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Blanchette: No one’s going to let Zags off easy
March 17, 2013 in Sports This was supposed to be the year Gonzaga took the last smidgen of suspense out of Selection Sunday. 4
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Zags get No. 1 seed, face Southern in Salt Lake City
March 17, 2013 in Sports Perhaps you’ve read this before: For the first time in school history, Gonzaga … 9
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Selection FunDay
March 17, 2013 in Features One of the high holy days on the leisure calendar has arrived. For those who observe Selection Sunday, today marks the start of the Spokane area’s favorite television miniseries – …
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2 Ohio football players convicted of raping girl
March 17, 2013 in Nation/World STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case … 23
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Providence, CHS have split Spokane’s health care system
March 17, 2013 in City, Health on Page A1 Ten years ago, doctors called the shots when it came to health care in Spokane. Most owned their practices or plied their specialties in larger clinics. They freely referred patients … 47
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Invasion brought years of violence, trauma to Iraq
March 17, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD – It’s been more than six years since a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams Karim, killed her mother, and left the little girl, now 7, blind and … 131
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Gravely injured soldier helps other scarred veterans recover
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A1 Shawn Graves said a final goodbye to the world as he lost consciousness. A man wearing a suicide vest had blown himself up inside a dining hall in northern Iraq. … 26
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Former governor Gardner, 76, dies
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – When Gov. Booth Gardner first ran for the state’s highest office in 1984, many in Washington did not even know his name. That soon changed and he went … 15
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N.J. casinos to take fantasy team bets
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A2 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Peyton Manning’s touchdown passes, Adrian Peterson’s first downs and Darrelle Revis’ interceptions could combine to make someone rich this fall. New Jersey is allowing casinos in …
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Francis reveals process behind name selection
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A3 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Saturday went before several thousand journalists, charming his audience with a joke or two, revealing his private thoughts during his election and even blessing … 1
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In brief: Paul wins straw poll for next presidency
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A3 Oxon Hill, Md. – Conservative activists gave Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul a narrow victory Saturday in a presidential preference poll. Paul’s victory in the unscientific yet symbolic straw poll capped … 10
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Ohio teenagers’ rape trial that riveted city concluding
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A3 STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – The accuser in the rape trial of two Ohio high school football players testified Saturday as the trial neared an end that she recalled drinking at a … 9
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Another coalition likely; cricket star’s draw is key
March 17, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 Pakistan’s upcoming elections promise to be close, resulting again in no party getting a majority. Polls predict that opposition leader Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N will emerge as the single …
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In blow to Assad, general defects from Syrian army
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A4 BEIRUT – One of the highest-ranking military officers yet to abandon Syrian President Bashar Assad defected to neighboring Jordan and said in an interview aired Saturday that morale among those …
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Red roses, blue lady? Judge will decide
March 17, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 The sign may read For Sale outside the sprawling southeast Las Vegas estate that Wayne Newton dubbed “Casa de Shenandoah.” But Newton’s wife, Kathleen McCrone Newton, said Friday that even …
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Pakistan’s parliament completes a full term
March 17, 2013 in City on Page A4 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Parliament completed its term Saturday and the coalition government was dissolved, the first time in the country’s history that a democratically elected government has served its full …
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Spokane Valley celebrates 10th birthday
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 Only a handful of cities have sprouted in Washington during the past decade and Spokane Valley is one of them – this month it celebrates 10 years as a city. … 25
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Jim Kershner’s this day in history
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago One of Spokane’s most prominent Irishmen was not wearing any green on St. Patrick’s Day 1913.
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Doug Clark: Losing Huppin’s costs downtown part of soul
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 The news flash stopped me cold Thursday afternoon. Huppin’s TV, Audio, Cameras and More is closing its iconic store in the downtown business core. 57
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Emerald Isle spirit washes over St. Patrick’s Day parade
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 The Irish spirit is alive and well in Spokane as the flag of Ireland flies above City Hall and thousands flocked to the downtown streets for the annual St. Patrick’s … 8
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That’s NEWS to You quiz
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B1 If you kept up with the news last week – or even if you didn’t – you could be a winner in our weekly news quiz. Test your memory with …
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Oregon governor won’t OK execution
March 17, 2013 in Region on Page B2 PORTLAND – Gov. John Kitzhaber said Friday that he won’t OK the execution of death-row inmate Gary Haugen, even if the Oregon Supreme Court rules that he can’t force the … 17
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Spin Control: Clearing the brush on what’s bipartisan
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – As the Legislature passed a key deadline last week, the “bi” word was thrown around quite a bit. Bipartisan. The problem was that bipartisan seems to mean different …
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Harvest of timber planned by Rathdrum
March 17, 2013 in City on Page B2 The city of Rathdrum is planning a selective timber harvest on 575 acres of city-owned land on Rathdrum Mountain that could bring in between $300,000 and $400,000. City Administrator Brett …
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