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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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Fiery crash kills one
July 25, 2010 in City One person died and three were injured Sunday in a fiery accident involving two vehicles racing just north of Clarkston.
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Sandpoint ends fluoridation
July 25, 2010 in City The Sandpoint City Council has voted to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system that also serves communities from Kootenai to Dover. 5
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Saunders sparks M’s again
July 25, 2010 in Sports SEATTLE – Michael Saunders lined a two-run single off Boston reliever Hideki Okajima in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Seattle the lead, Milton Bradley’s squeeze bunt added …
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Young driver charged with vehicular assault
July 25, 2010 in City A recent high-school graduate is charged with vehicular assault after a collision that sent five people to the hospital.
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Fire damages Spokane Valley home
July 25, 2010 in News, City A Spokane Valley home was heavily damaged by fire late Saturday.
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IEDs much more lethal in Afghanistan war
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 KABUL, Afghanistan – By any measure, Saturday was a very bad day in Afghanistan for U.S. forces: a convergence of two dreaded battlefield events. Two U.S. Navy service members were … 1
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Couple’s arrest for terror link jolts town
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 KING SALMON, Alaska – He was the local weatherman, sending up weather balloons twice a day above this remote community of 450 full-time residents near Bristol Bay and preparing short-term …
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Eyes on the sky
July 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 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 … 6
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Eastern states sweltering again
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 TOMS RIVER, N.J. – Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s and residents …
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Liberals press Obama to act
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LAS VEGAS – President Barack Obama on Saturday tried to calm liberals frustrated by what they consider slow progress on their favorite causes, urging Democratic bloggers and activists to be … 1
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Deluge swamps Chicago area
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads, …
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Crews dodge weather while shutting well down
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP’s leaky oil well Saturday after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled, and engineers hoped for a window of clear …
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Windsors posting photos on Flickr
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – These aren’t your average family snapshots. Queen Elizabeth II is joining other proud parents starting Monday in showing off and sharing her photo albums – and those of …
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In brief: Putin motors into biker convention
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Sevastopol, Ukraine – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin leaped on a Harley-Davidson and roared into an international biker convention in southern Ukraine. Around 5,000 bikers from Europe and beyond gathered in …
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U.S. carrier joins S. Korea exercises
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON – A massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers today with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead …
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Stampede at music festival leaves 18 dead
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 DUISBURG, Germany – Crowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel on Saturday, setting off a panic that killed 18 people and …
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Khmer Rouge prison chief, 67, awaits verdict
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal was expected to issue a decision Monday in the trial of the Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer and torturer – the first …
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Face veil optional if barred, cleric says
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A popular Saudi cleric said Saturday it is permissible for Muslim women to reveal their faces to avoid harassment in countries where the Islamic veil is …
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Mexico grave yields 51 bodies
July 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A9 MEXICO CITY – Forensic workers have recovered 51 bodies, some burned and mutilated, from a mass grave believed linked to Mexico’s raging drug war, authorities said Saturday. The site near …
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Tapping hot water may boost Idaho school aid
July 25, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho’s in hot water – and that could be good for the state’s schools. There’s been a run on geothermal leases on state lands – 80 applications in …
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Doug Clark: Ozzie knows catbird seat is a hot one
July 25, 2010 in City on Page B1 Read it and weep, county prosecutor candidates. The Clark column has been officially endorsed by Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. 14
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In brief: Weather warms up today, but cooling is in the forecast
July 25, 2010 in City on Page B1 It only felt like it was 90 degrees out there. Turns out, it came up a bit short. The National Weather Service says the official high in Spokane on Saturday …
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Clinics, volunteers bring medical care to migrant farmworkers
July 25, 2010 in City on Page B1 In the 24 years since President Ronald Reagan signed immigration reform granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants, a generation of farmworkers has helped make Washington tree fruit a $2.5 billion industry. … 4
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history
July 25, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 75 years ago Spokane’s tourist business was recovering in 1935 after a long slump.

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