March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Forest Service workers sealed several abandoned mine openings in 1996, drilling holes in the rock and then closing the entrances with dynamite. File/The Spokesman-Review

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Maybe names really will hurt you. People with initials such as ACE or GOD are likely to live longer than those whose names spell words like APE, DUD or RAT, …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Marine patrol. Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathon Brandel takes a patrol boat out for a test run this week on Hayden Lake. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 The first multiple sclerosis victim in the United States to legally use marijuana faces federal charges in Spokane for growing and selling pot. Samuel Dean Diana says he smokes marijuana …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Mandela and Clinton peer through the bars of cell No. 5, which was home to South Africa’s president for 18 years. Photo by Associated Press

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 (photo of fan at baseball game)

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1834: The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. In 1898: The Supreme Court ruled that …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Richard Gephardt ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, following his third-place finish in the Michigan caucuses. Five years ago: Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 668. Friday’s Keno: 4-8-11-13-16-18-20-37-38-39-43-46-48-55-65-68-70-75-77-78.

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 The Yanomamis think it’s Armageddon. For weeks, the Indians of northwestern Brazil’s Roraima state, about 2,000 miles from Rio de Janeiro, have watched in fear as what officials call the …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 In a move that outraged campaign finance reform advocates, House Republican leaders on Friday scheduled for Monday a series of votes on the issue that will require a virtually insurmountable …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Emily Lyons, the nurse and counselor injured in an abortion clinic bombing in Birmingham, Ala., is wheeled from the hospital by her husband, Jeff Lyons, on Friday. Photo by Associated …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A man wearing a gas mask was arrested early Friday after a plastic container labeled “Chemical Warfare Agent” was found a block from the White House, officials said. The incident …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Mike Cameron’s Pepsi prank won’t be on his permanent record after all. School officials decided Friday that Cameron and another high school student should not have been suspended for wearing …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Parents hugged their children and youngsters sobbed as two of the students slain in a schoolyard ambush were laid to rest Friday and this tight-knit community struggled to forgive the …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 The two boys accused of killing five people in an ambush at their school had more than 500 rounds of ammunition and used “hunting-style” rifles designed to bring down 280-pound …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 The district attorney Friday said a reinvestigation of the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found no evidence anyone other than James Earl Ray committed the crime. “There …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 It all started as “a simple statement to support diversity” in the mind of New York University Law School student Sabrina Comizzoli. But six weeks later, that idea has mushroomed …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Baltic Sea countries agreed Thursday on measures to clean the sea’s polluted waters, including fees on all ships to stop the dumping of waste. The measures were among 20 proposals …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary police officers stand near where Cyril Stewart was gunned down in supermarket parking lot on Friday. Photo by Associated Press

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 A recent earthquake that rocked the hill town of Assisi opened fresh cracks in the belltower and vaulted ceiling of the pink-and-white marbled St. Clare’s Basilica, a report said Friday. …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Roman Catholic Church authorities in Spain have impounded a statue of the Virgin Mary that reportedly cried blood 10 days ago in a northeastern Spanish village. A team of experts …

March 28, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Armed groups killed 57 people in two overnight massacres in violence-wracked Algeria, security forces said Friday. The first massacre was in the village of Bensekrane near the Moroccan border. Eleven …