September 22, 2009 in Business Shut down for more than a year due to a fire, downtown Spokane eatery Churchill’s Steakhouse will start rebuilding next week, owner Bill Alles said Tuesday.

September 22, 2009 in Region WASHINGTON — The jobless in those states hardest hit by the recession would get some short-term federal relief under House legislation extending unemployment benefits, already at record levels, for 13 …

September 22, 2009 in City Classes have been cancelled in the main building at Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St., for the rest of today because of a gas leak, according to a news …

September 22, 2009 in Region OLYMPIA — State lawyers will travel to California to argue that petitions for Referendum 71 should be made public.

September 22, 2009 in Idaho, Nation/World Joseph Duncan will be allowed to act as his own attorney in a trial in which he faces the death penalty if convicted of the 1997 slaying of a 10-year-old …

September 22, 2009 in Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho — Officials say a highway district’s attempt to slow drivers on some Latah County roads is unenforceable in court. 1

September 22, 2009 in City Power was restored about 11:10 a.m. after a 30-minute outage darkened parts of downtown and the North Side about 10:45 a.m. today.

September 22, 2009 in Idaho High unemployment rates are altering how Idaho residents live, according to new data released Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau. 1

September 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put rather than moving …

September 22, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In the wake of a grim assessment from his top military commander in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama has begun a wholesale re-evaluation of war strategy, a process that …

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September 22, 2009 in City on Page A3 NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million Ponzi scheme that spanned more than a …

September 22, 2009 in City on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man whose murder conviction was overturned last month walked out of court Monday a free man after prosecutors announced that they would not retry … 1

September 22, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was revising his sweeping health care bill Monday to address serious concerns from fellow Democrats and a key Republican about insurance …

September 22, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A 24-year-old Afghan man at the center of an unfolding FBI investigation into a possible U.S. terrorism cell was ordered held without bond Monday as authorities raced to …

September 22, 2009 in City on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – China’s ambition to grow quickly but cleanly soon may vault it to “front-runner” status – far ahead of the United States – in taking on global warming, …

September 22, 2009 in City on Page A4 BEIJING – China has banned foreign tourists from traveling to Tibet ahead of a parade in the capital to mark 60 years of communist rule, an official said today, amid …

September 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 KHARTOUM, Sudan – Ethnic fighting in southern Sudan claimed 76 lives over the weekend as tribal militias attacked the village of Duk Padiet, burning more than 2,000 homes, officials said …