September 3, 2010 in Sports Josh Hungerman (5-4, 2.18 earned-run average) pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out 10, as the Tri-City Dust Devils defeated Spokane 4-2 on Friday to open the …

September 3, 2010 in City An $18,000 piece of jewelry worn during the filming of a rap music video led to a robbery and assault that included theft of the victim’s pants, according to court …

September 3, 2010 in City Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hirzel told investigators Friday that he saw Pastor Wayne Scott Creach approaching his unmarked patrol car from a distance of about 30 feet with a … 69

September 3, 2010 in Sports When the Whitworth Pirates entertain Hardin-Simmons Saturday at 1 at the Pine Bowl, they will be tangling with the 15th-ranked team in Division III and an opponent that hung a …

September 3, 2010 in Sports It only happened once last season. And it came in the season’s third game. The “it” would be a Washington State University football victory, of which there have been just …

September 3, 2010 The National Weather Service this afternoon has issued a blowing dust advisory for the upper Columbia Basin on Saturday.

September 3, 2010 in Sports Close won’t be good enough this time. When the University of Washington football team opened its season this time last year, a narrow loss to a Top 25 program was …

September 3, 2010 in City A judge today ordered a white supremacist and convicted felon charged with unlawfully possessing two assault rifles and a handgun to stay in custody pending trial. 13

September 3, 2010 in Business Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time … 14

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government … 1

September 3, 2010 in City, Idaho The AAA auto club says drivers hitting the road this Labor Day weekend in Washington will find gasoline prices 14 cents a gallon higher than they were this time last … 2

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With less than two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks – potentially worth hundreds of billions of … 5

September 3, 2010 in City on Page A1 A Spokane legislative district tops the state for money raised by candidates, and is near the top for spending that money before the August primary. The 6th Legislative District – … 1

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – As employers struggle with rising health care costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at least a decade are being asked to shoulder … 8

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW ORLEANS – An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, … 2

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the …

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 HONOLULU – Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI …

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Skokie, Ill., police on Thursday were continuing to look for a burglar who broke into a home then continually apologized for the crime to a woman who happened …

September 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghans on Thursday rushed to withdraw their savings from troubled Kabul Bank despite attempts by officials to reassure nervous depositors that their money was safe. But the …