January 12, 2010 in Business, City If you use Comcast for your Web service, the online tool at http://customer.comcast.com will track your monthly data consumption 3

January 12, 2010 in City Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire wants to combat the state’s high unemployment rate by drawing new businesses to the state and creating up to 40,000 new jobs this year. 14

January 12, 2010 in Sports Pete Carroll says he’s glad to be a Seahawk, and looks forward to turning around the fortunes of the team. 4

January 12, 2010 in Idaho All Idaho Health and Welfare offices except state hospitals will close at noon every other Friday through the end of June, so the state can save money by sending workers … 3

January 12, 2010 in Business, Nation/World The competition for jobs is intensifying as companies are reluctant to hire new workers, leaving millions of unemployed Americans chasing fewer job openings. 3

January 12, 2010 in City Decades ago, poor children became known as “disadvantaged” to soften the stigma of poverty. Then they were “at-risk.” Now, a Washington lawmaker wants to replace those euphemisms with a new … 7

January 12, 2010 in Business, Nation/World The Federal Reserve paid a record $46.1 billion in earnings to the Treasury Department last year, reflecting gains as the central bank bulked up its portfolio of securities to revive … 6

  January 12, 2010 in City Read the Spokane Police activity and service logs for Jan. 5 to Jan. 11, 2009.

January 12, 2010 in Idaho Firefighters in Post Falls extinguished a small fire adjacent to an East Third Avenue apartment complex Monday night.

January 12, 2010 in City, Idaho Rain with temperatures well above normal should keep the Inland Northwest soggy today and Wednesday.

January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Calorie counts for every pizza, blueberry muffin, chef’s salad or anything else that comes from many chain restaurants and vending machines would be instantly available to consumers, thanks …

January 12, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter laid out a grim budget proposal for Idaho on Monday, calling for cutting public education both this year and next, slashing 400 state jobs, phasing … 1

January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is weighing a levy on financial institutions to help recover shortfalls in a $700 billion bank bailout fund and to help balance a budget that … 2

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January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LONDON – God bless this BlackBerry. A venerable British church has done what e-mail addicts and workaholics have been doing for years – invoking the Almighty’s blessing on their high-tech …

January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – Six NATO service members, including three Americans, were killed in Afghanistan on Monday – the deadliest day for the international force in more than two months, underscoring …

January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – Sarah Palin might not be taking on Oprah, but the one-time GOP vice presidential candidate has made good on predictions that she has a future in television. … 2

January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WICHITA, Kan. – Prosecutors asked a judge Monday to prohibit Scott Roeder from using voluntary manslaughter in his defense during his first-degree murder trial in the shooting of George Tiller. …