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Padres complete road sweep at Seattle
June 14, 2012 in Sports SEATTLE — Edinson Volquez pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the San Diego Padres beat the skidding Seattle Mariners 6-2 Thursday night for their first series sweep of the …
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James scores 32 points at Heat tie Finals
June 14, 2012 in Sports OKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron James asked for help, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh provided it. 2
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Indians tab Kukuruda to start Opening Night
June 14, 2012 in Sports John Kukuruda remembers stepping onto the mound for his first professional baseball game.
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Thompson takes first-round lead at U.S. Open
June 14, 2012 in Sports SAN FRANCISCO – The lead at the U.S. Open belonged to Michael Thompson. The buzz came from Tiger Woods.
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Firefighters discover fire while returning from river rescue
June 14, 2012 in City Spokane firefighters stumbled upon and extinguished a fire in North Spokane Wednesday night. 1
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Seahawks’ QB situation stays status quo
June 14, 2012 in Sports RENTON, Wash. – Even with a full offseason of OTAs, individual workouts and minicamps, the Seattle Seahawks will still head into training camp next month with a three-way competition at … 3
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Shock player says God told him to start fire
June 14, 2012 in City, News A pro football player who leapt from his burning third-floor apartment in Liberty Lake Thursday said he started the blaze with a marijuana blunt because God told him to, authorities … 15
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15 people displaced in three-alarm apartment blaze
June 14, 2012 About 15 people have been displaced in a three-alarm fire in an apartment complex in North Spokane. 7
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Idaho senator repays state for letter to GOP voters
June 14, 2012 in Idaho Campaign finance reports show that Idaho state Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, has reimbursed the Senate for the cost of an end-of-session letter she sent out to Republican voters that touted … 5
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Shaved-head kidnapping case reaches resolution
June 14, 2012 in City, News The final of five suspects pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping in connection with a case where a woman was tied up in a Spokane hotel and had her head shaved … 3
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Mind games: Mental exercises are key to better brain function
June 14, 2012 in Health Go ahead — do it: Grab a pencil. Right now. Write your name backward. And upside down. Awkward, right? 1
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NYC ban on big sodas could face legal test
June 14, 2012 in Health If New York City bans big sodas, what’s next on the list? Large slices of pizza? Double-scoop ice cream cones? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The 16-ounce strip steak? 2
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Spokane farmer appointed to national dairy board
June 14, 2012 in City WASHINGTON - A Spokane County dairy farmer was appointed to the national dairy board Tuesday.
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Swim lesson registration starts Friday at Valley pools
June 14, 2012 in City, Health Registration for the first swim lessons at Spokane Valley pools begins at 5 p.m. Friday.
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Car may hold clues in home-invasion robbery
June 14, 2012 in City Police are hoping fingerprints and DNA samples found on a car stolen in a home-invasion robbery will help them solve the crime.
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Stanford gets 110 years for role in $7 billion swindle
June 14, 2012 in Business, Nation/World Former jet-setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas, was sentenced today to 110 years in prison for bilking investors out of more than $7 … 5
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Northwest polar bear researcher wins Indianapolis Prize
June 14, 2012 in City, Outdoors, Region Dr. Steven Amstrup spent years plowing through unexplored frontiers of polar bear research in the Arctic.
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Groene kids’ dad sues donation fund manager
June 14, 2012 in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE — A woman who administered a bank account for donations given to benefit two North Idaho children kidnapped seven years ago is being sued by their father, who … 1
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Idaho nutrition program expands income eligibility
June 14, 2012 in Health Idaho’s special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) will implement new income guidelines that raise household income eligibility limits to help offset cost-of-living increases.
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10,000 germ species live in and on healthy people
June 14, 2012 in Health They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.
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Snowmobiler-commissioned study disputes caribou impact
June 14, 2012 in City, Idaho, Outdoors on Page A1 PRIEST LAKE, Idaho – Protecting habitat for woodland caribou has cost North Idaho’s economy $26 million, with winter tourism in the resort area of Priest Lake taking the biggest hit, … 8
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Mayor David Condon’s letter to Otto Zehm’s mother
June 14, 2012 in City on Page A1 Following is the text of Mayor David Condon’s handwritten letter to Ann Zehm, Otto’s mother. Dear Mrs. Zehm, 11
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Heavier weapons reported in Syria
June 14, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 BEIRUT – Syrian forces overran a mountain enclave near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, seizing the territory back from rebels as a serious escalation in violence signaled both sides are using … 8
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Forest Service touts natural fires
June 14, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A combination of decades of vigorous fire suppression and the waning of the timber industry over environmental concerns has left many forests a tangled, overgrown mess, subject … 9
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