May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – As Congress voted Thursday to finance the Iraq war through September, President Bush conceded that American forces will face tough fighting and many casualties in the months ahead, …

May 25, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 Nearly 2,000 law enforcement officers will be at today’s memorial service for Moscow Police Officer Lee Newbill. Newbill was the first Moscow officer to be killed in the line of …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Legislature passed a resolution Thursday that expresses “profound regret” for the state’s role in slavery and apologizes for slavery’s wrongs and lingering effects on the …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 ATLANTA – Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A key congressional leader said Thursday that NASA’s top lawyer may have committed a crime in destroying a recording of a controversial meeting between agency Administrator Michael Griffin, …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Democrats pounded away at the GOP “culture of corruption” as they fought to retake the House from the Republicans over the past two years, decrying “Tom DeLay’s House …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Bush has picked a Kentucky cardiologist who is interested in fighting childhood obesity to be the nation’s next surgeon general, the White House announced on Thursday. Bush nominated Dr. …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut and more than a dozen other states are considering whether to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses as part of efforts to combat …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Muslim radicals Thursday freed two police officers they abducted amid an effort to enforce a harsh interpretation of Islamic law that has raised alarm about the spread …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out even a brief halt in Iran’s nuclear program, saying Thursday it would hand a victory to the country’s enemies and undercut …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – A Russian historian said Thursday that he told British police he bumped into the chief suspect in the murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London earlier than …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 LONDON – Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday revived a plan for jailing terror suspects without trial after three men eluded police monitoring and disappeared, but he likely faces a …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 Rescuers pulled the bodies of 38 workers from a southern Siberian coal mine after a methane explosion Thursday in what was the latest accident to hit the ailing industry. Grieving …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 HOUSTON – A Pakistani student was convicted Thursday of federal firearms charges connected to paramilitary training that prosecutors said prepared Muslim men to fight U.S. troops overseas. Syed Maaz Shah, …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 MADRID, Spain – A judge on Thursday upheld an indictment against three U.S. soldiers in the death of a Spanish journalist in Iraq, rejecting an appeal filed by national prosecutors. …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – In Washington, it pays to read the fine print. The Iraq funding bill is a perfect example, studded with provisions to help dairy farmers, airlines, salmon fisherman and …

May 25, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A11 NAPLES, Italy – Naples’ garbage crisis may worsen with the planned weekend closure of the only working dump in the area and piles of trash growing higher, officials said Thursday. …