September 20, 1996 in Seven Kids in the Hall (McCulluch, left) thrive in “Brain Candy.”

September 20, 1996 in Seven Presuming you haven’t stuffed yourself silly on hot dogs and popcorn at the Cougar football game, there are plenty of restaurants in Pullman where you can celebrate the home-opener on …

September 20, 1996 in Seven A Spokane institution recently received a much-needed facelift. The Suki Yaki Inn Japanese restaurant has been around for some 45 years, which is an amazing stretch in the restaurant biz. …

September 20, 1996 in Seven Fabio Mechetti conducts the symphony, which opens its season tonight.

September 20, 1996 in Seven In her first film, 1985’s “Orianna,” Venezuelan-French filmmaker Fina Torres explored the tangled world of memory vs. the reality of now. In her second effort, which comes more than a …

September 20, 1996 in Seven With the star power available to director Hugh Wilson, you’d think he could come up with something a bit more intelligent than “The First Wives Club.” Then again, star power …

September 20, 1996 in Seven 1. Bruce Willis stars as gun-for-hire John Smith in “Last Man Standing.” 2 & 3. Alexandra Powers (top) and Karina Lombard portray two captive women in “Last Man Standing.”

September 20, 1996 in Seven (Photo of scene from “Independence Day.”)

September 20, 1996 in Seven UNPUBLISHED CORREECTION: The name of Garrick Ohlsson was misspelled in this story.

September 20, 1996 in Seven Don’t call the Little River Band’s concert at the Opera House on Tuesday a comeback. The country-rock troupe, though away from the spotlight, has never disbanded and has been touring …

September 20, 1996 in Seven Once upon a time, when a Hollywood studio wanted one of its movies to make a lot of money, it released it during the summer season. Now, the bottom line …

September 20, 1996 in Seven Ticketmaster has made ticket buying one step easier. Now, on-line subscribers don’t have wait in line at an outlet or on-hold on a telephone to purchase tickets for a live …

September 20, 1996 in Seven Marketing helped make “Independence Day” a box-office success.

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Former Gov. Cecil Andrus on Thursday called Sen. Larry Craig’s latest TV ad a lie for suggesting Craig fought nuclear waste shipments in 1991. Andrus, who closed the state’s borders …

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Batter up. Billy “Bronco” Blalock gives the ball a ride Thursday during practice before the opening game of the tournament. Blalock is a member of the T.P.S. team from Atlanta. …

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Hillary Clinton dons Mariners cap in Yelm. 2. President Clinton shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop in Tacoma on Thursday. “Two years ago, this state joined Mr. …

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Kim Parker is the new director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Lobbyists have helped Chinese imports, like these shirts being manufactured for the United States, soar from $3.8 billion in 1985 to $45.5 billion in 1995. Photo by Associated Press

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Moving to relieve some fears of expectant mothers, key House and Senate lawmakers agreed Thursday to require health insurers to pay for at least 48-hour hospital stays for mothers and …

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Pentagon is warning 5,000 Persian Gulf War veterans that they may have been exposed to nerve gas when U.S. troops destroyed an Iraqi weapons depot in 1991. A spokesman …

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thursday’s Washington Triple Choice: 811. Thursday’s Washington Keno: 1-4-11-19-21-25-33-38-39-42-49-56-59-63- 65-66-70-71-75-80.

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 VP candidate Pat Choate. Photo by Associated Press

September 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The House voted Thursday to overturn President Clinton’s five-month-old veto of legislation that would outlaw a contentious technique to end pregnancies in their late stages, putting the emotionally charged issue …