Spokane

The Indignity Of A Layoff After Decades Of Hard Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.24.2012

Linda Hall of Spokane, Wash. has worked hard all her life but hasn't earned any respect from the labor market. Laid off for the first time at age 62, ...

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Matthew Modine Gives Back To Spokane

KHQ.com | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Louden Swain, Vision Quest, Spokane, Milk Bottle, Ferguson's Cafe, Garland Theater, Holly Jones, Super Bowl Food, Bing Crosby Theater, Matthew Modine, Video, Good News News

SPOKANE, Wash. - Actor Matthew Modine, who starred in 'Vision Quest' -- the 1985 movie filmed in Spokane - is back in Spokane to give back to Spokane....

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MLK Parade Bomber Sentenced To 32 Years In Prison

AP | By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Kevin Harpham, Kivin Harpham Sentenced, Video, Washington State Crime, MLK Parade Bomber Sentenced, Spokane, Spokane Washington, Crime News

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A federal judge was not swayed by the last-ditch attempt from an Army veteran with extensive ties to white supremacists to change hi...

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Amusement Parks In Washington State: A Huffington Post Travel Guide

The Huffington Post | Sandy Mitchell | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Federal Way, Video, Washington Travel, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington, Timberhawk, Amusement Parks, Spokane Falls Skyride, Wild Waves, Themed Guides, Travel News

Amusement parks in and near Washington state are small but fun for the whole family. They offer thrill rides, including some classic and modern roller...

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Kid Rock Announces Struggling-City Charity Tour

Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Underplay Club Tour, Twisted Brown Trucker Band, Video, Charity, Atlanta, Kid Rock, Spokane, Born Free, Kid Rock Charity Tour, Cowboy, Detroit, Impact News

Kid Rock is putting his money where his lyrics are, as he prepares for a charity tour to benefit each of the 12 struggling city he visits. Taking ...

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In Spokane, A Paper That's Still The Talk Of The Town

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Newspapers, Patch Road Trip, Spokane, Spokesman-Review, Media, Stacey Cowles, Spokane Spokesman-Review, Cowles Family, Journalism, Media News

SPOKANE, Wash. -- For all the talk of the waning influence of newspapers, it's hard to find a more important institution here than this small city's d...

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Naked Fisherman Arrested

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Naked Fisherman, Video, Spokane, West Medical Lake, West Medical Lake Resort, West Medical Lake Naked Fisherman, Things You Can't Do Naked, Spokane Washington, Weird News News

Dean H. Meginniss, a 54-year-old man from Spokane, was arrested at an eastern Washington lake on Sunday after authorities received a complaint that he...

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Trial For MLK Bomb Changed

AP | By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Mlk Day Bomb, Martin Luther King Jr., Kevin-Harpham-Trial, Kevin Harpham, Kevin Harpham Mlk Bomb, Washington Crime, Spokane, MLK Day, Washington, Martin Luther King Memorial, Crime News

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The trial of a man charged with planting a bomb at the Martin Luther King Jr. day parade in Spokane, Wash., has been delayed over co...

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No Leg Is No Problem For Tortoise With Wheel Prosthetic

AP | By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Washington State University, Weird Washington, Weird Animals, Spokane, Washington, African Tortoise, Anatomical Wonders, Good News, Tortoise Gets Wheel Prosthetic Devise, Weird News News

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Watch out Mr. Hare, this tortoise has a wheel. A 12-year-old African tortoise that recently had its front left leg amputated due to...

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Cops: Neo-Nazi Picks Fight With Wrong Man

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Video, Neo-Nazi, Daren Abbey, Marlon Baker, Bayview, Crime, Bayview Crime, Idaho, Race, Punch, Boxing Club, Idaho Crime, Dumb Crime, Spokane, One Punch, Boxing, Weird News News

It's never acceptable to judge a man by the color of his skin -- but sometimes it's wise to judge a man by the logo on his t-shirt. Idaho police sa...

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On King and Living a Life Beyond Fear

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Terrorism, Terror, Martin Luther King, Courage, Spokane, Civil Rights, Naacp, Leadership, Jim Crow, Political Violence, Bombing, Politics News

There is a reason we still take the threat of politically motivated violence seriously. Today, the NAACP is leading more than 40 actions across the country.

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New Development In MLK Parade Bomb

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: MLK Day, Mlk Day Bomb, Martin Luther King Day, Parade, Bomb, Terrorism, Spokane, Washington, Politics News

SPOKANE, Wash. — The two T-shirts found with a bomb placed along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane both came from the same ne...

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Maddow Shows How the 'National' Media Isn't National at All

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spokane, Rachel Maddow, d.c. Media, National Media, Washington D.C., Media, New York Media, Media News

What passes for a "national" media these days is almost exclusively New York/D.C.-based media that focuses almost exclusively on New York/D.C.-centric stories.

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Lethal Bomb Found Along MLK Day Parade Route

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bomb, Mlk Day Parade Bomb, Spokane, Terrorism, Bomb Mlk Day Parade, Martin Luther King Day Parade Bomb, Mlk Day Parade, MLK Day, Politics News

SPOKANE, Wash. — The FBI offered a reward Tuesday for information about a potentially lethal bomb found in a backpack along the downtown route o...

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Astoria Characters: The Bouzouki Balladeer

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

George Vlesmas has devoted his life to the pursuit of the bouzouki, the Greek stringed instrument with the pear-shaped body and swan-length fretted neck that sounds like a chiming harp.

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Bored Idaho Teen Posted Craigslist 'Boy For Sale' Ad, Police Say

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gavin, Spokane, Craigslist Ad, Washington, Craigslist, Idaho, Boy for Sale, Technology News

SPOKANE, Wash. — A Craigslist ad offering a 4-year-old boy for sale for $5,000 was the work of a bored north Idaho teen, according to Sandpoint,...

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Father's Day Turns 100: Spokane Celebrates With Week-Long Celebration

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spokane Celebrations, Father's Day, Father's Day Celebrations, Family, Father's Day Turns 100, Sonora Dodd, Spokane, Travel News

Father's Day turns 100 this Sunday thanks to the work of Sonora Dodd, a Spokane woman who, in 1909, upon hearing a sermon at her church about the impo...

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Asian Women: Rape And Hate Crimes

Jaemin Kim | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gawker Media, Ethnicity, Chinese, White People, Michael Phelps, Gawker.com, Videogames, Anime, Sexism, Dating, Defamer, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, African Americans, Korean, Rape, Rachel Getting Married, Gawker, Asian Americans, Washington State, Los Angeles, Sexuality, Black People, Stereotypes, Spokane, Asians, Japanese, Nerds, Hate Crimes, Violence Against Women, Prejudice, Legal, Prosecution, Justice, Bigotry, Interracial Dating, Sexual Violence, Interracial Relationships, Fetish, Sexual Assault, Laws, Asian Women, Bias Crime, Living News, Women, Asian Fetish, Caucasians, Sex Crimes, Salon.com, Media Responsibility, Media Bias, Healthy Living News

Reducing Asian women into a sexual object is not funny, it is not flattering. It is perilous. We can see this when Asian women are subject to race-targeted sexual violence.

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