May 8, 2007 in City on Page A1 Despite growing budget concerns and looming teacher layoffs, some East Valley School District administrators were given big salary increases last year. The increases, ranging from 7 percent to 23 percent, …

May 8, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho’s congressional delegation sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency pressuring it to tell Idaho it could continue to allow field-burning – a day before the EPA …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 Astronomers have spotted a cataclysmic explosion that marked the death of a huge, distant star in a blast five times as bright and powerful as any they had seen previously. …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 GREENSBURG, Kan. – The death toll from a tornado that nearly obliterated this farming town climbed to 10 on Monday, but residents said it could have been far worse if …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A special panel has found that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz broke bank rules in arranging a pay package and promotion for his girlfriend, a person familiar with …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Prescription drug prices in the United States probably will remain among the highest in the world. Overseas, brand-name prescription drugs can cost two-thirds less than they do in …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s parliament on Monday voted in favor of holding presidential elections by popular vote and staging general elections every four years – the first step toward a …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 JERUSALEM – Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert passed a parliamentary test with surprising ease Monday, defeating three parliamentary motions of no confidence by wide margins. Under Israeli law, an …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers struck twice in Ramadi on Monday, killing at least 25 people and undercutting U.S. efforts to portray the western city as a bright spot in the …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – The chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age 5 has plummeted faster than anywhere else in the world since 1990, according to a report released today, …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 The uninsured pay nearly three times more for hospital services than health insurers pay, and the gap between what they’re charged and what insurers pay has soared since 1984. Those …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 A woman snorkeling off Maui was bitten in the leg by a shark Monday, about an hour after a nearby beach was closed because of a report of a shark …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A5 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Some of the New York metropolitan area’s biggest sports gamblers weren’t able to place their wagers Monday because officers arrested 18 operators and bookies and dismantled …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two top officers of an oil services company pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Alaska lawmakers with cash and the promise of jobs, contracts and favors for their …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 MONROE, N.J. – Two school buses crashed at a bus stop Monday morning, injuring 22 children, authorities said. The elementary-age children and a driver were treated at four hospitals, but …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 NEW ORLEANS – A state judge suspended criminal cases against nearly 100 people Monday over concerns they can’t get adequate representation from the city’s struggling indigent defenders office. Judge Arthur …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Robert Baswell was tossed with the trash into a West Palm Beach, Fla., garbage truck on Monday morning. With tons of trash compacted around him several …

May 8, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 JERUSALEM – An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Hebrew University said late Monday. The tomb is …