September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The number of deaths worldwide among children under 5 dropped to a record low of 9.7 million in 2006, reflecting progress in areas such as malaria prevention, childhood …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 LONDON – Led Zeppelin will perform a one-time comeback concert in memory of Ahmet Ertegun, a co-founder of Atlantic Records. The band will perform together for the first time in …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A2 DALLAS – A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines employees made her cover up on a recent flight, leading jet-setters to ask: Will my outfit …

September 13, 2007 in City on Page A2 Wednesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 9-6-5. Wed. Lotto: 19-23-27-36-39-45.

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 CLINTON, Iowa – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama unveiled a new comprehensive plan for Iraq on Wednesday that features a call to pull out all U.S. combat troops by the …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 The United Nations General Assembly is expected to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today, over the objections of the United States and Canada, among other nations. …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – North Korea may be cooperating with Syria on some sort of nuclear facility in Syria, according to intelligence the United States has gathered over the past six months, …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 The Bush administration has begun mobilizing support for a third U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions against Iran, as the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad said …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – British officials confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease Wednesday, days after the government said it had eradicated the disease that has bankrupted farmers and led to bans …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A4 MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin dissolved his government Wednesday and chose an obscure Cabinet official as his new prime minister, a move widely seen as the Russian leader’s first steps …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 Doctors are following the playbook in treating Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett’s severe spinal cord injury except in one notable regard: pumping icy cold saline into his veins to …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A6 ATLANTA – The number of deaths in the United States rose in 2005 after a sharp decline the year earlier, a disappointing reversal that suggests the 2004 numbers were a …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – The Senate majority leader said Wednesday that Democrats would block former Solicitor General Theodore Olson from becoming attorney general, kicking off a spirited nomination debate even before the …

September 13, 2007 in Nation/World on Page A9 In a showdown over academic freedom, a prominent legal scholar said Wednesday that the University of California, Irvine’s chancellor had succumbed to conservative political pressure in rescinding his contract to …

September 13, 2007 in Business on Page A10 Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is scheduled to give a keynote address today at a health care and information technology conference in Spokane. Gingrich, founder of Washington, D.C.-based …

September 13, 2007 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON — Applicants for home mortgages were turned down for loans at a slightly higher rate in 2006 than the previous year and significant disparities continued to exist between white …