November 9, 2009 in News A man described by friends as suicidal told his ex-girlfriend before he was shot by Spokane Valley police that something was going to happen “and it will be on the … 7

November 9, 2009 in News A former north Spokane elementary school PTO treasurer pleaded innocent Monday to stealing nearly $20,000, more than a year after police say she sat in the principal’s office as the … 3

  November 9, 2009 in Region Investigators say DNA and ballistics tests conclusively link a suspect shot by detectives last week to the Halloween night slaying of a Seattle police officer as well as what they … 2

November 9, 2009 in City Cooler weather is opening the possibility of snowfall in lower elevations of the Inland Northwest on Thursday and Saturday mornings, a forecaster said Monday. 2

November 9, 2009 in Business Stocks jumped to new highs for the year today as the dollar extended its slide, boosting prices for commodities including gold and oil. Energy and materials stocks led the market … 4

November 9, 2009 in Region Gov. Chris Gregoire cited Seattle’s drawn-out mayoral race Monday as the most recent example of why the state needs an earlier deadline for mail-in ballots. 8

November 9, 2009 in City A 25-year-old Colville man died this morning when he lost control of his 1992 Toyota pickup and slammed into an oncoming logging truck north of Deer Park.

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World The most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on how to get his signature health care bill through a balky Senate: knock … 1

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday’s scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. 2

November 9, 2009 in City Twenty residents of a condominium complex at 2027 E. Upriver Drive had a close call Sunday evening when a fire started in an enclosed space inside one of the units.

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. Terrance Graham, … 2

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., is …

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 PARIS – The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair. In France, nearly one out of …

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 PHILADELPHIA – Gov. Ed Rendell said a transit strike that shut down Philadelphia’s buses, subways and trolleys for nearly a week is over. The governor announced early today that the …

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – Iraq’s bickering politicians finally agreed on a new election law Sunday, paving the way for crucial national elections to take place in January and for the drawdown of …

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 PESHWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber attacked a livestock market in the suburbs of the violence-racked northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, killing a mayor who had opposed the …

November 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration – a demand made by Washington and its …