February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Marriage may be hazardous to your health, and it’s time Washington’s blissful betrothed be so informed when they apply for a marriage license, some state senators say. The handful of …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Politics didn’t play a role in plans to close the U.S. Bureau of Mines offices in Spokane, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said Wednesday. But, hours later, a bureau spokesman appeared …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Nearly one of 10 commercial drivers for the city of Spokane tested positive for drugs since random testing began three weeks ago. So far, 45 employees were tested and four …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Emergency workers prepare to transport a student who was riding on a Lakeside school bus when it was rear-ended. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 This is a mystery, but it’s not a whodunit. That’s because it’s clear who does it, and who doesn’t. White girls do, and black girls don’t.

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Not everything was different when Hillary Rodham Clinton went back to her high school on Wednesday: The “William F. Buckley conservative” who taught her social studies is still there, and …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Flames were melting a mobile home around him “like a marshmallow” when Steven Hines rushed inside to see if anyone was trapped. Despite the violent blaze, “it was like they …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Wednesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 575. Wednesday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 2-10-15-27-28-36.

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Clinton administration issued new regulations Wednesday for the nation’s 10,000 foreign in-home child-care workers that set new standards for those who care for children under 2 years old and …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Prosecutors added a significant new element to their case against O.J. Simpson, disclosing that his blood was discovered on the rear gate of his ex-wife’s condominium after she and a …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough. Ain’t no phone bill large enough to keep Kristine Rich from marrying her man on Valentine’s Day. So she did …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused “embittered Democrats” Wednesday of filing false charges against him and said he hadn’t been contacted by the House ethics committee for a response. A critic …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jurors awarded $5.2 million today to a woman and her husband for physical problems she claimed were caused by breast implants. The jury rejected a damage claim from another woman.< …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In yet another commercial venture arising from the O.J. Simpson murder case, Al Cowlings has set up a 900 number to present his thoughts and feelings about his longtime friend …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 In a victory for President Clinton, the House rejected a Republican proposal Wednesday night designed to force the administration to move ahead with a national missile defense system. With a …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Federal officials are investigating three fires that have been set at Southern California abortion clinics in the past week, including a Wednesday morning blaze at a San Luis Obispo clinic. …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A case of adoptive parents who reluctantly agreed to return their 5-month-old boy took a twist Wednesday when a judge told them they should keep the baby. The biological mother, …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Wednesday: 27 students with minor injuries were taken to Kootenai Medical Center after a truck rear-ended a Lakeland School Dristrict bus at the intersection of state highway 53 and 41.

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Peruvian forces began to pull back troops and tanks Wednesday from populated areas of the border with Ecuador, a day after a shaky cease-fire took hold. More than half the …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A judge set bail ranging from $350,000 to $1 million Wednesday for six of the seven teenagers charged with beating another youth to death on the steps of a church. …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Americans overwhelmingly reject the notion that Dr. Henry Foster is unfit to be surgeon general because he performed abortions and gave different accounts of how many, an Associated Press poll …

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Among findings from study on pacemakers: Patients in the western United States were 19 percent more likely to receive dual-chamber pacemakers.

February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Doctors may soon tell patients who complain of tension headaches: “Take two massages and call me in the morning.” A study suggests tension headaches start with previously undiscovered tissues that …