Spokesman.com Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/42655/ 1b210784d5f99690adae767d71bdd6f3 2007 The Spokesman-Review President Bush with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Crawford Ranch. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/44541/ 24ec06fa030093da1fea9d6d631a9d01 2007 The Spokesman-Review Post Falls city and school officials take cover as a severe hail storm interrupts the groundbreaking ceremony for the new West Ridge Elementary in Post Falls on Tuesday. The school will sit near the Kimbell International furniture plant and the Montrose subdivision, just off Seltice Way. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/45638/ 315c87a0a4b3251ec71747588745ea7c 2007 The Spokesman-Review Palestinians flee the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday during a lull in the third straight day of clashes between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/42073/ e2ece490408d22adca48a4b01fed7d38 2007 The Spokesman-Review Mary Reber, Norma Douglas, Harry Amend and Sandy Emerson listen to presentations about the economy of Kootenai County at the daylong workshop Tuesday. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/39510/ 4a2ea328484cfb2a376235a6a8b8abc8 2007 The Spokesman-Review Horizon Middle School student Trevin Hiebert listens to a suggestion from teacher Neil Francom in wood shop at the Spokane Valley school last Friday. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/44203/ 2deecbc72631b51e4ccce72995b50927 2007 The Spokesman-Review From left, Spokane Public Schools employees Amy Berube, Yelena Paprotskaya, Renee Rodriguez and Choua Birge play the roles of refugees from Somalia and are interrogated by World Relief employee Claudia Sawyer, who is acting as a U.S. State Department official, during a refugee simulation at World Relief in Spokane on Tuesday. Berube, Rodriguez and Birge are English language development teachers and Papratskaya is a bilingual assistant. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/44302/ 7c06f09c90490e9127efcb9f0794c01d 2007 The Spokesman-Review From left, Maj. Gen. James A. Hawkins, new Fairchild Air Force Base Commander Col. Thomas J. Sharpy and outgoing Commander Col. Scott M. Hanson sing the Air Force song at a change-of-command ceremony at the base Tuesday. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/37400/ ea5d8bef92e19c1ee360489225b30612 2007 The Spokesman-Review Firefighters look at the damage to a house on Westwood Court in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday. After the firefighters put out the fire, they discovered a man's body inside. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/38288/ 3547a130fcaefdfafdb393ef97eb23b5 2007 The Spokesman-Review Either Jordin Sparks, left, or Blake Lewis will be named the sixth-season winner of "American Idol" tonight, but the big question is how much America still cares. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/41788/ e67a63b1373804eb9f74d4d06dd3fb53 2007 The Spokesman-Review Dave Marlin of Marlin Video Productions shoots an ad for the Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County on Tuesday. Marlin has teamed with Cue 11 Entertainment for many productions. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/44738/ a788bcf47f28d82a57cf634603c9acee 2007 The Spokesman-Review A bomb ripped through a packed outdoor market Tuesday in the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil, in southwestern Baghdad, killing 25 people and injuring 60 others. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/36680/ 0bf672f002b1e1512ad0c365aa632b05 2007 The Spokesman-Review A shoulder London broil cut is also known as the Western griller. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/37481/ 79be63a35089795385e237779744f33b 2007 The Spokesman-Review Alison Sweeney Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/38024/ 12fabe079f75c555901419f995dc745e 2007 The Spokesman-Review Newport's Adam Walden has a decided edge on other 110-meter hurdles competitors during the District 7 1A meet on May 12. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/38294/ bf6285fb7a85735d10190aaf8ad51b2a 2007 The Spokesman-Review New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that by 2012 all the city's taxis will be hybrids like this Ford Escape. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/38638/ b6250325b1cc806ff37b9bf3dedb76a0 2007 The Spokesman-Review "Sublime Slime" Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/38671/ 3a181e417167b04e9e0bff54fa840291 2007 The Spokesman-Review Washington State hired June Daugherty as women's basketball coach on April 20. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/43491/ 1a13cfb05695be447930c816063e5ed6 2007 The Spokesman-Review The Spokane Fire Department fights a blaze Tuesday near the corner of Third Avenue and Adams Street in Spokane. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/44277/ 13d82e3b26a8a1b3bc5fd0118de1ab33 2007 The Spokesman-Review "Meatballs" & Pasta with Grilled Onions & Fresh Tomato Sauce Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/46578/ 9f350ffb56834f41814621adab355869 2007 The Spokesman-Review The Rev. Bill Putman leads the Project CDA procession Tuesday. