Stories for May 31, 2006

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  Opera House enters new aria

  In City on Page A1 The name “Spokane Opera House” became a thing of the past Tuesday as the downtown building was renamed as part of a 10-year, $1.5 million deal with Inland Northwest Bank. …

• Forests want ATVs on trails

  In Idaho on Page A1 With some clearly defined lines and a set of new maps, the federal government is hoping to clear up confusion in the region’s backcountry forest playground. Tonight, the U.S. Forest …

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  Kempthorne strides into new role, despite broken foot

  In Idaho on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Nursing a broken foot, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne nevertheless trekked across the National Mall, chatted with schoolchildren and toured the Washington Monument on Tuesday, his first day on …

• Missing boy found alive after four days

  In Nation/World on Page A2 CANON CITY, Colo. – An 8-year-old boy who wandered away from his campsite over the weekend was found Tuesday after searchers investigated a report of a crying child in a …

• Lottery numbers

  In City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 8-2-8. Tuesday’s Keno: 8-13-20-21-25-36- 37-44-50-52-53-61-64-65-68-72- 73-75-79-80.

• Congressman plans to have Gonzales, Mueller testify

  In Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner said Tuesday he will summon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller before his House panel to testify about their decision to …

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  1,500 more troops to join Iraq fight

  In Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Pentagon’s hopes to make substantial reductions in U.S. troop levels in Iraq this year appear to be fading as a result of resurgent violence in the …

• Petition filed to reverse South Dakota abortion ban

  In Nation/World on Page A3 Abortion rights advocates on Tuesday submitted more than 37,000 signatures supporting a ballot initiative to overturn South Dakota’s ban on abortions. If the secretary of state verifies the signatures, which …

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  President names new Treasury secretary

  In Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Bush accepted the long-expected resignation of Treasury Secretary John W. Snow on Tuesday and nominated a high-powered Wall Street figure, Goldman Sachs chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr., …

• VA deputy quitting after theft of data

  In Nation/World on Page A3 A Veterans Affairs deputy assistant secretary who didn’t immediately notify top officials about a theft of 26.5 million veterans’ personal information is stepping down, citing missteps that led to the …

• Supreme Court trims whistle-blower rights

  In Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court scaled back protections for government workers who blow the whistle on official misconduct Tuesday, a 5-4 decision in which new Justice Samuel Alito cast the …

• CIA chief takes post, rallies workers

  In Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Gen. Michael Hayden was sworn in as CIA director Tuesday and told the officers at the embattled agency they must be competent and cooperative to keep the “central” …

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  Senate minority leader defends free boxing tickets

  In Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringside tickets to three professional boxing matches from Nevada officials who were trying to influence his …

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  FBI abandons dig for Hoffa’s remains

  In Nation/World on Page A4 DETROIT – Where’s Jimmy Hoffa? Apparently not on the grounds of a suburban Detroit horse farm. Nearly two weeks after the FBI acted on what it called the best recent …

• Study says Canadians are healthier than Americans

  In Nation/World on Page A5 ATLANTA – You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Americans. Americans are 42 percent more likely than Canadians to have diabetes, 32 percent more …

• Chavez amassing military supplies

  In Nation/World on Page A5 Venezuela is buying helicopters, boats and military transport planes in defense deals worth about $2.7 billion, modernizing its military as tensions grow between leftist President Hugo Chavez and the United …

• Marines join relief effort in Indonesia

  In Nation/World on Page A6 BANTUL, Indonesia – U.S. Marines joined an international effort Tuesday to deliver aid and medical equipment to some 200,000 Indonesians left homeless by a devastating earthquake, as hopes faded of …

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  Afghans want U.S. troops prosecuted after accident

  In Nation/World on Page A6 KABUL, Afghanistan – A special session of Afghanistan’s parliament Tuesday called for the prosecution of U.S. troops involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that sparked hours of intense rioting here. …

• Israeli raid enters Gaza, killing four

  In Nation/World on Page A6 JERUSALEM – Israel on Tuesday made its first military incursion deep into the Gaza Strip since withdrawing from the territory nine months ago, sending special forces backed by a helicopter …

• California taking on pesticide pollution

  In Nation/World on Page A7 California officials are mounting a major new initiative to clean up the state’s smoggy farm regions with new regulations and policies that will target hundreds of pesticides. The Department of …

• Maryland jury finds sniper guilty of six murders

  In Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – A jury on Tuesday convicted sniper John Allan Muhammad on six counts of first-degree murder, holding him accountable for six slayings in Montgomery County, Md. The verdict, reached …

• Firms settle fight over Real Soda

  In Business on Page A8 Two Spokane companies that clashed over the right to the name Real Soda have settled the case, attorneys for both sides said recently. The two firms sued each other in …

