August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Bad news for all those baby boomers starting to pile on the pounds as they go through middle age: You don’t have to be obese – just a …

August 23, 2006 in City on Page A1 The newly named dean of the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing has backed out of the job, breaking a contract and stunning Spokane officials who hailed him as …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps is planning to call up as many as 2,500 Marine reservists for combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, dipping into a rarely used pool of …

August 23, 2006 in City on Page A2 Tuesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 8-5-5. Tuesday’s Keno: 11-14-15-16-17-20- 22-23-24-27-34- 40-42-46-52-65- 67- 70-73-75.

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 LONDON – Iran wields more influence than the United States in Iraq and has established itself as America’s chief rival in the Middle East, a British think tank said in …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Iran offered Tuesday to enter into immediate and “serious negotiations” on a broad range of issues with the Bush administration and its European allies but refused to abide …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Bush administration plan to allow commercial logging inside the Giant Sequoia National Monument violates environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer sided …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Fourth-graders in traditional public schools nationwide did somewhat better on average than those in charter schools in reading and mathematics in 2003, a long-awaited federal report said Tuesday. …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The number of people killed on U.S. roadways in 2005 climbed to the highest level in 15 years, an increase tied to rising deaths among motorcyclists and pedestrians, …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 JERUSALEM – The Israeli government’s plan to dismantle some Jewish settlements in the West Bank and redraw the country’s borders is being shelved at least temporarily, a casualty of the …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 Visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said China will expand its cooperation in oil exploration and help his country build a fiber-optic communications network under agreements to be signed in Beijing …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 SUKHA BALKA, Ukraine – A Russian passenger jet crashed during a thunderstorm just minutes after sending a distress signal on Tuesday, killing all 170 people on board, including dozens of …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A5 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel has no plans to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon until an international peacekeeping force takes up positions along the …

August 23, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Russian cosmonaut will whack a golf ball from the International Space Station in a publicity stunt on Thanksgiving Day, NASA officials said Tuesday. Russian flight …

August 23, 2006 in Business on Page A8 DETROIT – Fuel economy is about even with reliability as the top factors that people consider when buying a vehicle, according to a nationwide poll taken for Consumer Reports magazine. …

August 23, 2006 in Business on Page A8 A project to revamp an abandoned industrial building outside of Cheney to attract new businesses and create high-paying jobs has received a cautious green light from an economic consultant. Renovation …

August 23, 2006 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – As the Internal Revenue Service prepares to implement a program that sends private debt collection agencies after delinquent taxpayers, critics – including several lawmakers and the employee union …