August 4, 2010 in City A man who shot himself after a police chase Tuesday has died. Nicholas T. “Niko” Burden, 31, worked as a car salesman and lived with his girlfriend and baby daughter … 16

August 4, 2010 in City Defense attorneys told a judge today that prosecutors don’t have a legal basis for a long list of attempted murder charges levied against three of four men in connection with … 10

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World In the end, it was a crush of mud that finally plugged the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, three months after the offshore drilling rig explosion that unleashed …

August 4, 2010 in City A woman who wore a red wig to rob a Spokane bank in late June may have struck again this week.

August 4, 2010 in City, Region Gov. Chris Gregoire’s budget staffers are looking into rumors that state agencies have undercut the expected $73 million in savings from planned furlough days by paying overtime to replacement workers. … 8

August 4, 2010 in City, Region Scores of state offices, including the eight regional offices of the Washington State Patrol, will be closed Friday for the second of 10 state furlough days. The unpaid furloughs were …

August 4, 2010 in City Sunny skies are expected to give way to thunderstorms later today. High temperatures are forecast in the low 90s. 2

August 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 More than 120 city employees could face pink slips at the end of the year unless city unions agree to concessions or the City Council increases taxes, officials warned Tuesday. … 23

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW YORK – A city panel cleared the way Tuesday for the construction near ground zero of a mosque that has caused a political uproar over religious freedom and Sept. …

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – BP embarked Tuesday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for all, forcing mud down …

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 BEIJING – A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead, area residents reported today. The unidentified assailant …

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Striking a largely symbolic blow at President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday challenging the new law’s requirement that Americans buy health …

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in San Francisco will decide today whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry. U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who … 4

August 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have called off their second engagement after he told her he may have fathered a baby with another woman. Palin declined to … 3