• Supervalu, Albertson’s shareholders approve sale

  In Business on Page A8 MINNEAPOLIS — Shareholders approved the sale of much of Boise, Idaho-based Albertson’s Inc. to Supervalu Inc. on Tuesday, bringing Supervalu closer to its goal of being one of the nation’s …

• Stocks fall on oil prices, Wal-Mart sales

  In Business on Page A9 Higher oil prices and sliding consumer confidence sent stocks plunging Tuesday as a weak sales report from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. raised concerns about discretionary spending. The Dow Jones industrial skidded …

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  Organic goes mainstream

  In Business on Page A9 SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. — Earthbound Farm’s fields of organic baby spinach and romaine lettuce are a living symbol of the organic food movement’s explosive growth in recent years. What …

• Toyota to recall one million vehicles

  In Business on Page A9 Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it is recalling nearly 1 million vehicles across the globe to replace faulty parts that could cause drivers to lose control of the steering wheel. …

• Steel retirees struggle to get health benefits

  In Business on Page A9 Within two years of losing their health care benefits, nearly 75 percent of retirees from bankrupt Bethlehem Steel and LTV Corp. obtained some alternative coverage, a survey has found. But …

• Australian consortium announces large wheat sale to Iraq

  In Business on Page A11 CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian consortium announced Tuesday that it has clinched a deal to sell 350,000 tons of wheat to Iraq — the first wheat sale since Australia’s monopoly …

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  Exxon CEO has reason to smile

  In Business on Page A11 IRVING, Texas — With his company having earned $8.4 billion during the first quarter, Rex Tillerson appears to be in an enviable position as he presides over the first Exxon …

• Nations hope to reach united front over Iran

  In Nation/World on Page A12 VIENNA, Austria – World powers appeared close to agreement Tuesday on steps to curb Iran’s nuclear program, but several Western diplomats said they remain concerned about evidence of highly enriched …

• Abuse, neglect may factor in kids’ deaths

  In City on Page B1 Abuse and neglect may contribute to far more child deaths than previously acknowledged, according to a report released Tuesday. The report from the state’s Office of the Family and Children’s …

• Risch changing governor’s staff, focus

  In Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho’s new governor named a chief of staff Tuesday, hinted he may replace some state agency heads, and did away with the former governor’s entire staff of policy …

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  Iraq’s smaller civilians focus of mom’s exhibit

  In City on Page B1 In the photos, Jane Higuera noticed the missing teeth in the mouths of some of the Iraqi children. She knew which ones were missing because of baby teeth falling out. …

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  Director named to humane society

  In Idaho on Page B1 The Kootenai Humane Society has hired its first-ever executive director, choosing a veteran animal shelter executive who lost his past two jobs and then sued a former employer for nearly …

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  Status would deepen homes’ history

  In City on Page B1 Residents of West Ninth Avenue on Spokane’s South Hill are banding together to preserve the architectural history of four residences built in the early 1900s for one of the city’s …

• Vigil planned tonight for boating victims

  In City on Page B1 A candlelight vigil is planned tonight at the home of one of four Dayton residents who died over the holiday weekend of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning while boating on Dworshak …

• Public-private boundary set for Sanders Beach

  In Idaho on Page B1 Sunbathers and swimmers wanting to use Coeur d’Alene’s popular Sanders Beach lost several feet of sand Tuesday when a 1st District judge ruled that the public only has access below …

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  Elmo Dalbert dies at age 90

  In City on Page B1 When they arrived by freight train in 1934, Elmo Dalbert and Jim Chase had no idea what the future would hold in Spokane. The young Texans had never been here …

• McGavick will miss Bush fundraiser

  In City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick says he can’t attend a fundraising event with President Bush next month because the date conflicts with his eldest son’s high school …

• Spokane, Shadow end Albi deal

  In City on Page B2 The city of Spokane and the owner of the defunct Spokane Shadow soccer team are ending their deal over Joe Albi Stadium. The City Council approved in a 6-0 vote …

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  Students send special message

  In City on Page B3 A private Cessna 182 airplane circled high above Sunrise Elementary School’s playfield Tuesday as more than 500 students and staff dressed in red, white and blue gathered in formation. Together …

• Expanded tanker jets’ value tested

  In Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Federal fire managers say new supertanker jets being developed by private companies will dramatically increase the amount of fire retardant dropped on wildfires and will work in concert …

• Victim’s daughter a ‘person of interest’ in 1998 murder

  In Idaho on Page B3 Post Falls police have named two missing women as persons of interest in the 1998 murder of a 52-year-old woman. One of them is the victim’s daughter. Barbara Loesch was …

