October 5, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 A controversial highway project along the shore of Lake Pend Oreille to route high-speed traffic away from downtown Sandpoint won final approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this …

October 5, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho Sen. Larry Craig said he will stay in the Senate and serve out his 15-month term despite Thursday’s decision by a Minnesota judge denying Craig’s bid to …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD – U.S. military reports from the scene of the Sept. 16 shootings involving the security firm Blackwater USA indicate that its guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive …

October 5, 2007 in City on Page A2 Thursday’s Wash. Daily Game: 4-5-9. Thursday’s Keno: 3-9-14-19-21-27- 28-29-37-39-40-47-51-55-57-66- 69-71-74-79.

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 TOKYO – Japan has placed a satellite in orbit around the moon for the first time, officials said today, in a major space breakthrough for the nation. The mission involves …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 In a thunderous blast, a cargo plane slammed into an impoverished residential neighborhood in Congo’s capital seconds after takeoff Thursday, leaving at least 25 people dead in a smoky wreckage …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmakers assailed the Justice Department on Thursday for issuing secret memos that authorized harsh CIA interrogation techniques, demanding that the Bush administration turn over the documents. But …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — In this patriotically named town, it seemed like as good a place as any for Sen. Barack Obama to explain why he does not wear an American …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 Sen. Pete Domenici told a gathering of family members and supporters in Albuquerque that he has been diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease and will not seek a seventh term …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 PHOENIX – Surveillance video released Thursday of a woman who died in police custody shows her running through an airport terminal, bowing abruptly as she appeared to yell and then …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Tapping savings resulting from tighter tax rules on business, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved creation of a new $5 billion fund that would compensate farmers hit …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – In a move to bolster oversight of private security firms in Iraq, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday that would make all private contractors working there and in …

October 5, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A11 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto have reached tentative agreement on a deal that is designed to give his election more credibility and allow …

October 5, 2007 in Business on Page A12 Boeing Co. said Thursday it delivered 9 percent more commercial airplanes in the third quarter than a year ago, with the single-aisle 737 model accounting for three-quarters of the total. …

October 5, 2007 in Business on Page A12 The family that owns Liberty Lake-based cabinetmaker Huntwood Industries is launching a “family-friendly” movie and TV show production company, the corporation’s general manager said Thursday. Hunt Entertainment Group LLC will …