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/41619/ bdc00434b76daffafd1298a5cf64ce02 2007 The Spokesman-Review Paula Abdul Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/40291/ 7a3f1e4f7c797e81f152ebb85e137ca6 2007 The Spokesman-Review Rodney Stuckey will move on. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/39894/ addf77a6eda3e295f26d85ca8bf6d711 2007 The Spokesman-Review The Astle family – children Kayla, Mason and Ali, and parents Valerie and Evan – pose outside their new 5,700 square foot home in Kaysville, Utah. The state has the biggest concentration of big homes in the nation. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/44907/ 1e2a29ed5d39e8837f8380ab3a856f5b 2007 The Spokesman-Review Andrei Lugovoi speaks to the media in Moscow in this Feb. 23 photo. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/39966/ 9bbf73b6a614d33de1fe80a94855e705 2007 The Spokesman-Review San Antonio's Michael Finley enjoys a successful 3-pointer on Tuesday. Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52324/ 045738cedb179d0510afc8c9bf9c943d 2007 The Spokesman-Review Lukas Pesek of the Czech Republic, left, steers his 125cc Seedorf during the Moto GP Grand Prix of France in Le Mans, western France, Sunday May 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) ORG XMIT: SPIN113 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52321/ 4f06f20c13e979cb2a959b14ec6c8202 2007 The Spokesman-Review Kashmiri children hold flags as they watch a public rally in Srinagar, India, Monday, May 21, 2007. Most shops, businesses and schools were closed across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday for a daylong strike called by a separatist group to mark the deaths of two key Kashmiri leaders. Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, chief cleric of Indian-held Kashmir, was killed by unknown assailants 17 years ago. Another prominent separatist leader, Abdul Ghani Lone, was gunned down at a rally held to observe the anniversary of Farooq's death in 2002. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) ORG XMIT: SRI104 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52323/ a507e933428ab436ab24328fd560698f 2007 The Spokesman-Review Italy's Luna Rossa crew members work near the bow while competing against U.S. entry BMW Oracle Racing in the sixth flight of the semifinals race, in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, May 20, 2007. Luna Rossa won the series 5-1, (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ORG XMIT: BA806 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52315/ 14a5e99c73b78e85295995195753aa2c 2007 The Spokesman-Review Chinese workers clean windows on a Beijing office building Wednesday, May 23, 2007. A boom in skyscraper construction in the Chinese capital has fed demand for window cleaners, many of whom are migrant laborer from the countryside. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel) ORG XMIT: XED101 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52319/ cec2ee906707b5ea8a2d804f1624aa98 2007 The Spokesman-Review Chile's President Michelle Bachelet arrives at the National Congress prior to her annual State of the Nation address at the National Congress building in Valparaiso, Chile, Monday, May 21, 2007. (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia) ORG XMIT: SCL204 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52327/ 17c5166895db58058264e07d05d026d3 2007 The Spokesman-Review Bulgarians walk past a Bulgarian national flag painted at a polling station in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Sunday, May, 20, 2007. A massive corruption scandal implicating top-level government officials threatened to overshadow new EU member Bulgaria's first chance to elect representatives to the European Parliament. Voters are to choose 18 representatives to the 732-seat European Parliament on Sunday. But polls predicted a low turnout of about 35 percent, with domestic concerns outweighing European affairs. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov) ORG XMIT: XPP107 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52320/ bdfab9951869908a25b0886384f3524b 2007 The Spokesman-Review Back dropped by London's iconic Tower Bridge, British navy sailors whistle, aboard the HMS Exeter - the last remaining warship still on active service that saw action in the 1982 Falklands war against Argentina, in central London, Monday May 21, 2007. As part of a series of Commemorative events to mark the 25th anniversary of the war, the destroyer is visiting London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ORG XMIT: LLP108 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52311/ 95c728bcaeb2cccadf037a7ad466bac2 2007 The Spokesman-Review A shaft of sunlight illuminates the scene as a Palestinian girl looks through her family's belongings at their house that was damaged in a Israeli missile strike, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas made a new push Wednesday to restore a cease-fire with Israel that had collapsed under a barrage of Hamas rocket fire.