• Officials seeking input on crime

  In City on Page B3 Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and other public officials are soliciting public comments today on how to prevent crime in neighborhoods. The Republican sheriff and state Sen. Brad Benson will …

• Panel denies RPS appeal

  In City on Page B3 The owners of the River Park Square mall owe their former manager $6.5 million for uncompensated work his company performed, a state Appeals Court ruled Tuesday. The three-judge panel refused …

• Mental health contract OK’d

  In City on Page B3 Spokane County commissioners voted Tuesday to end a long-standing partnership with United Behavioral Health, a California managed-care firm hired to look after the finances of the public mental health system. …

• Dixie Chicks lay it on the line

  In Opinion on Page B4 They could have just shut up. That’s what’s interesting. The thing had been said, the controversy had flared and faded, bygones were becoming bygones. They could have moved on, left …

• Cleaning up after Enron

  In Opinion on Page B4 HOUSTON, Texas – A Houston jury convicted both Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, despite the fact that Kenny Boy packed his Bible to the courtroom every day. Since it is …

• Outside view: Homeward bound

  In Opinion on Page B4 The following editorial appeared Tuesday in the Yakima Herald-Republic.

• Our View: Interim legacy

  In Opinion on Page B4 In North Idaho, Jim Risch is known as an ambitious man who reportedly scuttled an Indian gaming compact as revenge against then-Gov. Dirk Kempthorne for picking another state senator to …

• Burma’s traveling road to repression

  In Opinion on Page B5 WASHINGTON — Aung San Suu Kyi knows where she will be spending her 61st birthday next month. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was due to be freed from house arrest …

• Official Records

  In City on Page B6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

• Judges free to enhance sentences

  In Idaho on Page B6 BOISE – Judges are free to add on as many sentencing enhancements as are appropriate for someone convicted of just one crime, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling, …

• Idaho Records

  In Idaho on Page B6 For 05-31-2006

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  Wilkerson blows away Mariners

  In Sports on Page C1 ARLINGTON, Texas – Brad Wilkerson thought he had a sacrifice fly. But the ball kept carrying with the help of wind blowing out to right field. All of a sudden, …

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  ‘I guess we’re not done yet’

  In Sports on Page C1 PHOENIX – Raja Bell is back, and so are the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference finals. Bell supplied the grit with a surprise start despite a slightly torn calf …

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  Woods says he’ll play in U.S. Open

  In Sports on Page C1 ROLAND, Ark. – Tiger Woods said he is preparing to play in the U.S. Open. Woods was at the Alotian Club outside of Little Rock Tuesday, making his first public …

• Two titles on the line tonight

  In Sports on Page C1 The fighters are the only thing that isn’t big about tonight’s nationally televised world championship boxing showdown at Northern Quest Casino. Manuel “Mantecas” Medina and Cassius “The Hitman” Baloyi weighed …

• Injury won’t keep defensive star Keefe out of Shock lineup

  In Sports on Page C1 Spokane Shock defensive back Rob Keefe has been lucky on the injury front most of his football career, but he was starting to wonder in the fourth quarter Saturday night. …

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  No ball for goalies

  In Sports on Page C2 NEW YORK – Strikers and midfielders love it. Goalkeepers hate it. The ball that will be used at the World Cup in Germany probably will be praised as much as …

• Leslie provides the spark for Los Angeles

  In Sports on Page C2 Lisa Leslie had 19 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Sparks past the Sky 64-55 Tuesday night in Chicago. Leslie also had four blocks and four assists. …

• On the Air

  In Sports on Page C2 For 05-31-2006

• Ailing Stewart expects to race this weekend

  In Sports on Page C2 CONCORD, N.C. – There is no disabled list in NASCAR, where playing hurt is mandatory – even for defending series champion Tony Stewart. Stewart is expected to start this weekend …

• Buffalo works overtime to force Game 7

  In Sports on Page C2 BUFFALO, N.Y. – All Sabres center Daniel Briere wanted was to get his shot past the diving Carolina defensemen. Then he saw the red light, heard the crowd cheer and …

• Barbaro makes good progress in recovery

  In Sports on Page C2 Ten days after his awful breakdown in the Preakness, Barbaro is progressing so well even his surgeon is impressed, though he conceded the colt will have a “hitch in his …

• Today’s menu

  In Sports on Page C4 For 05-31-2006

• Tuesday’s results

  In Sports on Page C5 Yankees 11, Tigers 6 (11): At Detroit, Jason Giambi’s solo homer sparked a five-run 11th and New York beat Detroit. The Yankees are a season-high 10 games better than .500 …

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  Cleveland pitcher arrested while hiding

  In Sports on Page C5 Indians pitcher Scott Sauerbeck apologized Tuesday to his family and teammates following his early-morning arrest, another distraction for a struggling Cleveland team. Sauerbeck and a woman were taken into custody …

