November 22, 2009 in Features on Page D7 Brought to you this month in popular culture: the apocalypse. On the one hand, there’s “2012,” the new movie about those Mayan prophesies of doom for Dec. 21, 2012, with …

November 22, 2009 in Features on Page D7 Among local literary events over the coming week (free unless otherwise indicated): Sharon Cramer - Signing her book “Cougar Cub Tales: Lost and Alone.” Today, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Hastings, 101 …

November 22, 2009 in Features on Page D7 Fiction 1. “Under the Dome,” Stephen King (Scribner, $35)

November 22, 2009 in Features on Page D7 Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of Atticus Finch and Scout. Spokane’s Big Read in 2010 will be “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. This community-wide reading …

November 22, 2009 in Travel on Page D8 Pity the lowly snow globe with white flakes raining down on a snowman or Santa Claus tucked inside its dome. Try packing this favorite travel souvenir in your carry-on luggage …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E1 Spokane took a giant leap backward last month, and that was a good thing. After months of sagging employment figures, the county registered 3,000 new jobs. That was enough to …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E2 Remember when lenders were content to sell foreclosed homes to any qualified buyer? Their popular message was “we’re in the lending business, not in the real estate business.” With the …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E2 Tuesday Spokane County Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting – Topics will include wireworms, grasshopper management, cereal stem rust, aluminum toxicity, and an update from the Washington State Crop Improvement Association. …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E3 Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is enjoying a surprisingly bright outlook. This might be the start of a new era in Motorola’s long history – powered by Google’s Android phones. Recent third-quarter …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E4 RICHLAND – Popular Science magazine was impressed enough with a technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland to name it one of 2009’s best 100 technologies. The technology, …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E5 CHICAGO – House shopping usually slows down in the winter, as people put their home searches on hold to trim the tree, buy presents to put under it and avoid …

November 22, 2009 in Business on Page E6 Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices. Wong, president of Optimus U.S. Real Estate Fund, …

November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Lake City High School is helping people in need and getting into the holiday spirit with its annual food drive. LCHS students and staff will be collecting nonperishable food, frozen …

November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Kendra Goodrick- Martinez, the ex-meth dealer who continues to go straight, was an interested observer when Kootenai County voters rejected that jail expansion proposal. She knows first-hand that a bigger …

November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – If it were up to Gov. Butch Otter, owners of boat docks on state-owned lakes would be free to put up solid wooden boat covers, complete with roofs, …

November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I2 COEUR D’ALENE – North Idaho College’s Outdoor Pursuits will present the Warren Miller winter sports film “Dynasty: Celebrating 60 Years of Filmmaking.” at 6:30 tonight in the Boswell Hall Schuler …

November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I2 You really have to get accustomed to much less sun this time of year. Aside from the fact we’re down to only about nine hours of daylight each day, those …