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Monday, April 11, 2011
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Cougars’ crimson and gray will all look alike now
April 11, 2011 in Sports So now it’s “Win the day for Pantone Matching System 19-1543 TC and 14-1159 TC?” Damn, that screws up the rhyme in the fight song. In the color-by-numbers nitty-gritty of …
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M’s late rally knocks off Blue Jays
April 11, 2011 in Sports SEATTLE – Turns out, seven wasn’t as unlucky as it may have seemed for the Seattle Mariners. Seven-game losing streak? Seven-zero deficit? Both were erased at Safeco Field on Monday …
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Great Northern League baseball standings crowded at top
April 11, 2011 in Sports Great Northern League baseball is bunched up at the top. Clarkston and defending champ Cheney are tied at 8-2 and Pullman is a half game behind at 7-2. A key …
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Lake City’s Stangel zeroes out softball opponents
April 11, 2011 in Sports Thirty-eight innings, 38 zeroes for Lake City High softball opponents. The Timberwolves have opened the season with six straight shutouts authored by sophomore pitcher Casey Stangel, including wins over Inland …
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Brake failure leads to blind man’s death, friend says
April 11, 2011 in City, News A Spokane man was killed early Sunday when a commercial-style bus malfunctioned and ran him over, police said.
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Crews remove trees on South Grand Boulevard
April 11, 2011 in City, News Work crews on Monday began removing 19 mature trees along Grand Boulevard south of 29th Avenue. The sound of chainsaws may have startled some in the neighborhood, but the work … 4
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Young cougar killed in Wenatchee neighborhood
April 11, 2011 in News Heavily armed police and wildlife agents closed a street and warned residents to stay away Monday as they chased a young, underweight cougar through a Wenatchee neighborhood — eventually following … 5
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Facing a judge? Study says go early or after lunch
April 11, 2011 in News If you have to face a judge, try for first thing in the morning or right after lunch. A new study suggests that’s when they’re most lenient. Seeking to test …
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Novel depicts radioactive waste spill at Hanford
April 11, 2011 in News The plot: A deadly earthquake rips through the Hanford nuclear reservation, erupting a graveyard of radioactive waste and releasing a flood of doom that threatens thousands of Tri-Citians. A Silicon … 3
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Chicago Sky pick Vandersloot and Bjorklund
April 11, 2011 in Sports Gonzaga star Courtney Vandersloot became the highest drafted basketball player with local ties when the Chicago Sky selected her with the third pick in the WNBA Draft Monday afternoon. 1
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NW today: Campus display to shine light on suicide
April 11, 2011 in Region Idaho consistently has one of the nation’s highest suicide rates, but a group of Lewis-Clark State College students wants that to change.
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Family burned out of South Side home today
April 11, 2011 in City Four adults and a child were burned out of their South Side home early today, according to Spokane fire officials.
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Rain, wind today keep up with April trend
April 11, 2011 in City, Idaho A Pacific cold front passing through the Inland Northwest is going to continue the springtime trend of cool, wet weather.
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U.S. blocks 350 suspected terrorists
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009, The Associated … 27
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Fearing security gap, Pentagon wavering on pullout from Iraq
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Eight months shy of its deadline for pulling the last American soldier from Iraq and closing the door on an 8-year-old war, the Pentagon is having second thoughts. … 20
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Leveling of main runway pushes air traffic to backup
April 11, 2011 in City on Page A1 A $25 million job to raise the northeast end of the main runway at Spokane International Airport begins today and will result in flights operating off the airport’s second runway … 3
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Planetarium helps SFCC offer out-of-this-world learning
April 11, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane Falls Community College’s new science building will be dedicated today, and while officials are excited about the entire building, the Eos Planetarium is the prized centerpiece. At Eos, the … 4
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Debt ceiling debate looms
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – House Republicans, fresh from their showdown with Democrats over cuts in the current federal budget, promised Sunday to take an even tougher stand on spending next month when … 81
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Flood worry shifts away from Fargo
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 FARGO, N.D. – The Red River Valley flood fight shifted Sunday from the cities of Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., to rural areas north of the north-flowing river, which crested Saturday …
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Texas wildfires continue to rage
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 FORT WORTH, Texas – Firefighters on Sunday continued battling out-of-control wildfires scorching nearly 400 square miles across the state, including a West Texas blaze that narrowly missed a historic frontier … 1
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Rockets fired at Ivory Coast holdout
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – United Nations and French helicopters fired rockets on strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s residence on Sunday in an assault the U.N. said was to retaliate for attacks by …
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Tornado roars through portion of Iowa town
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MAPLETON, Iowa – Jamy Garden’s house began to rumble with the approach of a tornado that at one point measured three-quarters of a mile wide. Then the windows shattered, spraying …
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Mubarak renews anger by denying power abuses
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – In his first remarks since his dramatic ouster, former President Hosni Mubarak denied that he used his position to amass wealth and property during three decades in …
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In brief: Teens die during scuba excursion
April 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MONTEREY, Calif. – Two 17-year-old high school students from Carson City, Nev., died Saturday while scuba diving in Monterey Bay, authorities said. The boys from a group of 19 people …
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
