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Thursday, November 20, 2008

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Local news

Published Thursday, November 20, 2008

'Awful' budget cuts loom

OLYMPIA – Facing an unprecedented budget shortfall, Washington officials are scrambling to shave billions of dollars in state spending.

Higher education cuts of 20 percent could cancel classes

As the state's budget crisis worsens, Washington's colleges and universities are being told to plan for $600 million in cuts over the next two years, a loss that would mean program cuts, layoffs and enrollment reductions.

Lottery numbers

Wednesday's Washington Daily Game: 4-0-5Wednesday's Washington Lotto: 11-20-28-31-42-43

Budget trouble forcing layoffs at county

Spokane County leaders will lay off potentially dozens of employees because of expected shortfalls in the county's budget.

DSHS settles in abuse case

The state of Washington will pay more than $6 million to former foster children of Carole DeLeon, including the estate of the 7-year-old boy who died of starvation in her care, according to a settlement filed Wednesday in Spokane County Superior Court.

Turkey Bowl fosters friendships

Martin Herford says the big game he's organized this Sunday is all about the fellowship."Anybody can play football. Anybody can put a Turkey Bowl together," Herford said. "But to me, it's about the friendships that grow from it."

Doug Clark: This forecast calls for overzealous forecasts

Well, it looks like ol' Jack Frost will soon be nipping at us like a pack of aggressive panhandlers in the downtown Spokane business core.

In brief: Hall escapes, may be headed to Spokane

Career criminal Eddie Ray Hall escaped custody in Yakima on Wednesday and was believed to be headed to Spokane, police say.

House Republicans want original ballots recounted

House Republicans plan to continue their legal fight over the razor-thin race for the 6th Legislative District in Spokane by asking a court to order that the likely hand recount use some 7,000 problem ballots sent in by voters, not the replacement ballots that had to be made for the vote-counting machines.

Scientific approach to 'true chocolate'

SEATTLE – Andy McShea is a Harvard-trained molecular biologist using his scientific talent to promote "true chocolate" and steer consumers away from all that other brown, sweet stuff he says is often unhealthy, morally questionable and not the real thing.

Man dies after shop fire

A man who apparently lived for more than a decade in leased space at Empire Auto Body in northeast Spokane died there Wednesday in a fire caused by a woodstove.

State to keep track of MRSA cases

SEATTLE – Using a newly adopted federal health coding change, the state Health Department plans to start tracking infections of the potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria known as MRSA.

Spokane survey hopes to identify residents' priorities

Spokane residents have 10 more days to give the City Council a piece of their mind – at least in an online survey.

In brief: Officials issue sex offender alert

Spokane law enforcement wants to alert residents to three level 3 sex offenders who have recently moved.

Airway Heights search ruled illegal

A search of a man by two Airway Heights police officers was unconstitutional and a Spokane judge was correct in tossing out stolen property charges against him, an appeals court has ruled.

Pair arrested, charged in FBI fraud case

A woman and her boyfriend are accused of embezzling $814,000 from two Spokane advertising agencies and using the money for down payments on houses, luxury vehicles and airline tickets for a youth football team's trip to California.

Idaho Records

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Senior Dancing

Mountain Musicians Senior Dance – Meets the first Sunday of the month, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Sons of Norway, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. For information, call Sherrie at 290-2881.