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Zobrist’s double sends M’s to defeat
July 20, 2012 in Sports Ben Zobrist snapped a 14th-inning tie with an RBI double and B.J. Upton homered and drove in two runs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 victory over …
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Meehan: Triplett at ease on Champions Tour
July 20, 2012 in Sports There’s a simple explanation for Kirk Triplett’s smooth transition as a rookie on the Champions Tour. It’s the same reason why the former Pullman resident won three times, placed in …
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Organizers call off hydroplane race this summer
July 20, 2012 in Idaho Six weeks after announcing hydroplane racing would return to Lake Coeur d’Alene this summer, organizers said Friday they need more time to line up sponsors for the Diamond Cup and … 3
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Indians blanked in Vancouver
July 20, 2012 in Sports The Spokane Indians outhit the Vancouver Canadians but still came out on the losing end of a 4-0 Northwest League baseball decision on Friday afternoon in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Shock seek 10th win to close season
July 20, 2012 in Sports Spokane closes out its roller-coaster 2012 Arena Football League season tonight with an opportunity to reach 10 wins and put a damper on Tampa Bay’s playoff chances. The Shock (9-8), …
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APNewsBreak: EPA reviews part of power plant rule
July 20, 2012 in Health The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing part of a controversial rule that sets the first federal standards to reduce toxic air pollution from power plants. 1
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Cheney City Council member McKeehan dies
July 20, 2012 in City Cheney City Councilman Mike McKeehan died suddenly at home on Thursday. He was 67.
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No costumes at theaters following shooting
July 20, 2012 in City Theaters have banned costumes and were poised to search moviegoers’ bags in the wake of Friday’s shootings in Aurora, Colo. that killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of … 6
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Shooting suspect not talking to police
July 20, 2012 in City SAN DIEGO (AP) — The suspect in a shooting that killed or wounded 71 people early Friday in a suburban Denver movie theater is not talking to investigators, a law … 26
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Buckhorn Mine owner fined for water quality violations
July 20, 2012 in City, Environmental quality YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state fined a subsidiary of a Canadian mining company $395,000 on Friday for water quality violations at a gold mine near the Canadian border in … 1
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Pennsylvania police find 185 Chihuahuas in home
July 20, 2012 in News HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The scene was shocking — 185 Chihuahuas were being kept at a home in northeastern Pennsylvania. The corpses of 30 more were packed in a freezer. 3
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Golf ball-sized hail dropped by thunderstorms
July 20, 2012 in City, Idaho The threat of severe thunderstorms has diminished across the Spokane region as a round of thunderstorms pounded the Inland Northwest this afternoon, bringing a risk of flash flooding and golf … 9
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Snedeker has British Open lead; Woods still in hunt
July 20, 2012 in Sports Amid plenty of wayward swings, Brandt Snedeker and Adam Scott were steady as can be at the British Open.
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Idaho unemployment falls to 7.7 percent
July 20, 2012 State officials say the number of unemployed workers in Idaho has dipped below 60,000 for the first time in nearly three years. 1
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A dozen killed, 50 injured in Colorado theater shooting
July 20, 2012 AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A graduate student in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie Friday, hurled a gas … 58
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Movie shooting rampage rattles campaigns
July 20, 2012 in News The deadly shooting spree in Colorado consumed the presidential campaign Friday, sidetracking a bitter political contest with a tragedy that at least temporarily brought the candidates together in common purpose. … 8
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Pentagon: military casualties in Colo. shooting
July 20, 2012 The Pentagon says that some members of the military were either killed or wounded in the Colorado shooting at the Batman movie.
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Is there a link between film and shooting?
July 20, 2012 in News With the deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo., inside a packed movie theater showing “The Dark Knight Rises,” questions are being raised as to whether there is any connection between the … 7
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Four seeking to replace Ahern in 6th District
July 20, 2012 in City on Page A1 The announcement earlier this year from state Rep. John Ahern that he wouldn’t seek a new term has opened the door for a competitive primary for his Spokane County seat. … 14
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President to attend Seattle fundraisers
July 20, 2012 in City on Page A1 President Barack Obama is scheduled to stop in Seattle next week, the third time in seven months he will visit the state’s largest city to raise money. His re-election campaign … 17
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Prowlers prevailing in car wars
July 20, 2012 in City on Page A1 The advice to citizens from Spokane police is simple: Take valuables out of cars or risk being a willing victim of vehicle prowlers waiting to smash, grab and go. In … 12
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Syrian fighting could spread
July 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After pressing for 16 months for a change of government in Syria, the Obama administration is trying to prevent increased bloodshed and the apparent unraveling of President Bashar …
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Accuracy watch
July 20, 2012 in City on Page A2 For 07-20-2012
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Former ‘SNL’ writer Davis dies
July 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tom Davis, a comedy writer who teamed with Al Franken to write memorable bits on “Saturday Night Live” from the time the late-night show first aired in the mid-1970s, has … 4
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
