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Sunday, April 29, 2012
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Blue Jays topple Mariners
April 29, 2012 in Sports Edwin Encarnacion hit his third home run in three games, Henderson Alvarez won for the first time since August and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 7-2 Sunday …
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Seahawks justify their pick
April 29, 2012 in Sports The Seahawks’ selection of Bruce Irvin in the NFL draft was the most surprising selection in the first round and things got stranger from there, leaving GM John Schneider in …
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Fight at campground ends in double homicide
April 29, 2012 in News A fight at a Pend Oreille County campground ended in a double homicide in the early morning hours Sunday. 26
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Cross-border collaboration sought for Bakken crime
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World The U.S. Attorney for Montana says law enforcement agencies from North Dakota, Montana and Canada have agreed to work across borders to police a spike in crime brought by the …
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BLM wild horse citizen panel faces conflicts
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World This is not Boyd Spratling’s first rodeo. The new chairman of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board has seen a lot in his 35 … 2
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Collision suspected in yacht mishap that killed 3
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World A yacht involved in a race off the coast of California and Mexico apparently collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing, …
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Three Idaho Republicans challenging Hart in race
April 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 Tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart may be the most controversial lawmaker in North Idaho, and his re-election bid for a fifth term in the state House has drawn a bevy … 2
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Officers find body of fugitive in bunker
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 NORTH BEND, Wash. – Peter Keller spent eight years carving his hole in the side of the mountain, camouflaging the rugged underground bunker with ferns and sticks and stocking it …
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Warm water below melting ice shelves
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Antarctica’s massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could …
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Beer tent collapses in storm; one dead
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 ST. LOUIS – A storm with high winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people gathered after a Cardinals game Saturday, leaving one man dead and five others seriously …
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U.S.-China talks feeling strain
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Less than a week before annual U.S.-Chinese diplomatic and economic talks, relations between the powers risked sharply deteriorating Saturday with an escaped Chinese activist reportedly under American protection …
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Santorum booked to jaw with Leno
April 29, 2012 in City on Page A4 Republican Rick Santorum lost his bid to become president this year, but he’s earned a trip to Jay Leno’s couch. “The Tonight Show” announced Friday that the former Pennsylvania senator …
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FDA OKs antibiotic for plague
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – U.S. regulators have approved use of a powerful Johnson & Johnson antibiotic to treat plague, an extremely rare, sometimes-deadly bacterial infection. The Food and Drug Administration …
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Kandahar attackers hide weapons in boots
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 KABUL, Afghanistan – Turban bombs had become too obvious. So the two men who apparently set out Saturday to assassinate Kandahar’s governor looked to their footwear instead. The assailants used …
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Tens of thousands rally for reform in Malaysia
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday at thousands of demonstrators who staged one of Malaysia’s largest street rallies in years, demanding fair rules for …
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Stranded dolphin scared during rescue
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A7 LOS ANGELES – On Friday, human spectators scared a confused dolphin into staying in the shallow waters of Orange County’s Bolsa Chica wetlands, wildlife officials said. On Saturday, it was …
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In brief: Reform leader back in politics in Egypt, founding new party
April 29, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A8 Cairo – Reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei launched a new political party Saturday that he said aims to unite Egyptians and save the country’s revolution from a messy democratic transition. The …
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Landers: Coyotes protecting den of pups
April 29, 2012 in City, Outdoors on Page B1 Coyotes defending a den of pups are not tolerating dogs coming through their territory between High Drive and Hangman Creek. Following a story in Saturday’s Spokesman-Review about two dogs being … 21
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Clark: 3 ways to make City Hall friendlier – and richer, too
April 29, 2012 in City on Page B1 What’s gotten into Boy Mayor? Now, I’ve been a huge fan of David Condon’s early reign as Spokane mayor. 20
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Anglers embrace season as dozens of lakes open for fishing
April 29, 2012 in City, Outdoors on Page B1 Night owls made the first casts at 12:01 a.m. Saturday to ring in the opening of Washington’s lowland fishing season. Docks at Fishtrap and other popular camping-fishing lakes were lined …
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Jim Kershner’s this day in history
April 29, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Juvenile court Judge J. Stanley Webster lashed out at two Child Welfare League women who had been appointed as special police officers. He said …
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That’s NEWS to you
April 29, 2012 in City on Page B1 Did you pay attention to the news last week? Here’s your chance to find out how well, with the print version of our weekly quiz. You can also try the …
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County seeking to delist caribou
April 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 A law firm that successfully argued a North Idaho couple’s wetlands dispute with the federal government before the U.S. Supreme Court has been retained by Bonner County to petition for … 5
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Munitions areas get high-tech scouring
April 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Contractors and staff at Boise’s Gowen Field are working to make sure the past doesn’t come back to haunt them. Using sound waves, digital maps and federal dollars, …
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
