August 12, 2011 in Sports Rookie Josh Reddick continued adding to his status in Boston with a two-run homer off the cafe windows in the second deck of right field and the Red Sox rallied …

August 12, 2011 in News U.S. Highway 2 and state Route 17 about three miles west of Coulee City were closed Friday as firefighters battled a 2,500-acre wildfire.

August 12, 2011 in Sports Aaron Garcia threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jeron Harvey on the final play to give the Jacksonville Sharks their first Arena Football League title, 73-70 over the Arizona Rattlers … 2

August 12, 2011 in Sports There is a lot of truth to the old saw that an offense starts up front, with the linemen. But the converse is also true in college football. If the …

August 12, 2011 in News, Region A fire inside the Lucky Friday Mine last month likely was set by an arsonist, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office. About 170 miners who were working in the …

August 12, 2011 in Sports Chris Williams was back home in Moscow earlier this week, hoping to relax and recharge his competitive batteries following a hectic and wildly successful summer run in which he won …

August 12, 2011 in Idaho, News An outbreak of whooping cough has spread to 16 children in Benewah County and has hospitalized one.

August 12, 2011 in Region SEATTLE — A California man with a multimillion-dollar trust fund has been sentenced to eight months in prison for threatening U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, and he’ll have to pay the … 9

August 12, 2011 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio — Opponents of the federal health care overhaul championed by President Barack Obama scored a key legal victory on Friday that should clear a proposed ballot measure for … 53

August 12, 2011 in Region High levels of a foreign biotoxin has been discovered in some Washington state shellfish. 7

August 12, 2011 in City, Idaho Summer weather is expected through Saturday, but another low-pressure system from Alaska should cool temperatures early next week.

August 12, 2011 in Business, News American producers sold fewer industrial engines, electric generators and farm products to the rest of the world in June, pushing the trade deficit to the highest level since 2008 and … 2

August 12, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 AMES, Iowa – Minnesota rivals Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann sparred bitterly Thursday night during an eight-candidate Republican debate, trying to break out of the GOP presidential pack ahead of … 30

August 12, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 JACKSON, Miss. – It was the gift that came with a bang. The wife of Mississippi Judge Charlie Vess found a mortar shell on the couple’s patio in Natchez this … 1

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August 12, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the … 1

August 12, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The 12 lawmakers appointed to a new congressional supercommittee charged with tackling the nation’s fiscal problems have received millions in contributions from special interests with a direct stake … 1

August 12, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs. Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also … 3

August 12, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 17-year-old student charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a Christian school principal told investigators he had planned to stab the woman on the third …