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Sunday, September 19, 2010
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Looking back: Turnovers, bad blocking hurts Cougs
September 19, 2010 in Sports PULLMAN – The last time Washington State University’s football team flew back to campus from the Midwest, the Cougars were coming off a 48-point pounding. 1
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Langerhans has big day for Mariners
September 19, 2010 in Sports SEATTLE — No one was blaming Ryan Langerhans for packing a week’s worth of action into a single game.
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Seahawks stumble on road against Broncos
September 19, 2010 in Sports DENVER – The temperature was 91 degrees at kickoff, the hottest regular-season home game in this city’s history. The Seattle Seahawks’ meltdown started soon after that.
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Administrators out of school budget woes’ reach
September 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 While private-sector and state workers have taken hits during the economic downturn, many public school administrators have seen their pay remain steady or increase. Spokane Public Schools officials – from … 30
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Veterans Court weighs stress of war service
September 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 After surviving 15 months in one of the most dangerous places on Earth, Iraq war veteran Carl Jacobson thought he could cope with just about anything civilian life had to … 7
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Statewide poll finds tea party strongest in east
September 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 As she watches her family struggle through the recession, retired nurse Linda Durant says she is “absolutely fed up” with government. The Spokane Valley resident blames George W. Bush and … 17
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Amputee takes on English Channel
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 PARIS – A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated is attempting to swim across the English Channel using leg prostheses that have flippers attached. Philippe Croizon’s father said his …
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Ahmadinejad vows to ‘disrupt’ Mideast plans
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 DAMASCUS, Syria – Iran’s president said Saturday that Middle Eastern countries will “disrupt” American and Israeli plans to change the political geography of the region, appearing to brush aside U.S. … 1
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Pope, abuse victims meet in London
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LONDON – Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church, …
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Long-wanted Philippines militant killed
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MANILA, Philippines – Philippine troops clashed with Abu Sayyaf gunmen in a southern coastal village today and killed a long-wanted militant who helped in the 2001 kidnapping of three American …
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Activists fear crisis in Sudan
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – Preparations for Sudan’s referendum on southern independence are so far behind schedule that international diplomatic intervention is the only guarantee to prevent renewed civil war, Sudan activists …
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In brief: Freed American begins trip home
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MUSCAT, Oman – An American woman released from Iran after more than 13 months in custody began her journey back to the United States on Saturday after asking her supporters …
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Cement sets in Gulf well that wreaked havoc
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – The impending death of BP’s blown-out oil well will bring one piece of the catastrophe that began five months ago to an anticlimactic end …
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Pulitzer winner Turner, 89, dies
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Wallace Turner, a tenacious investigative reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 with the Portland Oregonian and later became a bureau chief in San Francisco and Seattle for the …
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Beyond plugging: BP’s troubles just beginning
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 As of Sept. 16, the BP oil giant had shed 34 percent of its market capitalization compared with its December 2009 value. BP estimates it has spent more than $6 …
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Man sought in Texas for shooting deputies surrenders
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 DALLAS – A man suspected of shooting two sheriff’s deputies and another man, then taunting snipers to make him a martyr before barricading himself in a makeshift bunker, was arrested …
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Security fears keep Afghan voter turnout low
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and Western officials painted the second parliamentary election since the fall of the Taliban as largely successful, but security fears and disenchantment kept voter turnout low …
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Government forces kill three in Kashmir
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 SRINAGAR, India – Government forces opened fire on a funeral procession and a group of protesters in curfew-bound Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing three civilians and wounding at least 16 others, police …
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Few answers heard at presidential debate in Haiti
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 PETIONVILLE, Haiti – Haiti held its second presidential debate ever Saturday, a sparsely attended event that was short on detailed responses and disrupted by multiple power blackouts. During the two-hour …
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John ‘Jack’ Goeken, 80, MCI founder
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A7 CHICAGO – John “Jack” Goeken, founder of telecom giant MCI and the father of air-to-ground telephone communication, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 80. Goeken died …
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Black lawmakers get plea to rally vote
September 19, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama came out swinging against Republicans in a fiery campaign-season speech to black lawmakers Saturday night, making an urgent appeal for the kind of grass-roots organizing …
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Lawyer faces child sex abuse charges
September 19, 2010 in City on Page B1 A North Idaho attorney is being held without bail in San Diego following allegations he sexually abused a teenage girl, including during “dates” at Southern California hotels. David C. Jacquot, …
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GOP platform proves vexing in Spokane County
September 19, 2010 in City on Page B1 Much of the county Republican Party’s platform reflects longtime GOP values: Limited government. Gun rights. Lower taxes. An end to abortion. But some of the platform’s 120 policy statements make … 23
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Man’s murder trial moved to Spokane
September 19, 2010 in City on Page B1 The third murder trial for Vicente Ruiz is being moved from Franklin County to Spokane County.
