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Washington woman responsible for our Father's Day holiday - Examiner.com

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Washington woman responsible for our Father's Day holiday
Examiner.com
In 1909, Spokane, Washington resident, Sonora Smart Dodd also suggested to her pastor that a sermon be dedicated to Civil War veterans. ...
The history and mystery of Father's DayJackson NJ Online
Thanks For The Day, Mrs. DoddTheDay
The History of Father's DayNewsradio 620
Sunday Observer -The Mountain Enterprise -ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) -Examiner.com
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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ... - KXLY

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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ...
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It was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and alleged that Zehm's civil rights were violated in the incident at the Zip ...
Washington State Police Officer Indicted on Federal Civil Rights ...Media Newswire (press release)
Lawyer off case for cityThe Spokesman Review
DC: Finally, Justice For Otto ZehmThe Spokesman Review

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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ... - KXLY

KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ...
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At Northeast Washington Treatment Alternatives Strine has to take a breathalyzer and his urine tested for the presence of alcohol. ...

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Fitch Rates $150MM Providence Health & Services, CA' Series 2009B ... - MarketWatch

Fitch Rates $150MM Providence Health & Services, CA' Series 2009B ...
MarketWatch
PHS maintains strong competitive positions in most of its service areas, with facilities in Everett, Olympia and Spokane, WA, Anchorage, AK and Missoula, ...

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Spokane Hoopfest Brackets Released as Three-on-Three Tournament ... - Associated Content

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Spokane Hoopfest Brackets Released as Three-on-Three Tournament ...
Associated Content
The 2009 Spokane Hoopfest will be taking to many streets of the downtown area of Spokane, Washington, as hundreds of basketball hoops are currently being ...
Year after year, Hoopfest continues to growKXLY
Bike race zips through Cheney SaturdayThe Spokesman Review
6701 teams plus other Hoopfest factsThe Spokesman Review

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2nd suit takes on red-light cameras, 20 cities - Seattle Times

2nd suit takes on red-light cameras, 20 cities
Seattle Times
Spokane City Attorney Howard Delaney said money from their traffic-camera tickets goes to traffic-calming projects, which contribute to public safety. ...
Ticket cameras attract lawsuitThe Spokesman Review
Red-light cameras catch legal heatSeattle Post Intelligencer
Lawsuit: Red-light runners caught on camera pay excessive finesThe Wenatchee World Online
Kitsap Sun -Mid Columbia Tri City Herald -Northwest Cable News
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Spokane needs clinic - The Spokesman Review

Spokane needs clinic
The Spokesman Review
This genuine concern was quickly noticed, not only by patients from Eastern Washington but from several adjacent states. The problem is not with Dr. ...

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Missing ferry passenger found OK near Seattle - Seattle Times

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Missing ferry passenger found OK near Seattle
Seattle Times
The Spokane woman who left her car on a ferry in Seattle and disappeared was found hitchhiking at Lake Forest Park, north of Seattle. The Spokane woman who ...
Missing Spokane woman foundKXLY
Missing ferry passenger found near SeattleThe Wenatchee World Online
Missing ferry woman spotted in Seattle, ShorelineKOMO News
MyNorthwest.com -The Spokesman Review -Seattle Post Intelligencer -Northwest Cable News
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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ... - KXLY

KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ...
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Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP WALLA WALLA - Authorities in southeastern Washington raided a tree farm near Burbank and discovered a ...

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Medicinal marijuana dispensaries open in Wash. - Seattle Times

Medicinal marijuana dispensaries open in Wash.
Seattle Times
Stevens, a candidate for Spokane City Council, took her reply to mean police would not interfere with the business. Washington voters passed Initiative 692 ...

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NEW Spokane man injured in motorcycle accident - Yakima Herald-Republic

NEW Spokane man injured in motorcycle accident
Yakima Herald-Republic
A Spokane man suffered hand cuts and possible rib injuries when his motorcycle ran off the Interstate 90 exit ramp south of Ellensburg early this morning, ...

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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ... - KXLY

KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ...
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The first portion of the freeway is scheduled to open in north Spokane this summer. You must be logged in to rate this story. Login or register.

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Caller in Boulder Abortion Clinic threat ID'd as Washington man - Colorado Daily

Caller in Boulder Abortion Clinic threat ID'd as Washington man
Colorado Daily
A 70-year-old Spokane, Wash., man has confessed to making a potential threat against a Boulder abortion doctor, according to the US Marshals Service in ...

