October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their …

October 29, 2008 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Valley City Council struck a compromise Tuesday on a controversial proposal to restore two-way traffic on Sprague Avenue. Two-way traffic will be restored only between Dishman-Mica and University …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 Stocks skyrocketed nearly 11 percent Tuesday in the second-biggest point gain ever for the Dow Jones industrial average, buoyed by signs of improving credit conditions and expectations that the Federal …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 QUETTA, Pakistan – A strong earthquake struck villages in southwestern Pakistan before dawn today, killing at least 100 people, injuring scores more and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said. The …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 The 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson died of multiple gunshot wounds, Chicago authorities said Tuesday. Cook County spokesman Sean Howard told the Associated Press that in Tuesday’s autopsy …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration ignored scientific evidence and used flawed methods when it determined that a chemical widely used in baby bottles and in the lining of …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – The Iraqi Cabinet decided Tuesday to reopen negotiations on a security pact intended to give U.S. forces the legal authority to stay in the country beyond Dec. 31, …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 An American college student and her former boyfriend were ordered Tuesday to stand trial in last year’s slaying of her roommate, while the judge also convicted an Ivory Coast man …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Unless the United States modernizes its inventory of nuclear weapons and develops a replacement warhead, the atomic arsenal’s long-term safety and reliability will deteriorate, Defense Secretary Robert Gates …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – A day after he was convicted of seven felonies, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, came under increasing pressure from top Republicans to resign, even as he planned to resume …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 DETROIT – A judge sentenced former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to four months in jail Tuesday for a sex-and-text scandal, calling him “arrogant and defiant” and questioning the sincerity of a …

October 29, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – “Joe the Plumber” may be paying off for Sen. John McCain. The Arizona senator scored sharp gains on the pivotal issue of jobs and the economy in the …

October 29, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Business, civic and academic leaders from around the Panhandle will gather Thursday to begin searching for ways to diversify North Idaho’s economy beyond forest products. As part of an 18-month …

October 29, 2008 in Business on Page A6 So you want a career being creative? Fine. First, let’s get real. Exuberance for a “career doing something creative” is on the rise. Unfortunately, people’s understanding of what that requires …

October 29, 2008 in Business on Page A6 Carl Mattson gets a small cash bonus for practicing no-till farming on his 4,000-acre dryland wheat farm near Chester, Mont. Seeding his fields without plowing keeps carbon locked in the …

October 29, 2008 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Beleaguered U.S. automakers are seeking federal help beyond the money that Congress has made available for them as part of a financial industry bailout and a measure to …

October 29, 2008 in Business on Page A9 SEATTLE – Boeing Co.’s Machinist union said it will vote on a tentative four-year labor pact on Saturday, a process that could end an eight-week strike against the airplane maker. …

October 29, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – The Idaho Democratic Party is defending a campaign flier it mailed throughout Idaho’s 1st Congressional District that clearly shows the Social Security numbers of Rep. Bill Sali and …

October 29, 2008 in City on Page B1 The man slain in Ferry County last week was Jeremy Karavias, 19, of Kent, Wash. Corey Monaghan, 35, of Renton, Wash., faces charges of first-degree murder and first-degree arson in …