November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A landmark affirmative action lawsuit was settled just weeks before it was to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court because civil rights groups feared the court might use the …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Forest Service is acknowledging for the first time that taxpayers are losing money logging national forests. A draft of a report due out next month says the government spent …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Thousands of Canadians are crossing the U.S. border, carrying their letters and packages and searching for an open post office. Canada’s postal workers are on strike. The only way to …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Dr. Kim Thoburn, director of the Spokane Regional Health District. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 2. County has gamma globulin on hand.

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Princess Anastasia is thrilled to be reunited with her grandmother in Fox’s new animated film. Photo by Associated Press

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 304. Friday’s Washington Keno: 2-6-7-9-13-17-26-27-29-31-33-40-42-43-46 -47-48-63-66-77.

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: The government of Nicaragua released 985 political prisoners in a show of compliance with a Central American peace plan. Five years ago: President-elect Bill Clinton met in …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1718: English pirate Edward Teach - better known as “Blackbeard” - was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast. In 1963: President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (photo of cover of Dec. 11 issue of Rolling Stones magazine)

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr., seeking to quell a storm of controversy, made public the names for 69 waivers granted for burial at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday as …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Morgan Wilburn, 7, of Roanoke, Va., employs a vacuum tool in the office of Mark Bissell, president of Bissell Inc., on Friday in Grand Rapids, Mich. Bissell invited Wilburn and …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Nathan Thill appears in court Thursday to be arraighed on a weapons charge. He confessed on television early Friday to taunting and killing Oumar Dia and wounding Jeanie VanVelkinburgh at …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A weary Bobbi McCaughey cradled one of her septuplets for the first time Friday and told the world she pressed on with her risky pregnancy because “they were my children, …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 By a one-vote margin, the University of California Board of Regents approved a plan Friday to offer health benefits to domestic partners of its gay employees. The plan was approved …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 In the months before the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh spent hours debating the best way to build a bomb, two FBI agents testified. In a nine-hour …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 President Clinton turned his attention from Iraq to another intractable problem in the Middle East Friday, applying renewed pressure on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to recognize “the need for urgency” …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Flooding and mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed 27 people in Ecuador the past three weeks, police said Friday. Heavy rains have pounded Ecuador, especially its Pacific coast, since …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 On the eve of parliamentary elections, three candidates from the ruling Bosnian Serb party were disqualified Friday for displaying posters of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. The Organization for Security …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 Michael Hutchence, center, was the lead singer of the group INXS. File/Associated Press

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 There’s something to be said for thinking ahead. Dozens of Washington State football fans have called area travel agents. If the Cougars win the Apple Cup today, their Rose Bowl …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A14 The Boeing Co. expects nearly three-fourths of the value of its future jet orders to come from customers outside North America. The company projects a worldwide market for 16,160 jets …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A14 Economy Fresh signs of economic growth and low inflation gave financial markets a boost this week. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 300 points, including a 54-point rise …

November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A14 Kimberly-Clark Corp. is eliminating about 5,000 jobs, or 7 percent of its global work force, in an effort to improve efficiency and profits at the manufacturer of such well-known paper-goods …