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Sunday, June 20, 2010
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Tornado rips businesses, arena in Billings
June 20, 2010 in Region A tornado that ripped the roof off a sports arena Sunday evening also tore through businesses, damaging a bar and a casino and leaving just the walls of an auto …
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Indians game washed out
June 20, 2010 in Sports The Spokane Indians’ Sunday afternoon home game against the Tri-City Dust Devils was rained out.
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Dad hopes today will be last Father’s Day alone
June 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 On the wall just inside the doorway of Bill Connington’s northeast Spokane home is an old photo of his boys, taken when the children were 4 and 5 years old. …
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Arrest puts Edgar Steele back in public eye
June 20, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 He called himself “the attorney for the damned,” has gained national attention for his work with high-profile clients and was a coveted speaker in the national racist movement for years. …
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Bee watchers abuzz over Aussie suspect
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Disease-carrying honeybees imported from Australia may be responsible for a mysterious disorder that’s decimated beehives around the country, and federal regulators say they’d consider import restrictions if necessary. …
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A hero’s recovery
June 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 A psychotic gunman made Andy Brown into a hero 16 years ago. He became a legend, the guy who made “the shot” that stopped Dean Mellberg’s murderous rampage through the …
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Restaurant shooting kills three
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – A man walked into a Southern California fast food restaurant and shot his stepdaughter and her family of four as they ate lunch together, killing the woman’s …
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Obama says GOP tough on jobless
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday pinned blame on Republicans for making life harder for the unemployed and for those who could lose their jobs without new federal intervention. … 1
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Spill fighters think small
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MIAMI – One scientist compares them to the yellow chompers in the Pac-Man video game – hungry, single-minded little microbes fueled by the same fertilizer farmers use on soybeans, gobbling …
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Afghanistan violence soaring
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan has become a far more dangerous place for Western troops and Afghan civilians, with an increase in suicide attacks, roadside bombings and political assassinations in the …
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Mexican writer Monsivais dies
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – Renowned Mexican journalist, critic and political activist Carlos Monsivais died Saturday at 72. Examining his own country like a pop anthropologist, Monsivais chronicled Mexico’s historic upheavals, social …
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Scores die as China flooding continues
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIJING – The death toll from flooding this week in southern China rose to 90 Saturday, and 1.4million people were evacuated as the inundated region prepared for more heavy storms. …
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Yemeni militants kill 11 in jailbreak
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 SAN’A, Yemen – Four suspected al-Qaida gunmen blasted their way into the intelligence headquarters of Yemen’s second largest city Saturday and freed several detainees in the group’s most spectacular operation …
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EU food labeling push has Italians rallying for Nutella
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROME – To Italians, Nutella is much more than chocolate-hazelnut spread. It’s a cultural icon, the subject of memorable movie scenes, books and song lines. So it’s no wonder that …
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Nation/world in brief: Royal wedding triggers media tiff
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – The world’s biggest international news agencies declined to cover the wedding of Sweden’s crown princess and her fitness trainer Saturday after a dispute over the release of …
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China to loosen currency exchange rate
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 BEIJING – President Barack Obama welcomed China’s announcement Saturday that it will allow a more flexible exchange rate for its currency, saying it would help protect the economic recovery. The …
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Peace prize winner turns 65, still confined
June 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday Saturday locked in her dilapidated lakeside compound as calls for her freedom erupted around the world. …
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history
June 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago
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Pullman house fire blamed on stain-soaked rags
June 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 A pile of rags used in staining a deck spontaneously combusted Friday night, damaging a home under construction in Pullman.
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Fatal crash closes Interstate 90 for hours
June 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 A 37-year-old Silverdale, Wash., man died Saturday in a single-car rollover accident that closed eastbound Interstate 90 east of Moses Lake for several hours.
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Music Week ends on an orange note
June 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 Knowing that the mayor had agreed to sing a duet with me to help close out the eighth annual Spokane Street Music Week, I rummaged through my closet Friday morning …
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Volunteers find plenty to pick up in Idaho forests
June 20, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 At an informal shooting range near Hayden Lake, the targets are anything that will take a bullet. That includes vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and a mysterious square of pock-marked metal …
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Woman with ALS completes Centennial Trail journey
June 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 Jenny Hoff tackled a number of items on her bucket list Saturday – 37 to be exact. In miles. Despite temperatures of nearly 80 degrees, Hoff, who has Lou Gehrig’s …
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Trio sees the USA in world record time
June 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 Three men traversed the contiguous 48 states in 97 hours and 7 minutes: a time good enough to break the Guinness World Record. Their journey, which began Tuesday at Lookout …
