January 17, 2010 in Sports Jeremy Abbott wins the men’s competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and will be joined at the Olympics by Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir.

January 17, 2010 in Sports Ryan Bradley turns in another spectacular free skate in Spokane.

January 17, 2010 in City, Idaho, Region Numerous ways to remember the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate his accomplishments are available throughout the Inland Northwest this week.

January 17, 2010 in City Some Washington state lawmakers are looking to crack down even more on drivers who use a cell phone without a handsfree device. 16

January 17, 2010 in City Early morning gunfire left a man dead in today in Spokane, police said. 13

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has outdone his powerful predecessor – as an artist. A photograph Medvedev took of the kremlin, or fortress, in a Siberian town …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – The brutality of Taliban attacks in northwest Pakistan has cost the militants public support, the U.S. special envoy to the region said Saturday. Richard Holbrooke, making his …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – A man who left Haiti and flew to the U.S. following the earthquake opened a restricted door at a busy terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 MADRID – A Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 BAGHDAD – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki threw his support Saturday behind a decision to ban about 500 candidates from participating in Iraq’s upcoming elections despite an outcry from the mostly …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 Cairo, Egypt – Egypt’s largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, announced Saturday it has chosen a new leader, a conservative academic who looks unlikely to challenge the government’s relentless crackdown …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 NEW YORK – When the twin towers came down on Sept. 11, 2001, deputy police inspector Robert Lukach was there, working on the pile, digging through the rubble for survivors. …

January 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A10 PASADENA, Calif. – Conan O’Brien’s ratings are soaring as he nears a bitter exit from NBC’s “Tonight” show, his ridicule of his network executives apparently resonating in a country filled … 1

January 17, 2010 in City on Page B1 School-age children would be banned from living in a 415-acre development under a proposal Spokane County commissioners will consider Tuesday. A covenant running with the Mead-area land would limit residential … 5

January 17, 2010 in City on Page B1 Pardon me. But have you bozos over at the Davenport Hotel lost your (insert your favorite expletive) minds? I’m still pinching myself in disbelief over the local news shocker of … 9