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Saturday, October 13, 2012
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No. 3 Linfield rolls past Whitworth
October 13, 2012 in Sports Mickey Inns passed for 261 yards and five touchdowns and backup Josh Yoder added a pair of TD passes as the third-ranked Linfield Wildcats (5-0, 2-0) romped to a 54-14 …
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Blocked punt, pickoff lead EWU past Montana State
October 13, 2012 in Sports Eastern Washington’s Evan Day scored on a blocked punt and Jordan Tonani scored on an interception return early in the fourth quarter to give the Eagles a 27-24 win Saturday … 3
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Council to consider $350,000 firing settlement
October 13, 2012 in City The Spokane City Council on Monday will consider paying a fired and rehired police detective $350,000. Former Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick fired Detective Jeff Harvey in July 2011, citing what … 36
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Shuttle passes obstacle, heads toward LA museum
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Slowly surmounting a key obstacle, the shuttle Endeavour maintained a heading Saturday through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a museum. 7
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Solar energy zones will streamline new projects
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 SAN FRANCISCO – Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 445 square miles of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new … 9
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Cantwell, Baumgartner exchange political jabs
October 13, 2012 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – Republican Mike Baumgartner repeatedly criticized Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday for “going to war on a credit card” in Iraq and Afghanistan, and called for a 1-cent-per-gallon tax … 25
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Deficit tops $1 trillion again
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The United States has now spent $1 trillion more than it’s taken in for four straight years. The Treasury Department confirmed Friday what was widely expected: The deficit … 26
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Learning on the move
October 13, 2012 in City on Page A1 Lidgerwood Elementary School kindergartners are moving to learn and learning to move through a program developed by two Spokane Public Schools teachers. Smart Kids, which is taught in a handful … 2
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Shot fired at president’s campaign office in Denver
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 DENVER – Someone fired a shot Friday through the window of President Barack Obama’s Denver campaign office, Denver police said. Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez said people were inside the office …
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Accuracy watch
October 13, 2012 in City on Page A2 For 10-13-2012
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Shuttle drawing crowds in L.A.
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – It’s a surreal sight residents won’t soon forget: a hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps …
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Eagle feathers rule widens tribes’ rights
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced a new policy broadening and clarifying the right of Native Americans to possess eagle feathers and other parts of the birds that they …
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Mom who glued toddler gets 99 years
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 DALLAS – A Dallas woman who beat her 2-year-old daughter and glued the toddler’s hands to a wall was sentenced Friday to 99 years in prison by a judge who … 4
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Israel: Hezbollah sent drone to nuclear facility
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 JERUSALEM – A drone aircraft that entered Israeli airspace earlier this week was apparently on a mission to take pictures of the Dimona nuclear research center in southern Israel, Israeli …
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Arrests made in attack on girl, Pakistanis say
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 MINGORA, Pakistan – Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot and wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and … 1
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Streisand proves you can go home after all
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 Barbra Streisand was full of Brooklyn pride as she belted out well-known tunes with passion during a concert at the newly built Barclays Center. Thursday night’s three-hour show was Streisand’s …
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Nobel Peace Prize puts EU troubles in context
October 13, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 BRUSSELS – The European Commission president had no reason to expect anything but another bad day. Then, out of the blue, after three years of back-biting and seemingly daily financial …
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Tyson says it will audit farm animal treatment
October 13, 2012 in Business on Page A6 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The nation’s largest meat company, Tyson Foods Inc., announced Friday that it will do an animal treatment audit of suppliers’ farms. The news comes as animal …
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Area companies beat S&P, Russell
October 13, 2012 in Business on Page A6 Inland Northwest companies had a strong quarter from July through September. The Hart Capital Inland Northwest Index grew 14.3 percent in the third quarter. That’s dramatically better than the S&P …
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Layaway can be good buy
October 13, 2012 in Business on Page A6 ST. LOUIS – The resurgence of layaway in recent years – with holiday layaway programs already up and running this year – is a curious phenomenon for a culture that … 3
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Consumer confidence index hits 5-year high
October 13, 2012 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Despite dark clouds in the global and U.S. economies, American consumers are feeling more upbeat than they have at any time since fall 2007. That is according to … 3
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Trade pact could hurt AIDS fight, critics say
October 13, 2012 in Business, Health on Page A6 WASHINGTON – If drug companies get their way in protecting brand-name drugs in a new international trade deal, critics fear that millions of people with AIDS in poor countries will …
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Northwest wheat
October 13, 2012 in Business on Page A7 Soft white Cash bid Change Oct NA NA Nov 8.70-8.82 down .26-.29 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change Oct 9.09-9.35 down .28 Hard red winter (11.5 percent …
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Abuse within foster families systemic, hurts
October 13, 2012 in City on Page B1 Second of two parts. In July 1996, two 9-year-old twin sisters and their 7-year-old brother were removed from the abusive home of their biological mother and placed in foster care. 2
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