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UPDATE: Apartment Complex Goes Up In Flames On Lower South Hill

UPDATE: Apartment Complex Goes Up In Flames On Lower South Hill
UPDATE: JUST IN from KHQ's Alex Rozier: Spokane Asst. Fire Chief says they are nearly certain fire on the lower South Hill was started by elec. problem in the attic. PREVIOUS STORY: SPOKANE, Wash. - Firefighters responded to a multi-alarm structure fire at an apartment complex in the 700

Romney, Obama zero in on Ohio, a GOP must-win

Romney, Obama zero in on Ohio, a GOP must-win
By CHARLES BABINGTON and KASIE HUNTAssociated Press VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) - Ohio has emerged as the presidential race's undisputed focus. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are making multiple stops this week alone in a state that's trending toward the president, endangering Romney's White

US panel approves NC uranium enrichment plant

US panel approves NC uranium enrichment plant
By EMERY P. DALESIOAP Business Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A nuclear power partnership of General Electric Co. and Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. received federal approval Tuesday to build the first plant to enrich uranium for use in commercial reactors using a classified laser technology. The

Iconic Israeli newspaper on the verge of collapse

Iconic Israeli newspaper on the verge of collapse
By ARON HELLERAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Throughout much of Israel's history, the Maariv daily was known as the "country's paper," the newspaper with the highest circulation and a cornerstone of Israeli media. Now it is on its last legs - the victim, some say, of a Jewish-

Nigeria names top bidders for its power plants

Nigeria names top bidders for its power plants
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria has announced the top bidders for five power plants, the latest step in a privatization process expected to bring stable electricity to millions in Africa's most populous nation. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises said in a statement Tuesday that various

Romney says he won't gut teachers' power to strike

Romney says he won't gut teachers' power to strike
NEW YORK (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Tuesday he would not stop teachers from being able to strike. President Barack Obama accused Romney of engaging in "teacher bashing." The issue came to a head this month when thousands of teachers went on strike in Chicago, Obama'

Breach of confidence: Don't quote the queen

Breach of confidence: Don't quote the queen
By GREGORY KATZAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Britons got a rare glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II's personal views Tuesday when a prominent BBC reporter told a live radio audience about a conversation he had with the queen in which she apparently described telling a minister of her concern

Suu Kyi tells Ind. crowd to look back to Burma

Suu Kyi tells Ind. crowd to look back to Burma
By TOM COYNEAssociated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Myo Myint lost most of his right arm and right leg and several fingers fighting for the Burma army before he began working against Myanmar's military rulers and became a political prisoner. The 49-year-old political refugee would like to

Yemen leader says would talk to disarmed al-Qaida

Yemen leader says would talk to disarmed al-Qaida
By AHMED AL-HAJAssociated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's president said Tuesday he would talk to his country's branch of the al-Qaida militant network if it were to give up its weapons, abandon its extremist ideas and stop sheltering foreign fighters. The televised statement by

UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria

UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria
By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the 18-month conflict had become "a regional calamity with global ramifications." In sharp