July 20, 2010 in Sports BOISE – The back-and-forth chase for the East Division first-half title shifted to the Boise Hawks on Tuesday night. Juan Yasser Serrano (4-0), Carlos Rojas and Aaron Kurcz combined on …

July 20, 2010 in Sports The coincidences keep piling up for two best friends from the University of Louisville. To start with, Josh Richmond and Andrew Clark were selected in back-to-back rounds during last month’s …

July 20, 2010 in Sports The McMackin family reunion will go on, just not quite as planned. Back in March, they thought it would happen in Chicago, where Rob McMackin and younger brother Shawn, were …

July 20, 2010 in City A 27-year-old Seattle man was killed Sunday after his motorcycle crashed during an event at Spokane County Raceway, officials confirmed Tuesday. The Spokane Medical Examiner identified the man as Khalil … 4

July 20, 2010 in City Spokane County soon will start design work on $2.8 million worth of baseball stadium improvements required by a lease that pays $15,000 a year. County commissioners unanimously appropriated $10,000 Tuesday … 7

July 20, 2010 in City A Spokane man is accused of raping a woman last weekend at an upscale downtown hotel. Benjamin F. Cooper, 25, was arrested early Saturday after the alleged victim said he … 5

July 20, 2010 in Nation/World Legislation to restore unemployment benefits to millions who have been out of work for more than six months broke free of Senate Republican delaying tactics today.

July 20, 2010 in City A local credit union will match the first $5,000 donated to a fund for the children of murder victim Rebecca Schiering. 1

  July 20, 2010 in Nation/World Two former Interior secretaries told Congress today they did not anticipate an accident as large as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

July 20, 2010 in City An employee of a Sprint Store, 170 S. Division St., was robbed at gunpoint Monday night, Spokane police report. 2

July 20, 2010 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire wants state residents to sound off online with ideas on the state budget. Gregoire announced Monday the launch of a website that allows people to suggest, … 29

July 20, 2010 in City, Idaho National Weather Service forecasters this morning said the Inland Northwest can expect a few more days of temperatures in the 80s, but a late July warm up is likely coming … 1

July 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – More than half a century ago, when antibiotics were transforming modern medicine, a now almost forgotten drug was hailed as something close to the miracle of miracles. Doctors …

July 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – For the first time in the bleak history of the AIDS epidemic on the African continent, researchers have identified two new approaches that could blunt the impact …

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July 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Monday announced a new national policy for strengthening the way the U.S. manages its oceans and coasts, and the Great Lakes. The policy calls …

July 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has asked the governments of Scotland and Britain to review the decision last summer to release the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie airliner bombing. In …

July 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 HAGATNA, Guam – Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam have turned away a ship after thousands of spiders overflowed from its cargo. The Guam Department of Agriculture said hundreds …

July 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 PHOENIX – A 7-year-old girl who was snatched from California as a toddler and raised in Arizona is a typical young child who loves YouTube and pop music star Justin …