June 16, 2010 in City on Page A7 The giant Palouse earthworm isn’t that big, doesn’t spit and doesn’t smell like lilies, and now a federal court has decided it is not time to grant the worm endangered …

June 16, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Employment in Washington increased in May, but only because 9,000 workers were hired to help conduct the 2010 census. In Spokane County, employment fell by 1,700 despite the hiring of …

June 16, 2010 in Business on Page A8 FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson is expanding a months-old recall of certain over-the-counter medicines due to complaints about a moldy smell that can cause nausea and sickness. The …

June 16, 2010 in Business on Page A8 BOISE – Idaho’s top state elected officials have voted unanimously to sign a 29-year lease of state lands for a proposed feldspar and quartz mine and mill near Bovill, Idaho, …

June 16, 2010 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve adopted new rules Tuesday aimed at protecting credit card customers from getting socked by lofty late payment charges and other penalty fees. The rules respond …

June 16, 2010 in City on Page A10 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 16, 2010 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 As much as I applaud Thomas J. Thornton’s stance on gays and lesbians in the military (Letters, June 9), myself as a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army also did …

June 16, 2010 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 I take exception to Mr. Artz’s letter on June 10. First, I am a vet with 34 1/2 years of service, with lots of service in Vietnam and elsewhere, and …

June 16, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 It’s great news that a handful of local governments are talking earnestly about establishing a regional animal shelter, but high fives are probably premature. After all, conversations about a regional …

June 16, 2010 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 I was totally disgusted to read about Idaho Rep. Phil Hart’s tax-dodging ways. He sounds like a petulant teenager who wants the rules to apply to everyone else – not …

June 16, 2010 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 Right or wrong, veteran news reporter Helen Thomas said in an interview recently that Israelis should “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Poland, Germany and other …

June 16, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 Amid all the dark news from Afghanistan, every now and then a sliver of light slips through the cracks. Afghanistan, it turns out, is rich in minerals. Trillions rich. It’s …

June 16, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A12 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A man on his morning commute to work on his bicycle was attacked by a brown bear in a city park, though he wasn’t seriously injured. Sean …

June 16, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Many players from the original Arena Football League barely shrugged when the AFL returned this season with a new business model after a one-year hiatus. Some who were pulling down …

June 16, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 NFL: Leroy Hill has returned to practice with the Seattle Seahawks for the first time this offseason after a recent meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss the starting …

June 16, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 Pau Gasol

June 16, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 Out The Phoenix Suns’ Steve Kerr won’t return as general manager, despite building a team that made a surprising run to the NBA’s Western Conference finals. Kerr told the Associated …