November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Catch you later. “When you wake up and there’s snow, you gotta go,” says Sam Gregory, who found conditions on Mount Spokane adequate for snowboarding. Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/The Spokesman-Review

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A Stevens County man with a history of mental problems surrendered Tuesday night to deputies after shooting and killing a school bus driver, said Stevens County Sheriff Craig Thayer. James …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A sweeping study of American fertility habits has found more than half of new mothers are going back to work before their infants can walk, a significant change from just …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 New studies confirm what some Hanford scientists have known for nearly two years: Dangerous waste from Hanford’s old tank farms has reached ground water deep beneath the 560-square-mile nuclear reservation. …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 A lemon-yellow train station, handsomely restored, brightens this gray gorge like a cardinal in snow. But why did the National Park Service spend $2.5 million turning a railroad station into …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 ‘We must speak out,” says human rights activist Doug Cresswell. Photo by Associated Press

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 (photo of Richard Jewell)

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 1-7-2. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 1-9-10-15-18-19-23-29-34-48-51-52-54-59- 61-63-65-68-73-79.

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Cuban detainees concerned about the possibility of being sent back to Cuba continued to hold hostages at a prison in Atlanta and a detention center in Oakdale, …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 1789: A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President Washington to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Maine’s Edwards Dam is 40 feet high and spans 1,000 feet across the Kennebec River. Photo by Associated Press

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Prosecutors asked the state’s highest court Tuesday to send Louise Woodward back to prison, arguing that a judge usurped the jury’s role when he reduced the English au pair’s second-degree …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Anti-Indonesian protesters target an APEC meeting at the University of British Columbia. Photo by Associated Press

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Moved by compassion for Girl X, the 9-year-old brutally assaulted and maimed in a Chicago housing project, people donated an estimated $300,000 to help her and her family. Nine months …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 A 6-month-old girl died two days after she toppled off a stool while having a holiday photo taken at a mall and hit her head on the ceramic tile floor. …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Deaths from toy hazards have declined, but holiday shoppers may still find dangerous toys on store shelves, according to a study Tuesday by a private watchdog group. The U.S. Public …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Complaints about auto sales, home improvements and car repairs top the list of consumer fraud in a new survey, but charges involving the Internet are among the fastest growing. The …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bobbi McCaughey in her hospital bed in a television image made available Tuesday. At right is her first child, Mikayla. Photo by Associated Press

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Medical experts working for the United Nations say they grossly underestimated the spread of the AIDS virus worldwide, and they now believe that new infections are occurring almost twice as …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 It sounds like a recipe for a coronary: Serve Egg McMuffins and Sausage McMuffins for breakfast, with slabs of fried hash browns on the side, to captive research subjects. You …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana, is denying allegations that he committed adultery with 12 women within months of marrying a former model. The allegations emerged at …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 An 800-foot plunge down a steep slope and a broken pelvis didn’t end Ole Hemminghytt’s climb up a mountain. It just slowed him down a few hours. “He is one …

November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 An Iraqi Kurdish group agreed Tuesday to match a cease-fire declared by its rival a day earlier. The Kurdistan Democratic Party had announced a halt of military activity Monday after …