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Sunday, October 17, 2010
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Cougs continue on rugged slate
October 17, 2010 in Sports PULLMAN – Washington State University’s march through a gantlet of a schedule continues this Saturday when the Cougars travel to No. 12 Stanford. No. 15 Arizona was the latest team …
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Seahawks deliver knockout
October 17, 2010 in Sports CHICAGO — The way Jay Cutler got knocked around, Lawyer Milloy and the Seattle Seahawks couldn’t wait for this game. When it came, they delivered another beating. 1
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Post Falls woman dies following two-car crash
October 17, 2010 in News, Idaho A Post Falls woman died early this morning at Kootenai Medical Center following a two-car crash that occurred Saturday afternoon. Two other people remain hospitalized at Kootenai Medical Center.
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Palouse’s wheat farmers harvest the year’s near-perfect mix
October 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 ALMOTA – Wheat farmers across the Inland Northwest are collecting on a trifecta this year: a bumper crop, solid grain prices and continued government subsidies. The wheat crop is the … 3
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GOP awaits huge wins as Democrats scramble
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Two weeks before Election Day, Democrats fear their grip on the House may be gone, and Republicans are poised to celebrate big gains in the Senate and governors’ … 49
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Oil change reignites GPS tracking debate
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 SAN FRANCISCO – Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computer salesman and community college student, took his car in for an oil change earlier this month and his mechanic spotted an odd … 8
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Pirates hijack S. Korean trawler
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 SEOUL, South Korea – Somali pirates have hijacked a South Korean-operated fishing boat with 43 sailors, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said today. Two South Koreans, two Chinese and 39 Kenyans were …
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Accuracy watch
October 17, 2010 in City on Page A2 For 10-17-2010
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American held in Iran released
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Iran on Saturday set free an American businessman jailed in Tehran for more than two years on suspicion of ties to an allegedly violent opposition group. Reza Taghavi, …
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In brief: Son, mother hit when gun goes off
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 Chaparral, N.M. – A Chaparral man who was cleaning his handgun Saturday accidentally shot his 4-year-old son and the bullet passed through the boy and hit the man’s mother, New … 4
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Obesity’s cost put even higher
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 ATLANTA – New research suggests that almost 17 percent of medical costs in the U.S. can be blamed on obesity. It suggests that the nation’s weight problem may be having …
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Hepburn stamps garner $606,000
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BERLIN – A rare sheet of 10 stamps depicting Audrey Hepburn fetched $606,000 at a charity auction in Berlin, two-thirds of which will go to help educate children in sub-Saharan …
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Plotter’s wives spoke with U.S. officials
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Two wives of a businessman convicted in the Mumbai terrorist attacks in India spoke to U.S. authorities about their husband before the violent assaults in 2008. But two …
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Fox, Cablevision halt talks, anger viewers
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – Cablevision, the service provider for 3 million customers in the New York area, and Fox parent News Corp. failed to solve a dispute over rates Saturday, leaving … 1
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Breeder grows new, red celery
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 MINNEAPOLIS – Is America ready for red celery? A Florida produce company thinks so and has bet consumers will bite on the colorful crunch of its new product. Red celery …
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Pakistani route imperils troops’ supplies
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A6 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The proportion of supplies for American troops in Afghanistan passing through Pakistan has dropped by half in the last two years, as attacks and bureaucratic delays have …
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French brace for fuel supply pinch
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A6 PARIS – Officials have taken the extraordinary step of warning some flights landing at France’s main airport to come with enough fuel to get back home, bracing for a possible …
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In brief: Mine explosion death toll in China rises to 26
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 Yuzhou, China – Dozens of anxious relatives and friends of 11 miners trapped underground by an explosion in central China gathered outside the site today while rescuers said they were …
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Public backs most high court rulings
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court shifted to the right four years ago when conservative Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. succeeded moderate Sandra Day O’Connor. And if American public opinion is …
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Mom on ‘Leave It to Beaver’ dies at 94
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A9 LOS ANGELES – Barbara Billingsley, who played June Cleaver, the quintessential 1950s sitcom mom on “Leave It to Beaver,” and later did a memorable send-up of her white-bread image playing …
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In passing: Joan Sutherland, opera great
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A9 Geneva, Switzerland – Joan Sutherland’s radiant soprano stretched effortlessly over more than three octaves, with a purity of tone that made her one of the most celebrated opera singers of …
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Gender talk toughens when candidates clash
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – In one of the stranger moments in the Nevada Senate debate this past week, Sharron Angle, the ever-grinning, grandmotherly GOP Senate candidate, fired off the retort of the … 2
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Palestinians eye options to talks as Israel builds
October 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A11 RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinians will study alternatives to peace talks with Israel in the coming days, a top PLO official said Saturday, after Israel gave the green light …
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history
October 17, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A strange and ultimately tragic love story emerged from Wenatchee in 1910.
