April 1, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 Cougar Bay owes part of its tranquility to floating logs. The serene bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene is a haven for waterfowl and paddlers who navigate the marshy waters in …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 PIONEER, Tenn. – In a double-barreled approach to environmental restoration, Appalachian mountains scarred by strip-mining are being planted with American chestnut trees, a species that has been all but wiped …

April 1, 2008 in City on Page A2 For the week of March 23-29, 99 weather records were tied or broken. There were 27 high temperature records, 29 low temperature extremes and 19 snowfall records. Many of the …

April 1, 2008 in City on Page A2 Monday’s Lotto: 9-19-21-27-28-33. No winner. Next jackpot: $1.4 million.

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to step into a high-stakes legal fight between the Justice Department and indicted Rep. William Jefferson over the unprecedented raid on the lawmaker’s Capitol …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Embattled Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced his resignation Monday, leaving the Bush administration without a top housing official in the midst of a vast mortgage …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 MIAMI – Cuba’s so-called “tourism apartheid” – which has long prohibited locals from staying at hotels – ended Monday, according to news agencies in Havana. The move ended a ban …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Botswana’s president steps down today, handing over power in the kind of smooth transition for which the country is known – one that contrasts sharply with the political turmoil in …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen in southern Iraq is an unlikely …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein …

April 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according …

April 1, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Dennis Leidall, executive director of Connect Northwest, will leave the organization to take a new job with the University of California at Santa Barbara. Connect Northwest is a nonprofit business-development …

April 1, 2008 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – As Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed overhauling the regulatory framework for the financial system, Democrats in Congress on Monday said it was far more urgent to try and …

April 1, 2008 in Business on Page A6 An old railroad bridge across the Spokane River is nearer to reopening, this time to provide pedestrians and cyclists access between the University District and the Iron Bridge office park. …

April 1, 2008 in City on Page A6 Gas prices at the pump surged to a new record Monday even as crude oil accelerated its slide amid a broad-based commodities sell-off. The average price for a gallon of …

April 1, 2008 in Business on Page A7 NEW YORK – Wall Street closed a dismal first quarter with a moderate gain Monday, rising after a reading on regional manufacturing came in better than expected. The Chicago Purchasing …

April 1, 2008 in Business on Page A7 WASHINGTON – IBM Corp. and certain employees received subpoenas from a federal grand jury seeking testimony and documents relating to a contract it sought with the Environmental Protection Agency, the …

April 1, 2008 in Business on Page A7 Aloha Airlines ended decades as “The People’s Airline” Monday with the abrupt shutdown of its passenger service and the firing of 1,900 workers. The state’s No. 2 airline succumbed to …