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  Ankle fells Roddick

  In Sports on Page C6 PARIS – As it is, the French Open is the cruelest Grand Slam tournament for Andy Roddick, the toughest for all U.S. men over the years. Toss in a bum …

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  Demons no match for Tapia

  In Sports on Page C6 Johnny Tapia, by his own count, has died six times. That didn’t count the time he wanted to die but couldn’t pull the trigger of the pistol he had stuck …

• Lake City’s York picks Oregon

  In Sports on Page C6 After seven Pacific-10 Conference schools made visits to Coeur d’Alene in the last two weeks, Lake City junior offensive lineman Carson York picked Eugene, Ore., as his future college home. …

• Balmer guides LC State

  In Sports on Page C6 Allen Balmer’s bases-loaded single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday gave Lewis-Clark State an 11-10 win over Embry-Riddle (Fla.) at the 50th annual Avista NAIA …

• Area sends 24 to NCAAs

  In Sports on Page C6 Seems there’s a welcome mat at the back door, too, when it comes to qualifying for the NCAA Track and Field Championships. Six more area athletes – including four from …

• It’s barrels of fun at TimberRock

  In Food on Page D1 Kevin Rogers was buying grapes for a batch of homebrew wines when it happened: He was bitten by the wine porcupine. Now, Rogers’ home in the mountains near Post Falls, …

• Going gourmet

  In Food on Page D1 The big gas grill roared to life under Chef Walt MacDuff’s touch, yellow flames licking toward the slab of London broil in his tongs. With a wicked sizzle, it settled …

• Don’t Taste Washington without first devising plan

  In Food on Page D1 Have a taste of Washington, or two, or three… I have two tips for people who are interested in going to Taste Washington at the Davenport Hotel on June 11:

• Fresh and Local

  In Food on Page D1 Radishes Look for: Radishes that are firm to the touch without cracks, splits or soft spots. If greens are attached, they should be green and fresh looking.

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  Charity begins with Brangelina

  In Features on Page D2 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt celebrated their daughter’s birth in Namibia by donating $300,000 to help other babies in the impoverished southern Africa nation. The couple also gave $15,000 for …

• Horoscope

  In Features on Page D2 For 05-31-2006

• Always follow your conscience

  In Features on Page D2 Greetings: My parents have just divorced after 34 years of marriage. I’ll try to make a complicated divorce with complicated characters as simple as possible: My mom was deceitful, and …

• Farmers’ Markets

  In Food on Page D3 Washington Spokane Farmers’ Market - Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., through Oct. 28. The Wednesday market begins next week, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on through Oct. 25. Second Avenue, between Division …

• Radishes add pungent flavor to salads and salsa

  In Food on Page D4 I love the way the flavor of radishes changes with the weather. You never know how much of that peppery bite to expect. They tend to be milder in spring …

• New Blisscotti ice cream sandwich will appeal to adults

  In Food on Page D4 The ice cream sandwich has grown up. These aren’t the stick-to-your fingers and drip-down-your-chin treats passed out from the neighborhood ice cream cart. Built on slim biscotti, the sandwich is …

• With a look, taste of spring, lemon cake is forever festive

  In Food on Page D4 Almond paste complements the tart lemon and nutty poppy-seed flavors in this rich-tasting, festive cake topped with a drizzle of icing. It’s an attractive dessert to serve for any occasion, …

• Book will have you cooking like a chef in your own home

  In Food on Page D4 Can you really cook fancy restaurant fare at home, without a handy supply of sous-chefs and demiglace? Gourmet magazine and its ilk have made that promise for years. “Chef Interrupted: …

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  Shrimp appetizer elegant, simple

  In Food on Page D4 While I was visiting a Thai restaurant conducting research for a recent column, I came across a beautiful appetizer. The Thai Shrimp Coconut Wrap was elegant, yet simple and it …

• Culinary Calendar

  In Food on Page D4 “Key Ingredients: America By Food” Exhibit - Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibition, “Key Ingredients: America by Food.” Through artifacts, photographs and illustrations, “Key Ingredients” examines how culture, ethnicity, landscape and tradition …

• Waiter should keep personal sadness to self

  In Features on Page D7 Dear Miss Manners: At an upscale restaurant, the waiter greeted my wife and me with a remark that shocked me and left me unsure how to respond correctly. After handing …

• Idaho Calendar

  In Features on Page D7 For 05-31-2006

• Spokane Calendar

  In Features on Page D7 For 05-31-2006

• Ten receive two-year scholarships

  In Features on Page D7 “Ten area students have been awarded Washington Award for Vocational Excellence scholarships. The awards are given to students recognized for their achievement, leadership and community service. Three students are chosen …