June 15, 2010 in Sports LOS ANGELES — Buckle up, Boston and L.A. These epic NBA finals are going to Game 7. Kobe Bryant made sure of it, with plenty of help from the rest …

June 15, 2010 in Sports ST. LOUIS — Jeff Suppan was a success in his comeback start with the St. Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols homered a day after getting bopped in the head by …

June 15, 2010 in Nation/World Text of President Barack Obama’s Oval Office address Tuesday on the Gulf oil spill, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions. 1

June 15, 2010 in Sports Clay Harrell is making a lot less than he used to in the old AFL, but didn’t hesitate to join the Spokane Shock this season.

June 15, 2010 in Nation/World Dedicating new urgency to the Gulf oil spill, President Barack Obama accused BP of “recklessness” in the first Oval Office address of his presidency Tuesday night and swore not to … 2

June 15, 2010 in City On Friday and Saturday Karie Riley will cook, sew and tan leather hide as the wife of a mechanic in a fur-trading encampment in 1803. Wearing a traditional Metis Indian …

June 15, 2010 in City Today only, all reserved tickets for “Star Wars: In Concert” can be purchased for $35. That’s a good deal, considering that the normal prices are $65, $49.50 and $35. 1

  June 15, 2010 in Idaho Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s current dispute over back state income taxes isn’t the first time he’s invoked his status as a state legislator to hold off the tax man …

June 15, 2010 in Sports Seattle Mariners pitcher Ian Snell, 0-5 with a 6.41 ERA, has been designated for assignment.

June 15, 2010 in City A motorist who ran over a Spokane man near Finch Arboretum two years ago was acquitted today of vehicular homicide. 1

June 15, 2010 in Business Employment in Washington increased in May, but only because 9,000 workers were hired to help conduct the 2010 Census. 2

June 15, 2010 in Sports Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson says he was told Monday by Utah’s athletic director that the university had not been contacted by the Pac-10. 1

June 15, 2010 in Idaho, Region A federal judge heard arguments today on whether gray wolves in Montana and Idaho should be protected once more under the Endangered Species Act and whether those states can ensure …

June 15, 2010 in Idaho The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest youth risk survey shows methamphetamine use among Idaho teens dropped 52 percent between 2007 and 2009.

June 15, 2010 in City The white powder sent in envelopes to eight federal buildings in the Northwest is not hazardous, but a Spokane FBI official said he could not say whether all the substances …

June 15, 2010 in News, City, Region After two years of construction, the Barker Road Bridge in Spokane Valley opened to traffic at 5 p.m. Monday. The contractor, Morgen and Oswood Construction of Great Falls, Mont., still …

June 15, 2010 in Business Industrial and technology stocks pulled the market sharply higher today after Boeing Co. said it was boosting production and an industry group forecast that demand for computers would increase. The …

June 15, 2010 in City, Idaho A partly sunny spring day is on tap with temperatures a few degrees below normal, but forecasters said the nicer weather is departing tonight.

June 15, 2010 in City A 9-year-old girl injured in a collision Thursday evening in north Spokane County has died, according to the Sheriff’s Office. 4