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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Seahawks’ hopes hinge on QB Jackson
September 6, 2011 in Sports The Minnesota Vikings did not believe in Tarvaris Jackson as a starting quarterback. The Seattle Seahawks do. And as the start of the 2011 season approaches, that belief by the …
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King Felix pitches Mariners past Angels 2-1
September 6, 2011 in Sports Felix Hernandez pitched eight innings of four-hit ball to win at Angel Stadium for the first time since 2006, and the Seattle Mariners snapped a five-game skid and slowed the …
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Pac-12 coaches not surprised by expansion talk
September 6, 2011 in Sports PULLMAN – The Pac-12, we hardly knew ye. As the events of the past week have shown, the college sports landscape is about as anchored as a palm frond in … 1
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Spokane woman dies after June crash
September 6, 2011 in News A Spokane woman died Sept. 3 after a June car crash. 4
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Deadlocked Idaho redistricters miss deadline
September 6, 2011 in Idaho Idaho’s bipartisan citizen redistricting commission failed Tuesday to agree on new legislative and congressional districts by its constitutionally-set deadline, forcing the issue into the courts. 4
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Harpham’s lawyers to announce plea change Wednesday
September 6, 2011 in City Domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham is scheduled to enter a change of plea Wednesday morning in Spokane. 6
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Condon calls Zehm case “indictment” on city government
September 6, 2011 in City, News Spokane mayoral challenger David Condon today called the city’s handling of the Otto Zehm case “an indictment” on city government, and called for greater police oversight as well as at … 67
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Autopsy results consistent with drowning
September 6, 2011 in Idaho, News Preliminary autopsy results are consistent with drowning in the case of a 5-year-old boy who was trapped underwater following an Aug. 28 car accident on Fernan Lake Road.
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Latah County deputies seize marijuana plants
September 6, 2011 in Idaho, News The Latah County Sheriff’s Office has seized 137 marijuana plants and paraphernalia over the past two weeks following a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration flyover. 14
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Astronauts’ tracks, trash seen in new moon photos
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World A robotic spaceship circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left by Apollo astronauts in visits from 1969 to 1972. 5
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Wildfires destroy 1,000 homes across parched Texas
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World More than 1,000 homes have burned in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, most of them in one devastating blaze close to Austin that’s still raging out of control, … 3
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Fall drawdown of Lake Coeur d’Alene begins
September 6, 2011 in City, Idaho Avista today begins its annual fall drawdown of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The lake will be lowered about one foot from full pool by the end of the month, then an … 3
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The heat is on: Six days of 90-plus weather
September 6, 2011 in City, Idaho Well, at least your tomato plants will like the next week of weather. 1
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Convoys of Gadhafi loyalists flee Libya to Niger
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World Armed loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi, including his security chief, fled into neighboring Niger in multiple convoys across hundreds of miles of desert today. Libya’s former rebels — now the country’s …
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Dwindling Lee spawns tornadoes in Georgia
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 ATLANTA – The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped rain across the South and whipped up twisters that damaged dozens of Georgia homes as the system pushed farther inland … 1
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Water rate proposals divide City Council
September 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 Fearing a dried-up account for the city’s water department, city officials next week will make a second attempt at increasing utility charges. Water bills would climb by an average of … 19
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Twin robotic probes will map gravity of the moon
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth’s orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure …
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Senior al-Qaida leader captured
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 ISLAMABAD – Pakistani security forces working in cooperation with U.S. intelligence captured senior al-Qaida commander Younis al-Mauritani, the most important al-Qaida figure in several years to be arrested in Pakistan, … 9
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Dog’s ears hang low – and win spot in the record book
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 BOULDER, Colo. – Harbor has over two feet of ears. Does that make him a 6-foot dog? Probably not. But today, the black-and-tan coonhound from Boulder gets the 2012 Guinness …
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Mubarak’s trial resumes
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAIRO – During a day of fistfights and raucous courtroom antics, a former senior state security official surprised the prosecution in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on …
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Famine crisis spreading in Somalia, U.N. reports
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MOGADISHU, Somalia – A famine spreading through Somalia is killing more than a hundred children each day, the U.N. said Monday, and warned that hundreds of thousands more people may …
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Ruins in Austria reveal gladiator school
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 PETRONELL-CARNUNTUM, Austria – They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific …
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In brief: Iran proposes nuke ‘supervision’
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s nuclear chief is proposing a “full supervision” of its nuclear program by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for five years in return for lifting of sanctions …
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Obama pledges support for unions
September 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 DETROIT – In perhaps some of his strongest words of support for organized labor, President Barack Obama on Monday told a riverfront crowd of thousands in Detroit that “As long … 10
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
