September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The U.S. House approved a package of energy initiatives Tuesday, including measures that would allow oil drilling as close as 50 miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts …

September 17, 2008 in City on Page A1 Sterling Mining Co. has suspended silver production at the historic Sunshine Mine in North Idaho and laid off 90 employees – 60 percent of its work force there, the company …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Invoking extraordinary powers granted after the 1929 stock market crash, the government seized control of the insurance giant American International Group late Tuesday to preserve a crucial bulwark …

September 17, 2008 in City on Page A1 Sterling Mining Co. has suspended silver production at the historic Sunshine Mine in North Idaho and laid off 90 employees – 60 percent of its work force there, the company …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The first large study in humans of a chemical widely used in everyday plastics has found that people with higher levels of bisphenol A had higher rates of …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – Suspected drug traffickers detonated hand grenades in a square packed with Independence Day celebrators in President Felipe Calderon’s hometown of Morelia, killing seven and injuring 105 in …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 North Korea has tested the engine mechanism for a long-range intercontinental missile that might be able to hit major cities on the West Coast of the United States, according to …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Bush has determined that Bolivia is no longer cooperating in the war on drugs, placing it on a counter-narcotics blacklist along with Venezuela, as U.S. ties with …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday that he planned to veto the state budget passed by the Legislature in the early hours of the day, setting the stage for an unprecedented …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Senate leaders said Tuesday that they had broken a months-long impasse over a tax break package that would bring billions of dollars in relief to individual and business …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 LOS ANGELES – Three years ago, Gregory Lintner walked away with only scrapes and bruises from a Metrolink train crash in Glendale near downtown Los Angeles that killed 11 people. …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A5 AUSTIN, Texas – Hurricane Ike’s timing – just a week before the opening of Galveston’s massive national biodefense lab – is raising new questions about the prudence of housing deadly …

September 17, 2008 in Business on Page A6 So you got downsized. It’s happening a lot this year – almost 600,000 job cuts have been reported so far, according to “outplacement consultants” Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., who …

September 17, 2008 in City on Page A6 British bank Barclays PLC intends to unveil a plan to acquire all or part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s investment banking and trading operations, a person close to the talks …

September 17, 2008 in Business on Page A6 The unemployment rate in Washington climbed to its highest level in almost four years last month, and the State Employment Security Department’s top economist Tuesday predicted harder times ahead as …

September 17, 2008 in Business on Page A6 A Spokane architect and partners will receive roughly $7 million in exchange for their property south of the convention center and dropping a lawsuit against the city, under a deal …

September 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A10 JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska’s investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain’s presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney …