February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Washington Water Power Co.’s oil spill in downtown Spokane is 50 percent bigger than the utility claims, says a consultant to businesses near the underground plume. An analyst for Kleinfelder …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. A raging Pine Creek hammers away at the North Bank Bridge couth of Pinehurst, Idaho, on Wednesday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Ice backs up the Coeur d’Alene …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A wolf leaps across a road into the wilds of central Idaho north of Salmon in January. Reintroduced wolves appear to be surviving and pairing up. File/Associated Press

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Senate voted Wednesday to scrap a decades-old link between farm prices and government subsidies, giving farmers a series of fixed but declining payments over seven years. The bill, dubbed …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Orville Sassen 2. Eastep 3. These revolvers were found on Orville Sassen after Tuesday’s shooting. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Forget impact fees in North Idaho. After a hearing that stretched long after dark, the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee killed impact fee legislation Thursday on a 4-3 vote.

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 St. Pius Catholic Church parishioners will say goodbye this week to two of their own who were gunned down within days of each other. Teacher Leona “Lee” Caires and Ridpath …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Clinton and his Republican rivals who want votes in Eastern Washington this fall might want to remember a key lesson from 1992. It’s the economy.

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Wednesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 007. Wednesday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 3-14-24-26-48-49. Two winners. Next jackpot, $1 million. Wednesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 3-5-14-16-17-19-23-28-33-36- 44-45-53-55-59-63-73-76-77-78.

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The United States probably won’t impose sanctions on China for selling Pakistan sensitive nuclear-related materials despite legislation that views such transactions as a punishable offense, a State Department official said …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 shook northern Japan and the southern Kuril Islands early today, meteorological officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Taking inspiration from the Bosnian peace accord, Ireland’s foreign minister is urging “a Dayton-style approach” to ending the conflict in Northern Ireland. Like the delegations whose talks in Dayton, Ohio, …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Celebrating Mass before 150,000 worshipers, Pope John Paul II expressed happiness Wednesday at political changes that have brought peace here but tossed barbs at the former Sandinista government that spoiled …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 While infuriated Bosnian Serbs pulled back from peace terms, a top war-crimes prosecutor supported the government’s arrest of two senior Serb officers believed responsible for civilian massacres. The arrests threaten …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A small plane carrying Mexican state government officials slammed into the side of a canyon and exploded, killing all eight people aboard, police said. A witness said he heard the …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Two people wait at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, early Wednesday after learning that a plane bound for Germany had crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic. Photo by …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell revealed Wednesday that he removed a large number of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s files from their Little Rock law firm after the 1992 presidential election. …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A Mexican art collector got some good news Wednesday, quickly followed by bad: His stolen artworks had been found - and they were fakes. Bad ones at that.

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Aging military bombs spilled from a rail car in a pre-dawn derailment Wednesday, but authorities said there was little danger of explosion because the fuses were shipped separately. “The only …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Americans are increasingly opposed to wearing fur, the Humane Society of the United States claimed Wednesday in a report that said fur sales and the numbers of fur trappers and …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Portions of the Internet will go into “virtual mourning” today to protest legislation outlawing sex-oriented material on-line. Opponents of the Telecommunications Act said they will change the background color of …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The sister of bombing defendant Timothy McVeigh says if she’s called to testify, it would be for the prosecution, “Dateline NBC” reports. “I love my brother to death and I …

February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 The man accused in two abortion clinic slayings overturned a heavy wooden table when a bailiff prevented him from holding a statement up to a photographer’s camera Wednesday. He was …