January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Putting some English on the words. Cuban refugees Fransisca Delgado and Eulio Marquez learn to tell time in English. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review 2. Merilee Moser, who teaches …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The state Department of Ecology says Spokane can’t build the Lincoln Street bridge because it violates the city’s own shoreline protection plan. The department rejected the city’s application for a …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Former White House staffer Linda Tripp breaks her silence. Photo by Associated Press

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 A serial killer responsible for at least four Spokane murders may be crisscrossing the state killing women, authorities said Friday. A Spokane task force chasing the killer has linked a …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Keeping track. “Once they get rid of the tracks, they’re gone,” says Richard Le Francis, who’s trying to rally Coeur d’Alene to start a trolley service. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Doctors may soon try a modified version of Super Glue as a painless way to close wounds instead of using heavy, scar-prone stitches or staples. Scientific advisers recommended Friday that …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 How bad is Saddam Hussein? He is a menace, a danger to his neighbors and his own country alike, the Clinton administration says. He has used poison gas on Iraqi …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 (photo of Ernie, the Keebler elf)

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1606: Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the “Gunpowder Plot” against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed. In 1945: Private Eddie Slovik became the only …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 767. Friday’s Washington Keno: 1-3-8-22-24-25-27-34-40-41-55-59-60-61-64- 66-73-75-79-80.

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 With a sharp increase for new weapons, the Clinton administration plans to seek $270.6 billion in defense spending for next year, according to documents obtained Friday. The administration’s defense spending …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A vegetarian activist being sued with Oprah Winfrey testified Friday that he didn’t have an agenda to get people to stop eating beef when he appeared on her talk show. …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Escorts Lisa Santer and Jack Ashcraft await clients outside the Summit Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday. The medical center is just two blocks from the abortion clinic where …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 House Speaker Newt Gingrich is considering a proposal to name the Justice Department headquarters after Robert F. Kennedy to smooth the way to rename National Airport after President Reagan. House …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Trish Nicole Shockey holds her two-day-old daughter, Carlie, on Friday after being reunited in Kansas City, Kan. Photo by Associated Press

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 A man inspects a dolphin while waiting for experts from the New England Aquarium to arrive at Brewster Beach on Thursday in Brewster, Mass. Photo by Associated Press

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 After four months on the Russian space station Mir, astronaut Dave Wolf is anxious for some hot times when he returns to Earth, which he hopes will be this afternoon. …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 A scuba diving instructor apologized Friday for returning from a Great Barrier Reef tour without two Americans who had specifically asked to dive by themselves. The search for Thomas and …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 The United States and Japan ended one of their largest outstanding trade disputes Friday by agreeing to remove most restrictions on air traffic between the two countries. The agreement will …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 Children pray for Mohandas Gandhi at Birla House in New Delhi on Friday. Gandhi, known as Mahatma, or great soul, was assassinated at the site on Jan. 30, 1948. Photo …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 A Vienna doctor accused of the Nazi-era killings of disabled children used the remains of the victims for research up to the mid-1960s, researchers said Friday. The case of neurologist …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 President Bill Clinton introduced a city-friendly agenda to 200 of the nation’s mayors at the White House on Friday. The president accepted a friendly nudge by the delegates to the …

January 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A9 The dress? It has vanished into the misty realm of yesterday’s newspaper and last night’s TV news broadcast. And yet, in the nation’s collective consciousness, the dress is fixed - …