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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Blanchette: GU track lifts off with Thomas
May 23, 2012 in Sports Emily Thomas didn’t have the usual things that get a high school runner recruited to a college program – like fast times, medals and pedigree.
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Bezdicek sisters take top two at State 3A
May 23, 2012 in Sports As the Bezdicek sisters anxiously waited for the final group to come off the 18th hole, they quietly went off to the range – matching bags in tow – and …
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Odessa-Harrington’s Powell wins third title
May 23, 2012 in Sports Kira Powell of Odessa-Harrington won her third straight state championship and St. John-Endicott won the girls team title at the State 2B/!B golf tournament, which concluded Wednesday at Oakbrook Golf …
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Mead’s Hutchinson eyes 50 feet in shot put
May 23, 2012 in Sports In the Hutchinson family, throwing the shot put has become a rite for the five sisters. 1
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Landers: Elk hunting options abound near Turnbull
May 23, 2012 in Sports Big-game hunters still have a shot at getting a Washington special permit even though the May 18 deadline for submitting applications has passed.
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Southridge boys edge Mt. Spokane at State 3A
May 23, 2012 in Sports Consider Juanita golfer Frank Garber’s State 3A championship an act of one-upmanship.
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Kamiak boys capture State 4A boys golf
May 23, 2012 in Sports As Jeff Tobin saw it, the “kind of crappy spring” on the West Side was just training for the final round of the State 4A boys golf tournament Thursday.
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LC girls place second to Bellarmine Prep
May 23, 2012 in Sports It was the perfect storm for emotions.
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Sandpoint High students vandalize school in senior prank
May 23, 2012 in City Twenty-nine Sandpoint High School students are paying the price — in labor and sawbucks — for a senior class prank that vandalized school property. 4
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Liddi’s slam backs Millwood in M’s win
May 23, 2012 in Sports SEATTLE — Alex Liddi hit the first major league grand slam by an Italian-born player in half-century, Kevin Millwood threw six shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners took two of …
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Student says principal sat on him as punishment
May 23, 2012 in News, City The principal of the tiny Washtucna School in Adams County is facing a criminal investigation after a 14-year-old boy said the man sat on him as punishment for not following … 14
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Memorial Day observances
May 23, 2012 in City, Idaho, Region A variety of Memorial Day events are available throughout the Inland Northwest.
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Zoo hand-raising cubs after rare cheetah birth
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last month at the Smithsonian …
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Witnesses in murder case said suspect was unstable
May 23, 2012 in News, City Acquaintances of a man arrested for the shooting death of another suspected methamphetamine user told detectives he was dangerously unstable and often accused people at gunpoint of things they did … 6
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One man dead, one injured in Kellogg shooting
May 23, 2012 in Idaho One man is dead and another was injured following a shooting in a vehicle in Kellogg early this morning. 1
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US sales of new homes rose 3.3 percent in April
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Americans bought more new homes in April, the latest signal that the U.S. housing market is steadily improving.
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Woman assaulted in South Spokane park
May 23, 2012 in City A 62-year-old woman was assaulted late Tuesday afternoon in Upper Lincoln Park on Spokane’s south side. 33
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Iran OKs renewal of nuclear inquiry
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 VIENNA – Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has … 10
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Crocker plans to leave post
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to Afghanistan and … 5
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Former WSU star’s disappearance was 25-year mystery
May 23, 2012 in City on Page A1 It’s probably the biggest sports-legend mystery ever to come out of Washington State University. Whatever happened to Dale “The Whale” Ford? 12
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Scotty’s ashes launched into final resting place
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – James Doohan, Scotty from “Star Trek,” spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America’s famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent …
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Auction house claims it’s selling Reagan’s blood
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 LONDON – A Channel Islands auction house says it’s selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan – a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president’s … 1
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Romney moves ever closer to clinching
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win. With no serious opposition left, the …
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Southern Democrats stray from Obama
May 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 Some presidential primary voters in Kentucky and Arkansas took a swipe at President Barack Obama on Tuesday, denying the incumbent nearly 4 out of every 10 votes cast on the … 1
