February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 CEDAR CITY, Utah – A couple trapped for 11 days in heavy snow was rescued Wednesday when a snowplow driver clearing a remote canyon road found them attempting a desperate …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Aggressively driving blood sugar levels as low as possible in high-risk diabetes patients appears to increase the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke, according to …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate John McCain skipped a difficult Senate vote Wednesday on whether to make 20 million seniors and 250,000 disabled veterans eligible for rebate checks as part …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The White House said Wednesday that the widely condemned interrogation technique known as waterboarding is legal and that President Bush could authorize the CIA to resume using the …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Unwilling to compromise with Republicans on a two-year, $204 billion economic stimulus package, Senate Democrats failed Wednesday night in their attempt to add aid to millions of senior …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – The three boys in black hoods and green T-shirts hold Kalashnikovs as the youngest shouts to the camera in a pre-pubescent voice, “Fight them and God will torture …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – The British military said Wednesday it will no longer use goats in experiments to gauge the risks of evacuating a submerged submarine. The tests, conducted for years by …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – The Iraqi government announced Wednesday that it’s taken initial steps to rebuild the famed Golden Dome shrine in Samarra, whose destruction two years ago helped unleash sectarian warfare …

February 7, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the top U.S. commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan issued a blunt assessment Wednesday of the alliance’s shortcomings in that country, arguing that …

February 7, 2008 in Business on Page A6 The mortgage crisis that’s creating waves of foreclosures and tighter access to credit nationwide will affect the local economy, but don’t look for an Inland Northwest recession in 2008, economic …

February 7, 2008 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Worker productivity, the key factor in rising living standards, slowed sharply in the final three months of the year as overall economic activity weakened considerably and labor pressures …

February 7, 2008 in Business on Page A6 CHICAGO – General Motors Corp. said Wednesday that half its U.S. vehicle volume will run on ethanol by 2012, just as partner Coskata Inc. is expected to be ramping up …

February 7, 2008 in Business on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Politicians have finally found an issue they all can agree on: Telemarketers calling at dinnertime are a scourge that must be repulsed. Congress on Wednesday put the final …

February 7, 2008 in Business on Page A7 NEW YORK – Wall Street pulled back for the third straight day Wednesday as investors still uneasy about the economy sold off after a Federal Reserve official suggested rising inflation …

February 7, 2008 in Business on Page A7 Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines are inching closer to a merger that would create the nation’s largest carrier, and if a deal is reached it could be announced next …

February 7, 2008 in City on Page B1 The roof of a rural fire station southeast of Spokane collapsed as six men were on top removing snow Wednesday night. The accident happened five hours after fire crews evacuated …

February 7, 2008 in City on Page B1 Deep snow is forcing deer, elk and moose – and the wolves that prey on them – down from the mountains and into the small communities flanking the St. Joe …