November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 An unusually severe lice outbreak is making head checks routine for hundreds of Spokane children, parents and school nurses, who say the pests are harder than ever to kill. Nurses …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Setting an ambitious pace as he enters his second term, President Clinton said Friday he will begin working with congressional leaders next week to see if they can strike a …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Suspected burglar Stephen D. Foraker apparently thought his victims were an easy target. The newspapers on the doorstep of Michael J. Smith’s Post Falls home were a “dead giveaway” that …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 FOR THE RECORD: 11-12-96 Due to an Eastern Washington University researcher’s error, grass smoke samples reported as collected in 1993 were actually gathered in 1991. The Spokesman-Review reported Saturday on …

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November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Nazis and other extreme-right groups are pushing a message of hate among Europe’s young through music, manipulative videos and even the Internet, speakers at an anti-racism seminar warned Friday. Leading …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 662. Friday’s Washington Keno: 8-13-22-26-28-29-30-43-45-48- 52-54-55-57-59-62-63-69-76-80. Friday’s Idaho Hot Lotto: 11-14-15-17-19.

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Officials of the FBI, U.S. Navy, Secret Service and National Transportation Safety Board adamantly denied Friday a claim by former journalist Pierre Salinger that a Navy missile accidentally destroyed TWA …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 More Army trainers are expected to be charged with sexual wrongdoing in the scandal that is enveloping an Aberdeen Proving Ground school and now includes at least 17 victims, Army …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A 16-month-old girl died Friday after drinking unpasteurized fruit juice linked to an E. coli outbreak across the West. Anna Gimmestad is believed to be the first person to die …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 “Late Show” host David Letterman asked guest Bob Dole if he’d accept a job in the Clinton administration. “Well, if he wanted to give me his job, I’d think about …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 As Frank Sinatra on Friday spent his eighth night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his condition remained a mystery to the public and a topic of some speculation. Characteristically, he was …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A pathologist offered an answer Friday to a nagging question from O.J. Simpson’s murder trial - how could he have killed two people, driven home, ditched a weapon and bloody …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Citadel cadet Petra Lovetinska sports a new haircut while standing guard at a barracks Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Saying that “opposition to suicide is deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition,” California Attorney General Dan Lungren urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to overturn a pair of …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plasvic early today dismissed Gen. Ratko Mladic, the military leader accused of some of the worst atrocities of the Bosnian war. Mladic led the Bosnian Serb …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Three days after his election to a second term, President Clinton opened the door Friday to an extended deployment of U.S. troops in Bosnia, a step he carefully avoided throughout …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Nigerian police arrested three Amnesty International officials in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday, the human rights organization said. As Nigeria approached the first anniversary of the execution of author Ken Saro-Wiwa, …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Turkish troops stormed a Kurdish separatist hideout in northern Iraq on Friday, killing 35 rebels and narrowly missing their leader, the foreign minister said. Tansu Ciller said 45 people were …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Election officials declared conservative Arnoldo Aleman the winner of Nicaragua’s presidential election, making his victory official Friday after a recount. The final vote wasn’t close: 904,908 votes for Aleman, of …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Using clubs and rifle butts, exhausted Zairian aid workers and Tutsi rebels beat starving people back from boxes of high-protein crackers as Central Africa’s refugee crisis hit the boiling point. …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Assailants kidnapped a 13-year-old cycling champion Friday, forcing him off a school bus in Medellin, police said. Several men stopped the bus around 7 a.m. and bundled Andres Fernando Varela …

November 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Cult leader Shoko Asahara was ordered to sit down and be quiet Friday by the judge in his murder trial, after a series of outbursts in which the guru denounced …