November 25, 2008 in City on Page A1 The Spokane City Council said no thanks Monday to county leaders considering a plan to buy the downtown YMCA in Riverfront Park with existing public money. If county commissioners don’t …

November 25, 2008 in Business on Page A1 Spokane’s Sterling Financial Corp. will receive $303 million from the U.S. Treasury if a tentative deal announced Monday closes. The investment, one of dozens approved or pending as the Treasury …

November 25, 2008 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama sought to assert his authority over the country’s deep-ening financial crisis Monday, unveiling his economic team and making it clear that he will not wait …

November 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the …

November 25, 2008 in City on Page A3 CHICAGO – For the first time in memory, airfares are falling rather than rising as the holiday travel season approaches. The phenomenon, a byproduct of the deteriorating economy, means many …

November 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Edward “Ted” Kaufman, a former aide to Sen. Joe Biden, was named Monday by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate seat Biden is leaving for the vice …

November 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Breaking a logjam of hundreds of pent-up clemency requests, President Bush Monday granted pardons to 14 people and shortened the prison terms of two others. The majority of …

November 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan is being transferred from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to his home country of Yemen, a senior defense official …

November 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 DALLAS – A Muslim charity and five of its former leaders were convicted Monday of fun- neling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, finally handing the government …

November 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Shipping officials from around the world called Monday for a military blockade along Somalia’s coast to intercept pirate vessels heading out to sea. Yemen’s government said …

November 25, 2008 in City on Page A5 Panhandling in Spokane will be greatly restricted as a result of two new laws approved by the City Council on Monday night. One set of regulations will prohibit begging within …

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November 25, 2008 in City on Page A5 No fangs? My handful of popcorn froze midair a few minutes before midnight last Thursday while my brain cells attempted to digest the content of those two words. I turned …

November 25, 2008 in City on Page A5 Spokane County leaders got a better idea Monday of what cuts of $3.2 million to the 2009 budget would do to staffing. The county is expected to freeze vacant positions …

November 25, 2008 in City on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

November 25, 2008 in City on Page A6 The final election results in the state’s closest legislative race showed Democrat John Driscoll defeating Republican incumbent John Ahern by 74 votes Monday, triggering an automatic hand recount for the …

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November 25, 2008 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Defense attorneys charged that the FBI plied Joseph Duncan with milkshakes and gifts to manipulate him into not appealing his death sentence, but a federal judge rejected that …

November 25, 2008 in Opinion on Page A7 The recent Seattle Times series on the prevalence of an antibiotic-resistant superbug in hospitals sparks serious questions, but it should not cause panic. To recap, the Times discovered that MRSA …

November 25, 2008 in Opinion on Page A7 It may be water over the dam by now, but the Spokane Park Board’s decision to block a condominium project on the south bank of the Spokane River two years …