July 17, 2010 in Sports ANAHEIM, Calif. — Juan Rivera hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, Mike Napoli also went deep and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 Saturday night … 1

July 17, 2010 A benefit car wash for the Northeast Youth Center came up short on Saturday after someone walked off with the cash box. About 2 p.m., witnesses saw a man walk … 1

July 17, 2010 in City Two girls who had been reported missing from Pine River Park on the Little Spokane River have been found.

July 17, 2010 in City, Region The State Department of Ecology is assisting with the cleanup of an old Springdale gas station that was destroyed by fire early Saturday, fearing runoff may pose a threat to …

July 17, 2010 in News Two people killed Friday in a motorcycle accident Whitman County have been identified. 3

July 17, 2010 in City Even with the windows cracked, the temperature of the leather seat inside the Mercedes-Benz parked in the Value Village parking lot on East Sprague Saturday afternoon climbed to more than … 4

July 17, 2010 in News A 54-year-old Spokane woman was killed Friday night after the scooter she was driving was hit by a truck in north Spokane County.

July 17, 2010 in Idaho MALTA, Idaho — A southern Idaho man who authorities say had 25 Western rattlesnakes in his apartment at the Sunset Motel in Malta has been issued two misdemeanor citations by … 2

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 • The goal: To block maturation of a malaria parasite in genetically engineered mosquitoes by making them die young. • The method: Researchers used a cellular signaling gene that influences …

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Malaria kills nearly 1 million people a year, but it has a weakness – to infect humans, it needs mosquitoes. In a potential step toward eradicating the … 3

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 MEXICO CITY – Drug traffickers have added a powerful weapon to their arsenal, employing a car packed with nearly 20 pounds of explosives to kill police officers, Mexican authorities said … 5

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 MIAMI – Without saying a word, the teenager accused in a two-year string of sometimes shoeless burglaries and other crimes that helped him gain international notoriety as the “Barefoot Bandit” …

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 FRESNO, Calif. – Capping a long-running dispute, a cash-strapped California public university revealed Friday its foundation arm paid Sarah Palin $75,000 to give a 40-minute speech at an anniversary dinner … 2

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PHOENIX – The number of deaths among illegal immigrants crossing the Arizona desert from Mexico is soaring so high this month that the medical examiner’s office that handles the bodies … 1

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 SALT LAKE CITY – Utah officials said Friday they have identified at least two state workers who apparently accessed confidential documents to create a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants …

July 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A5 BAGHDAD – A fierce blaze at a hotel without fire escapes sent some desperate guests plunging to their deaths in a northern Iraqi oil boomtown, killing 28 people. Half of …

July 17, 2010 in Business on Page A6 COLUMBUS, Ohio – American International Group Inc. and some of its directors and officers have agreed to a $725 million settlement to resolve allegations of wide-ranging fraud laid out in …

July 17, 2010 in Business on Page A6 Foreclosures in Spokane County almost tripled in June compared with 2009, but the rate remained well below that for Washington and for the United States, according to online foreclosure monitor …