July 27, 2005 in City on Page A1 Spokane City Council President Dennis Hession on Tuesday called on the full council to take control of a stalled internal review into potentially inappropriate personal activities of Mayor Jim West. …

July 27, 2005 in City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Daily Game: 2-3-5. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 5-9-10-20-25-

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Republicans on a key drug panel scolded the Bush administration Tuesday for proposing budget cuts in programs that combat methamphetamine. “Stop cutting the budget for methamphetamine and back …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Nearly 4 million children live with parents who had no jobs in the previous year, an increase of 1 million since the beginning of the decade, a national …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Washington Lawmakers negotiating a new long-term highway bill have dropped a Senate-passed provision that would have penalized states that don’t enact tough laws against high-risk drunken drivers. The decision to …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Lawmakers scaled back support for energy conservation and efficiency programs as part of a $11.5 billion tax package expected to be added today to a sweeping energy bill …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – Investigators identified an Egyptian as a possible suicide bomber in the weekend terror attacks at this Red Sea resort and were searching Tuesday for his suspected …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Two Central Asian countries pledged Tuesday to allow the United States to keep flight operations in their countries that are crucial to the ongoing U.S. military effort in …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 BOWLING GREEN, Va. – They were deeply devoted to the Boy Scouts, traveling thousands of miles to the woods of northern Virginia for 10 fun-filled days of fishing, archery and …

July 27, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Tuesday moved the National Rifle Association’s top priority ahead of a $491 billion defense bill, setting up a vote on legislation to shield firearms manufacturers …

July 27, 2005 in Business on Page A8 The e-mail came from a factory foreman who complained about an employee who abuses the system because he “begins work at least a half hour late, and is sometimes going …

July 27, 2005 in Business on Page A8 A raft of companies reported earnings Tuesday. Among them was Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the nation’s second-largest railroad operator, based in Fort Worth, Texas.

July 27, 2005 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – There are new faces this summer at small companies across the country: the owners’ kids, getting a taste of what business is about. Owners who hire their …

July 27, 2005 in Business on Page A8 Spokane-based Itron Inc. reported record second-quarter earnings and revenues Tuesday. Company CEO LeRoy Nosbaum said the surge came from strong sales of equipment to electric utilities across the country. Itron …

July 27, 2005 in Business on Page A8 Sentry Dynamics Inc., of Post Falls, has added Spokane County and Ada County, in Idaho, to its property information and mapping service, called geoAdvantage. The company launched the Geographic Information …