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2010-03-05T17:32:13Z

Pablo Schreiber attending the opening night of the Broadway play 'Martin McDonagh's A Behanding In Spokane' at the Schoenfeld Theatre. New York City, USA - 04.03.10

behanding in spokane

2010-03-05T17:31:40Z

Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman attending the opening night of the Broadway play 'Martin McDonagh's A Behanding In Spokane' at the Schoenfeld Theatre. New York City, Spokane, Wash.; more tainted ones found</div><div><p>At least three dogs in Spokane's South Hill have died after eating poisoned meatballs.</p><p>The latest report was filed Monday. KREM-TV reports it was the fifth such find since Friday.</p><p>The meatballs have been sent to Dan Fitzgerald, architect of Gonzaga's college basketball rise, dies at 67</div><div><p>Dan Fitzgerald, the coach who built Gonzaga into a national basketball power but resigned before the school began its current run of Chivas Regal, Jack Daniel's or Smirnoff, get ready to make some new acquaintance...

Alcoa gives recycled cans to couple's wedding fund

2010-02-22T20:56:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Old, new, borrowed and aluminum? Alcoa donates recycled cans toward couple's wedding fund</div><div><p>Traditional weddings call for something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Alcoa Inc. is giving an engaged Spokane, Wash., couple something aluminum — 150,000 cans to be exact.</p>&l...

Washington couple's wedding gift: 150,000 cans

2010-02-22T22:01:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Alcoa donates 150,000 cans to help Washington couple recycling to pay for wedding</div><div><p>One wedding gift for a Spokane couple won't come in the form of a card with money or a nicely wrapped present but rather 150,000 cans.</p><p><...

Police: Parishoner owed $70 rams truck into church

2010-02-23T11:54:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Police say parishoner owed $70 for electrical repairs allegedly rams truck into Spokane church</div><div><p>Spokane County Sheriff's said a 56-year-old man was so incensed at a $70 repair bill he was owed, he rammed his truck into a Spokane church. The Spokesman-Review reported that a parishioner of the Country Crossr...

Military family's belongings stolen during move

2010-02-23T12:21:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Military family's belongings, truck stolen during move from N. Dakota to Washington state</div><div><p>A military family moving from North Dakota to Washington state in advance of the father's deployment to South Korea lost all their valuables when thei...

More than 500 claims filed against NW Jesuits

2010-02-23T19:59:36Z

<div id="subtitle">More than 500 people file claims alleging sex abuse against Jesuits in the Northwest</div><div><p>More than 500 people in the Northwest filed claims against the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus in advance of a November deadline, alleging members of the Catholic order sexually abused them as children.</...

Chances for white Christmas by cities

2010-02-24T00:39:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Chances for a white Christmas by selected cities</div><div><p>Probability of a white Christmas for selected cities, listed alphabetically by state, based on data collected by the National Climatic Data Center from 1988-2005:</p><p>Anchorage, Netflix shipment sues Postal Service over firing</div><div><p>A former postal supervisor who says he was fired for refusing a late shipment of Netflix DVDs in Spokane is suing the Postal Service.</p><p>John A. Branda told The Spokesman-Review in a story published...

Investors cheer as Mines Management scraps stock sale (MGN)

2010-02-24T04:04:28Z

Just 7days after announcing a massive equity offering, Spokane Washington based Mines Management (MGN) has cancelled the stock sale.

SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MINES MANAGEMENT, INC. (NYSE Amex:MGN)(TSX:MGT -News) (“...

Van stolen 35 years ago in Wash. state recovered

2010-02-24T09:16:38Z
<div id="subtitle">Van stolen 35 years ago in Wash. state found in shipping container at LA/Long Beach seaport</div><div><p>A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Colo. abortion doctor</div><div><p>Federal prosecutors say statements from a Washington man accused of threatening a Colorado abortion doctor's family should be admitted in court.</p><p>Donald Hertz of

Minnesota Episcopalians select Prior as bishop

2010-02-24T11:40:23Z
<div id="subtitle">Minnesota Episcopalians select Prior as bishop from field that included openly gay reverend</div><div><p>The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota says the Rev. Brian Prior has been elected its next bishop.</p><p>He was chosen Saturday over four other candid...

Criminally insane, but out on the street

2010-02-24T17:49:04Z
<div id="subtitle">Despite being judged criminally insane, killer Phillip A. Paul spent years out on the streets</div><div><p>Phillip A. Paul in 1987 was declared criminally insane for killing an elderly woman after voices in his head told him she was a witch.</p><p>Instead of being straitjacketed and locked away as might be depicted by film or fiction, Paul...

Human rights activist finds noose on porch

2010-02-25T03:34:28Z
<div id="subtitle">Northern Idaho human rights activist finds noose on front porch of Spokane home</div><div><p>The education director of a Human Rights Education Institute in Idaho said someone left a noose on the porch of her home in an apparent threat again...

Schizophrenic killer in WA recaptured after 3 days

2010-02-25T04:55:22Z
<div><p>A schizophrenic killer who slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair has been recaptured after three days on the loose.</p><p>With a helicopter overhead and dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement officers swarming around rural Goldendale on Sunday, 47-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul walked out to a highway in south...

Sheriff: Captured inmate duped pal during escape

2010-02-25T04:51:41Z
<div><p>An insane killer was recaptured Sunday, three days after he slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair more than 180 miles away from the side of a highway where he eventually was found.</p><p>With a helicopter overhead and dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement officers swarming around Goldendale, 47-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul walked out to a highway in south-central