April 13, 2011 in Outdoors, Sports Some people just assume fish will be teeming in the rivers and lakes when they get the urge to pick up a fishing rod, just as they were last year …

April 13, 2011 in Sports SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners left spring training with a bullpen comprised of youth and uncertainty, especially with closer David Aardsma working his way back from hip surgery. A week … 2

April 13, 2011 in City The Spokane Park Board will decide Thursday if it will remove a sculpture created for Expo ’74 from Riverfront Park.

April 13, 2011 in Idaho, News Regular visits between Edgar Steele and his wife, Cyndi Steele, will continue at the Ada County Jail in Boise, a federal judge ruled.

April 13, 2011 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed a tax incentive bill into law Wednesday for new hires that’s winning bipartisan praise as a bright spot in addressing Idaho’s biggest issue this year … 3

April 13, 2011 in City Attorneys gave opening arguments today in a trial that a prosecutor described as a gang fight on Oct. 28, 2009, that ended with two men being stabbed. But defense attorneys … 1

April 13, 2011 in Nation/World, Sports SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice Wednesday but a jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the home run king lied …

April 13, 2011 in News Forcefully rejecting Republican budget-cutting plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation’s future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years and vowed he would not allow benefit … 66

April 13, 2011 in City The triggerman in the Hoopfest shooting last summer has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison after previously pleading guilty. 2

April 13, 2011 in Region Gov. Brian Schweitzer has vetoed a Republican bill that would have repealed the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana law. 12

April 13, 2011 in Region Before last week, retirement still seemed a ways off for Deborah Harden. Not so much now. On Tuesday, she and her husband James walked into the lottery’s regional office in …

April 13, 2011 in Idaho Former Coeur d’Alene gold and coin dealer Robert Leon Mertens is serving a 37-year term in federal prison for drug trafficking, firearms violations and money laundering - he’s been behind … 8

April 13, 2011 in City A motorcycle rider died south of Sprague Tuesday evening after going off state Highway 23, but authorities discovered that he died from a gunshot wound and not traffic accident injuries. 3

April 13, 2011 in City, Idaho After a sunny day Tuesday and a dry start to today, the weather is going to shift back to the cool and wet pattern that has dominated the weather for …

April 13, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Tuesday launched a national campaign for U.S. military families that calls on companies, individuals, civic and religious groups and schools to find ways to … 23

April 13, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s efforts to use foreign aid to help Middle East and North African nations undergoing democratic transitions have been stopped short by a Congress focused on … 5

April 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Senate spending plans for the next two years propose cuts for public schools, colleges, health care and social service programs. College tuition would be higher, paychecks to state … 17

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April 13, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 SYDNEY – A British woman who survived fierce storms and a near-drowning on her journeys across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans set off from Australia today for a rowing adventure …

April 13, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape … 1