August 3, 2011 in Sports There will come a time when circumstance tries to pit Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Locker against each.

August 3, 2011 in Sports BOISE — With a new corporate sponsor and name, Idaho’s only college football bowl game bid goodbye Wednesday to humanitarians and said hello to spuds. The Humanitarian Bowl will become … 3

August 3, 2011 in Sports Today marks the start of Robb Akey’s fifth fall camp as University of Idaho football coach, and with each passing year the exuberant leader of the Vandals’ program seems to …

August 3, 2011 in City The operator of a beauty shop in the NorthTown Mall in Spokane is in jail on rape charges involving two of his teenage employees. Thomas C. Rohn, 37, is accused … 2

August 3, 2011 in City A Spokane woman has offered her home to a struggling Tonasket couple and their children, including a 12-year-old girl who is recovering from leukemia. 8

August 3, 2011 in City, News Hells Angels sergeant-at-arms Ricky W. Jenks pleaded guilty in federal court in Spokane today to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, but the judge handling … 5

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World The Agriculture Department says meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a death in California and at least 76 other salmonella illnesses. 23

  August 3, 2011 in Sports SEATTLE — Newly acquired Charlie Furbush retired the first 13 batters in five strong innings and the Seattle Mariners swept past the Oakland Athletics 7-4 on Wednesday.

August 3, 2011 Another woman reported being grabbed by a man on a bicycle Tuesday along the Centennial Trail in northeast Spokane. The alleged attack is the fourth incident in the last week … 2

August 3, 2011 in News The judge told the man who stabbed a Clark County sheriff’s dog to death he was lucky to get only a four-year prison sentence. Superior Court Judge Rich Melnick told … 10

August 3, 2011 in News An Oklahoma woman claims an uncle who planned something “very mischievous” over the holidays in 1971 was D.B. Cooper, the never-captured hijacker who jumped out of a plane with $200,000. 5

August 3, 2011 in Business, Nation/World A computer security firm says cybercriminals have spent at least the past five years targeting more than 70 government entities, nonprofit groups and corporations around the world to steal troves … 9

August 3, 2011 in Region In Oregon, big city Portland has cafes where medical marijuana users smoke pot while singing karaoke. 1

August 3, 2011 in City, News Clear skies and seasonably warm temperatures will continue in the Spokane area throughout the week.

August 3, 2011 in News A miner was hospitalized Tuesday after falling down a chute at the Galena Mine in Silverton, Idaho, according to mining officials.

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The government is likely to lose more than $1 billion in airline ticket taxes because lawmakers have left town for a month without resolving a partisan standoff over … 17

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 Highlights of the deficit-reduction package: Debt limit: The legislation immediately increases the debt limit by $400 billion, with Obama permitted to order another $500 billion increase this fall unless both … 12

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 BAGHDAD – The Iraqi government agreed late Tuesday to start negotiations with U.S. officials on whether to authorize the U.S. military to remain in Iraq on a mission training Iraq’s … 2

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend the 10th-anniversary commemorations of the three 9/11 terrorist attacks, the White House announced Tuesday. Press secretary Jay Carney said the Obamas … 2

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jackson, Mich. – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick walked out of prison early Tuesday offering big smiles and a bear hug for a relative there to greet him. He’s free … 1

August 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The government is scrambling to find the source of a salmonella outbreak likely linked to ground turkey that has killed one and sickened dozens more. Finding the source …