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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Sweeney guides Mariners’ romp
May 21, 2010 in Sports SEATTLE — Mike Sweeney homered twice and drove in six runs in the second-most productive game of his career, and the offensively challenged Seattle Mariners busted out Friday night for … 3
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Reclaimed pot package leads to arrest
May 21, 2010 in City A suspicious-smelling package that caught a local mail worker’s attention this month turned out to be a pound of marijuana bound for Missouri. Now a 20-year-old Spokane man is facing … 10
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Spokane boy honored with trip to D.C. after ordeal
May 21, 2010 in City After being hit by a city dump truck in 2008, Zach Donovan survived not only to walk again but to fly to Washington, D.C., next month to meet President Barack … 2
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Wash. gets $17.3M from feds to track student data
May 21, 2010 in Region Thanks to a $17.3 million grant from the federal government, Washington education officials will soon be able to track students from pre-school to college and their first job. 9
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Montana record tiger musky caught
May 21, 2010 in Outdoors A four-year-old state record for tiger muskies was eclipsed by more than two pounds last weekend. 2
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Bozeman man killed in parasailing accident
May 21, 2010 in Region A parasailer on Canyon Ferry Reservoir plummeted hundreds of feet to his death Friday after he apparently became tangled in his parachute, authorities said. 1
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Palin bashes media, stumps for Ward in Boise
May 21, 2010 in Idaho Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had harsh words for the “lamestream media” and the liberal left as she gave an enthusiastic speech rallying voters for GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward … 45
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Huge grasshopper outbreak projected in Northwest
May 21, 2010 in City The Pacific Northwest must prepare for the worst grasshopper outbreak in 30 years, according to scientists for Washington State University and the USDA. 10
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DOE endorses Hanford B Reactor for national park
May 21, 2010 in Region Hanford’s historic B Reactor should be included in any Manhattan Project National Historical Park, along with key Department of Energy property in Tennessee and New Mexico, DOE has told the … 5
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Sleepy driver crashes into red-light camera
May 21, 2010 in City A driver crashed into a red-light camera at Division Street and Sprague Avenue in Spokane after falling asleep this morning. 9
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Cooler temperatures, rain expected this weekend
May 21, 2010 in City Overnight temperatures dipped below freezing in parts of the Inland Northwest.
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Test your constitutional knowledge
May 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 A proposed ballot initiative would require all Washington schools to teach the relationships between Declaration of Independence, the U.S. and state Constitutions and for students to pass a test on … 19
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Washington initiative requires specified testing
May 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 Monte Benham, of Kennewick, is convinced that people know very little about the U.S. Constitution and next to nothing about the state constitution.
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Split Senate passes financial overhaul bill
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate Thursday approved the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression, a milestone in President Barack Obama’s drive to expand government oversight and safeguard … 13
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Small-loan program focuses on creating jobs in Spokane County
May 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 A Hillyard shop has been repairing and restoring vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles for about six years, but it took a loan from a social service agency to kick-start the small business. … 1
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Remains at Priest Lake bottom yield identity mystery
May 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 While the Bonner County coroner examines some skeletal remains recently brought up from the bottom of Priest Lake, researchers and historians hope that clothing and a boat found nearby will … 2
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Lab produces artifically created cell
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – In a major step toward the creation of artificial life, researchers announced Thursday that they had inserted DNA synthesized in a laboratory into the nucleus of a …
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Oil reaches Louisiana marshes
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 GRAND ISLE, La. – The spectacle many had feared for a month finally began unfolding as gooey, rust-colored oil washed into the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi for …
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Paul explains comments on Civil Rights Act
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A tea party conservative on a national stage, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky labored Thursday to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to … 10
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Ovarian cancer tests show promise
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Researchers may finally be closing in on a way to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer – a disease that rarely shows symptoms until it’s too late to cure. A …
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Nation in brief: Blair leaving intelligence post
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Washington – National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair is resigning under pressure from the White House, ending a tumultuous 16-month tenure marked by intelligence failures and spy agency turf wars. Blair, …
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World in brief: South Korea holds security meeting
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Seoul, South Korea – South Korea’s president convened an emergency national security meeting today, a day after an official report concluded that North Korea was responsible for the deadly sinking …
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Strong words from Mexico
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Mexican President Felipe Calderon asked Congress Thursday to renew a U.S. ban on assault weapons to help in his war with drug cartels, and he stepped up criticism … 8
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Mothers reunited with three hikers jailed in Iran
May 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months embraced their mothers and spoke of their life in Tehran’s most dreaded prison Thursday in an emotional reunion that …
