December 10, 2011 in Business on Page A6 Small corn surplus forecast for 2012 ST. LOUIS – The U.S. government barely changed its estimate for next year’s corn surplus, which is expected to stay small and keep food …

December 10, 2011 in Business on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department said Friday it wants to withdraw or postpone its antitrust case against the proposed merger between AT&T Inc. and smaller rival T-Mobile USA now that …

December 10, 2011 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago The mystery surrounding the murder of Anna Weber, 22, continued to deepen.

December 10, 2011 in City on Page B1 Randy Fewel’s an awfully nice guy. For a banker. 3

December 10, 2011 in City on Page B1 A Spokane woman accused of shooting her neighbor to death in a fight late Wednesday told police she didn’t mean to pull the trigger. Melinda R. Barrera, 31, said she …

December 10, 2011 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Legislators will try to fill some of Washington’s looming budget gap next week but won’t come close to the $2 billion in cuts Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed last … 2

December 10, 2011 in City on Page B3 The following is the full list of Mayor-elect David Condon’s transition team, which was announced late Thursday night. Theresa Sanders, who served as the city’s economic development director from 2007 … 59

December 10, 2011 in Nation/World on Page B3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration proposed a new rule Friday that would end a practice in which some endangered species were classified differently in neighboring states. The new policy would …

December 10, 2011 in City on Page B3 A 30-year-old Spokane man has been arrested for the homicide of a Stevens County woman. Robert C. Wirtz is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery for the death of …

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 I was appalled by Steve Massey’s Nov. 19 column on the Occupy Wall Street protesters. My experience of Christianity finds both social responsibility and personal responsibility to be real. They … 7

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Great changes can be made in 2012. 1

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 We recreate in the woods year-round on the St. Joe River in Idaho with our dogs. But we can no longer do so because of the new wolf-trapping frenzy that … 1

December 10, 2011 in Opinion on Page B5 On a cold October morning in a remote corner of northern Okanogan County, 10 young firefighters awaited a decision from Olympia. Word came at 8:30 a.m. They would not be … 1

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 I live in Spokane because of Fairchild Air Force Base. I was born there 25 years ago, Dec. 7. My dad raised three kids as a B-52 pilot from 1986-1991. …

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Congress is pushing to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill aimed at protecting Hollywood and other media giants from the effects of piracy. However, the unprecedented power over …

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Jim Kershner’s Nov. 28 “Scrooge” column was absolutely brilliant. At first I had a lump in my throat that turned to bile as I read the reactions of people to … 2

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 It has been claimed that the top 1 percent pays 38 percent of the federal income tax, the top 5 percent pays 50 percent and the top 10 percent pays … 2

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Now here is a federal program that could use a little scrutiny: A $6.7 billion program to “put healthy food on dinner tables” (Nov. 22, “Filling a family need”). The … 2

December 10, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Police work isn’t listed as one of the top 10 most dangerous jobs. Yet, regularly we’re lectured about how dangerous it is for cops. This seems inherently disrespectful to loggers, … 1