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Rabid bat incidents prompt warning - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST Three rabid bats have been found in the Coeur dAlene area in recent weeks an unusually high number so soon after the mammals have emerged from hibernation. Generally we only see maybe three the whole year, sometimes not even that, said Dave Hylsky, an epi
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Man charged in ricin case - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST Federal prosecutors Wednesday charged a 38-year-old Spokane man with developing and sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and a federal judge in Spokane. The court documents say Matthew Ryan Buquet produced ricin, an illegal biological to
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Vandal hits Fire safety House - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST A vandal smashed windows and tore up a special trailer used to teach Spokane children about fire safety. Perhaps worse was the damage to a small picture Tuesday evening. Beneath the shattered glass are the faces of four little boys killed in a house fire
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Clark: Bratwurst worth trip through torn-up Third Avenue - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST Scores of businesses are being affected by all the digging and scooping that has turned much of Third Avenue into a street maintenance war zone. Today, however, we will focus on the Alpine Delicatessen, 417 E. Third Ave., for the following reasons
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Tests being developed to aid poison investigations - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST As federal prosecutors build a case against a Spokane man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president, the CIA, a federal judge and Fairchild Air Force Base, one of the legal challenges theyll face is proving that the substance is indeed ric
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House votes to cut food stamps funding - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST WASHINGTON The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment ...
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Temporary span opens on Interstate 5 - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. A temporary span opened Wednesday morning, replacing a section of the bridg
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Letters - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST Denver Street fuss confusing After reading about the brouhaha in the June 6 Voice section, I drove past the disputed Denver Street site where a local builder plans to build three homes, each on its own full city lot.
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Creature Feature: Cali, a female Angora - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST Cali came into the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service shelter on May 31. Shes a spayed adult female Angora about 4 years old. Shelter workers say shes a little shy at first, but warms up. They also say she always uses her litter box. Cali i
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Photo: Spotted whale - Thu, 20 Jun 2013 PST Just keep swimming: A gray whale attracts attention Wednesday near the Purdy Bridge in Gig Harbor, Wash. The plume above it near the head is produced as it breathes.
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