October 8, 2010 in Sports High school football scores from Washington and Idaho from games played on Friday, Oct. 8.

October 8, 2010 in Idaho A 25-year-old Post Falls babysitter faces murder charges after a boy in her charge died of a head injury today. 32

October 8, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Transportation Department met with a Korean firm in September that wants to move another 40 to 60 giant truckloads of oil equipment across scenic U.S. Highway 12, and … 2

October 8, 2010 in Sports The Oregon offense has cooked all season, starting with the 72 points scored in the opener against New Mexico through the 52 it put up on then-No. 9 Stanford last … 1

October 8, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Republican Party has launched an attack ad against Democratic candidate for governor Keith Allred, charging that he’d tax everything from child care to church bake sales, a claim … 2

October 8, 2010 in City A jury today convicted a Spokane man of two counts of misdemeanor harassment against City Council President Joe Shogan and Betsy Cowles, chairwoman of the company that owns The Spokesman-Review. 33

October 8, 2010 in Idaho The Coeur d’Alene Tribe today received $11.8 million in federal funding to build a new medical center in Plummer.

October 8, 2010 in Idaho A Hayden counselor found out the hard way that Idaho Medicaid doesn’t pay for rap concerts. 1

October 8, 2010 in Sports After winning the second of back-to-back Northwest Conference football titles in 2007, the Whitworth Pirates have been on the periphery of the title chase the last couple years, thanks to …

October 8, 2010 in Nation/World Excitement grew today outside the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, as a drill carving an escape shaft pushed through the final section of … 1

October 8, 2010 in Nation/World In another White House shake up, President Barack Obama today announced that his national security adviser, Gen. James Jones, was stepping down after helping to shape the foreign policy for … 2

October 8, 2010 in City The common man has lost one of his best advocates. John Clark, a prominent local defense attorney, died this morning following a long battle with cancer. Earlier this year, the … 11

October 8, 2010 in Region The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine is starting a clinical trial using the herb artemisinin that could eventually aid in breast cancer research.

October 8, 2010 in Region A 33-year-old man accused of unlawfully taking his sons after their mother was awarded custody by a Washington state judge has been charged with three counts of first degree custodial … 1

October 8, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Potential flaws in foreclosure documents are threatening to throw the real estate industry into a full-blown crisis, as Bank of America today became the first bank to stop sales of … 4

October 8, 2010 in City, Idaho National Weather Service forecasters this morning said a gray and humid day is likely in Eastern Washington and North Idaho as Thursday’s rain storm exits the area.

October 8, 2010 in City Monday, Columbus Day, will be an unpaid day off for tens of thousands of Washington state employees at dozens of agencies.

October 8, 2010 in Business A wave of government layoffs in September outpaced weak hiring in the private sector, pushing down the nation’s payrolls by a net total of 95,000 jobs. 5

October 8, 2010 in Nation/World Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for using nonviolence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. The award ignited a furious response …