July 26, 2010 in Sports CHICAGO — Keeping his opponent off the scoreboard hadn’t been much of a problem for Felix Hernandez when it came to facing the crew from this city’s south side.

July 26, 2010 in City A jury of 12 Spokane County residents is set to begin deliberations this morning in the case of a grisly double homicide that both the prosecution and defense describe as … 1

July 26, 2010 in City Attorneys on Monday filed a $4.7 million federal civil suit against the Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for their failed attempt to keep a mentally-ill man from … 21

July 26, 2010 in City Defense attorney Mark Vovos on Monday told a jury of Stevens County residents that the murder trial they are about to decide amounts to a “classic cover-up” by detectives who … 3

July 26, 2010 in News After nearly two years, building owners Lincoln Plaza LLC found a company with management experience and financial stability to open a restaurant in the corner groundfloor location. 3

July 26, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, who has big tax disputes pending over back state and federal income taxes, sat on a three-member legislative subcommittee this year that reviewed new state tax … 4

July 26, 2010 in City Interstate 90 on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass is going to be closed for an hour each night at 8 p.m. starting today through Thursday.

July 26, 2010 in Business, Idaho Avista’s Idaho customers could see a 6.6 percent hike in their electric bills by Oct. 1, along with a corresponding 1.9 percent hike in natural gas rates. 7

July 26, 2010 in Idaho State health officials say Idaho’s 2009 suicide rate was 22 percent higher than the previous year. 1

July 26, 2010 in Business Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally break electronic locks on their devices in order to download software applications that haven’t been approved by Apple Inc., according to … 4

July 26, 2010 in City, Idaho Tuesday’s highs are expected to be hot again.

July 26, 2010 in City A recent high school graduate was charged with vehicular assault following a Saturday night collision that injured five people.

July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 ATLANTA – After a bruising week of gulf oil-spill hearings and more scrutiny to come, BP moved Sunday to accelerate the departure of Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, who has …

July 26, 2010 in City on Page A1 A portion of Hayford Road, a major link between Interstate 90 and Airway Heights, will be closed to traffic starting today through early October. A sewer line is being installed, … 1

July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW YORK – Thousands of mentally disabled immigrants are entangled in deportation proceedings each year with little or no legal help, leaving them distraught, defenseless and detained as their fates … 7

July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 DUISBURG, Germany – Throngs of techno fans followed the floats, the dancers and the throbbing music to the festival venue: an old freight railway station that local media estimated could … 1

July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings … 1

July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer today to 35 years in prison – the first verdict involving a leader of …

July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – Prison inmates allowed to leave their cells with weapons borrowed from guards carried out last week’s killings of 17 people in northern Mexico, federal authorities said Sunday. …