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• New federal judge hit bench running

  March 17, 2012 in City on Page A6 Within a couple hours of the U.S. Senate’s approval of Thomas Rice’s appointment as a federal judge last week, Rice was whisked into a courtroom and sworn in to serve …

• Senate OKs Rice for federal bench

  March 7, 2012 in City on Page A5 Spokane-based Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Rice’s appointment as a federal judge was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate. Rice, who teamed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Harrington in the prosecution …

• Harpham expected to accept plea deal in MLK bombing

  September 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 Domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham, accused of building and planting a backpack bomb along the route of Spokane’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March, is expected to accept …

• Harpham trial rescheduled over MLK Jr. memorial dedication

  August 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 A dedication ceremony for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted a federal judge on Friday to delay the trial of a man accused of planting a …

• Judge delays Harpham trial

  August 12, 2011 in City A dedication ceremony for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted a federal judge on Friday to delay the trial of a man accused of planting a …

• Racist postings allowed at bomb suspect’s trial

  August 6, 2011 in City on Page A6 A federal judge Friday denied motions from attorneys representing domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham, allowing evidence of racist postings found on Harpham’s computers to be used at his trial. … 1

• Pliers may be allowed as evidence in Harpham trial

  August 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 A federal judge said Thursday that he is leaning toward allowing prosecutors to show that marks made on the wires of the bomb planted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day …

• Judge questions FBI procedures

  July 27, 2011 in City on Page A6 An FBI plan to not tell domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham why he was arrested has raised the ire of the federal judge presiding over the case of the … 4

• Prosecutors: Harpham photographed self at MLK march

  July 21, 2011 in City Federal prosecutors revealed today that domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham took pictures of himself at the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March in which he is charged with leaving … 23

• Bomb plot trial delayed till August

  May 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 The trial of domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham was delayed Friday from May 31 to Aug. 22 following a request for more time from defense attorneys. Kim Deater, of …

• Judge delays Harpham trial to August

  May 20, 2011 in News, City The trial of domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham was delayed today from May 31 to Aug. 22 following a request for more time from defense attorneys.

• Harpham pleads not guilty to attempted MLK day bombing

  March 23, 2011 in City Kevin W. Harpham pleaded “not guilty” today to charges that he left a bomb that investigators say could have caused multiple casualties along the planned route of a Unity March … 11