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Durant leads Thunder into West finals
May 15, 2011 in Sports OKLAHOMA CITY — Coming off his worst performance in the playoffs, Kevin Durant couldn’t get his shots to fall again. Then he caught a glimpse of his mother dancing around …
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M’s rained out in Cleveland for second straight day
May 15, 2011 in Sports CLEVELAND — As homecomings go, Eric Wedge’s return to Cleveland consisted of a walk-off defeat, a losing streak that reached six games and two rainouts. Returning to Progressive Field for …
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Camper rescued as flood watch continues
May 15, 2011 in Idaho, News Flood warnings remain in effect for North Idaho and Eastern Washington as rain was expected to continue into this morning. At least one North Idaho camper already has had to … 2
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Twitter phenom courting success
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 SAN FRANCISCO – When Adorian Deck was home sick from high school, he entertained himself like countless other teenagers have in recent years: He started a Twitter account. Unlike most …
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In 1963, little Bobby Panknin vanished on a family camping trip
May 15, 2011 in City on Page A1 A 4-year-old Spokane boy’s disappearance nearly 48 years ago is laser-etched in three brothers’ memories. Spokane County Fire District 9 Capt. Jim Panknin was 6 at the time, but he …
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Obama extends drilling leases
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Amid growing public unhappiness over gas prices, President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of … 35
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Search confounded 4,000 volunteers
May 15, 2011 in City on Page A1 Paula Holter-Mehren was just two years older than Bobby Panknin when the 4-year-old Spokane boy disappeared in 1963. She still remembers how frustrated her father, the late Stevens County Sheriff …
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Shuttle Endeavour cleared for launch
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA unanimously approved a Monday morning launch attempt for the space shuttle Endeavour, after reviewing all the repairs for an electrical problem that grounded the next-to-last …
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Huckabee won’t be candidate
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Saturday he won’t seek the Republican presidential nomination, choosing to stick with a lucrative career as a television and radio … 2
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Spillway used to spare major Louisiana cities
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW ORLEANS – In a last-ditch move to relieve stress on levees burdened by floodwaters, the Army Corps of Engineers opened a major Mississippi River floodgate Saturday for the first …
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IMF chief detained in hotel sex assault
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to fly to …
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In brief: ‘Dream Doctor’ McPhee dies at 49
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 LOS ANGELES – Charles McPhee, the self-proclaimed “Dream Doctor” who decoded dreams on his nationally syndicated radio show until Lou Gehrig’s disease forced him off the air in 2006, has …
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Protests to mark founding of Israel
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 JERUSALEM – A Palestinian teen died Saturday after being shot and wounded near a Jewish settler enclave in east Jerusalem, a hospital official and a local activist said, as new …
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Martelly becomes Haiti’s president
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A7 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A newly inaugurated Michel Martelly promised to change the image of his disaster-prone nation Saturday while leading it into a new era of modernity – a country …
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Once-belittled floodgate saved Japanese town
May 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A8 FUDAI, Japan – In the rubble of Japan’s northeast coast, one small village stands as tall as ever after the March 11 tsunami. No homes were swept away. In fact, …
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Lawmakers ease day care rules
May 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – When Idaho passed landmark legislation two years ago to require state licensing of day care operations that served fewer than 13 kids, the state’s day care wars didn’t … 2
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Editorial page editor Floyd to retire; Caldwell named successor
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B1 Doug Floyd, The Spokesman-Review’s longtime editorial page editor, will retire at the end of June, Publisher Stacey Cowles announced this week. At the same time, Cowles announced that Bert Caldwell, … 12
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Dr. Mary Latham, 60, Spokane’s pioneer female physician, was discovered bound hand-and-foot to her bedposts with a pillow containing chloroform tied over her mouth. …
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Boy Scouts tackle camp improvement
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B1 Thousands of Boy Scouts spent Saturday morning clearing, cleaning and preparing a vast area of land for a massive encampment next year. The 66-acre site, Camp Sunrise, is located on … 2
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Clark: No elections? You’ve sure got my vote!
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B1 In a rare hiccup of insightfulness, state lawmakers have decided to cancel next year’s presidential primary. To misquote Neil Armstrong, this is “one small step in the right direction.” 2
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Eye on Boise: Luna aide says reform plan isn’t bringing new staffers
May 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Although rumors are rife that the Idaho State Department of Education has added highly paid staffers to implement the new Students Come First school reform plan, Luci Willits, …
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Stranded man, found dead, was only three miles from town
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B2 PORTLAND – When the body of Jerry William McDonald was discovered deep in the Oregon woods on a one-lane dirt road, the first hint of what led to his death …
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Workers’ comp becoming a yellow brick road-block
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – May might be the cruelest month in the state capital. The rain gives way only sporadically to sun breaks, momentarily lifting the gray gloom that shrouds the dome … 2
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Colville Tribes call Teck smelter study ‘deficient’
May 15, 2011 in City on Page B3 Five years after a Canadian mining smelter agreed in a historic settlement to assess the impact of its pollution on U.S. waters, an American Indian tribe is calling the effort … 1
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