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Sunday, January 2, 2011
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Blanchette: Laugh with Seahawks, not at them
January 2, 2011 in Sports And you think the BCS is a cockamamie way to decide a football champion? It has to be a playoff, right? Gotta have a playoff. A playoff is the only …
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Former Valley Mayor Richard Munson has died
January 2, 2011 in News, Features Richard Munson, former mayor of Spokane Valley has died at age 68. 4
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Seahawks beat Rams, win West
January 2, 2011 in Sports Laugh all you want, the 7-9 Seattle Seahawks are going to the playoffs as champions of the NFC West. The Seahawks are the first sub-.500 division champs, taking the division … 6
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Dispute over cat messes leads to gunfire
January 2, 2011 in News A north Spokane man is facing an attempted murder charge after an argument over feline cleanliness led to gunfire that sent a roommate to the hospital, authorities said. 5
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Favre retiring, says he means it this time
January 2, 2011 in Sports Brett Favre was the NFL’s ultimate iron man for 19 years, inspiring coaches and teammates with unparalleled toughness and thrilling fans with a daredevil’s verve and a showman’s sense of …
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Gonzaga earns first road win of season
January 2, 2011 in Sports Gonzaga traveled 2,050 miles across three time zones to earn its first road win of the season. The Bulldogs, less than 37 hours after drubbing Oklahoma State on Friday night, …
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Paths proliferate for bicyclists, but fatalities haunt region
January 2, 2011 in City on Page A1 The death last month of a Spokane bicycle commuter – the third bicycling fatality in the city in less than a year – underscores the stakes in the ongoing transformation … 35
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White House concludes that it’s Biden time
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden is a career politician who has spent virtually his entire adult life in Washington politics – seemingly the antithesis of Barack Obama’s hope-and-change message. … 1
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Cell phone charges get FCC attention
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – It’s been dubbed cell phone “bill shock,” and it’s clear why: A woman returning from Haiti after the earthquake disaster is greeted with nearly $35,000 in text messaging … 12
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Greece planning fence on border
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATHENS, Greece – Greece is planning to build a fence along its border with Turkey in a bid to keep out illegal immigrants, Citizen Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis said in …
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Chavez, Clinton share brief diplomatic thaw
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shook hands and chatted briefly Saturday in a rare cordial encounter amid a diplomatic dispute that …
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Mubarak vows retribution
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO, Egypt – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed Saturday to “cut off the hand of terrorism” after a suspected suicide bomber attacked a Christian church in the Mediterranean port city …
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Former guerrilla sworn in as president of thriving Brazil
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAO PAULO, Brazil – Accepting the green and yellow mantle of power from her immensely popular mentor, former Marxist guerrilla Dilma Rousseff was sworn in Saturday as Brazil’s first female …
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Dozens arrested, 17 hospitalized at rave
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 LOS ANGELES – At least 17 people were hospitalized and more than two dozen arrested during a New Year’s Eve rave at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. The annual Together …
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Pilot error triggers scramble in capital
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A passenger plane briefly lost radio contact with air traffic controllers when the pilot turned to the wrong frequency as he approached Washington, leading to the scrambling of …
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Deputy, suspect die in shootout
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 ENON, Ohio – A sheriff’s deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gunbattle with police, …
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Oprah cable network on air, quietly
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey’s network has begun not with a bang but with redeclared purpose by the Queen of Daytime for her new round-the-clock cable channel venture. After years …
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Farmer in Colorado creates ‘panda cow’
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 CAMPION, Colo. – A rare miniature cow with markings similar to a panda bear was born on a farm in northern Colorado. The so-called “panda cow” born in Larimer County … 1
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Microsoft Hotmail users report missing e-mails
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – Some users of Microsoft Hotmail are starting off the new year scrambling to get back e-mails of old. A chorus of frantic users has posted complaints on … 2
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California’s governor has host of offers
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 LOS ANGELES – The Terminator always said he’d be back. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is sifting through a stack of corporate, Hollywood and real estate offers as the celebrity politician nears …
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New year seen as crucial in war
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A7 KABUL, Afghanistan – A U.S. troop buildup in 2010 was meant to blunt the momentum of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Now it is 2011 that has become the make-or-break … 1
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Iraqi women lose power in politics
January 2, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A7 BAGHDAD – When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki introduced what he called a national partnership government two weeks ago, he included allies and adversaries, Arabs and Kurds, Shiite Muslims and …
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history » On the Web: spokesman.com/topics/local-history
January 2, 2011 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 50 years ago Stirring emotions swept the state on Jan. 2, 1961, captured by The Spokesman-Review’s longtime sports columnist Harry Missildine:
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Farewell to a veteran
January 2, 2011 in City on Page B1 When the nation commemorated Pearl Harbor Day last month, there was one less eyewitness to tell the tale of the surprise attack that awoke a sleeping giant on Dec. 7, … 1
