April 16, 2007 in City on Page A1 Tuesday last day to mail tax return It’s time to pay up.

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A1 Child abuse is costing you money. It is doubtlessly crass to put it like that. After all, the human costs paid by abuse victims are heartbreaking and lifelong, not merely …

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A1 BAGHDAD – A fresh spate of bombings killed at least 44 people in Shiite-dominant areas across Baghdad on Sunday, in one of the city’s deadliest days since a U.S.-led security …

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A1 Breathe in. Blooming flowers, freshly mown grass, hot asphalt – they’re the smells of spring.

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Biologists will switch on satellite trackers strapped to the backs of 11 female leatherback turtles today, starting what conservationists have dubbed the “Great Turtle Race” …

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – People in this country have been volunteering at record levels in the years following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but that voluntary service dipped slightly in …

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – A powerful nor’easter pounded the East with wind and rain Sunday, grounding airlines and threatening to create some of the worst coastal flooding some areas had seen …

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Declaring he has “nothing to hide,” embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Sunday said he never sought the resignation of any U.S. attorney to influence a prosecution for …

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday that he intends to continue in his job despite his role in arranging pay raises and promotions for his girlfriend, a …

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 Vice President Dick Cheney in a TV interview Sunday added to the chorus of pressure that the White House hopes to exert on Democrats to approve a new war-spending bill. …

April 16, 2007 in Idaho on Page A6 The posse that’s been tracking Lake City Development Corp. activity for months stubbed its toe badly last week. It all started with a tip to LCDCritic Dan Gookin from someone …

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A6 A paratrooper from Western Washington was one of two soldiers who died from a roadside bombing in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Casey Combs, 28, of Auburn, Wash., and Sgt. David Stephens, …

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – An investigation by the King County Sheriff’s office and the prosecuting attorney’s cold case unit has led to a second-degree murder charge against a Woodinville woman’s fiance six …

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A7 BOISE – A grizzly bear that mauled an eastern Idaho man last week has been killed, authorities said. The 15-year-old male grizzly that weighed 350 to 400 pounds was caught …

April 16, 2007 in City on Page A7 String quartet programs have a way of serving up a standard fare of quartet classics with an occasional new piece. The Spokane String Quartet presented a concert that consisted entirely …

April 16, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 A previously unknown Palestinian group said Sunday it had killed a British journalist kidnapped over a month ago by gunmen in Gaza City, but the claim could not be verified. …