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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Hurricane Jova takes five lives in Mexico
October 13, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 MANZANILLO, Mexico – Hurricane Jova slammed into Mexico’s Pacific Coast as a Category 2 storm early Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring six, while a tropical depression hit …
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DSHS chief Dreyfus will resign
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 Susan Dreyfus, who has led the Washington Department of Social and Health Services through two tumultuous years of budget reductions, will step down at the end of the year to … 3
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Jim Kershner’s This day in history
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 75 years ago A Latah County sheriff was trying to apprehend an escaped patient from the Idaho State Hospital for the Insane in Orofino – but shot …
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CdA councilman: Didn’t know law
October 13, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Coeur d’Alene City Councilman Ron Edinger said Wednesday he’s the victim of a smear campaign because he believes the proposed makeover of McEuen Field should be put to a public … 5
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Eight men, four women to hear Thompson case
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 YAKIMA – The jurors who will decide the fate of Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. have careers ranging from scientist to wastewater worker. The panel includes eight men, … 3
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Clark: Soapy sales help cleanse dirty dilemma
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 By now just about everyone is familiar with the Internet’s many pitfalls. The hateful speech from no-name cowards. The shocking websites and scam letters. 20
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Harbor seal pups coming ashore on West Seattle beaches
October 13, 2011 in Region on Page A6 SEATTLE – A bumper crop of chubby harbor seal pups has been coming ashore on rocks and beaches of Seattle in recent weeks. It’s been a busy few weeks for … 1
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In brief: Foundation funds nonprofit projects
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A6 More than $114,400 in grants was distributed to 24 nonprofits in Eastern Washington and North Idaho from two foundations established in the name of a late Spokane violinist. Florence Wasmer …
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Emergency call worries community college union
October 13, 2011 in Region on Page A6 SEATTLE – The decision to declare a financial emergency at Washington state’s community and technical colleges is drawing concern from the union that represents faculty at the schools. Last month’s …
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Washington records
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A7 Spokane County Marriage licenses
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French company to build uranium plant in Idaho
October 13, 2011 in Idaho, Region on Page A7 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Areva SA has won a federal license to build and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plant near Idaho Falls, a key step in the French …
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Boeing settles deal, delivers new freighter
October 13, 2011 in Region on Page A7 SEATTLE – Boeing Co.’s first 747-8 freighter was delivered without any fanfare Wednesday morning, more than three weeks after the original celebration of the milestone was planned. Cargolux, the launch …
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Portland ralliers split on call to clear street
October 13, 2011 in Region on Page A7 PORTLAND – Protesters in Portland supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement have split into two groups as authorities called for the clearance of a downtown street that has been closed …
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Idaho records
October 13, 2011 in City on Page A7 For 10-13-2011
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Briefcase
October 13, 2011 in Business on Page A8 North Wind Group opens Kellogg office A Southern Idaho company that does environmental remediation work in the Coeur d’Alene Basin has opened a Kellogg office and launched a subsidiary that …
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Liz Claiborne selling Liz Claiborne
October 13, 2011 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – Talk about a makeover. Financially struggling Liz Claiborne Inc. said Wednesday that it is selling its namesake brand and several others to concentrate on its Juicy Couture, …
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Government pulls back on food marketing plan
October 13, 2011 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam can rest easy. Government officials fine-tuning guidelines for marketing food to children say they won’t push the food industry to get rid …
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Foreclosures up 14 percent
October 13, 2011 in Business on Page A8 LOS ANGELES – More U.S. homes are entering the foreclosure process, but they’re taking ever longer to get sold or repossessed by lenders. The number of U.S. homes that received …
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Chrysler, workers agree to contract
October 13, 2011 in Business on Page A8 WARREN, Mich. – Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union have finally agreed on a new contract. The company was the last Detroit carmaker to reach a deal with the …
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Flight grant appalling
October 13, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 I am utterly appalled at the front-page story in The Spokesman Review, Sept. 28, reporting that the U.S federal government is going to provide a $950,000 grant to “lure” an …
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Protests short on populists
October 13, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 WASHINGTON – By the time they got to Woodstock, they were half a million strong. But by the time they assembled on Freedom Plaza on Tuesday morning to plan the … 1
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Can’t see Prop. 1 passing
October 13, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 Having read the Community Bill of Rights flier, I think the driving organization needs a name change such as No-Vision, Revisionist, Tunnel Vision, Double Vision, Blurred Vision, Pie-in-the-Sky Vision or … 8
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Accuracy watch
October 13, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 For 10-13-2011
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Fight for Forest Service
October 13, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 Idaho communities have depended on the U.S. Forest Service for seasonal jobs, collaboration with universities and a dependable employment base of educated professionals who had pride in “Caring for the …
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