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- Issue of
- Aug 9-15, 2012
- Vol. 19, No. 43
News
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- Local News
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Back on the Block
Why last month’s spa raids may put more prostitutes on the street
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- Local News
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Port Envy
Why Spokane business leaders and politicians are touring the state
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- Local News
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One Super Agency?
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is unimpressed by Spokane’s police chief finalists — and says we should go in a whole new direction
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- Local News
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The Initial Squeeze
There’s plenty of pain in Mayor Condon’s proposed 2013 budget
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- Local News
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Then There Were Two
The low-down on the men vying to be Spokane’s next police chief
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- Local News
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Picking Sides
The Jensen-Byrd battle; plus, Spokane’s Catholic bishop comes out against gay marriage in Washington
Comment
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- Opinion
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Country Without a Cause
The “dullest campaign ever” needs a dose of big, bold ideas
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- Opinion
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Trail Mix - 8.9.12
Ghosts of Elections Past Barack Obama’s re-election dreams seem to becoming real as ghosts of campaigns past keep showing up. First there was Karl Rove, the nearly indicted former adviser
Culture
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- Arts & Culture
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Truly a Life Saver
How Eldo Androes helped save the lives of as many as 939 people
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- Arts & Culture
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Don't Tape Me, Bro
It hardly seems sporting to pile on NBC’s Olympics coverage this late in the match, but we had an experience last weekend watching the men’s 10,000-meter race live that was unlike anything
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- Arts & Culture
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Apt Pupils
The Civic Academy’s production of Happy Days features an authentic cast of high-schoolers without TV preconceptions
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- Arts & Culture
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Youth in Revolt
Spring Awakening features sex, abortion, suicide, incest and homosexuality all in one hell of a rock musical
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- Arts & Culture
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Jousting by Fist and Mallet
The unlikely marriage this weekend of boxing and polo
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration - 8.9.12
TWITTER A spoof of the bestselling mommy porn of a similar name, 50 Sheds of Gray is an unholy melding of social media, bondage, and the hardware store. Don’t take my word for it. Consider
Food
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- Food & Drink
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UPDATE — Elkins Resort
After winding through tree-lined roads or perhaps approaching by boat through ice-blue waters of Priest Lake, you’d be excused for not knowing that inside of Elkins Resort’s rustic log-cab
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- Food & Drink
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Gem State in a Bottle
Idaho is slowly and quietly boosting its reputation as a wine-producing state
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- Food & Drink
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Just Add Zs
Ideal locale and simple menu could spell success for Bowl’z Bitez and Spiritz
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- Food & Drink
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Sushi With Style
Fu-Ki in Post Falls delivers standard Japanese food with no shortage of flair
Music
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- Sound Advice
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Starry Eyed
Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz talks about what fame really means
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- Sound Advice
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Double Life
Adrian Conner is best known as the female version of Angus Young. But her new band is 100 percent AC/DC free.
Film
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- Movie Reviews
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In the Shadows
The Imposter turns a documentary into a fast-paced thriller
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- Movie Reviews
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Political Animals
Art hilariously imitates reality in The Campaign