July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The troubled Bonner County School District flunked budgeting 101, has a poorly run special education department and a superintendent who should be out in the schools instead of cloistered in …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Raising concerns about the wildly popular weight-loss drug combination known as fen-phen, doctors at the Mayo Clinic have identified 24 women who developed damaged heart valves after taking the drugs, …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Look familiar? 1. The ramp of the Mars Pathfinder is shown at the bottom of this panoramic view of the Mars terrain. Though painted red by iron oxides, the terrain …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 John Glenn, D-Ohio, left, and Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., co-chairmen of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Photo by Associated Press

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Mars, already known to be the planet closest to the Earth in its surface conditions and history, is even more Earthlike than scientists had imagined. A chemical analysis of a …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (Photo of Burma-Shave road sign)

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 325. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 5-7-10-17-18-22-23-27-34-35-41-43-45-51-57-58- 71-73-76-80.

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: In his third day of testimony on Capitol Hill, Lt. Col. Oliver North said he had shredded evidence as part of a planned cover-up of his role …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tommy Lee Jones, left, stars in “Men in Black,” about pushy agents trying to keep track of space aliens, like the one here disguised as an illegal Mexican immigrant. Photo …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 1850: The 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor, died after serving only 16 months. 1896: William Jennings Bryan caused a sensation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 With a firm push by the United States, NATO on Tuesday threw open its doors to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, embracing as military partners three countries it once …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton’s push for more military base closures hit a roadblock Tuesday in the form of the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said there will …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Starting today, many of the benefits available to married people in Hawaii will also be offered to gay couples, siblings and roommates, under a first-in-the-nation law that was enacted to …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Clinton administration task force rejected Tuesday a campaign to add a “multiracial” classification to the 2000 census but recommended allowing mixed-race Americans for the first time to check off …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Anchorman Dan Rather reacts during the memorial. Photo by Associated Press

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Granville Kirkup is 50, but he feels his life has just begun. A new drug being tested on stutterers at the University of California at Irvine has helped Kirkup answer …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Crew members aboard the USS Constitution partially unfurl the ship’s sails as it is guided through Boston Harbor early Tuesday morning. It was towed out to sea for a day …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Democrats on the Senate campaign finance panel, brushing aside allegations that foreign money was funneled into the Democratic Party, Tuesday launched an aggressive attack on Republicans for committing what they …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 A boy steers his bike through burned cars and rubble from overnight rioting in the west Belfast neighborhood of Ardoyne on Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Boys scavenge for anything they can find at a bombed-out building in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. Hundreds of people combed debris left from fighting in the capital. Photo by Associated …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Two of President Clinton’s biggest environmental coups - stopping a gold mine near Yellowstone National Park and saving a California redwood forest - are in danger of failing because of …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 U.S. officials say the European Union won’t be able to stop Boeing Co.’s acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corp., and the EU’s threat to disapprove the transaction on antitrust grounds will …

July 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Lookout Pass Ski Area is hoping its upgrades this summer will excite downhill skiers next winter. The Montana-Idaho border ski area will add 40 acres and another run to …