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) ORG XMIT: AKCF108 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52316/ 2a4ab0bcb0896f5b7c10b70c0d495e52 2007 The Spokesman-Review An Indonesian man weighs chickens at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. A 5-year-old Indonesian girl died from bird flu, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, raising the death toll from the disease to 77, more than any other country. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) ORG XMIT: JAK105 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52325/ 46f1c1ad79f012890b15920bcf6ce35f 2007 The Spokesman-Review An animal expert holds five new born Testudo Kleinmanni, knows as "Egyptian tortoises" at Rome's Zoo, Thursday, May 17, 2007. These endangered tortoises were recently born in Rome after their parents were confiscated with some 300 others tortoises discovered in luggage arriving from Libya by Italian park guards during an inspection at an Italian airport in 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) ORG XMIT: PPC102 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52318/ 5ed8a7e79b3bd5fe59f5a32bd343047d 2007 The Spokesman-Review An 11-year-old Lion called "Baby" sits in a cage during a protest by local circus employees at the National Congress in Guatemala City, Tuesday, May 22, 2007. The circus employees marched against a law which would permit foreign circus to present their shows outside the capital. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) ORG XMIT: AMX101 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52314/ 0cdcd8aa6019fe63f2dc477814d39b3c 2007 The Spokesman-Review A fighter from the Fatah Islam group, holds his automatic gun machine as he shouts anti-Lebanese army slogans at the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, in the north city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday May 23, 2007. About 15,000 of Palestinian civilians trickled out of the besieged refugee camp Wednesday after a truce in the fighting mostly held overnight. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ORG XMIT: XHM103 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52310/ b7e66dac1d96f5e647ecf023ed68d875 2007 The Spokesman-Review Brokers are seen under a the curve of the German stock index DAX at the stock market in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Wednesday, May 23, 2007. The DAX reached its highest level since 2000 on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) ORG XMIT: PFRA109 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52313/ 231c02bd81550a9dd777af571060e2ee 2007 The Spokesman-Review Relatives and friend carry a coffin during funerals of a number of students killed Tuesday in Waziriya by gunmen, at the city of Sadr, northern Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ORG XMIT: BAG101 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52312/ 6ba287f61270d6ba08b9c70660a80885 2007 The Spokesman-Review Teenagers cool themselves as they play in a fountain in central Moscow, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Temperatures rose to 30 C (86 Fahrenheit) as summer approaches. (AP Photo/ Sergey Ponomarev) ORG XMIT: MOSB103 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52328/ 65be1c10b278ab29a13fac2f4da5009d 2007 The Spokesman-Review WBC and WBO World Middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, left, of Little Rock, Ark., lands a left to the head of Cory Spinks, of St. Louis, during their 12-round bout in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ORG XMIT: TNKS114 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52326/ 97bf32327a83692a6df1118c47a9589a 2007 The Spokesman-Review A rider wearing 1910's-era Don Cossacks' military uniform performs during the first annual training camp of modern Cossacks outside the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, 1,000 km (600 miles) south of Moscow, Sunday, May 20, 2007. Cossacks were mounted peasant-soldiers, who by the late 18th century became a privileged military class in Russia. There were 11 Cossack communities, each named for its location. Cossacks' traditions and customs continue to survive, notably on the Don and Kuban regions. (AP Photo/Sergei Venyavsky) ORG XMIT: MOSB104 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52322/ e5a80d501ea4c5103e99a8fc080f6769 2007 The Spokesman-Review A crew member of Italy's Luna Rossa works before competing against BMW Oracle racing of U.S. during the semi finals, flight 6, of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, May 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ORG XMIT: PW802 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2007/may/23/52317/ 765d1252269720272d08701d8dc5d97d 2007 The Spokesman-Review School children return home after a morning school session in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Malaysia has suspended the school milk program in the country to allow for probes into food poisoning cases among students in six states, local press reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Marcus Yam) ORG XMIT: KL102