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Saturday, March 9, 2013
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No. 1 Gonzaga beats LMU
March 9, 2013 in Sports Elias Harris had 21 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 1 Gonzaga over Loyola Marymount 66-48 on Saturday night in the semifinals of the West Coast conference tournament. 1
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Season ends for EWU men
March 9, 2013 in Sports Scott Bamforth scored 18 points and Weber State closed the game on a 14-7 run to defeat Eastern Washington 65-57 in a Big Sky Conference men’s basketball regular-season finale on …
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Blanchette: GU women arrived at familiar place, but take different path
March 9, 2013 in Sports Here’s what we knew about the Gonzaga Bulldogs when the women’s basketball season began: more than half the team’s scoring and rebounding from last year gone, no all-league players returning, …
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Cheslek, Kudron step up in GU women’s win
March 9, 2013 in Sports The top-seeded Bulldogs utilized multiple scoring options and smothering pressure defense to crush No. 4 seed BYU 62-43 in the WCC women’s basketball tournament semifinals at the Orleans Arena.
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Cougs topple Trojans
March 9, 2013 in Sports Brock Motum scored 31 points and Royce Woolridge added 25 as Washington State closed out the regular season by crushing USC 76-51 on Saturday. 2
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Plane crash kills one on West Side
March 9, 2013 in Region SEATTLE — King County authorities say one man died and another was injured today when a small plane crashed into a house near Woodinville. 4
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S. Africa: Mandela admitted to hospital
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s presidency says Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital for a scheduled medical check-up. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement that 94-year-old Mandela … 7
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Reporter faces life’s toughest deadline with book
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — All the time-stamped rigors of daily journalism are behind her, but the pace of Susan Spencer-Wendel’s life has only been hastened. She is dying. … 5
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Sign of spring: Daylight saving time starts Sunday
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ushering in the bloom of spring, it’s time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time. At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, daylight saving time arrives … 37
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Sistine chimney installed as conclave nears
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World VATICAN CITY (AP) — Firefighters on Saturday installed the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to the world that a new pope has been elected, as the … 6
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Hiring picks up as housing recovers
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The pace of job growth has begun gathering steam as the last missing piece in the recovery – the housing market – comes back to life nationwide and … 12
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Local air traffic operations face cuts
March 9, 2013 in City on Page A1 Federal budget cuts that went into effect last week could result in closure of the Felts Field air traffic control tower and elimination of the tower night shift at Spokane … 23
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Hate groups watchdog has Mount St. Michael on list
March 9, 2013 in City on Page A1 What do the Aryan Nations, the Ku Klux Klan and the home of Spokane’s Singing Nuns have in common? They’re all on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s map of “hate … 183
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Adoption evangelists
March 9, 2013 in City on Page A1 Tim and Summer Gilstrap always wanted to have a family. But when, after a long and costly effort, they found they couldn’t conceive, they initially had different responses. 15
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New England surprised by big snowstorm
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 WHITMAN, Mass. – The late-winter storm that buried parts of the country was forecast to be little more than a nuisance for most of New England. Try telling that to … 3
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Dispute expected after vote in Kenya
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s election commission posted complete results early today showing that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta prevailed in the country’s presidential elections by the slimmest of margins, winning … 3
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Chavez lauded by loyal Maduro
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 CARACAS, Venezuela – Hugo Chavez was lauded as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar at a fiery, foot-stomping state funeral Friday, hours before his handpicked successor was … 2
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Cardinals will start conclave Tuesday
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 VATICAN CITY – The preliminaries over, Catholic cardinals are ready to get down to the real business of choosing a pope. And even without a front-runner, there are indications they …
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Colorado Senate debates gun bills
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 DENVER – Colorado’s most sweeping gun control package in memory advanced after a marathon 12-hour debate Friday – but it didn’t survive intact. The gun packages advanced only after Democrats … 2
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Suicide bomb kills nine in Afghanistan
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry today, killing at least nine Afghan civilians as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited Kabul, …
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Activist agrees to settle over ACORN video
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 SAN DIEGO – A conservative activist who secretly filmed employees of the now-defunct community group ACORN has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit with one of those workers. … 25
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Courage award goes to Gabrielle Giffords
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically injured in a shooting two years ago, on Friday was named this year’s recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage … 5
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Civil War sailors buried at Arlington
March 9, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A5 ARLINGTON, Va. – More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad’s turret when it was …
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Small businesses still feeling stress
March 9, 2013 in Business on Page A6 The stock market is flying high, but much of small-business America remains grounded. Unlike the big corporations that have been raking in huge profits and stoking the stock market toward … 6
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