April 18, 2009 in News Nature’s World LLC is recalling 88 cases of NW Delights Deluxe Mixed Nuts distributed to retail stores and sold in retail store bulk bins because the products may be contaminated …

April 18, 2009 in News, City As city leaders contemplate budget cuts and potential layoffs because of the ailing economy, some of Spokane’s highest-paid employees are poised to receive increases in their total compensation of about … 7

April 18, 2009 in News Spokane Valley residents will get one last chance April 28 to comment on plans to transform the Sprague-Appleway corridor from a gap-toothed, six-mile strip mall to a collection of cozy …

April 18, 2009 in News, City Shadle Park High School senior Quintyn Boomer spends five hours an evening on a computer. But he’s not a complete geek. On Saturday, Boomer and 11 other Shadle Park woodworking …

April 18, 2009 in Features When faced with the question of whether or not I would have harbored Jews during the Holocaust, the automated reflex answer is yes. 3

April 18, 2009 in Features

A ruckus outside –

Look out the window

The Nazis march in the street behind my home.

April 18, 2009 in Features

Wanted: Guardian Angels. Unlikely heroes. Dangerous rescues. No experience necessary.

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday officially adopted the position that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public’s health and welfare, a …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – The U.S. and Cuba built sudden momentum Friday toward easing a half-century of hostility as President Barack Obama met Havana’s willingness to discuss sensitive topics, …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday. …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Bush administration did not properly study the environmental impact of expanding oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast and …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration issued guidelines Friday limiting government-sponsored embryonic stem cell research to cells taken from excess fertility clinic embryos, a compromise based on its reading of public …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WARWICK, R.I. – An exotic dancer who was bound and held at gunpoint at a hotel by a man who answered her Craigslist ad suggested that her ordeal could be …

April 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Officials in the Philippines say police have rescued a Red Cross worker from his al-Qaida-linked kidnappers three months after he and two colleagues were kidnapped on a southern island. Press …

April 18, 2009 in Business on Page A8 PARIS – Airbus’ parent company EADS said Friday it would bid with partner Northrop Grumman Corp. for a $35 billion U.S. Air Force contract even if it had to share …

April 18, 2009 in Business on Page A8 Vehicle manufacturers and dealers are promising you the world right now in an effort to restart the industry’s engine. They’ll make your car payments if you lose your job. They’ll …