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SPOKANE, Wash.- A Shadle Park High School teacher was placed on leave for allegedly playing a song called "Commencement Day"by Seattle-based rap group.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police responded to Riverfront Park this morning after getting a call from a maintenance worker who said he found items belonging to a woman. More>>
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - Prison officials are making final preparations for Washington state's first execution since 2001.
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With over 100 million sold chances are you have a George Foreman grill in your kitchen. No, Foreman did not invent the grill, but he's been the company's spokesperson since 1994. A two time heavyweight champion, George Foreman was in town last week to see his son, one of five sons named George fight at the Coeur d'Alene Casino. As you'll hear in this Six Questions, Foreman has had a life that has strong ties to the Northwest.
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It's been 15 years since a deadly shooting on Fairchild AFB in which five people were killed and 23 more were injured by a man booted from the Air Force after being diagnosed with a personality disorder. In this archive Six Questions from 2004 about the 1994 shootings, Dan Kleckner interviews three family members injured in the shootings. More>>
It's an unlikely journey; from Riggins, Idaho to New York, New York. Dan Cummins makes people laugh for a living and his style of humor is unique as a national television audience heard on NBC's last comic standing. More>>
After an impressive collegiate career at Arizona State, Jake Plummer spent 10 years in the NFL as quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals and then the Denver Bronco's. When it came time to leave the game of football permanently at age 32, it made sense for the Idaho native to call Sandpoint his home. The community along Lake Pend Oreille has embraced the multi-millionaire who now spends his time as a volunteer coach at Sandpoint High School and serving the senior citizens of Bonner County. More>>
He could be a tough act to follow. Tony Bennett, a charismatic young coach who lead the Cougar Men's Basketball team to heights not seen in quite a few years at WSU, but as you'll hear in this Six Questions, if you ask Ken Bone, he has no problem following in the footsteps of Tony Bennett. Born and raised in the Northwest, the Cougars' new head coach feels like he's a good fit in Pullman after very successful runs at Seattle Pacific and Portland State. More>>
The National Police Suicide foundation reports that from 1997 to 2007, 1,800 officers were killed in the line of duty but 4,900 committed suicide. The fact that more cops will die at their own hand than at the hand of an assailant is the driving force behind the work of Clarke Paris. For more, copy and paste the following URL into your browser: www.thepainbehindthebadge.com More>>
They are both members of the NFL and College Football Hall of Fame, but they could not be more different. Gale Sayers, the soft-spoken Chicago Bear whose spectacular career was cut short by injuries, and Paul Hornung, the admitted playboy whose love for gambling earned him a year of suspension from the NFL in 1963. Both were a part of Northern Quest Resort's Super Bowl party and as you'll hear this edition of Six Questions they are forever linked in NFL history. More>>
He was born in Germany to an American soldier and a German mother at the end of World War II and moved to the United States before his first birthday. Marple has a Social Security number and has paid into the system for the past 40 years after working in the newspaper industry, but now, he's facing a financial crisis. More>>
Demetrius Andrade, two-time national champion and the 2007 welterweight world champion at 152 pounds, who goes by the nickname "Boo-Boo," is set to make his professional boxing debut in the Spokane area. It is, in a way, the beginning of the end for the 20-year-old. The beginning of what could a lucrative professional boxing career, but the end of an impressive amateur career that closed with a disappointing loss in the Beijing Olympic Games. More>>
It was a lifelong dream of hers to compete in Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Rachael Scdoris attempted three times to finish the grueling 1100+ miles. She crossed the finish line once back in 2006, and it's that one accomplishment that put her in elite company as the first legally-blind athlete to complete the course. More>>
It seems only fitting that in March he received Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award. He's the driving force behind the most sucessful program on television. He's Don Hewitt, the executive producer of 60 Minutes. More>>
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: On 09/09/10, a fugitive wanted in connection with shooting death of John S. Williams on N. Crestline St. in Spokane has been captured. More>>
WALLA WALLA, Wash.- Cal Coburn Brown was declared dead by prison officials at 12:56 a.m. Friday morning. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Transportation and labor officials said some airline pilots would fly fewer hours and others more hours under a proposal being released Friday to help lessen pilot fatigue. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says a Florida pastor's plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 must be taken seriously because it could cause "profound damage" to U.S. troops and interests around the world.
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Tonight: Scattered showers and isolated Mtn T-storms diminish, but the cool Southwesterly breeze at 10-15mph will continue. More>>
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SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) - A San Francisco state senator says emergency officials have confirmed that six people were killed in massive fire and explosion.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal judge in California plans to issue an order to halt the military's policy requiring gay members not to reveal their sexual orientation. More>>
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Kayla Baker has wanted to be a hair stylist for as long as she can remember, but her dream is in jeopardy after a thief walked into her hairstyling school. More>>
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional.
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