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Floating home for sale: 55-car garage, bar and grill, priced to sell - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Seattle Times

Floating home for sale: 55-car garage, bar and grill, priced to sell
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The nonprofit Pacific Marine Foundation is offering the 207-foot-by-62-foot former Washington ferry M/V Olympic for conversion into "a floating hotel, ...
Mother says woman missing from ferry likely wandering around SeattleSeattle Times
Missing Spokane woman last seen on Seattle ferryKXLY
Missing woman from Spokane, not SequimPeninsula Daily
Kitsap Sun -Seattle Times -Seattle Times -Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Police say Spokane teen killed in jet ski accident - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Police say Spokane teen killed in jet ski accident
Seattle Post Intelligencer
AP COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department says an eastern Washington teenager involved in a watercraft accident on Hayden Lake has ...
Teen Dies in Jet Ski AccidentKBOI

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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ... - KXLY

KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ...
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Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP POST FALLS -- Authorities from both Washington and Idaho responded to a head-on collision along ...

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On This Day: June 21 - NEXT

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On This Day: June 21
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The idea of a Father's Day celebration was, however, conceived in 1909 in Spokane, Washington, by Sonara Smart Dodd, then aged 16, while listening to a ...
The Father's DayPakistan Times
Fathers, from Heavenly to EarthLeader Vindicator
How Father's Day came to beSudbury Star
WBOY-TV -MonitorBankRates.com -Bristol Herald Courier
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Use the Perfect Father's Day Gift - Monticello News

Use the Perfect Father's Day Gift
Monticello News
It originated in the Good Old USA, and then the tradition spread around the world, after Ms. Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, listened to a ...

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Braden 10th at nationals - The Spokesman Review

Braden 10th at nationals
The Spokesman Review
Washington State's Moreno Zapata placed 18th in the men's triple jump at 48-43/4. Winner Brandon Roulhac of HPC Elite jumped 54-81/4. Spokane's David Fern ...

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Clear airport security fast-lane program shuts down - CNN

Clear airport security fast-lane program shuts down
CNN
... Black Diamond Self-Select Lanes program to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, Orlando and Spokane (Washington) International Airport. ...

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Dry chicken being served at Division KFC in Spokane, Washington - Examiner.com

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Dry chicken being served at Division KFC in Spokane, Washington
Examiner.com
I was given photos of a meal that a customer ordered at the North Division Street location in Spokane, Washington, and was a bit surprised about what is now ...

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KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ... - KXLY

KXLY.com: News, Weather and Sports for Spokane, WA and Coeur d ...
KXLY
In September of 2008, the Washington State Bar Association claimed Eugster's actions were inappropriate, especially when he refused to turn over Stead's ...
State Supreme Court splits 5-4 on disbarring lawyerThe Olympian
High court suspends Eugster from law for 18 monthsThe Spokesman Review

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Television Broadcasting Services; Spokane, WA - TMCnet

Television Broadcasting Services; Spokane, WA
TMCnet
Section 73.622(i), the DTV Table of Allotments under Washington, is amended by adding channel 15 and removing channel 7 at Spokane and by adding channel *7 ...

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Brockman's big night at the NBA draft? - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Brockman's big night at the NBA draft?
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Daye never became the superstar he was expected to be for the Zags, but he decided to leave Spokane after his second year. He has not performed well in ...

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Felon suspected of WSP lot break-in - The Spokesman Review

Felon suspected of WSP lot break-in
The Spokesman Review
A felon arrested after a daylong standoff at a north Spokane apartment may be responsible for a break-in at the Washington State Patrol impound lot in April ...

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Yard Dawgz Take on Undefeated Shock on Friday - OurSports Central (press release)

Yard Dawgz Take on Undefeated Shock on Friday
OurSports Central (press release)
The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz (7-5) take on the undefeated Spokane Shock (11-0) on Friday, June 26th, in Spokane, Washington. Kickoff is set for 10:05 pm CST ...

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Copy and paste the link: - Victoria Advocate

Copy and paste the link:
Victoria Advocate
... dispensaries are opening in Spokane to provide it. And regardless of whether such stores are what Washington voters and legislators envisioned when they ...

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Washington records - The Spokesman Review

Washington records
The Spokesman Review
Doris E. Nelson et al., violations of the Washington Securities Act. Carolyn Foley v. Valley Quality Homes Spokane et al., breach of contract. ...

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Washington Ticket Cameras Under Legal Siege - TheNewspaper.com

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Washington Ticket Cameras Under Legal Siege
TheNewspaper.com
A pair of class action lawsuits proposed against cities in Washington that use photo enforcement. A trio of powerhouse lawfirms are taking on nearly all the ...

