Spokesman.com Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98086/ 260ef1befeee277794271693221acbeb 2010 Ladies took advantage of free snowshoe rentals -- and sunshine -- today during the Women's Souper Bowl fundraiser at Mount Spokane State Park. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98085/ c4f21859d036494cebada30072140078 2010 A cross-country skier skates in the sunshine along the beautifully groomed trails at Mount Spokane State Park on Sunday above a sea of fog that was smothering the Spokane Valley below. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98084/ 4c077a9ec2a6024d9beae3fd2390aac1 2010 Hartford Courant Connecticut, power plant explosion An ambulance arrives near the scene of an explosion in Middletown, Conn., on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98082/ dda597ea00d464f0c95e6a5e0e19f965 2010 Mark Martin celebrates winning his first career Coors Light Pole Award for the Daytona 500. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images for NASCAR) Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98083/ 8735937a3534d0fa81e0202cffb256df 2010 Kevin Harvick battles with Jamie McMurray for track position during Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout. The pair finished one and two in the season opening event in Daytona Beach. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images for NASCAR) Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98081/ e68ef013f5b4ee6064efb2dd394a463e 2010 None WSU guard Reggie Moore scores and draws a blocking foul on Arizona’s Kyle Fogg on Saturday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98080/ f2c640c4c4f2591fe270a94ef4fd1cd1 2010 None Ferris’ Scott Davis, left works toward the District 8 4A 140-pound title against Central Valley’s Jordan Wilson. Colin Mulvany Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98079/ b6fb17f0ff26275b0013fde0350601dd 2010 None Shadle Park’s Darren Bunke, right, the 3A subregional champ at 130, battles North Central’s Mitchell Bocook. Colin Mulvany Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98078/ 9ff708419d452b8297dee99c97271058 2010 None Associated Press Bulldogs’ Elias Harris, left, and Robert Sacre, right, try to separate Memphis’ D.J. Stephens from the ball during second-half action. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98077/ dce47dca1c60edc5cf9f20fcace48905 2010 None Associated Press Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin steals the ball from Memphis’ Pierre Henderson-Niles on Saturday in Memphis. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98076/ 70d7fce1b1e19a09113899175cc4bdb2 2010 None Gonzaga’s Elias Harris drives to the basket against Memphis’ Will Coleman on Saturday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98075/ b56e00452c7520027dd267b6e71e4f6d 2010 None Drew Brees has directed the most successful run in the Saints’ often-miserable history. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98074/ 9790832bee06640874208dd7ac50d4fc 2010 None Darren Till, a parks employee, scares off geese with a paint ball gun on Thursday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98073/ 6801728deeb1b3113d70c7d70ec68373 2010 None Jim Caldwell is 16-2 in first season as Colts coach. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98072/ 21f1202d986cf5d8753e28258c7d60fc 2010 None Mitch Landrieu greets supporters at his election night party in New Orleans on Saturday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98071/ 0ceb081b32bde7d9aced7d860aa06a06 2010 None This surveillance image shows a man using a counterfeit bill at a Spokane Valley convenience store.Courtesy of Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98070/ bd1eaf1a95c64162a28d837ee18c94c8 2010 None Georgetown’s Austin Freeman, center, had 25 points in the win. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98069/ 0efc0c130207e6d3b0c172d8abd8bcba 2010 None Mark Martin, 51, became the oldest pole winner for the NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98067/ ff64374604937999ad8dfe7af0a36d87 2010 None Former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick had a successful debut in ARCA. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98066/ 594869adff718e824f7f17a1e5c64ecb 2010 None Hayley Wickenheiser and Canadian women’s team proved they can beat boys teams. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98065/ 0b7eb481c02fc8ae612243f8e7c31fef 2010 None Sarah Palin addresses the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98064/ 63d526be99ba6274b27ca0c279faadba 2010 None Richard Butler, pictured in December 1984, founded North Idaho’s Aryan Nations compound. He died in 2004. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98063/ 3c1e38332590dff493253b27edb9919c 2010 None Marshall Mend shows pictures of the first documented hate crime in Hayden. He is one of the founding members of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98062/ 1e1530554ed34c5916faf6989671333d 2010 None Human rights activist Tony Stewart: “Today, they’re operating out of a P.O. box, and that’s a lot different than having a compound where you can feed and preach to recruits.” Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98061/ 9b46e5489ef3808807773cdaafa271d6 2010 None An excavator digs into a swastika on the roof of a cook shack during the 2001 demolition of Richard Butler’s Aryan Nations compound. The 20-acre site was turned into a peace park. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98060/ 20b87d168e185df427d03693a20bcf65 2010 None Richard Butler rides in the back of a truck during an Aryan Nations march in downtown Coeur d’Alene in 2004. