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The Big News of the Past Week
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Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA after he was caught on tape asking his girlfriend not to associate with black people or bring them to games. In other racist old-guy news, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy suggested in an interview with the New York Times that African-Americans were “better off as slaves, picking cotton.”
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A Spokane Valley woman was found dead in the trunk of her car on the South Hill. Investigators believe she may have been in there for weeks. Her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend have been charged with her murder.
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Mayor David Condon has asked voters to support a new park bond and street levy this November to pay for ongoing road maintenance and $60 million in renovations at Riverfront Park.
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Two people were shot last Friday in Spokane Valley and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe the double shooting may have gang ties. On Thursday, a bouncer at Lion’s Lair bar downtown was shot in the leg. A suspect is in custody. Immaculee Mukakalisa, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, lights a candle at Spokane’s Temple Beth Shalom on Sunday for Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The observance, attended by about 400 people, was not only a commemoration of the Holocaust, but also of more recent acts of genocide in Rwanda, Sudan and elsewhere in the world.
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In a show of bipartisanship, the Spokane City Council unanimously approved the Ponderosa pine as the official city tree.
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The number of Idahoans who have signed up for health insurance on the online exchange, exceeding the state’s enrollment target by nearly 40,000 people.
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What’s Creating Buzz The percentage of Spokane Facebook users who prefer the Mariners over every other major league baseball team, according to a study by the social network based on “likes.”
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