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Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down

The longtime executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has stepped down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down

The longtime executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has stepped down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down

The longtime executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has stepped down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down

The longtime executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has stepped down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

New Cubs prez Hoyer's goal: Retool team but stay competitive

While the window is just opening on Jed Hoyer's time as the Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations, it's closing on the Cubs' championship-winning core.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

New Cubs prez Hoyer's goal: Retool team but stay competitive

While the window is just opening on Jed Hoyer's time as the Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations, it's closing on the Cubs' championship-winning core.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus

The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

No chaos

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Somber mood at King's memorial

WASHINGTON - Some were locals who've watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took shape on the National Mall. Some were tourists who happened to be in Washington the day it opened. All felt honored as they gazed at a towering granite sculpture of …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

NPR president resigns after VP criticizes tea party

WASHINGTON - NPR's president and CEO resigned Wednesday in an effort to limit the damage from hidden camera footage of a fellow executive deriding the tea party movement as "seriously racist." Conservatives called the video proof that the network is biased and undeserving of federal funds.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The Force is strong: 'Empire' tapped for registry

BALTIMORE - Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, John Travolta preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist communicating in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO

BP's top kill effort on Gulf oil leak fails

ROBERT, La. - BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but said it's readying yet another approach to fight the spill after a series of failures.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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