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AquaSox update - HeraldNet

AquaSox update
HeraldNet
Wednesday night Everett took a 6-0 lead before eventually losing to Spokane 18-9. Exactly seven years to the day earlier the mirror image occurred. ...
Nathan Joyce: In the Pros, Jared Prince Gets Used to Not Being the ...Kitsap Sun
Indians blow by EverettThe Spokesman Review
Indians blow away AquaSox 18-9HeraldNet

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Notebook: Ponciano; track, golf, tix giveaway - Cougfan.com

Notebook: Ponciano; track, golf, tix giveaway
Cougfan.com
WASHINGTON STATE'S BASEBALL opener is eight months away, but the Cougars have already recorded a key victory. Coach Donnie Marbut said ...

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Friday notes - Seattle Times

Friday notes
Seattle Times
--- Rumor is that former Husky Caesar Rayford, cut by the BC Lions earlier this week, will play for the Spokane Shock of af2. There he will join another ...

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EDMO Distributors and Spokane Industries Make Refueling Handi - Vertical Magazine (press release)

Vertical Magazine (press release)

EDMO Distributors and Spokane Industries Make Refueling Handi
Vertical Magazine (press release)
... and pilot supplies now carries the HandiFueler aviation fuel trailer system manufactured by Spokane Industries based out of Spokane, Washington. ...

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WSU Football:Winning the recruiting war-Part 2 - Examiner.com

Examiner.com

WSU Football:Winning the recruiting war-Part 2
Examiner.com
For ticket information check out wsucougars.com or call 1-800-GO-COUGS. Lew Wright is an Examiner from Spokane. You can see Lew's articles on Lew's Home ...

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Roads: Fine for infractions caught by device are illegal, group says - TheNewsTribune.com

Roads: Fine for infractions caught by device are illegal, group says
TheNewsTribune.com
(Steve Bloom/The Olympian) A group of Washington drivers has filed a lawsuit against 19 cities, including Lacey, saying that drivers were charged too much ...

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Gonzaga's Austin Daye Selected by the Detroit Pistons - The Slipper Still Fits

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Gonzaga's Austin Daye Selected by the Detroit Pistons
The Slipper Still Fits
Daye leaves the cushy comforts of Spokane, Washington for Detroit where he will probably get immediate minutes as Detroit's frontline might be decimated by ...
Daye selected by Detroit Pistons in NBA DraftSports and Weather Right Now
Moment of truth for Zags in draftThe Spokesman Review
Pistons grab Daye at No. 15: Sophomore only Zag picked in draftTrading Markets (press release)

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NHL Entry Draft Update - Sports Network

Globe and Mail

NHL Entry Draft Update
Sports Network
Ottawa Senators - Jared Cowen (D, Spokane (WHL)); 10. Edmonton Oilers - Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (LW, Timra (Sweden)); 11. Nashville Predators - Ryan Ellis ...
Islanders decide future with No. 1 pickCanada.com
Cullen: Making a MockeryTSN.ca
Spin a wheel, make a pickOttawa Citizen
iNews880.com
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Lois Lacey: Armchair Observations - Frederick News Post (subscription)

Lois Lacey: Armchair Observations
Frederick News Post (subscription)
Subsequently, on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington, the very first national day for fathers was observed. At about the same time, people from across ...

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Woman with gun robs credit union - The Spokesman Review

Woman with gun robs credit union
The Spokesman Review
Three firefighters escaped serious injury Thursday after being buried in debris when a porch roof collapsed during a structure fire in northeast Spokane. ...

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Stephen Karam's 'Speech & Debate' ushers in new generation of ... - Kansas City Star

Stephen Karam's 'Speech & Debate' ushers in new generation of ...
Kansas City Star
The spark was a real political scandal in Spokane, Washington, and as is often the case in a lot of my plays what sparks the idea isn't really what the ...

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Parasitic wasps trounce cereal leaf beetles - Capital Press (subscription)

Parasitic wasps trounce cereal leaf beetles
Capital Press (subscription)
Washington State University Spokane and Lincoln County Extension Area Specialist Diana Roberts said cereal leaf beetle larvae began to show up in Walla ...

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On this day in history - Chicago Tribune

On this day in history
Chicago Tribune
In 1910 Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Washington. In 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, ...

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'Fawn-napping' victims filling clinic - The Spokesman Review

'Fawn-napping' victims filling clinic
The Spokesman Review
Over the past two weeks, WDFW's Spokane office has fielded an average of six calls per day from people who found fawns in the woods, Luers said. ...

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Idea For Father's Day Came About 100 Years Ago - KAMR

Examiner.com

Idea For Father's Day Came About 100 Years Ago
KAMR
(Spokane, WA) -- It was exactly a century ago when a woman in Spokane, Washington, who was listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909, came up with the idea ...
Father's Day to be celebrated todayDaily Times
Fathers happy with lesser attentionTimes of India
Father's Day 2009: A complete guide to make his day specialExaminer.com
Ledger Independent -Mangalorean.com -Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin -Post-Bulletin
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Statewatch: Washington Not by aircraft alone - Economist

Economist

Statewatch: Washington Not by aircraft alone
Economist
Spokane, in the state's east, is the de facto service centre for inland Washington, Idaho and Montana, an area that once considered becoming its own state, ...

