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Friday, February 8, 2013
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Whitworth’s Gebbers balances family and basketball
February 8, 2013 in Sports Wade Gebbers has always been big on fundamentals. His life is a three-man weave of faith, family and basketball that’s carried him through four standout seasons at Whitworth University, and …
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Gonzaga wants to avoid upset epidemic
February 8, 2013 in Sports The sixth-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs have sidestepped the upsets above and below them in the polls with five straight wins.
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Chiefs drop into sixth place
February 8, 2013 in Sports CRANBROOK, British Columbia – Mackenzie Skapski turned back 31 shots Friday to highlight the Kootenay Ice’s 4-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs in Western Hockey League play at Western Financial …
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GU’s Winters a super sub
February 8, 2013 in Sports Showing no hesitation, Bulldogs senior reserve guard Meghan Winters set up outside and hit a 3-pointer. The shot stopped BYU’s momentum, boosted GU’s lead back to double digits, and paved …
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Cougars focus on Bruins after another frustrating defeat
February 8, 2013 in Sports Memories of Thursday’s 72-68 loss at USC were still fresh in their minds, no doubt. But coach Ken Bone said it appeared everyone at Friday’s practice was eager to simply …
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Middle school in Newport evacuated after bomb threat
February 8, 2013 Sadie Halstead Middle School in Newport was evacuated Friday at 12:30 p.m. after a bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall. 9
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Two 5th-graders charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Stevens County
February 8, 2013 in City COLVILLE - Two 5th-grade boys were led into a Stevens County courtroom in shackles Friday to face charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder after bringing a gun and a … 21
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More than pound of heroin seized in South Hill raid
February 8, 2013 in City More than a pound of heroin was seized by police today during a raid on a suspected drug ring, authorities said. 14
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Is blizzard getting too much hype? No, experts say
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England’s blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. … 3
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Credit union moving to historic downtown building
February 8, 2013 in Business, City The Spokane Teachers Credit Union announced today that it will move its commercial lending operations to the Hutton Building, a building it owns as a result of foreclosure last year. 6
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Man identified in mobile home fire
February 8, 2013 in City The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that the man who died in a fire north of Spokane on Tuesday was the man who lived at the mobile home. 1
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NYC, New England brace for up to 3 feet of snow
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — Snow began to fall around the Northeast on Friday at the start of what’s predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and residents scurried to stock … 11
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Super Bowl outage traced to faulty protective device
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The failure of a device meant to protect the power supply to the Superdome caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium’s power company said Friday as … 7
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Gonzaga pounds Waves
February 8, 2013 in Sports The sixth-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs took control early by forcing Pepperdine into 15 first-half turnovers and rolled to an 82-56 West Coast Conference men’s basketball victory Thursday in front of another …
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Ex-cop accused of three murders
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – A fired police officer who threatened to bring “warfare” to the Los Angeles Police Department went on a shooting rampage that left a policeman and two others … 52
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A parting shot
February 8, 2013 in City, Health on Page A1 It was Aaliyah Johnson’s moment. One she never thought she’d have. Johnson ran down the basketball court Thursday, hoping to make the shot. The fingers of her right hand pinched … 1
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Problem Solvers caucus pledges bipartisanship
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – For the past three years, some Republican and Democratic lawmakers have sat next to each other during President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union speech to Congress … 5
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County planning urban expansion
February 8, 2013 in City on Page A1 Spokane County commissioners want to expand areas where urban development is allowed in the county. But Futurewise, a statewide public interest group, argues such an expansion of the urban growth … 10
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Accuracy watch
February 8, 2013 in City on Page A2 For 02-08-2013
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Missing python hunters rescued
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 MIAMI – Two young men who became “stranded and disoriented” while taking part in a python hunt in Florida’s Everglades were rescued Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The Broward County sheriff’s … 2
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Asteroid on path for near-Earth pass
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A 150-foot-wide asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth next week, even closer than high-flying communication and weather satellites. It will be the nearest known flyby … 1
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In brief: Bishops reject Obama birth control proposal
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 American bishops said Thursday the Obama administration’s latest compromise on birth control coverage and religious employers doesn’t go far enough to answer church concerns. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops … 13
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Wait for green card could be up to a decade
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Illegal immigrants may have to wait about a decade before receiving a green card under an immigration bill being crafted by a group of senators from both parties. … 1
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Brennan defends drone use, even on Americans
February 8, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – CIA director-designate John Brennan strongly defended anti-terror attacks by unmanned drones Thursday under close questioning at a protest-disrupted confirmation hearing. Despite what he called a public misimpression, Brennan … 8
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