February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Barack Obama raised $32 million in campaign contributions in January, a record sum that will carry him well beyond next week’s Super Tuesday primaries in what is …

February 1, 2008 in City on Page A1 A brief lowland thaw Thursday sent streams of water flowing down snow- and ice-clogged arterial streets in Spokane County, triggering minor flooding and reminding residents that this winter’s mounting snowpack …

February 1, 2008 in City on Page A2 Thursday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-0-8 Thursday’s Washington Keno: 7-9-13-17- 23-25-26-27-33-40-42-43-45-55-56- 58-68-73-74-77

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 UNITED NATIONS – George Clooney said Thursday that his new role as a U.N. messenger of peace is one of his most difficult yet, especially because he wasn’t exactly allowed …

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Presidential candidates from both parties should tell voters what they plan to do about the threat of nuclear terrorism, global climate change and other crucial threats that have …

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 A second opposition lawmaker was shot dead Thursday in this western Kenyan city, sparking a brief blaze of demonstrations across the volatile Rift Valley and sinking the edgy nation even …

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – There will be no simulated pile of naked, emaciated corpses – and no dancing Hitler – at the world’s biggest street party. A judge on …

February 1, 2008 in City on Page A6 Heavy equipment operators charging as much $130 an hour are being pressed into service by city and county officials still scrambling to get snow cleared from Spokane-area streets. The city …

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February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Politics and some tough lobbying by senior citizens combined to derail a planned vote Thursday in the Senate on a stimulus plan to rescue the economy from recession, …

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $64,000 in damages to House Republican leader John Boehner – the first payment in a decade-long dispute over an illegally …

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A10 WHEATLAND, Wis. – Having a tornado demolish her home was bad enough. But weeks later when Ann Beam received a $2,000 cable bill for destroyed equipment, she was floored. “I …

February 1, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A11 Human-caused global warming has been shrinking the snowpack across the mountain ranges of the West for five decades, suggesting that the region’s long battle for water will only worsen, according …

February 1, 2008 in Business on Page A12 GREAT FALLS, Mont. – A hacker broke into a D.A. Davidson database and obtained account information and Social Security numbers of thousands of clients, a spokeswoman for the financial services …

February 1, 2008 in Business on Page A12 Buffeted by soaring fuel prices and tighter credit, consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months. In other signs of trouble, applications for unemployment benefits last week …