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• Newsmakers

  December 27, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Suspended Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was suspended Monday from Venezuela’s professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire. Torrealba issued an apology, saying he was embarrassed about …

• Holiday Pops concert puts Santa in the conductor’s role

  December 15, 2011 in Features on Page C1 The Big Man himself, Santa Claus, will hop onto the podium and conduct “Sleigh Ride,” in one of the many traditions surrounding the Spokane holiday staple, the Spokane Symphony’s Holiday …

• Keeping seasonal beliefs aloft

  December 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 My son, Seth, is a 31-year-old doctor today, in his first year of neurosurgery residency at the University of Florida. But 26 years ago, he was a kindergartner suffering a …

• Santa takes hayride in Cheney

  December 24, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Santa Claus took a break from preparations for his big night to visit residents of Cheney on Sunday night. The jolly old elf joined the Cheney Fire Department to take …

• Toast season properly with bad Santa

  December 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 Here comes Santa Clark. Here comes Santa Clark … I’m feeling merrier than Tiny Tim after an eggnog-and-rum with a Ritalin chaser. 2

• Volunteers strive to save Santa letter service

  November 20, 2009 in Nation/World Santa’s “elves” at the North Pole have been given their walking papers — but they’re not going quietly. The volunteer “elves” are trying to counter a decision by the U.S. … 1

• Santa saves appetite for journey’s U.S. leg

  December 24, 2008 in Food on Page D1 Santa’s rounds in Europe can be hungry work. The jolly old elf can count on mince pies and sherry in Britain, but in Denmark the food is left out for …

• Lake City holiday has that Hagadone pizazz

  December 2, 2008 in City on Page A5 Christmas miracles really do come true, and here’s some holly jolly proof: Santa hats off to Duane Hagadone!