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Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Chiefs blank Kelowna
In Sports Whether it was animosity or gamesmanship, the Spokane Chiefs didn’t care. James Reid made 26 saves for his second shutout and rookie Brady Brassart scored his second goal in as …
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Seahawks build lead, give it all away
In Sports GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Seahawks played a lot better in their second go-around with defending NFC champs, but it still wasn’t enough. A week after overcoming an early double-digit deficit …
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Cougars show little pain
In Sports PULLMAN – Sometimes, Sundays around the Washington State University football program can seem a little like an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. The hospital part, not the drama. With 27 players … 3
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Family burned out of mobile home
In News Red Cross helping family of five
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He said, she said
In Nation/World on Page A1 “This report confirms what virtually every independent expert has been saying: (House) Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi’s health-care bill will increase costs, not decrease them.”
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Riding out the recession
In City on Page A1 It wasn’t long ago that the Spokane Transit Authority was riding high. Boardings were up nearly 50 percent, and the agency’s cash reserve had grown thanks to voter approval of … 7
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Medicare savings questioned
In Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending – one of the biggest sources of funding for President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul of the … 1
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China’s growing global influence on display ahead of Obama visit
In Nation/World on Page A1 SHANGHAI, China – When President Barack Obama lands tonight in China’s largest city, Shanghai, he’ll find many of its 20 million people intrigued by him and welcoming, but hardly deferential, …
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Asia trip dims climate hopes
In Nation/World on Page A1 SINGAPORE – President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed today that next month’s much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once-hoped-for endpoint, in the …
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Bacall, Corman, Willis honored
In Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The Academy Awards won’t be presented until March, but the first Oscar statuettes of the season were being handed out Saturday night at a private, black-tie dinner …
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Obama asks Congress to wait on Fort Hood investigation
In Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their … 1
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Fort Hood soldiers mourned across U.S.
In Nation/World on Page A3 KIEL, Wis. – Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a …
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Detainees may go to Illinois
In Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday. …
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CIA pays millions to Pakistani intelligence
In Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s intelligence service since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign …
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In brief: Veteran climber dies in Himalayas
In Nation/World on Page A4 Ljubljana, Slovenia – Veteran Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar was found dead in the Himalayas on Saturday, days after he was injured and stranded on a 23,710-foot mountain, a mountain rescue …
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Men less likely to keep ‘in sickness’ promise
In Nation/World on Page A5 Many people have assumed that men are less likely than women to stick by a seriously ill spouse. That assumption might not say much for men. Yet it appears to … 1
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In brief: Shuttle Atlantis OK’d for takeoff
In Nation/World on Page A5 Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years’ worth of spare parts. …
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Hawaii’s beaches shrinking
In Nation/World on Page A6 KAILUA, Hawaii – Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles. “It really used … 1
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Sanitizer sales spike spurred by flu worries
In Nation/World on Page A6 LOS ANGELES – Silvia Cordero eyed the row of disinfecting gels, soaps and hand sanitizers at a Rite-Aid in Culver City with the intensity of a drill sergeant preparing troops …
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Transit safety gets federal look
In Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will propose that the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation’s subway and light-rail systems, responding to what it says is haphazard and …
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Kennedy, R.I. bishop clash over abortion
In Nation/World on Page A9 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, has made a career out of putting politicians in his cross hairs, but his latest battle over abortion threatens …
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Free holiday meals planned
In City on Page B1 Several Inland Northwest organizations will once again offer free Thanksgiving meals on the actual holiday, Thursday, Nov. 26, and other nonprofits will offer the traditional meal during the days leading … 3
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In brief: Residents, dog safe after house fire
In City on Page B1 An electrical problem is likely to blame for a fire that damaged a northwest Spokane home Saturday morning. The Spokane Fire Department was called to the home at 1314 W. …
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College students’ cheap fix
In City on Page B1 By her sophomore year of college, Kaley, a Washington State University student, routinely popped the prescription drug Adderall to help her study. The 20-year-old has never had a prescription for … 2
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