November 13, 2008 in City on Page A1 A tenth of the people who sold homes in Spokane County in the past year sold them for less than they paid originally, according to a new national report. And …

November 13, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A 19-month review of 2006 school district travel expenses found staffers dining on $50 meals, staying in $299 rooms, and spending nearly $50,000 for hotel rooms that were …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. military convoy as it was passing through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan today, killing at least 20 …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 PESHAWAR, Pakistan – In a methodical execution-style attack, gunmen with automatic weapons cornered and killed an American aid worker and his Pakistani driver Wednesday in the capital of Pakistan’s volatile …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – A military spokesman said a car bomb has struck a U.S. convoy in eastern Afghanistan, wounding a soldier. Sgt. 1st Class Joel Peavy said the attack happened …

November 13, 2008 in City on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The federal government announced Wednesday that it would be taking the first major step to expand offshore oil drilling after a long-standing ban on new energy exploration off …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices warily confronted a free speech dispute Wednesday over a small religious group’s efforts to place a monument in a public park. The justices seemed reluctant …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that military training trumps protecting whales in a dispute over the Navy’s use of sonar in submarine-hunting exercises off the coast of Southern …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Same-sex couples exchanged vows Wednesday for the first time in Connecticut amid cheers and tears of joy, while gay activists planned protests across the country over …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 NEW ORLEANS – Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of …

November 13, 2008 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Frozen crystals packed with concentrated natural gas and buried 2,000 feet below the permafrost on Alaska’s North Slope could become the next major domestic energy source, according to …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamic insurgents seized a strategic port city in Somalia on Wednesday, raising fears that they were gearing up for an assault on the capital about 50 miles …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaska politics convicted of felony charges last month, fell behind by three votes Wednesday as the count resumed in his re-election bid. Democrat …

November 13, 2008 in City on Page A7 Washington voters this year felt less generous toward schools than at any time this decade. But a change in the rules for passing levies assured that most districts still got …

November 13, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 A blast wounded 13 people in Thailand’s capital early today when assailants hurled an explosive device at market vendors who had gathered to protest a rent hike at the government-owned …

November 13, 2008 in Business on Page A8 How best to explain the different shopping habits of women and men? Nationally recognized sales and marketing expert Delia Passi asked one of the few men attending a recent marketing …