November 14, 2008 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Nations are close to adopting a series of measures aimed at combating a global recession and laying the groundwork for a broad reconstruction of the international financial system, …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 An explosion laid waste to a restaurant and a shop Thursday afternoon in downtown Pueblo, killing one person, injuring at least seven and forcing several blocks to evacuate. Crews pulled …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Labor Department on Thursday announced final revisions in the Family and Medical Leave Act, including new rules defining how families of wounded service members will be able …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Undersized steel reinforcing plates were cited Thursday as the chief cause of last year’s deadly collapse of a highway bridge in Minneapolis. Federal investigators also said the plates …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 MONTECITO, Calif. – A fast-moving brush fire driven by 50- to 70-mph winds erupted Thursday night in the hills above coastal Montecito in Santa Barbara County, burning at least 300 …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 COLUMBIA, S.C. – A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois senator called his four-year term “one of the …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA grew more optimistic of launching space shuttle Endeavour today on a space station delivery mission as forecasters offered a more promising outlook for the nighttime …

November 14, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 BRANDENBURG, Ky. – The head of a Kentucky-based Ku Klux Klan organization led a failed plot to kill the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups …

November 14, 2008 in Business on Page A10 If you’ve been one of the lucky ones who actually made money investing this year, congratulations. If you’re also in a lower tax bracket, double congratulations – the IRS has …

November 14, 2008 in Business on Page A10 A second Habitat store will open its doors Dec. 2 in Spokane Valley. Like the original store, at Trent and Hamilton, the new store will be a one-stop outlet for …

November 14, 2008 in Business on Page A10 The 2009 outlook for the Spokane-Kootenai County economy is more of the same marginal growth that has characterized most of 2008, Eastern Washington University professor Grant Forsyth said Thursday. Speaking …

November 14, 2008 in Business on Page A10 A Montana wholesale building products company will open a Spokane Valley warehouse and expects to eventually have 60 people selling products across the Inland Northwest. Privately owned Lumber Yard Supply …

November 14, 2008 in City on Page A14 WASHINGTON – The nation’s financial picture grew darker Thursday, a day marked by breathtaking numbers: a quarter-trillion-dollar budget deficit for a single month and projections of up to $1 trillion …

November 14, 2008 in City on Page B1 The homeless man found dead in his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot was Harold Ratzlaff, 62, a janitor at Goodwill Industries. Ratzlaff lived in his car, police said, and …

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