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98059/ 9359e54d2a15b01cc40437dd288488b1 2010 None Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan takes a dog sled ride on the outskirts of the northern community of Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Saturday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98058/ 5683e33f540d208c77bd06418ef49b74 2010 None Spotlight Cheer Studios members from Coeur d’Alene perform their routine for the judges at the Lilac City Regional Cheer and Dance Championships on Saturday in the Spokane Convention Center. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98057/ d548d69dfd638eac900631aac1643a68 2010 None Liftoff Monday: Spectators gather near the new Boeing 747-8 freighter during taxi tests for the airplane on Saturday at Paine Field in Everett. The plane is longer than previous 747 models and adopts technology used in the composite 787 Dreamliner for the 747-8’s wings, engines and cockpit. The 747-8 is expected to make its maiden flight Monday. Seattlepi.com Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98055/ 04123f7835cd39fc4a54f785de53cf22 2010 None A house is filled by mud after a slide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., on Saturday. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98052/ 470f0202294e65994fdc3f8363c3dcb8 2010 None Nick Weber, a Survival School instructor at Fairchild Air Force Base, demonstrates fire-building skills for wet conditions. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98051/ fe5a7111ed30597871bd0f58ecd9cb8f 2010 None A "feather stick" can be the key to starting a fire in wet conditions. In this demonstration, Survival School instructor Nick Weber blows on the embers of steel wool tinder to ignite a feather stick he created with a knife by shaving curly strands of dry wood. Next he would add more feather sticks and kindling to build a fire on a platform of small logs. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98050/ 68d13d9b738acdfa81046a350104741c 2010 None Catch Magazine is an online site devoted to fly fishing and cutting-edge photography. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98054/ 9eac2df449d418770033a4ab72996001 2010 None Bighorn sheep are suffering from pathogens rendering them susceptible to pneumonia while having no effect on domestic sheep. Montana has killed 200 bighorns to thwart an outbreak. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/98053/ 1542ef0bd619bd9afc85e90006563f40 2010 None About 130 search and rescue volunteers from Idaho and Washington gathered at Priest Lake State Park last weekend to try shelter-building and other survival skills. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97994/ f44acdca945f42eae50c342f5efabfe1 2010 None Kenny Rogers Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97992/ ba89291928e93c1ada9aa39b8e3247c1 2010 None Right: The Canada Hockey Place (GM Place) is nestled against the downtown skyline with Canada Place, with the North Shore Mountains in the background. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97991/ f29b3107ed2248573fca86962dececd6 2010 None Above: Cypress Mountain includes the half pipe and ski cross/snowboard cross track with views of the ocean and Howe Sound in the background. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97990/ 63c8eaec70ff3592cc4672dd71fbf929 2010 None Backcountry skiers take on Blackcomb Mountain. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97988/ 820a62461df25bcd4882196801f90516 2010 None Sliva Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97987/ aad30ee92ce1898926b3110cdec855dc 2010 None Rice Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97986/ e3336399c6321ae46f6ced156d752bba 2010 None Patch Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97985/ 1da57e1e5f0f6910c3a88469aa1c259d 2010 None Moua Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97984/ c2dc1a9a794d5fcdb3bf832398d2c1e5 2010 None McDonald Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97983/ b53856e9ddc009f291f02e6235e2e10f 2010 None Gottschalk Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97982/ 5723eaaaaf0d4aa843ec530c5bc7f0f9 2010 None Gardner Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97981/ c710b8e19a1da7c51da3291e635805fb 2010 None Carrell Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97980/ afc477e1acb3fa00f90d478979ae6461 2010 None Dog walker Bridgette Dickerson and Kimberly Meng, seated, pose with Meng’s dogs Maxi and Inie, her cat Coco and her bird Polly in New Orleans. Experts say people should factor in potential costs of owning pets before acquiring them. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97979/ 9fd6701ca2c82642f3195b898b907168 2010 None Brodie, a golden retriever, looks over the half door of the grooming room at Happy Paws in Washington, D.C. Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/photos/2010/feb/07/97978/ 8a76e3169acc1919ba395b6018137794 2010 None Pet Supermarket displays collars, harnesses and leads. Experts say costs of caring for pets can soar if owners aren’t careful and prepared to deal with the needs of their furry friends.Business Wire Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.spokesman.com/video/2010/feb/07/moments-super-bowl-ad/ 39c8214265489279566000f2bc850776 'Moments' Super Bowl ad 2010 Courtesy of Magner Sanborn Super Bowl, NFL, football, Magner Sanborn "Moments," developed by Spokane ad agency Magner Sanborn, is a 60-second Super Bowl ad featuring music by The Who, remixed by will.i.am, frontman for The Black Eyed Peas. It aired this afternoon.