December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 For every travail experienced, there’s something to be learned. In our preview of winter, Inland Northwesterners learned to take nothing for granted. Not even the most elementary of things. After …

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December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Pearl Harbor remembered 1. Glenn Hills of Post Falls was a seaman first class on the USS Medusa, a repair ship, in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Photo by …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A Philadelphia law firm filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle on behalf of Washington state prisoners used in radiation experiments in the 1960s. The Berger …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A 14-year-old boy fatally shot his mother and little sister and then committed suicide Friday in this small town rocked by a triple homicide just 10 months ago. Aaron J. …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 348. Friday’s Washington Keno: 2-12-14- 15-18-21-38-47-48-52-53-57-58-59-60-62-73-75-76-79. Friday’s Idaho Hot Lotto: 5-6-10-21-25.

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Next year’s hurricane season will begin with Ana and end with Kate if Dr. William M. Gray is right. The atmospheric scientist’s long-range forecast, issued Friday from non-tropical Colorado, said …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Venturing into the law of cyberspace for the first time, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide how free-speech protections created more than 200 years ago apply on the frontiers …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Police broke up a San Antonio-based prostitution ring advertising on the Internet and dispatching males to clients across Texas. Officers arrested who they believe to be the kingpin of the …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Law officers and military personnel who have been convicted of domestic violence are breaking a new federal law every time they pick up a gun. With federal, state and local …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A half-dozen unsung heroes, including a football star who gave up a professional career to help abandoned children and a CEO who kept paying his workers after a fire destroyed …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Clinton administration’s campaign to block Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali from re-election and replace him with another African picked up momentum Friday as African countries formally nominated four other candidates …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Counting on the courts to restore their election victory in Belgrade, opposition leaders vowed Friday to keep up the pressure on Slobodan Milosevic until the Serbian president relents or quits. …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Doctors fear they may have encountered a new “superbug” - a bacterium that not only resists antibiotics but thrives on them. The bacterium infected two post-operative patients at St. George’s …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Rescuers trudging through tons of mud and heavy snow found six bodies and continued searching today for at least eight others missing after a landslide tore through a dam construction …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Police discovered the bodies of a crusading journalist, his wife and their three children. They had been beaten to death in their beds. The blood-soaked bodies of Fernando Balderas, his …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 It has been 55 years since the peace of a Sunday morning - and of a nation - disintegrated in the chaos of fire from the air. Still, the memory …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 A wealthy family allegedly used a personal shoplifter to acquire some of life’s finer things - Baccarat crystal and Armani suits - until their five-finger discounter turned informant and they …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 Columbia and its astronauts set a space shuttle endurance record Friday - almost 18 days in orbit - after bad weather scuttled NASA’s landing plans for the second day in …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 CIA Director John Deutch has refused to reinstate one of the security clearances of a former White House aide accused of having a role in exposing the identity of a …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Plaintiff’s attorney John Kelly, left, walks with the mother of Nicole Simpson, Judita Brown, her father Lewis and sister Denise. Photo by Associated Press

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 The Army on Friday remembered two black civilians whose deaths led to a broad look at racism in the ranks, and disclosed new details of the military’s vigilance against extremism. …

December 7, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 Attorneys asked for a gag order Friday to stop the Army from talking about charges against a captain and two drill sergeants charged with raping female recruits and other offenses. …