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Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Yankees take 3-1 series lead
In Sports Alex Rodriguez at heart of 7-4 Yankees win in Game 4
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Irish too physical for Cougars
In Sports Jason Stripling has played college football for five years. As a linebacker who played his high school football in Texas and college in the Pac-10, he’s accustomed to seeing big …
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Cowboys crush Seahawks
In Sports Dallas cruises to 38-17 victory over Seattle.
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Trolleys heading for the barn
In News STA’s getting ready to sideline its green trolleys in favor of quieter hybrids
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Education by design
In City on Page A1 The fifth-graders in a Post Falls classroom dashed back and forth from open black laptops to tabletop obstacle courses. They made minute programming adjustments, then placed the robots they built …
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Bacteria recruited to fight salmonella
In Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The 10 tomatoes sitting in a Tupperware tub at the Food and Drug Administration seem to be doing nothing more than rotting, slowly. But an invisible battle is …
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Goldman bet on housing collapse
In Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it … 3
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Kids find White House a real treat
In Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The first lady was a leopard with fuzzy ears and a spotted orange-and-black top. The president was a middle-aged dad, with black cardigan, checkered shirt and sensible brown …
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Abdullah plans to call for boycott of vote
In Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai’s challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend’s runoff election in an attempt to force the vote’s postponement until spring, his campaign …
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Clinton’s bid for peace talks stalls
In Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, trying to coax Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks with Israel, said Saturday that Israel was offering “unprecedented” concessions to limit the …
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Election uncertainties strain Afghan life
In Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – Traffic in Afghanistan’s congested capital is worse than ever this month, with carloads of religious pilgrims arriving from the provinces to take flights to Saudi Arabia for …
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Slain imam mourned; more arrests
In Nation/World on Page A4 DETROIT – Hundreds of people offered hushed prayers Saturday at the funeral for a slain Detroit mosque leader, while authorities across the border in Canada made the final two arrests …
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Texas churches set stage for Vatican plan
In Nation/World on Page A4 ARLINGTON, Texas – At Saint Mary the Virgin Catholic Church, the 75-year-old priest is married, members sing from an Episcopalian hymnal and parishioners kneel at the altar to receive Communion. …
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Trans-Atlantic plot bucks usual trend
In Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – It is a worrisome first: an American accused of going to Europe to plot a terrorist attack there. Recent arrests in Chicago underscore a growing concern among Western …
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Rapist held; 6 bodies at his home
In Nation/World on Page A5 CLEVELAND – A convicted rapist who fled before police arrived to arrest him on new rape charges was arrested Saturday in his inner-city neighborhood after police found six decomposing bodies …
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Science learning center in the works
In City on Page A6 A North Idaho nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting science and technology education plans to build a 20,000-square-foot science center in Rathdrum. The North Idaho Discovery Association, or NIDA, plans to … 2
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New York Republican quits race
In Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Under fire from prominent members of her own party who said she wasn’t conservative enough, the Republican candidate for an open U.S. House seat in New York abruptly …
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Mortgages didn’t get much scrutiny
In Nation/World on Page A7 BANNING, Calif. – Goldman Sachs Group got into the residential mortgage business in 1984, and for 17 years, it ran a staid operation that simply bought and sold loans. All …
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Qian Xuesen, rocket scientist
In Nation/World on Page A8 BEIJING – Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China’s space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98. Qian, …
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15 killed in Mexico ambush
In Nation/World on Page A8 MEXICO CITY – A flamboyant farmworker organizer who called himself a modern day Emiliano Zapata has been slain in a brazen ambush that also killed 14 members of his family …
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Philippines pounded again
In Nation/World on Page A8 MANILA, Philippines – A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people and sending residents of one town clambering onto …
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Campaigners count down to Tuesday
In City on Page B1 Washington voters who have yet to turn in their ballots – and based on the latest figures, that’s most of us – have some interesting choices to make between now … 13
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Festival eerie only for its fun
In City on Page B1
Halloween mixed easily with the Fall Folk Festival Saturday at Spokane Community College. Tastefully dressed creatures of the night – no gore in this crowd – tapped their toes and …
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In brief: Energy bill help available
In City on Page B1 SNAP is now accepting appointments for Spokane County residents seeking energy assistance this winter. A limited number of slots will be available on Wednesdays on the SNAP Web site, www.snapwa.org, …
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