March 13, 1998 in Seven “The Commitments” portrays a gang of blue-collar Dubliners playing soul music.

March 13, 1998 in Seven Ferguson’s Cafe is like a food museum, a relic from another era that would be worth a visit even if the food was lousy. Fortunately, it’s not. This joint reeks …

March 13, 1998 in Seven Mikki Stevens leads the Red Hot Mommas dancing and skipping their way along the St. Patrick’s Day parade route last year.

March 13, 1998 in Seven Dangerous Beauty” is the kind of feminist film that could have been made only by a man. Although attempting to advance the cause of women’s liberation by rewriting history, the …

March 13, 1998 in Seven 1. John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne and Jeremy Irons play to the hilt their roles as musketeers in “The Man in the Iron Mask.” 2. Leonardo DiCaprio plays both …

March 13, 1998 in Seven Cursing, cursing, shooting drugs, cursing, wife beating, more drugs, cursing, cursing. That’s a rough synopsis of Gary Oldman’s brutal directorial debut, “Nil by Mouth.” Set in working-class South London, it …

March 13, 1998 in Seven “The Woman in Black” is a truly frightening ghost story at Interplayers.

March 13, 1998 in Seven (Photo of film clip.)

March 13, 1998 in Seven Jimmie “JJ’ Walker, the comedian who made “Dyn-o-mite!” a household phrase in the early 1970s, will appear for two nights at Steve’s Dugout in Post Falls. Walker, who was raised …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Cancel the asteroid insurance. The space rock that looked as if it might smash into Earth in 30 years will instead miss by a safe 600,000 miles, astronomers said Thursday.

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 An Iowa teacher brings her entire class to the bathroom with her when she needs to go and can’t find a substitute. A North Carolina meatpacker had to wait so …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 New parade rules may be in place by the time the Aryan Nations resurrects its 100 Man Flag March in July. The Coeur d’Alene City Council will consider new ordinances …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Nurses and management at Sacred Heart Medical Center reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday. Hours earlier, nurses overwhelmingly had voted to reject a prior contract offer and authorize a strike. …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Hitler isn’t going to get a birthday party parade next month in Coeur d’Alene - thanks to an Aryan who was caught by police with his muffler dragging. Aryan Nations …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 For the first time since the 1930s, the number of new cancer cases in the United States is declining, federal officials said on Thursday. Deaths from cancer are also dropping, …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Former Bonner County school superintendent Max Harrell twice in his career has been paid not to work. Trustees paid the superintendent $222,000 in December to leave Bonner County. The district …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Tara Pool holds her 5-year-old son, Shea, while Spokane Regional Health District nurse Judy Miller delivers a shot of hepatitis A vaccine Thursday. Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand/The Spokesman-Review

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thursday’s Washington Triple Choice: 784. Thursday’s Keno: 2-3-7-9-10-12-19-26-30-34-35-37-42-44-47-48-58-60-61-76.

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1781: The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel. In 1852: Uncle Sam made his debut as a cartoon character in the New York Lantern. In 1868: The …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Yielding to student protests, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired, chose I. King Jordan to become …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Hillary Rodham Clinton is winning applause for her dynamic way with audiences. Photo by Associated Press

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Spreading money throughout America, the Senate approved a $214 billion transportation bill Thursday that will finance everything from subways and superhighways to ferryboats and covered bridges over the next six …

March 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A blinding snowstorm led to a 40-vehicle pileup that injured at least 24 people Thursday. Most of the injuries appeared to be minor.