April 23, 2010 in Sports CHICAGO – Things began rather miserably for the Seattle Mariners on most of this cool, wet night and wound up ending that way as well. Seattle had already lost shortstop …

April 23, 2010 in News A Spokane firefighter exonerated in a child pornography investigation two years ago threatened to beat a state trooper “to death” in a confrontation that led to felony charges Friday in … 25

April 23, 2010 in Region Supporters of an initiative campaign to tax the earnings of couples making more than $400,000 annually want to make sure the state’s domestic partners are taxed at the same rate … 6

April 23, 2010 in City A man robbed the Spokane Teachers Credit Union branch on Indian Trail Road this afternoon. 3

April 23, 2010 in Business Shares of Sterling Financial Corp. climbed more than 65 percent today on trading volume 15 times normal. 2

April 23, 2010 in Region Chelan County PUD biologists and engineers have received the “salmon stamp of approval” for their $16 million project to add nesting habitat and restore year-round flow to the Chelan River. 1

April 23, 2010 in Business Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling Congress that the administration believes the final cost of the government’s heavily criticized financial bailout effort could be as low as $87 billion. 1

April 23, 2010 in City A Spokane police K-9 who died after surgery to remove a brain tumor was honored this week by the Washington State Police Canine Association. 6

April 23, 2010 in Outdoors, City Lowland lakes in Washington are expected to be busy this weekend with the opening of trout fishing season on Saturday, and Spokane sheriff’s deputies said they will be on patrol … 5

April 23, 2010 in City Okanogan County jurors late Thursday convicted two Spokane residents in the 2009 murder of a pregnant woman near Tonasket. 1

April 23, 2010 in City, Idaho A bright spring day is being forecasted for the Inland Northwest as the region sees a rebound from two days of clouds and rain.

April 23, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Sales of new homes surged 27 percent last month, bouncing off the previous month’s record low and blowing past expectations as government incentives and better weather boosted sales.

April 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 Just wondering: When the Spokane City Council meets, whose meeting is it? Yours and mine? George McGrath’s? The Cowles Gang’s? 11

April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW ORLEANS – A deepwater oil platform that burned for more than a day after a massive explosion sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, creating the potential for … 1

April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – When Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens steps down this summer, he will leave the court – long dominated by Protestants – without one for the first time … 5

April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LAS VEGAS – Senate candidate Sue Lowden has a problem: Chickens are really funny. Lowden also has all the makings of someone who could topple Democratic Sen. Harry Reid. A …

April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 A small robotic spacecraft that looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle was successfully launched Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The 29-foot-long spacecraft, dubbed the X-37, was sent …

April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a bill Thursday to deny members of Congress a pay raise next year. Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold engineered surprise passage of the legislation, which would …

April 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – Pedaling placidly, black-suited businessmen and women in dresses and high heels wheeled shiny red bikes between growling green buses, serenaded by shrill police whistles and coughing diesel …