July 14, 2006 Acting Spokane Police Chief Jim Nicks acknowledged Thursday that he gave inaccurate information while trying to defend his officers’ actions during a fatal struggle with Otto Zehm, the mentally disabled … 6

  July 14, 2006 in City on Page A1 Otto Zehm’s life played out violently in a grainy convenience store surveillance video kept from the public for months. The city of Spokane released copies to the media on Thursday, …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 Indian authorities named three suspects in this week’s train bombings, an apparent breakthrough in the frenetic investigations into the well-coordinated attacks that killed at least 200 people. The government’s Anti-Terror …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The war in Iraq has cost almost $300 billion so far and would total almost a half-trillion dollars even if all U.S. troops were withdrawn by the end …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 BOSTON – While much of this city worried Thursday about driving through the underground highway system known as the “Big Dig,” the political fallout from Monday’s fatal ceiling collapse in …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Even as prospects for a sweeping overhaul of immigration policy remain in doubt, Congress is moving on other fronts to bolster security along the border with Mexico and …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The House voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, rejecting efforts by Southern conservatives to relax federal oversight of their states in a debate haunted by …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A6 The gun purportedly used by executed killer Gary Gilmore to commit his crimes is being offered for sale on a murder collectibles auction site for a minimum bid of $1 …

July 14, 2006 in City on Page A10 The following is a time-compressed account of the police radio traffic on the Otto Zehm response:

July 14, 2006 in City on Page A10 Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of a 911 call by a young-sounding woman who reported a suspicious man as she and a female friend used a drive-up ATM …

July 14, 2006 in Nation/World on Page A11 UNITED NATIONS – The Bush administration agreed last month to consider lifting long-standing sanctions on the sale of commercial jets, agricultural equipment and telecommunications technology to Iran if it agreed …

July 14, 2006 in Business on Page A12 Public utilities may have to build their own power plants or buy secondary electricity supplies rather than rely solely on the Bonneville Power Administration. The proposal is part of long-range …

July 14, 2006 in Business on Page A12 A Spokane author is seeking more than $75,000 in damages from Best Buy Co., Inc., alleging the company sent his laptop to a repair facility that destroyed a hard drive …

July 14, 2006 in Business on Page A12 SEATTLE — Washington Mutual Inc. said Thursday it is cutting another 900 jobs to save money, and outsourcing some of that work. The cuts are the latest in a series …