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Spokane will be Aggieville
March 14, 2010 in Sports Texas A&M, Utah State and New Mexico State — Aggies all — will be coming to Spokane for the first and second round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. 1
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Zags shipped to Buffalo
March 14, 2010 in News, Sports The Gonzaga Unviersity men’s basketball team is a No. 8 seed in the West Region, but they will be traveling all the way to Buffalo, N.Y., to face ninth-seeded Florida … 4
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Big sharks’ migration may be call to dinner
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that …
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Spokane teen’s resolve in tackling cancer touches doctors, friends
March 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 At 18, life is pretty predictable. Embracing your last year in high school, applying to colleges, planning for the prom and preparing to walk at graduation. It’s a different world …
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Obama wants bar set higher
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday said he will send to Congress this week a blueprint for overhauling the nation’s education program and the No Child Left Behind project. … 6
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NE storm leaves homes in dark
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses and stranding about …
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Feds urged Toyota fix in 2007
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Federal regulators in 2007 asked Toyota Motor Corp. to consider installing software to prevent sudden acceleration in its vehicles after receiving complaints that vehicles could race out …
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Shootings kill two dozen in Mexican coastal state
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 ACAPULCO, Mexico – A series of shootings killed 24 people Saturday in a Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence. Nearly half died in one shootout between soldiers and …
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Investigation into runaway Prius casts doubt on driver’s claims
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN DIEGO – Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on … 3
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Hawaii native group nears official status
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 HONOLULU – Their kingdom long ago overthrown, Native Hawaiians seeking redress are closer than they’ve ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii. Native Hawaiians are the last remaining indigenous …
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Prison among targets as bombers hit Kandahar
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A6 KABUL, Afghanistan – Four suicide bombers struck the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday evening, killing at least 31 people and destroying houses and shops, according to government and …
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Plan strains U.S.-Israel relations
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Beginning as a spat over a single housing project, a dispute last week between the Obama administration and Israel has ballooned into the biggest U.S.-Israeli clash in 20 …
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Protesters cite coup in ’06, seek election
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 BANGKOK, Thailand – Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters from Thailand’s rural areas swarmed the Thai capital today for protests aimed at forcing the government to dissolve Parliament and call …
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Vatican quick to insist pope fighting abuse
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 ROME – The Vatican sprang to Pope Benedict XVI’s defense Saturday amid accusations that he tried to hush up reports of clergy sexual abuse and failed to adequately punish an …
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In brief: Garn steps down from Legislature
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A9 Salt Lake City – Utah’s House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident …
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Kissinger released from hospital
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A11 SEOUL, South Korea – Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was released from a Seoul hospital today after recovering from stomach pains, a hospital spokesman said. Kissinger’s condition was …
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Ireland frees American in terror plot
March 14, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A11 LEADVILLE, Colo. – For the parents of Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, the news late Saturday that Irish police had released their daughter from custody did little to alleviate the question of how …
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Jim Kershner’s This Day in History
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Members of The Woman’s Club of Spokane declared that they were “on strike” when it came to their participation in a committee investigating the …
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Bovill Opera House on national register
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 BOVILL, Idaho – The Bovill Opera House in Latah County has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Trio’s theft arrest yields stash of cash
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 Spokane County sheriff’s deputies arrested a trio of Seattle-area forgery suspects Friday who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from Spokane banks in a scheme involving stolen credit cards. One of …
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Revelry, the Irish way
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 Spring hasn’t sprung yet, but there was plenty of green sprouting in Spokane on Saturday as thousands of people crowded downtown for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Green horses, …
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Avalanche kills three at B.C. snowmobile rally
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada’s Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said.
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Sick downwinder seeks trial
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 With the fingers of her right hand, Deborah Clark presses firmly on a gaping surgical hole in her neck. It’s the only way she can speak. The words that emerge … 1
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He’s living his dream and sharing his talents
March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 A cold Monday night not long ago found me inside Ichiban Sushi Lounge on Third Avenue. I was there to meet a friend who wanted me to hear some band … 1
Win tickets to Fleetwood Mac!
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
