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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Feds offer Sterling a break to help it stay in business
March 16, 2010 in Business The U.S. government is giving Sterling Financial Corp. a break on the $303 million the Spokane bank-holding company owes it in an effort to help Sterling attract new investors and … 10
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385 plants at Wash. pot activist’s burgled home
March 16, 2010 in Region Sheriff’s deputies said they found 385 marijuana plants at the home of an outspoken medical marijuana activist who nearly killed a robber in a shootout this week. It’s not clear … 8
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Escaped killer from Idaho caught in Spokane
March 16, 2010 in City Police have arrested a woman who walked away from the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center in Idaho last weekend. 2
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Unemployment worsens in Spokane, statewide
March 16, 2010 in Business Spokane employment fell by 2,280 in February and, despite a surprising decline in the number of those seeking work, the unemployment rate remained at levels the county has not experienced … 7
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Priest Lake state cabin rents to jump
March 16, 2010 in Idaho Rents for state-owned cabin sites at Priest Lake will go up 9 percent next year and each year for the next five years, a 54 percent increase overall for the … 3
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Fed holds rates at record lows to foster recovery
March 16, 2010 in Business The Federal Reserve on Tuesday repeated its pledge to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the economic recovery and ease high unemployment.
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Fire damages converted Sprague Ave. apartments
March 16, 2010 in City The Spokane fire marshal this morning ordered closure of a substandard apartment building after a suspicious fire damaged a portion of the crowded and cluttered property. 9
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Honda to recall 410,000 vehicles for brake problem
March 16, 2010 in Business Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop the vehicle if not …
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Kootenai County rollover injures five
March 16, 2010 in City, Idaho Kootenai County emergency crews had their hands full Monday night when a vehicle with six occupants rolled north of Post Falls and ejected three of the people, the sheriff’s office … 1
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Mild morning to give way to clouds
March 16, 2010 in City, Idaho The first half of today will show signs of spring, but an approaching storm system should bring increasing clouds this afternoon and a chance of showers late tonight.
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Drunken driver acquitted of homicide
March 16, 2010 in City A Ferry County man who was drunk during a highway crash last fall was not responsible for the death of the other driver, a jury recently decided. 1
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Hand bacteria could be forensic evidence source
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Forget fingerprint dusting. Crime-scene drama fans might soon see a new forensic technique debut on their favorite TV series: hand-germ testing. According to a study published online …
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U.S. attorney nominee has long felt called to the law
March 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 Mike Ormsby can blame his godfather if the U.S. Senate confirms him as the next U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington. At age 11, Ormsby got worked up over something he … 6
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Bill offers broad U.S. financial reform
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to … 2
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GU women ecstatic to start tournament in Seattle
March 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 None of the season-long prognosticators ever penciled Gonzaga University into the Seattle pod for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, but once the Bulldogs secured their bid by winning the West …
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Researchers find creatures far below Antarctic ice
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimplike creature and a jellyfish beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. …
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Hunter says she and Edwards in love
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In her first interview, Rielle Hunter said she and “Johnny” Edwards “love each other very much” and criticizes media portrayals of her as untrue. Hunter, who gave … 1
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Nation in brief: Stevens to weigh retirement soon
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Justice John Paul Stevens, at 89 the Supreme Court’s oldest member, says he will decide in the next month or so whether this term will be his last. …
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N.M. doctor offers late abortions
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Last year, after Kansas abortion provider George Tiller was murdered in church, his supporters worried about what would happen to the hundreds of women who sought late-term …
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U.S. demanding Israel stop project
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one …
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House begins final health push
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Democrats on Monday began their climactic push to move health care legislation through the House by the end of the week, as President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy …
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World in brief: Afghans were in talks with Baradar
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL – The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one …
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Blood will spill at rally in Thailand
March 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bangkok, THAILAND – Anti-government protesters started donating blood Tuesday as part of a plan to splatter the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new …
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16 heart patients get new lease on life
March 16, 2010 in City on Page A5 KIGALI, Rwanda – Felicite Mukarubuga’s hands trembled as she took the pen and consent forms. The 22-year-old Rwandan woman listened while Dr. Hal Goldberg of Spokane Cardiology thoroughly explained a … 1
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