July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 PHOENIX – Rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall Saturday on suspicion that he gave a gave a false name and Social Security number to a hospital to get …

July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – Iraq’s largest Sunni political bloc rejoined the government Saturday after a nearly year-long boycott, a move that could help bridge the country’s sectarian divide. The return of the …

July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave …

July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Batman’s joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, “The Dark Knight” …

July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Someplace else, people might tell you that human life is priceless. In Washington, the federal government has appraised it like a ’96 Camaro with bad brakes. Last week, …

July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 CHARLESTON, S.C. – Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page A7 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy for NATO troops, killing nine militants, officials said Saturday. Roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a …

July 20, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 PIERRE, S.D. – In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure “will terminate the life …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – It’s only August, and yet there’s your official-looking ballot envelope and a fat voter pamphlet crowding your mailbox. You set it aside, figuring you’ll get to it – …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page B1 When it comes to money to spend on Eastern Washington’s upcoming congressional campaign, incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers is so far ahead that opponents may need a telescope to see her. …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page B2 VANCOUVER, B.C. – One of the five feet that have mysteriously washed up on the shores of British Columbia over the past year has been linked to a depressed man …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page B6 Nine were left homeless, two firefighters injured and a house destroyed Saturday in a fire on West Sharp. The fire started in the back of the frame house at Sharp …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page B6 SPALDING, Idaho – A team of traveling cadaver dogs has been enlisted to help locate the body of a north-central Idaho fisherman missing since May 16 and presumed drowned. Gary …

July 20, 2008 in City on Page B7 SEATTLE – A King County government program is facing criticism after removing from its Web site a guide to what fruits and vegetables are likely to contain the most pesticides. …

July 20, 2008 in Opinion on Page B8 In the movie “The Wizard of Oz” the Wizard lets Scarecrow in on a little secret about smart people. “They have one thing you haven’t got: a diploma. Therefore, by …

July 20, 2008 in Opinion on Page B8 So the last time you set a small outdoor fire at your home without a permit, did you know that you had to restrict its size, build it a certain …

July 20, 2008 in Opinion on Page B8 Sen. John McCain’s campaign co-chairman Phil Gramm is right: We have “become a nation of whiners.” But who is whining more than the bankers that former Sen. Gramm’s financial deregulation …