August 1, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 The mother of 13-month-old fire victim Kylla Pahl may not face charges in her daughter’s death last week, Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas said Monday. Coeur d’Alene Police asked Douglas …

August 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A2 It has taken nine years, hundreds of millions of dollars and a huge amount of effort, but planetary scientists have finally found another place with a topography quite like Earth’s. …

August 1, 2006 in City on Page A2 Monday’s Lotto: 08-11-20-28-33-44. No winner. Next jackpot: $3.8 million.

August 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into the offices of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and a nearby mobile phone company Monday, seizing 26 people in a …

August 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 HAVANA – Fidel Castro temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul on Monday night and told Cubans he underwent surgery. The Cuban leader said he had suffered gastrointestinal …

August 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A three-year effort to allow at least some women unrestricted access to the morning-after birth-control pill could end in just weeks. The Food and Drug Administration told Barr …

August 1, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an agreement Monday to bypass the Bush administration and work together to explore ways of fighting global warming. They …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A4 Kaiser Aluminum Corp., a mainstay of the Spokane-area economy since shortly after World War II, will be four weeks old Thursday. So far, so good. Kaiser emerged from bankruptcy July …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A4 A former worker at Spokane’s Boeing Co. plant has won a million-dollar discrimination judgment against the giant aerospace company and a former supervisor who is now the plant’s president. Thomas …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A4 MINNEAPOLIS — Flight attendants at Northwest Airlines Corp. rejected a wage-cutting contract on Monday and threatened job actions if Northwest imposes a new contract on them — which could happen …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A4 Natural gas prices jumped to their highest in nearly six months Monday as hot weather across much of the United States led to increased demand for natural-gas-generated electricity. Natural gas …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A5 SAN JOSE, Calif. — The video game industry’s largest annual trade show, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, will be scaled down dramatically next year amid industry desires for a more intimate …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A5 About 4.7 million Cingular Wireless subscribers with older phones will have to pay $5 extra each month as the company tries to prod them to get new handsets so it …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A5 SAN FRANCISCO — A new strain of spam popping up in e-mail boxes is confounding consumers and corporate security officials. The spam contains images spouting everything from stock scams to …

August 1, 2006 in Business on Page A5 Wall Street withstood a spate of profit-taking Monday, with stocks suffering only modest losses as investors locked in gains from last week’s rally. The major indexes finished July mixed. The …