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That’s News to you answers

Here are the answers to this week’s That’s News to You quiz.

1. A. Boeing is expanding its 737 line with new fuel-efficient engines, and Washington officials are trying to keep that in the state. Spokane County has a new interim zoning ordinance that would allow taller buildings near the airport – tall enough to fit a jetliner.

2. D. Three Flags, because it stretched from Mexico south of San Diego to Canada. Historians in Southern California are trying to revive the name to promote tourism.

3. D. The field, which was the setting for the baseball movie “Field of Dreams,” was sold to people who will maintain the existing buildings and develop softball and baseball fields.

4. C. Under pressure from customers, Bank of America axed plans to charge debit card users a monthly $5 fee.

5. B. “Norman,” a story about a troubled high school student whose father has cancer, opened in a limited release that included Spokane, where it was filmed. Unlike some locally filmed movies, it’s not going straight to DVD.

Last week’s winner: Colleen Kinney, of Spokane

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