November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW ORLEANS – Eighty-year-olds with clogged arteries or leaky heart valves used to be sent home with a pat on the arm from their doctors and pills to try to …

November 11, 2008 in City on Page A1 Mike Driscoll is solving a puzzle that has bothered him for 46 years. Could his health have been affected by exposure to atomic bomb testing?

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President-elect Obama’s advisers are crafting plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and prosecute terrorism suspects in the U.S., a plan the Bush administration said Monday was easier …

November 11, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Trying to bolster the state’s flagging economy, Gov. Chris Gregoire is steering millions of fast-track federal dollars into home heating assistance, distressed fishing communities and bonds for new …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 After hearing nothing from the Phoenix spacecraft in more than a week, NASA officials on Monday declared an end to the nearly six-month mission at Mars’ north pole, the first …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – The young man stamped his foot in salute, handed over his identification card and signed his name in a ledger. He pressed a thumb print in blue ink, …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 The government’s star witness in the case against five men accused of plotting an attack on soldiers at the Army’s Fort Dix said two of the men “had nothing to …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 VIENNA, Austria – Samples taken from a Syrian site bombed by Israel on suspicion it was a covert nuclear reactor contained traces of uranium combined with other elements that merit …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO – Giao Nguyen has tried his best to escape Obama-mania. Since Wednesday morning, Nguyen, who voted for John McCain, has managed to avoid newspapers and TV newscasts proclaiming the …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Forty-three Democratic legislators, including leaders of the California Senate and Assembly, filed a brief Monday urging that the state Supreme Court void Proposition 8. Assembly Speaker Karen …

November 11, 2008 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – When the government offered an emergency loan to insurer American International Group in September, eyebrows shot up at the $85 billion price tag. Now it looks like pocket …

November 11, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday heading into the busy holiday season as analysts question whether the nation’s second-biggest electronics retailer can survive. The company said …

November 11, 2008 in Business on Page A6 LONDON – Deutsche Post on Monday said it’s closing most of its U.S. air and ground business as the delivery services firm suffers from the deteriorating economy. Deutsche Post said …

November 11, 2008 in Business on Page A6 With its last big online game shelved, Mead-based Cyan Worlds is developing an iPhone version of its all-time best-seller, “Myst.” Work on the game for Apple’s popular phone began two …

November 11, 2008 in Business on Page A6 If you listen to your Apple iPod in your car through an integrated audio system, the passPORT can keep your iPod charged and ready to go when you arrive at …

November 11, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – All smiles and compliments, President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, called on President Bush and first lady Laura Bush Monday in a White House visit that was part …

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