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- Issue of
- Aug 2-8, 2012
- Vol. 19, No. 42
News & Comment
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- News
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Scene — Para-Troopers
It’s a sunny Tuesday morning at the track behind West Valley High School as the wheelchair racers line up. Their coach, on a bicycle, gives a shout and they’re off, arms punching downward
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- News
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Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
KSPS and Spokane Public Schools to split; plus, no reprieve for residents of El Rancho
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- News
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Battle Lines
Despite non-stop campaigning and a west-side focus, Michael Baumgartner finds it hard to make up ground against Maria Cantwell
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- News
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Queen of the Hill
Can any of the three hopefuls topple Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers?
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- Comment
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Trail Mix - 8.2.12
It’s About Jobseuro;¦ But For Who? With the Olympics in full swing, we’re getting our first dose of state and local political ads. The common theme? Jobs. But leave it to televisi
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- Comment
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Endless - and Empty
Presidential campaign rhetoric rarely tells us anything
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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American Beauty
Why strong women still chase the crown
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration - 8.2.12
MUSIC Last week, Cambridge, Mass.-based Passion Pit, an indie outfit known for its lilting falsetto vocals and beat-heavy synth melodies, released Gossamer, the follow-up to its acclaimed 2009 debut Manners.
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- Arts & Culture
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Do-It-Yourself War Stories
One woman takes her ex’s Vietnam stories into the brave new world of e-readers
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- Arts & Culture
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Just Humpin' Along...
Candy the Camel and her road to recovery
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- Arts & Culture
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Hands-On Science
Modeled after innovative science centers euro;” San Francisco’s Exploratorium, Portland’s OMSI and Albuquerque’s Explora euro;” the new Mobius Science Center highlights aerospace, fluid dynami
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- Arts & Culture
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Where Shouting Is Encouraged
The Inland Northwest gets a taste of Zimbabwean music and culture
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- Food & Drink
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Indian Redux
Top of India updates its interior, but keeps the spicy classics
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- Food & Drink
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Eating Cheap
Twigs, Frank’s Diner and Sushi Maru offer far different takes on happy hour
Music & Film
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- Music
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Pop and Circumstance
How the process of leaving religion behind gives birth to intellectual dance music
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- Music
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Sound Travels
The headaches of touring have helped the Heartless Bastards refine their sound
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- Film
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Tired Slapstick
The goofy humor of the latest Wimpy Kid movie can’t even get a young audience laughing
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- Film
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Cosmic Fail
Stiller and the gang battle aliens to few laughs in The Watch