May 15, 2010 in City A Spokane Valley man suffered only minor injuries Saturday when his pickup crossed the median of Interstate 90 just east of Liberty Lake and struck a semi-truck head-on, according to … 2

May 15, 2010 in Idaho Two Nine Mile Falls teenagers drowned early Saturday morning in North Idaho’s Lion Head Creek at the north end of Priest Lake. 2

May 15, 2010 in Sports Willy Aybar homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the baseball-best Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. 1

May 15, 2010 in Sports Lookin at Lucky won the Preakness, ending Super Saver’s bid to become the first Triple Crown winner in 32 years. 1

May 15, 2010 in Region GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A sheriff’s deputy accused of fatally shooting his wife’s parents was found dead in his Gig Harbor, Wash., home early Saturday, after an hourslong standoff with … 1

May 15, 2010 in Environmental quality, News ROBERT, Louisiana (AP) — BP expected a mile-long (1.6-kilometer-long) tube to start siphoning oil from its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico by Saturday night after a setback. If … 2

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday assailed the “cozy relationship between the oil companies and the federal agency that permits them to drill,” and declared that permits would no … 8

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – So much for a hoped-for bright spot to global warming. Some biologists had theorized earlier that rising greenhouse gas levels would encourage plant growth over the long … 5

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May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – High acidity of blood in the umbilical cord at birth is a good predictor of cerebral palsy, brain damage and death in childhood, researchers said Friday. Researchers … 1

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors said Friday they are investigating whether there was “willful criminal activity” by the company that operates the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in … 1

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 BAGHDAD – In an embarrassing rejection of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s efforts to overturn his rival’s lead in March’s inconclusive Iraqi parliamentary election, a laborious manual recount of votes in …

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan – Gunfire erupted in Kyrgyzstan on Friday as hundreds of interim government backers fought supporters of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev for control over regional government buildings. At least …

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BOSTON – The three Pakistani men arrested in the widening investigation of the Times Square bomb are a Boston-area cab driver, a gas station attendant and a computer programmer in …

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW ORLEANS – Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico? Some scientists who have studied a new video of the gusher estimate …

May 15, 2010 in Business on Page A8 The groundbreaking Friday for an Associated Painters hangar fulfilled a vision President Rod Friese said he has nurtured since he and wife, Dawn, purchased the Everett company 15 years ago. …

May 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A8 Numerica Credit Union, based in Spokane, has merged with Richland-based School Employees Federal Credit Union (SECU). SECU has assets totaling $12 million and about 3,000 members in the Tri-Cities.

May 15, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Outdoor clothing retailer Eddie Bauer closed its downtown Spokane retail store recently, leaving only an outlet store in the Spokane Valley, the Bellevue-based company said Friday. Spokeswoman Sarah Redgrave said …