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Keene trades necktie for fishing pole - East Oregonian

Keene trades necktie for fishing pole
East Oregonian
... Keene, a Washington native, got on the administrator track, rising as assistant superintendent before leaving the West Valley (Spokane) School District ...

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Northwest briefs: Gonzaga to face Davidson in Battle in Seattle - Seattle Times

Northwest briefs: Gonzaga to face Davidson in Battle in Seattle
Seattle Times
Kenmore's Derek Berg shot an even-par 72 to lead after 54 holes at the 83rd Washington State Men's Amateur Championship. Berg has a total of 6-under 210 ...

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Wash. Supreme Court hears case on Internet filters - Seattle Post Intelligencer

KOMO News

Wash. Supreme Court hears case on Internet filters
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The ACLU is representing three library users and the pro-gun Second Amendment Foundation in the case that the US District Court in Spokane has asked the ...
Supreme Court hears library lawsuit, will issue opinion laterThe Wenatchee World Online

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Washington state's GOP will hold 2010 convention in Vancouver - OregonLive.com

Washington state's GOP will hold 2010 convention in Vancouver
OregonLive.com
The previous GOP convention was held in 2008 in Spokane. Hart said he has wanted to see Vancouver host the convention again for more than a decade. ...

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Washington records - The Spokesman Review

Washington records
The Spokesman Review
Bruce D. Olson, of Yakima, and Demaris S. Krummel, of Spokane. Joel R. Eggert and Kari M. Wegner, both of Post Falls. Brian D. McCann and Kimberly N. Lewis, ...

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KHQ

Kareem Abdul-Jabar and A.C. Green in town for Hoopfest
SPOKANE, Wash. - Former NBA stars Kareem Abdul-Jabar and A.C. Green are in Spokane for Hoopfest 2009.

Moscow fatal fire being investigated as homicide
MOSCOW, Idaho - The structure fire in Moscow that left one person dead Wednesday morning is now being investigated as a homicide.

Michael Jackson is dead
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer, and the tabloid world's most disturbing celebrity, has died.

Spokane Valley credit union robbed
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Spokane Valley police are looking for a white female who held up the Progressions Credit Union at 1507 N. Pines Road about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Farrah Fawcett, pop icon of the 1970's has died at the age of 62.  Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, says Fawcett died Thursday morning in a Santa Monica hospital from complications due to cancer.

Failed Pharmacy Robbery Attempt, Sheriffs Search for Suspect
SPOKANE, Wash. - Sheriff's deputies are looking for a suspect in a failed attempt to rob the Wandemere Rite-Aid pharmacy.

Missing Spokane Woman Found
SPOKANE, Wash. - Amy Story, the 27 year old Spokane woman who was reported missing after leaving her car on a Washington State Ferry has been found.

House fire in North Spokane destroys home
SPOKANE, Wash. - An early morning fire has destroyed a home in North Spokane.  According to the Spokane Fire Department, the fire broke out just before 4 a.m. at 1908 E. Wellesley.

Police searching for disguised robber who's struck multiple times
SPOKANE, Wash. - Police are searching for a man who robbed the Grocery Outlet in the 7800 block of N. Division Tuesday night. The man was wearing a disguise comprised of a fake beard and wig.

Thief arrested following brief stand off
SPOKANE, Wash. - A 31-year-old thief learned all about police K-9s Wednesday evening when he attempted to hide in a Millwood home to escape pursuing sheriff's deputies.

County Commissioners vote to re-open stretch of Spokane River
SPOKANE, Wash. - At the request of Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich's the Spokane County Board of Commissioners Monday officially re-opened the Spokane River between Harvard Road and Barker Road.   The Sheriff requested the river be closed June 2nd based on high spring runoff that raised the water level and river current to dangerous levels.

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Chilean found guilty in Colo. student's slaying
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 7:43 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A Boulder jury has convicted Diego Olmos Alcalde of first-degree murder in the death of a University of Colorado student 12...

House passes major energy-climate bill
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 7:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed sweeping legislation calling for the...

House rejects GOP energy alternative
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 7:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has rejected a Republican alternative to a Democratic climate bill. The vote sets the stage for likely passage of a bill...

Goldwater Institute sues Glendale over Coyotes
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 7:03 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A conservative watchdog group is suing the city of Glendale after being denied records of negotiations between the city and any...

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