July 10, 2010 in City TACOMA – The embattled national chairman of the Republican Party insisted he is behind American troops in Afghanistan “1,000 percent” as he urged GOP faithful here to fight for election … 4

  July 10, 2010 in City Brooke Jordan picked the blue car as her favorite Saturday at Spokane County Raceway. Brooke sat with her brother, Brandon, and her parents as the cars flew past the grandstand … 4

July 10, 2010 in Sports The Spokane Shock clinched the Western Division title and a berth in the Arena Football League playoffs with an overtime victory at Cleveland. 2

July 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The sun was up on Friday when two airplanes, one coming in from the west, the other from the east, touched ground and circled toward one another at … 1

July 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – The Pentagon entered the home stretch to replace its fleet of 1950s-era Air Force refueling tankers, with three bids turned in by Friday’s deadline. The bids for …

July 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In a dramatic turn of events, the Obama administration has given BP the go-ahead to remove the containment cap atop the runaway Deepwater Horizon oil well and replace …

July 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 Passport fees will jump dramatically on Tuesday, so if you’re planning on traveling outside the United States soon, apply now to save money. The increase hits every kind of passport … 2

July 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – There is growing concern among seismologists that the 7.2 earthquake in Mexicali, Mexico, on April 4 placed more pressure on Southern California’s faults, resulting in increased quake …

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July 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Federal health scientists have panned a GlaxoSmithKline study that the company used to defend the safety of its embattled diabetes drug Avandia, a once blockbuster-seller that has fallen … 1

July 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Suicide bomb blasts tore through a busy market in a volatile tribal region of Pakistan on Friday, killing more than 100 people in an attack that illustrated …

July 10, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Three Wells Fargo Financial stores in Spokane and one in Coeur d’Alene will close in September as part of a Wells Fargo & Co. restructuring. Wells Fargo bank branches and … 1

July 10, 2010 in Business on Page A8 BEIJING – China renewed Google’s license to operate a website, preserving the search giant’s toehold in the world’s most populous country after the company gave up an attempt to skirt …

July 10, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Sirti, the state-funded program that helps young tech companies grow, is building a wider audience for its services. It’s now helping Seattle tech startups, a change from past practices of … 3

July 10, 2010 in Business on Page A8 SUN VALLEY, Idaho – Tech and media moguls gathered here for an annual confab this week sounded a mostly cautious note on the economy. Big debts and still-depressed housing prices …

July 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 The Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Indians is outraged that Kootenai County commissioners appealed the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs’ decision to place about 140 acres of tribal land under trust … 1

July 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Police were investigating a stabbing by what they called “black hand operators” – a term for Mafia-style thugs.

  July 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 A chance at Race to the Top federal grants prompted Washington legislators to pass a law mandating more-detailed teacher and principal evaluations for K-12 schools, starting in 2013. But state …