Spokesman.com Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65147/ d387a5387760a2befc0a5da90c22e694 2008 The Spokesman-Review Sadie Martin adjusts Josh Williams’ robe before Saturday’s ceremony. The two received master’s degrees in architecture from WSU after five years in the program. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65098/ 4a7c2dccb0db65fd7893d5a586708fe5 2008 The Spokesman-Review Brett Palmer, 11, right, looks over a True Heroes Flight Plane while his mom, Gunda Palmer, writes down the name and price on a “wish list” at the Toys “R” Us store in Schaumburg, Illinois. McClatchy-Tribune Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65156/ cc6875bedef1cbaa4e47fb95052ba6c8 2008 The Spokesman-Review Avery Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65100/ 7982c30c3a874a6018e0c2f0ac44b5e6 2008 The Spokesman-Review Keanu Reeves Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65096/ 9b0a2b4f687031dd4b8b400c676c8092 2008 The Spokesman-Review Associated Press Hanukkah-print pajamas are inexpensive, fun and warm too. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65099/ 156eb16e5dd1b8d805b1a3d396c63be3 2008 The Spokesman-Review Among the many family Christmas traditions: Lighting candles on an Advent wreath. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65155/ 47492e3213bdb7d1b8f66ba30d115e53 2008 The Spokesman-Review Steelers wide receiver Nate Washington (85) is tackled by cornerback Samari Rolle of the Ravens. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65151/ 3982f5297f3ea309fc912ffc20500cc5 2008 The Spokesman-Review President George W. Bush speaks with U.S. troops Sunday at Camp Victory in Baghdad during a quick trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65152/ 8ca0245063fdfa02549d83d2c496d89c 2008 The Spokesman-Review Maria Paz wants her son Alex, 9, to help America when he grows up. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65145/ 3b3bbb029c5223e5a1eeb7bf30a98169 2008 The Spokesman-Review McClatchy Tribune Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65146/ 12379806982032314aab009ec81c790b 2008 The Spokesman-Review Elizabeth Roberts, who received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Washington State University, smiles during graduation ceremonies on Saturday at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum in Pullman. The Spokesman Review Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65153/ af4b3126e96850b91c2ae87a1ba60131 2008 The Spokesman-Review Giants QB Eli Manning fumbles after being sacked by DeMarcus Ware of the Cowboys. Dallas had eight sacks. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65150/ bb1880c459e7146e4762031ba332170f 2008 The Spokesman-Review Associated Press Ranchers and federal officials have killed record numbers of endangered gray wolves in the Northern Rockies this year. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65154/ cc3d339b0651f79930eb4a044988a51d 2008 The Spokesman-Review Deion Branch gains 45 yards on play that set up winning kick. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65159/ 1f5158df0b53315936890ba9425bfd22 2008 The Spokesman-Review Second place kept Lindsey Vonn atop the World Cup slalom standings. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65160/ c5afee127c1dcd19537c070062298249 2008 The Spokesman-Review Arizona’s Nic Wise looks to pass as his path to the basket is blocked by Gonzaga’s Austin Daye. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65157/ 2b942873001ed2790981690a5b26deea 2008 The Spokesman-Review Sam Bradford delivers his acceptance speech Saturday night. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65161/ d975adbe6f083379436c8630df47f1bf 2008 The Spokesman-Review Arizona guard Nic Wise is congratulated by fans after sealing the win over Gonzaga. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65162/ 70cc2bb0d51c552e087a1a4862a42676 2008 The Spokesman-Review Gonzaga’s Austin Daye, right, and Josh Heytvelt, obstructed, battle Arizona’s Jordan Hill for possession. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65158/ 9e18c932d6bc7bc9f0761da96fe6f458 2008 The Spokesman-Review Annika Sorenstam waves to fans after the end of the final day of Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournament on Sunday. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65148/ 7d1aa03543f413f6ab59cd4aacdfd323 2008 The Spokesman-Review JC Zwick works on restoring power lines in Jaffrey, N.H., on Sunday. Three days after an ice storm hit the Northeast, hundreds of thousands of people were still without power. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65149/ 453718ee0dd6429e2d70dc87c2eadfe5 2008 The Spokesman-Review Blagojevich Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65171/ b1b86e704d7d47ae59ef0f73bb315381 2008 Associated Press weather, snow Two-year-old Danielle Keith smiles as she sleds down a sidewalk after being propelled by her father Dale, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 in Nampa, Idaho. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65177/ 7a40f9d96c8d2e7f6ce724e572b2075b 2008 Associated Press weather, snow This scene shows frozen trees on the campus of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Cold weather continued to keep ice on trees in the region after a devastating ice storm destroyed utility poles, wires and other equipment, making some roads impassable. Utility officials trying to recover from the ice storm in the Northeast warned there could be more outages Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 as drooping branches shed ice and snap back to their original positions, potentially taking out more power lines. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65174/ 87c31dce899cdfd2c1d8129b9f074e23 2008 The Spokesman-Review weather, snow Bundled up after a cold night on Puget Sound, Steve Goodrich and Taylor Bliss, right, carefully walk along the frost-covered pier at Swantown Marina in Olympia, Wash. during the early morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Along with the sixteen year-old's father Paul, the trio sailed the family's 25-foot newly purchased sailboat named "Miss Bliss" from Tacoma, leaving around 8:45 Saturday night. After a chilly 12-hours trip they docked in Olympia around 9 a.m. Sunday with Goodrich adding, "We has just enough snow to make it uncomfortable". Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65163/ c6e558e8a2c465c59486a26a4f79af74 2008 The Spokesman-Review Zags, Zags basketball, Gonzaga, Cougars, Cougars basketball, WSU, college basketball Arizona forward Jordan Hill, right, shoots over Gonzaga forward Josh Heytvelt, left, as Gonzaga players Matt Bouldin, bottom rear, and Austin Daye, bottom front, look on in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game during the Desert Classic tournament Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Phoenix. Arizona won 69-64. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65165/ c39129c448522c8f028fb412d91fe5c0 2008 Associated Press Arizona forward Jordan Hill, right, grabs a rebound over Gonzaga forward Ira Brown, left, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Phoenix. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65164/ e0ecfff7b98b385e56c389419349bce2 2008 Associated Press Zags, Zags basketball, Gonzaga, Cougars, Cougars basketball, WSU, college basketball Gonzaga guard Matt Bouldin, top, attempts a three-point field goal over Arizona forward Jamelle Horne, bottom, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game during the Desert Classic tournament Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Phoenix. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65167/ 0bf949457b3437d5210354a104bdcb34 2008 Associated Press weather, snow Seattle residents, who are used to sledding on minimal amounts of snow, make the most of the patchy covering on Gas Works Park's Kite Hill in Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65169/ 39d1ed4c608dd7b22861f8eeea95201c 2008 Associated Press weather, snow With ice coating his eyebrows, Rory Strange of Duluth, Minn., takes a break while snow plowing his neighbor's sidewalk, during the blizzard on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 in Park Point in Duluth. Strange had already spent a couple hours outside snow blowing. "It's all the stuff that blows back and you," said Strange. "That's what makes it brutal." Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65168/ 7990d1dfd0a5b5bd26c882568151362b 2008 Associated Press winter, weather Heavy snow falls on Highway 138 near Sutherlin, Ore., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. The National Weather service is calling for more wintry weather over the next few days for the area. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65166/ 5c02a40dde6880afb1d816e61774971b 2008 Associated Press Zags, Zags basketball, Gonzaga, Cougars, Cougars basketball, WSU, college basketball Gonzaga forward Ira Brown, right, loses the ball as he collides with Arizona forward Chase Budinger, left, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Phoenix. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65170/ 1a1b292ec3889dd8b74ed372994b0348 2008 Associated Press weather, snow Madelyn Freeze, 7, front, Madison Jones, 10, and Skylar Godwin,15, top, slide down a hill together at Green Mountain Elementary School near Seabeck, Wash. on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65176/ 76f66d042aac96aa67ff23cf759514e8 2008 Associated Press weather, snow A snowplow leads a line of motorists down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 near the Franklin Boulevard exit in Nampa, Idaho. Several inches of snow fell Saturday night and into Sunday morning making travel conditions hazardous throughout much of Southwest Idaho. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65175/ 59081fabf5744f31b768875cddb71202 2008 Associated Press weather, snow Traffic moves Westbound on Interstate 80 near Cisco Grove on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 during the area's first snow storm. A snowstorm lifted the spirits of skiers, but frustrated motorists on Sunday in the Lake Tahoe area. Chains were required on all three highways linking the Sacramento, Calif. and Tahoe areas: Interstate 80 over Donner Summit, U.S. 50 over Echo Summit and Highway 88 over Carson Pass. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65173/ e555930e4a166b0bf6b678069cb15f76 2008 Associated Press weather, snow Ice and snow covers Mike Bauer as he pushes a snow blower in Bismarck, N.D., on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. The temperature at the time was -12 degrees. Bauer said he was not cold and that he had been working on the sidewalk in front of a downtown restaurant all day, off and on. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65172/ bf16a51afc569c402c76fb95d58075f9 2008 Associated Press weather, snow Giavanna Martinelli, 10, of Colfax, goes for a ride on a snow sled with her father Christopher in Cisco Grove, Calif. on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65180/ fe91db82cbc502d5887ff2d58b459eae 2008 The Spokesman-Review shipping, postal service, holidays, Christmas " It moves very quickly," said Kandy Brandt of Spokane as she used the new automated shipping machine at the Spokane Valley Post Office on Sprague Avenue on Monday, December 15, 2008. KATHY PLONKA the Spokesman-Review Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65181/ 844c1c8faf1409a2e56a64ef42073bae 2008 The Spokesman-Review WSU, Washington State University Don Matteson cleans up after some research in his lab at Fulmer Hall on the WSU campus Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. Matteson has taught at Washington State University for a long time and continues to do research on the Pullman campus. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2008/dec/15/65182/ 79a59d4199ac05e8939d5b2ce2aa4542 2008 The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund 2008, Christmas, charity, poverty Charee Discenza and her service dog "Denver" wait in line at the Christmas Bureau on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/video/2008/dec/15/great-depression/ 8e5379b4adaf09e0256d08479a5f415c Great Depression 2008 The Spokesman-Review Great Depression, economy, hobos, Looking back through photos at how the Great Depression affected Spokane. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.spokesman.com/video/2008/dec/15/joe-shogan-and-david-elton/ fd6db332542adcbf630aef29ab37567b Joe Shogan and David Elton 2008 The Spokesman-Review Spokane City Council, Joe Shogan Spokane City Council President Joe Shogan and David Elton, speaking during the public comment period of Dec. 8 City Council meeting, have a heated back-and-forth.