Thursday, August 30, 2012

In the news, Thursday, August 30, 2012


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This photograph of Isaac Stevens was taken shortly after his
promotion to brigadier general in 1861.
from Inlander:

A Death in the Rain
How Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory’s first governor, died 150 years ago this weekJack Nesbit







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This date in history

1905
: Ty Cobb made his major-league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. (The Tigers won, 5-3.)

1912: Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candidate for president, was scheduled to arrive in Spokane during the weekend for a rally, parade and speech at the American Theater. He would end up getting about 6 percent of the national vote – but double that in Washington state.

1967: The Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Group wants weevils used to battle milfoil
Associated Press

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Get checkup for frequent headaches
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

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Tips can help you assist pollination, setting of fruit
Pat Munts

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NASA launches twin satellites to radiation belts
Marcia Dunn      Associated Press

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Prep football preview:

NE 1B South story lines
Almira/Coulee-Hartline
Entiat
Odessa-Harrington
Pateros
Soap Lake
Waterville
Wilbur-Creston

NE 1B North story lines
Columbia-Enchelium
Curlew
Cusick
Northport
Republic
Selkirk
Wellpinit

Asotin
Dayton
DeSales
Tekoa-Oakesdale/Rosalia
Tri-Cities Prep
Waitsburg-Prescott

NE 2B story lines
Colfax
Davenport
Liberty
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague
Reardan
Springdale

Chewelah
Freeman
Kettle Falls
Lakeside
Medical Lake
Newport
Riverside
 

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