November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 An area trash hauler helped unwitting businesses dodge as much as $200,000 in landfill fees, Kootenai County officials say. The shortfall leaves the county with a thorny choice: Try to …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Iraq’s defiance of the United States grew more intense Saturday when a newspaper owned by Saddam Hussein’s son called for Arab commando assaults on U.S. and British embassies and warships, …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Trooper David Fenn was transferred for writing too many DWI tickets. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Sandberg 3. Sgt. David McMillan, Trooper David Fenn’s former supervisor, was also …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Most Idahoans surveyed do not want to build new prisons. Photo courtesy of The Idaho Statesman

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Washington State’s Kevin McKenzie lends a helping hand to Stanford’s Troy Walters in front of a record crowd of 40,306 at Martin Stadium in Pullman. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Riding high. Running back Rex Prescott enjoys a wild ride after leading the Eastern Washington University Eagles to the Big Sky Conference title. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 British au pair Louise Woodward had her second-degree murder conviction reduced to manslaughter and was released after being credited for time served. Photo by Associated Press

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Saturday’s Washington Triple Choice: 463. Saturday’s Washington Lotto: 13-31-36-37-41-42. No winner. Next jackpot: $3 million.

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (Christine Trimbo displays her tattoo)

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 IN PASSING James Laughlin died Wednesday at age 83. His literary magazine New Directions published the works of some of the most significant writers of the 20th century, including Ezra …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1776: British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In 1864: Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their “March to the Sea” during the Civil …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court by an 8-0 vote upheld the federal mail and wire fraud convictions of former Wall Street Journal reporter R. Foster Winans and two …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 1. A wall of water hits the crowd at the launching of the icebreaker Healy along the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Photo by Associated Press 2. A man waits …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Scott Adams doesn’t just lampoon consultants in his Dilbert cartoon strip, he can also pose as one and make managers believe him. Adams, whose strip appears in 1,700 newspapers in …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Private investigator Marc Buckley displays some of the tools he leases at his company in Murray, Utah. Small video cameras, such as the one he’s holding, can be placed in …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Retired Air Force Gen. Leon William Johnson, who won the Medal of Honor for leading a daring raid that cut Axis fuel supplies from Romania’s oil fields in 1943, has …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 The latest drive to close the homeownership gulf between whites and minorities: cultural sensitivity training for real estate agents. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo and the National Association …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 President Clinton said Saturday that he will sign a $268 billion defense bill that he had threatened to veto. Clinton had promised to take out his veto pen if the …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Minorities should beware of growing financial scams in which swindlers who belong to an ethnic or religious group play on the loyalties of group members, state securities regulators said Wednesday. …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 A convict known as a “jailhouse Houdini” for repeated escapes that included crawling through sewer lines and blending into a courthouse crowd during a recess in a trial is back …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Violent crime in America continued its pronounced downward trend in 1996, dropping by 10 percent from the year before, the Justice Department reported Saturday. Aided by this decline, overall crime …

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Small explosive devices blew up outside two branches of a London supermarket Saturday, and police defused another device outside a third store of the same chain. No one was injured.

November 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 A giant forestry company has run into a feisty adversary in the woods of Nova Scotia: a tiny order of Catholic monks battling to prevent the buzz of chain saws …