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Sunday, June 7, 2009
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Another pharmacy robbed
June 7, 2009 in News Spokane police are investigating a robbery at the Walgreens Pharmacy located at 29th Ave. and Grand Blvd. on Spokane’s South Hill. Police told KHQ News that a man robbed the … 1
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Community helps bear family’s burden
June 7, 2009 in City on Page A1 When people in Spokane and North Idaho read about a Coeur d’Alene couple who are raising their four Canadian great-grandchildren and struggling to make ends meet, the response was as …
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Cocaine-laden subs on rise, hard to find
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 MEXICO CITY – When anti-narcotics agents first heard that drug cartels were building an armada of submarines to transport cocaine, they thought it was a joke. Now U.S. law enforcement …
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Soldiers’ selflessness hailed
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – President Barack Obama urged the world Saturday to live up to the sacrifice made by thousands of Allied soldiers who struggled to shore here 65 years ago …
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Bodies found in crash area
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 RECIFE, Brazil – Searchers found two passengers’ bodies and a briefcase containing an Air France Flight 447 ticket in the Atlantic Ocean near where the jetliner is believed to have …
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Obama hardens stance on N. Korean boldness
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 CAEN, France – His patience tested, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a new and stronger response to defiant North Korea, saying that while he prefers diplomacy he is now …
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Man arrested for Obama threat
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Salt Lake City – Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly told bank tellers while cleaning out his savings account in Utah that he was on a mission to kill …
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Alaskans uneasy about missiles
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaskans are concerned over the prospect that North Korea is getting ready to test a long-range missile that could reach strategic targets in their home state. And …
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Violence deepens in Peru
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 BAGUA, Peru – President Alan Garcia labored Saturday to contain Peru’s worst political violence in years, as nine more police officers were killed in a bloody standoff with Amazon Indians …
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Unlikely coalition fights Ahmadinejad
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 TEHRAN, Iran – Powerful reformists and conservatives within Iran’s elite have joined forces to wage an unprecedented behind-the-scenes campaign to unseat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, worried that he is driving the …
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Iraqi youths being recruited for attacks
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 BAGHDAD – Teenagers armed with grenades and suicide vests are the latest recruits for Sunni insurgents trying to find new ways to outwit heightened security measures and attack American and …
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Canadian mayors rally against ‘Buy American’
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 WHISTLER, B.C. – Canadian mayors passed a resolution Saturday that would potentially shut out U.S. bidders from city contracts in response to the U.S. administration’s “Buy American” policy. The nonbinding …
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Carradine family seeks outside probe in death
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A11 LOS ANGELES – The family of David Carradine is asking the FBI and a private forensics expert to help investigate the “Kung Fu” actor’s death, attorney Mark Geragos said Saturday. …
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Amish begin westward migration
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A11 WESTCLIFFE, Colo. – A new road sign cautions drivers to watch for Amish horse-drawn carriages in the valley beneath Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo mountains. Highway pull-offs and dedicated horse-and-buggy paths …
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Rancher promises wise use of riches
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A11 PIERRE, S.D. – It has the makings of a Hollywood script: A young rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of the nation claims …
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Koko Taylor, blues singer
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A12 Chicago – Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. …
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Tiller sensed a growing threat
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A12 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Two weeks before Wichita, Kan., abortion doctor George Tiller was gunned down in his church, he called colleague Susan Hill in North Carolina. Tiller wanted her …
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Then and now such worlds apart
June 7, 2009 in City on Page B1 It’s been a grave new world ever since the economy went down like a slaughterhouse steer. Pay cuts. Depression. Sudden fits of uncontrollable wailing … 1
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Bridge Walk gives tour of Spokane River spans
June 7, 2009 in City on Page B1 Nearly 300 people turned out Saturday for the first Spokane River Bridge Walk, which took participants across 17 pedestrian and traffic bridges from Monroe Street eastward to the Gonzaga University …
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Developers offer discounts
June 7, 2009 in Business on Page B1 The owners of two condominium developments along the Spokane River in Coeur d’Alene have deeply discounted more than 50 units to get potential buyers down from the fence. On July …
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CdA woman reports finding strange man in her bed
June 7, 2009 in City on Page B1 A Coeur d’Alene woman awoke to find a man she didn’t know lying next to her in bed Saturday, the fifth report of suspicious activity in town since Thursday night. …
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Session will address oil spill cleanup plan
June 7, 2009 in City on Page B2 A proposal to update oil spill response plans for the Spokane River will be discussed Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main. Employees …
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Ricin reportedly found in Everett home
June 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page B2 SEATTLE – An Everett woman who found what is believed to be the deadly toxin ricin in her husband’s home office on Wednesday was granted an order of protection after …
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‘Grandma Gene’ ends decades of serving kids
June 7, 2009 in City on Page B2 “Grandma Gene” Gorley may have set an endurance record with her 43 years on the playgrounds of several Central Valley elementary schools, but she’s certainly going out with style. On …
