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Sunday, March 28, 2010
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Worley man dies in rollover crash
March 28, 2010 in News A Worley, Idaho, man died in a one-vehicle rollover in Whitman County early Sunday.
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Gasoline fumes ignite in Cheney basement
March 28, 2010 in News Two teenage boys suffered minor burns in a Sunday morning house fire that started when they were trying to pour gasoline into a gallon jug. 4
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President makes surprise stop in Afghanistan
March 28, 2010 in News, Nation/World KABUL (AP) — President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Sunday for a firsthand look at the 8-year-old war he inherited and dramatically escalated. 31
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Gonzaga legend Burgess dies
March 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 More than 70 Gonzaga basketball alums attended the last game at “The Kennel” in 2004, a GU win over Santa Clara. Frank Burgess, who scored a school-record 2,196 points from … 1
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Agile ski resorts overcome El Niño
March 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 Skiers and snowboarders traded the epic powder dumps of the past two years for sunshine this season as El Niño held court at area ski hills. With snowpack at 51 … 1
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Space flight privatization getting ready for launch
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 CHICAGO – The final countdown has begun to the end of manned spaceflights by NASA, leaving some to fret that the nation’s dreams of reaching for the stars may be …
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Barbara Bush hospitalized
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday morning after “not feeling well,” according to a family spokeswoman. At the request of her doctor, Bush, 84, was …
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WAMU plan has nothing for most
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Under the reorganization proposal filed late Friday by the bankrupt shell of Washington Mutual, shareholders get nothing – no money, and not even a chance to vote on the plan. … 4
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Obama uses recess power
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration moved Saturday to fill 15 economic posts whose nominations are held up in Congress, bypassing the formal Senate confirmation process – a decision sure to … 5
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Winning Sunnis being investigated
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – At least four Sunni Muslim candidates who appear to have won parliamentary seats in Iraq on the winning ticket of secular leader Ayad Allawi have become targets of …
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Agency, board appointments
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Barack Obama announced his intention on Saturday to make 15 recess appointments to federal boards and agencies, circumventing the usual process of Senate confirmation. Those 15 nominees are: Jeffrey … 2
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In brief: Zoo celebrates orangutan’s 50th
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Phoenix – The Phoenix Zoo is used to hosting birthday parties, but this one was a little different. Duchess the orangutan turned 50 on Saturday, and the zoo treated her …
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Fund director missing
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Rescuers searched a lake in Morocco on Saturday for the man who oversees one of the world’s largest state-owned wealth funds after he disappeared in an air …
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U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have doubled
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 KABUL, Afghanistan – The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington …
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Mubarak home after surgery
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 CAIRO, Egypt – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak returned home Saturday three weeks after undergoing gall bladder surgery in Germany – an operation that prompted him to temporarily hand over power …
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Catholic abuse scandal deepens
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 LOS ANGELES – First, it was an American problem. Then, an Irish problem. But as the scandal of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests has rocked continental Europe in recent …
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Palin leads rally in hometown of Nevada’s Reid
March 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. – Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he … 1
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3-D TV will flesh out viewing experience
March 28, 2010 in City on Page B1 One day last summer my lovely wife, Sherry, turned to me and uttered the most shocking words of our then-36 years of marriage. “Why don’t you go down to Huppin’s … 1
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Museum celebrates history
March 28, 2010 in City on Page B1 Visitors could go back in time during Living History Day at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. But many said Saturday they wouldn’t want to make the trip without … 1
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Earth Hour event turns into face-off
March 28, 2010 in City on Page B1 Global warming protesters generated a lot of heat Saturday night at the entrance to Spokane City Hall. It looked for a while like candle-carrying environmentalists might come to blows with … 123
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River patrol nets violators
March 28, 2010 in Outdoors, City on Page B1 Saturday was a good day to wet a line but a particularly bad day to cast into one of the Spokane River stretches that closed to fishing on March 15. … 39
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Democrats mull new tax options
March 28, 2010 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – With Gov. Chris Gregoire declaring she’s “disgusted” by the drawn-out special session, the state Senate’s top Democrat said Friday that lawmakers are weighing different tax options to help … 2
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Deadly ’78 fire case reopened
March 28, 2010 in City on Page B2 NEW YORK – An Okanogan, Wash., woman who lost seven children and her husband in a 1978 arson at their home near Albany was questioned again this week as investigators …
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In brief: Man’s body found in Spokane River
March 28, 2010 in City on Page B2 Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies on Saturday pulled a man’s body from the Spokane River near the state line. The body was reported about 7:30 a.m. near Richards Road, Lt. Stu …
