May 31, 2009 in News A rafter was rescued this afternoon from the fast-flowing Spokane River after her inflatable craft became stuck in debris beneath the Barker Road Bridge in Spokane Valley

May 31, 2009 in Sports NORMAN, Okla. — The Norman Regional ended the way it began for Washington State. With a rocky outing from its bullpen. Top-seeded Oklahoma came up with a five-run seventh inning …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest: wave …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MUMBAI, India – City authorities demolished the homes around the recently rebuilt shack of “Slumdog Millionaire” child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail but left his standing Saturday. A bulldozer and about …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ORLANDO, Fla. – Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows. About …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – When the votes were finally counted, Susan Boyle’s Cinderella story didn’t have a fairy tale ending. The Scottish singing sensation, whose debut on the world scene became one …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 Ephraim Katzir, Israel’s fourth president and an internationally recognized biophysicist, died Saturday, several weeks after his 93rd birthday. Katzir’s 1973-1978 tenure spanned two seminal events in Israeli history: The 1973 …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A6 NEW ORLEANS – Nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina, it is the worry that will not fade, complicating the rebuilding of New Orleans and defining and reflecting this fragile city’s …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 Australia is considering a third request from the United States to resettle Chinese Muslim detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, the country’s foreign minister said today. Australia …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 CAIRO, Egypt – When President Barack Obama steps to the podium Thursday in Cairo to propose a new American partnership with the Muslim world, Arabs across the region will be …

May 31, 2009 in City on Page A8 DETROIT – General Motors Corp.’s board of directors met for a second day Saturday to make the final decision on whether the automaker would complete its restructuring by filing for …

May 31, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 ORLANDO, Fla. – For the first time, a novel treatment that trains the immune system to fight cancer has shown modest benefit in late-stage testing against the deadly skin cancer …

May 31, 2009 in City on Page B1 A 60-year-old Spokane Valley woman died in an ATV accident on Rathdrum Mountain on Saturday. Sandy Birch was traversing a steep slope when the ATV she was driving overturned, according …

May 31, 2009 in City on Page B1 Spokane’s attempt to hire our first police ombudsman has suffered a horrible setback. No, I don’t mean that only two people bothered to show up at the City Council chambers … 9

May 31, 2009 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – A case that could affect years’ worth of Spokane Municipal Court fines and rulings is in the hands of the state’s highest court. The state Supreme Court recently … 1