January 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 As Inland Northwest voters prepare to help select the next presidential candidates, The Spokesman-Review’s Web site is expanding its political coverage. A revamped Spin Control offers candidate profiles and headlines, …

January 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 Amanda Boyer is nine months pregnant, and she’d been wondering how she’d get to the hospital when she goes into labor. She and her husband, Sean, live at the end …

January 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Fred Russell may be sitting in a cell, but his name’s popping up frequently in Olympia, where state lawmakers are weighing changes to catch drunken drivers and toughen …

January 31, 2008 in City on Page A2 Wednesday’s Washington Daily Game: 7-8-2 Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 15-16-18-34-42-43.

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – Is there a curse on City Hall? Rudy Giuliani this week became the latest victim of a political urban legend: that New York City mayors who aim …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Republican Mitt Romney accused John McCain of using dirty tricks by suggesting the former Massachusetts governor wanted a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, in …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Senate Democrats assailed Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday for refusing to offer an opinion on the legality of waterboarding, an interrogation method that many consider a form of illegal …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – With bipartisan support, the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved a $157 billion economic stimulus plan that rivals the measure fashioned by President Bush and House leaders, setting …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert emerged relatively unscathed from the final report Wednesday on his handling of Israel’s 2006 war in Lebanon, even though the inquiry criticized both the government and …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Post-traumatic stress, and not brain injury, is responsible for many of the symptoms reported by U.S. soldiers who suffered concussions in Iraq, according to research released Wednesday. The report in …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 NAIROBI, Kenya – The spark for Kenya’s firestorm of ethnic violence was lit inside a cavernous meeting hall in downtown Nairobi, where election officials over four days doctored vote counts, …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, Carla Bruni, are suing low-cost airline Ryanair after it used a photo of the couple in an ad without their permission, …

January 31, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, saying that the agency …

January 31, 2008 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve delivered powerful relief to people and businesses squeezed by the ailing economy Wednesday, cutting interest rates ever deeper in an effort to avert or at …

January 31, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Avista Corp. will increase its customer base for natural gas by 2.4 percent annually over the next 20 years, down slightly from earlier projections, company officials said. Rising prices for …

January 31, 2008 in Business on Page A6 LOS ANGELES – Dozens of members of Congress are demanding that Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toy maker, stop selling toys that contain any amount of lead, claiming the company …

January 31, 2008 in Business on Page A6 GLENDALE, Ariz. – Landing the Super Bowl is making the huge bet made on sports-related development in this Phoenix suburb look like a winner. But it could be years before …