August 11, 2011 in Sports The Seattle Seahawks can only hope Tarvaris Jackson someday runs their offense as smoothly as Philip Rivers controls the San Diego Chargers. 2

August 11, 2011 in News, Region Washington’s economic outlook for the next two years has gone from cautiously optimistic to “a sinking feeling of pessimism,” the state’s chief economist said Thursday. 5

August 11, 2011 in Sports The Cougars ended practice Thursday with a 51-play, 30-minute scrimmage dominated, for the most part, by the offense.

August 11, 2011 in News A self-described militia leader will spend a year and a day in prison for making grenades that he said were to fight off a communist invasion. Kenneth B. Kimbley Jr., … 1

August 11, 2011 in Idaho Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart is arguing that a district judge abused his discretion by refusing to delay a hearing when the state representative was in Boise, debating legislation … 5

August 11, 2011 in City Allan Wood survived Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, but a stroll across Riverside Avenue earlier this week nearly did him in.

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is running for president. That’s the word from Perry spokesman Mark Miner. 35

August 11, 2011 in City, Idaho An Idaho woman died Wednesday night when her pickup truck went off U.S. Highway 2 west of Laclede, Idaho, and went into the Pend Oreille River.

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s appointment today of three Democrats to Congress’ new debt-reduction supercommittee completes the roster of a panel whose members are already being tugged in competing directions. 8

August 11, 2011 in Business Fixed mortgage rates fell to at or near record lows. That’s good news for the few who can afford to buy a home or are able to refinance. But the … 6

August 11, 2011 in City, Idaho Temperatures are expected to run about five degrees below normal today after a low pressure system moved across the region on Wednesday, bringing mild and dry Pacific air with it. 5

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World, Region on Page A1 LONG BEACH, Wash. – Charles Ostrander’s head hung back lifelessly as he was carried out of the frigid Pacific, 15 minutes or more after a riptide sucked in the 12-year-old. …

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Yet another day of sliding stocks Wednesday sent policymakers and Wall Street leaders looking for ways to end the stock market volatility before it does more damage to … 35

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August 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia – turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy …

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations warned Wednesday that the famine in East Africa hasn’t peaked and hundreds of thousands of people face imminent starvation and death without a massive …

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – An airstrike by international forces has killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for the downing of a U.S. helicopter this weekend in which 38 U.S. and Afghan troops … 2

August 11, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 PUEBLO, Colo. – An FBI manhunt for three heavily armed siblings accused of shooting at a police officer in Florida and robbing a Georgia bank ended Wednesday with a police … 1