December 17, 2010 in Sports Courtney Vandersloot leads Gonzaga to a 93-62 win over Idaho.

  December 17, 2010 The criminal case against Spokane Police Office Karl F. Thompson Jr. now has a slim chance of proceeding in March after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday … 9

December 17, 2010 in News, City The deputy who shot a Spokane Valley pastor will not face discipline for failing to disclose his co-ownership of a business that sold sex toys online. 8

December 17, 2010 in City A man with a knife robbed a downtown Spokane convenience store this afternoon.

December 17, 2010 in Sports After a one-game break, the Gonzaga Bulldogs return to their rugged non-conference schedule Saturday, taking on No. 9 Baylor in Dallas. 4

December 17, 2010 in Sports TJ Bracey sinks a free throw witih 3.4 second remaining to send the Bullpups to a GSL boys basketball win.

December 17, 2010 in Idaho The powerful joint committee that writes all budget bills in the Idaho Legislature is also the only committee that’s never taken public testimony - but it will this year. With … 2

December 17, 2010 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire says the state needs to drop some programs by March 1 to balance budget. 13

December 17, 2010 in Region Billings police say a man accused of sticking a pistol in his girlfriend’s mouth accidentally shot himself in the buttocks after he shoved the gun down the back of his … 13

December 17, 2010 in City, Idaho, Region New snowfall is expected across the Inland Northwest after 10 Saturday morning. One to 3 inches is possible during the day, the National Weather Service says.

December 17, 2010 in Nation/World The CIA agreed to cover at least $5 million in legal fees for two contractors who were the architects of the agency’s interrogation program and personally conducted dozens of waterboarding … 36

December 17, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 State regulators fined Avista Corp. more than $60,000 for improper handling of customer accounts. Most of the violations were related to errors in how energy-assistance dollars were credited to low-income … 31

December 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A reluctant House of Representatives voted 277-148 late Thursday to approve sweeping tax legislation aimed at boosting the nation’s struggling economy. The vote, just before the stroke of … 1

December 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – The simple wooden coffin that was supposed to be Lee Harvey Oswald’s final resting place will soon have a new resting place of its own after a … 1

December 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – An Obama administration report calling for an online privacy bill of rights shows a growing recognition that consumers need more protection as they surf the Web. But the … 1

December 17, 2010 in City on Page A3 BALTIMORE – An Army doctor convicted of disobeying orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned whether Barack Obama is eligible to be president was sentenced Thursday to six months … 4

December 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 SALT LAKE CITY – A small, feathered raptorlike dinosaur thought to be 125 million years old has been discovered in eastern Utah, scientists announced Thursday. The Geminiraptor suarezarum was bipedal … 2