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Sunday, April 24, 2011
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Winterhawks even series with Chiefs
April 24, 2011 in Sports PORTLAND – The Spokane Chiefs had a chance to take control of their Western Hockey League playoff series with the Portland Winterhawks but they gave it back. Just 33 seconds …
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Miner’s body recovered from Lucky Friday mine
April 24, 2011 in News The body of Lucky Friday miner Larry Marek was recovered this afternoon after he was killed in a mine collapse on April 15, Hecla Mining Co. announced today. 19
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Same old problems cost M’s in loss to A’s
April 24, 2011 in Sports SEATTLE – It’s not always fair to apply a label to a team before mid-May, knowing it takes time for hitters, along with the weather, to heat up. The Seattle …
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Program teams with hospitals to give students job experience
April 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 The Coeur d’Alene High School student was awkward, timid and barely made eye contact when he started his internship at Kootenai Medical Center this past fall. But with a little …
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Research request raises chimp debate
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – During Lennie’s life under the microscope, science changed. Starting in the 1960s, Lennie, a chimpanzee, was strapped in a spacesuit for U.S. government test flights, and subjected …
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Trump skipped primaries for years
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – Donald Trump says he’s considering running in the primary for the Republican presidential nomination, but the real estate mogul didn’t vote in primary elections for more than … 8
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Yemen leader to quit post
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 SANAA, Yemen – Yemen’s embattled president agreed Saturday to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for …
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Libyan rebels claim big gains in Misrata
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MISRATA, Libya – Rebel fighters drove Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalist forces from all but one base in Misrata on Saturday and appeared to be on the verge of expelling all government …
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Syrian forces open fire on processions
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar …
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Tweaked helmet better for troops, study finds
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 LOS ANGELES – It is the “signature wound” of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: traumatic brain injury from the blast of the enemy’s improvised explosive devices. Now two researchers say …
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Tornado cleanup begins in St. Louis
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 ST. LOUIS – Debris from splintered homes covered the ground in neighborhoods around St. Louis, while topped trees and overturned cars littered lawns and driveways. From the air, one home …
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Nobel winner rips U.S. over Iraq war
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A8 NEW YORK – Former chief U.N. nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaradei suggests in a new memoir that Bush administration officials should face international criminal investigation for the “shame of a needless … 11
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In brief: Bike speed limit for bridge decried
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A8 San Francisco – Plans to put the brakes on bicyclists riding across the Golden Gate Bridge has cycling enthusiasts crying foul in this urban center of two-wheeled activism. Hundreds of …
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Influential Sony chairman dies
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A9 TOKYO – As a young man, aspiring opera singer Norio Ohga wrote to Sony to complain about the quality of its tape recorders. That move changed the course of his …
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New tanks to hold toxic water
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A9 TOKYO – Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to build temporary storage tanks for highly radioactive wastewater at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, a news report said today. …
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In Passing
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A9 Madelyn Pugh Davis, TV comedy writer Los Angeles – Madelyn Pugh Davis, who with her writing partner Bob Carroll Jr. made television history in the 1950s writing Lucille Ball and …
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Research changed animals mentally
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A10 FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Donovan the chimp transformed from a friendly ape who “adapts well to peers” to one who beat his female cage-mate so aggressively they had to be …
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Pontiff presides at vigil service
April 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A11 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI marked the holiest night of the year for Christians by stressing that humanity isn’t a random product of evolution. Benedict emphasized the biblical account … 1
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history
April 24, 2011 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Two young women, described as 20 years old and “handsome,” survived a frightening confrontation with a robber on Maple Street, between Ninth and 10th …
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A look at what’s facing legislators in extra session
April 24, 2011 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – For more than 100 days of a regular session, and for months before that, state leaders worried about and debated over “the budget.” They’re not done. The regular …
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Mad scramble at Riverfront Park egg hunt
April 24, 2011 in City on Page B1 Ezra Buck lowered himself to the ground, crouched in a sprinter’s position, his gaze fixed ahead, ready to run when the countdown reached zero. His eagerness was almost palpable. 1
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Clark: Eddie Ray’s yellow brick road ending at graybar hotel
April 24, 2011 in City on Page B1 So Eddie Ray Hall – Spokane’s notorious methperado – is off to federal prison for 16 years. Today we mark this judicial development with the last installment in my trilogy … 10
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In brief: Stolen projector sold online, spurring arrest
April 24, 2011 in City on Page B1 Spokane police Saturday arrested a man suspected of selling property stolen from several local schools and hospitals. Sean A. Blair, 30, was booked into Spokane County Jail for first-degree trafficking …
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States pursue tough bail laws
April 24, 2011 in City on Page B2 HARTFORD, Conn. – Shortly after his second arrest for domestic violence in four months, Selami Ozdemir was able to post a no-money-down, $25,000 bail through a bondsman and returned hours …
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
