNAP easing away from apartment business
July 24, 2010 in Business on Page B1 SNAP will sell three small apartment blocks and hand day-to-day responsibility for 11 others to an independent manager, the nonprofit organization’s director of housing opportunities said Friday. Ray Rieckers said …
