June 9, 2005 in City on Page A1 Spokane City Attorney Mike Connelly said Wednesday he expects to release within the next several days as many as five large binders filled with Mayor Jim West’s office e-mails. They …

June 9, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho’s main state prison is so overcrowded that it is violating inmates’ basic constitutional rights, and the state should immediately be ordered to start shipping prisoners out of …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – One of every seven people in the United States is Hispanic, a record number that probably will keep rising because of immigration and a birth rate outstripping non-Hispanic …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – While rare cases of scientific fraud grab headlines, more mundane misbehaviors are so common among researchers that they pose a threat to the integrity of the scientific …

June 9, 2005 on Page A2 Wednesday’s Washington Daily Game: 3-1-7. Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 23-26-29-31-40-49. No winner. Next jackpot $9.3 million.

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The National Academy of Sciences has delayed publication of a research paper at the request of the Health and Human Services Department over concern the material might be …

June 9, 2005 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday left open the possibility that the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be shut down. “We’re exploring all alternatives as to how …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Wednesday questioned what was behind the government’s decision to dramatically reduce the proposed size of a nationwide stop-smoking program, one of the penalties recommended …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Lodi, Calif. A terrorism probe in this quiet farming town has led to the arrest of a father and his son, who said he trained at an al Qaeda camp …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday confirmed California judge Janice Rogers Brown for the federal appeals court, ending a two-year battle filled with accusations of racism and sexism and shadowed …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – As the Bush administration mounts a high-profile effort to keep the Patriot Act intact, there’s a less visible campaign under way to expand the controversial anti-terrorism law and …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Palestinian leader traveled to Gaza on Wednesday to reinforce a shaky truce with Israel and settle disputes with militant groups, but violence punctuated his …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A5 KHARTOUM, Sudan – The two main rebel movements in Sudan’s Darfur region have declared a cease-fire days before they are to resume long-delayed peace talks in Nigeria, the African Union …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 Oranjestad, Aruba A judge ruled Wednesday there was cause to keep holding two former hotel guards in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama high school honors student. The decision …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 LA PAZ, Bolivia – Protesters who forced President Carlos Mesa to resign returned to the streets Wednesday to denounce a congressional leader poised to replace him and to demand early …

June 9, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 KABUL, Afghanistan – Rebel rockets struck U.S. troops unloading supplies from a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two and wounding eight in one of the bloodiest assaults on …

June 9, 2005 in Business on Page A8 SEATTLE – After two years of trailing its chief rival, Boeing Co. is fighting to reclaim the lead from Airbus SAS in the commercial jet market, backed by a hot …

June 9, 2005 in Business on Page A8 Spokane’s Itronix Corp. announced this week that its newly launched Canadian subsidiary — Itronix Canada Ltd. — has sold 1,500 laptop computers to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The three-year …

June 9, 2005 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK — The parent company of European jet-maker Airbus and U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. have agreed to team up to build a refueling plane for the Pentagon …