November 29, 2010 in Sports Ferris, its defense as stingy as a big dog with a small ball for all but the first half of the first quarter, made all the big plays when it … 1

November 29, 2010 Three people were injured today when a motorist failed to yield to oncoming traffic on Highway 290, according to the Washington State Patrol.

November 29, 2010 in City, News Spokane firefighters have voted to give up their pay raises next year. 18

November 29, 2010 in Sports TACOMA –The little engine that could ran head-on into a Mack Truck at the Tacoma Dome on Monday. No. 3-ranked Tumwater scored touchdowns on all seven of its first-half possessions …

November 29, 2010 Warning that every month is critical in solving the state’s looming budget shortfall, Gov. Chris Gregoire tried Monday to prod legislators into suggesting budget cuts more palatable than hers. 15

November 29, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Transportation Director Brian Ness has decided to hold full contested-case hearings on the ConocoPhillips proposal to haul four megaloads of oil refinery equipment across U.S. Highway 12 in north-central …

November 29, 2010 in Region The head of the Washington Potato Commission is ending his 60-day, all-potato diet lighter by 21 pounds and hungry for more than spuds. 3

November 29, 2010 in News Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants authority to consider the amount of surpluses insurance companies are holding before approving rate hikes. 5

November 29, 2010 in City An Ellensburg man in federal prison for a gun conviction has been charged with flooding the Spokane County Jail last summer. 5

November 29, 2010 in City A man in a black ski mask robbed a Spokane Valley convenience store Sunday night.

November 29, 2010 in Idaho, Region After years of legal wrangling over wolf management, the Obama administration and the governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming on Monday discussed crafting an end-game - including whether Congress should … 3

November 29, 2010 in City, Idaho With two more days to go and a big Pacific storm in the forecast, November is going down in the record books as one of the snowiest since 1893. 11

November 29, 2010 in Region The Washington Transportation Department is closing the North Cascades Highway at 4 p.m. today because of heavy snow expected from a new storm.

November 29, 2010 in Nation/World The Obama administration moved forcefully today to contain damage from the release of more than a quarter-million classified diplomatic files, branding the action as an attack on the United States … 131

November 29, 2010 in City Plow crews are going to clear the narrow residential streets in Browne’s Addition on Tuesday and Wednesday, and city officials said that vehicle owners must comply with emergency parking restrictions … 3

November 29, 2010 in Business, Nation/World The Supreme Court agreed today to referee a $290 million dispute between Microsoft Corp. and a Canadian technology company over complaints that a tool used in the popular Microsoft Word …

November 29, 2010 in Nation/World Congress resumes its lame-duck session work today with the two parties sharply divided over how to deal with the George W. Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at year’s end.

November 29, 2010 in Region The governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are meeting with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in Denver to talk about wolf management. 2

November 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Someone set fire to an Islamic center on Sunday, two days after a man who worshipped there was accused of trying to blow up a van full … 4

November 29, 2010 in City on Page A1 For some generous souls, holiday giving knows no season. Alternatively, they were running a little behind and their checks arrived too late to be tallied in last year’s Christmas Fund. …

November 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Leaders of oil-rich Arabian Peninsula monarchies who are publicly reluctant to criticize Iran have been beseeching the United States in private to attack the Islamic republic and destroy … 1