November 26, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 A Spokane attorney has helped negotiate a tentative $140 million class-action settlement with W.R. Grace & Co. over Zonolite Attic Insulation, an asbestos-tainted product installed in millions of U.S. homes. …

November 26, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 A Spokane attorney has helped negotiate a tentative $140 million class-action settlement with W.R. Grace & Co. over Zonolite Attic Insulation, an asbestos-tainted product installed in millions of U.S. homes. …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 For the first time since the government began compiling records, the rate of cancer has begun to decline, marking a tipping point in the fight against the second-leading cause of …

November 26, 2008 in City on Page A1 At 6 a.m. Tuesday, in front of the main doors of the Salvation Army, the early birds stood or sat patiently in line. It was 30 degrees outside. Inside, volunteers …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Everyone seems to want one, but apparently a lot of Americans aren’t sure what exactly a “bail-out” is. The word, which shot to prominence amid the financial …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Fueled by rising unemployment and food prices, the number of Americans on food stamps is poised to exceed 30 million for the first time this month, surpassing the …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, quietly has shut down a unit that for decades spied on domestic politicians and exerted shadowy influence in affairs of state. …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 BAGHDAD – Two American servicemen were killed Tuesday when a gunman in an Iraqi army uniform opened fire while they were distributing humanitarian aid in northern Iraq, the U.S. military …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Even amid the everyday brutality of war, it was an especially horrific attack: Assailants earlier this month splashed battery acid on a group of Afghan girls, punishing …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 WASHINGTON – A congressional committee is investigating the circumstances that led to the sex scandal causing the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and whether the case was politically …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday backed off from plans to auction more than a dozen leases to explore for oil and gas on the doorstep of …

November 26, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A6 CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama thinks bank executives should forgo their bonuses this year to show they are taking responsibility amid difficult economic times. According to excerpts of an interview …

November 26, 2008 in City on Page A7 Criminal charges could be filed over a massive fire that destroyed homes in Spokane Valley last summer, under a recommendation by the state Department of Natural Resources. The state investigation, …