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Seattle’s 21-run outburst blasts Texas
May 30, 2012 in Sports ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Smoak hit two three-run homers against his former team and the Seattle Mariners used a pair of early eight-run innings to rout the Texas Rangers for … 1
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Landers: Activities aplenty over Memorial weekend
May 30, 2012 in Sports If there’s a bright side to coming back to work after a holiday weekend, it’s hearing about all the outdoor adventures enterprising people survived in this great place we call … 1
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Tax-protesting Idaho state rep files for bankruptcy
May 30, 2012 in Idaho Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, who lost his bid for a fifth term in the GOP primary two weeks ago, has filed for bankruptcy. 5
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Shock players give lineman Cave second chance
May 30, 2012 in Sports Ryan Cave believes in second chances. More important for Cave, his teammates do, too.
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Gay marriage foes: referendum has enough signatures
May 30, 2012 in News OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Opponents of gay marriage say they have reached the number of signatures needed to qualify a proposed referendum seeking to overturn a law legalizing gay marriage … 32
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1992 murder trial begins against sex offender
May 30, 2012 in City, News The lengthy trial of a convicted robber has begun this week after DNA linked the registered sex offender with a fake beard used during the killing of a Spokane Valley … 1
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Supermajority for taxes unconstitutional, judge rules
May 30, 2012 in News OLYMPIA — A King County Superior Court judge says the super-majority approved by voters for tax increases is unconstitutional. 46
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Inslee, McKenna split on gay marriage
May 30, 2012 in City, News Gay marriage in Washington state is all but certain to be decided by voters in November, but the state’s gubernatorial candidates will be offsetting each other’s votes on whether to …
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Fifth victim dies in Seattle shooting
May 30, 2012 in Region Police say the man believed to have opened fire today at a Seattle cafe, killing three people, apparently shot himself. 10
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Lost wolf pup finds temporary home
May 30, 2012 in Idaho, Outdoors Campers on Friday outside of Ketchum, Idaho, picked up what they thought was a lost domestic puppy but it turned out to be a wolf.
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Seven firms or nonprofits win Agora Awards
May 30, 2012 in Business GSI hands out Agora Awards to seven area firms
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Man dies following early Saturday car crash
May 30, 2012 in City, News A man died after an early Saturday morning car crash near Main Avenue and Stone Street in Spokane. 32
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Stocks plummet as outlook in Europe dims
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World Fear about Europe’s financial stability caused traders to retreat from most investments seen as risky today, punishing U.S. stocks and pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note to … 2
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Grid operators say Germany must invest $25 billion
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World BERLIN — The operators of Germany’s electricity grid said today the country must invest about (euro) 20 billion ($25 billion) in new transmission networks over the next decade as the … 6
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Wildfire becomes largest in NM history
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico’s Gila National Forest is now the largest fire in state history.
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Antsy toddler kicked off plane at Sea-Tac
May 30, 2012 in Region SEATAC, Wash. — A 3-year-old boy who wouldn’t use his seatbelt never got off the ground on an Alaska Airlines flight at Sea-Tac Airport. 26
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2 home invasion robberies in Spokane
May 30, 2012 in City SPOKANE — There were two home invasion robberies overnight in Spokane, and a homeowner was wounded in one of them. 6
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Closing Geiger: Wise or worrisome?
May 30, 2012 in City on Page A1 On its face, moving inmates from the Spokane County jail system to a jail in Kennewick solves big problems. In the short term, local governments would save hundreds of thousands … 20
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Sophisticated computer virus hits Iran hard
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Iran and other Middle East countries have been hit with a cunning computer virus that can eavesdrop on computer users and their co-workers and filch information from nearby … 6
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Blood pressure treatment tested
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – “Maxed out on the medications” is how Bill Ezzell describes his struggle with blood pressure. It’s dangerously high even though the North Carolina man swallows six different drugs … 2
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Texas pushes Romney to victory
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years … 32
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Ancient Roman wrecks found in deep water
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATHENS, Greece – Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than …
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Second quake at site; 16 dead
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN FELICE SUL PANARO, Italy – Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy’s powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another …
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Legendary folk guitarist Doc Watson dies at 89
May 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 RALEIGH, N.C. – Doc Watson, the blind Grammy award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world, …
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