December 8, 2011 in City on Page A2 For 12-08-2011

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – More than five dozen protesters upset about what they call corporate greed and the excessive influence of money in politics were arrested Wednesday after shutting down K Street, … 1

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Las Vegas – A helicopter taking people on a luxury sunset tour of the Las Vegas Strip and Hoover Dam crashed into a mountainside Wednesday, killing the pilot and the …

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has vowed to veto a GOP proposal that would attach the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project to his proposal for a payroll tax cut for … 6

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN ANTONIO – Breast cancer experts are cheering what could be some of the biggest advances in more than a decade: two new medicines that significantly delay the time until …

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bangkok – A court in Thailand sentenced a U.S. citizen to two and a half years in prison today for defaming the country’s royal family by translating excerpts of a …

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 SEOUL, South Korea – A Japanese baby food manufacturer has announced the recall of 400,000 cans of infant formula that reportedly contain traces of radioactive cesium connected to the nation’s …

December 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 CAIRO – Egypt’s military rulers said Wednesday the next parliament will not be representative enough to independently oversee the drafting of a constitution, and they will appoint a council to … 1

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 An organization that serves terminally ill children was burglarized for the second time in a month Wednesday, with the thief taking Christmas presents meant for three families. Gifts were stolen …

December 8, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 The Kootenai Environmental Alliance filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ controversial decision to require the city of Coeur d’Alene to remove hundreds … 1

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 75 years ago About 65 officers from Spokane’s Veterans of Foreign Wars posts gathered together to vote on a series of resolutions in 1936.

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 Everyone snap to attention. Please click your heels together as we offer an SPD-worthy salute to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle. 46

December 8, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Two people were taken to a hospital after a shooting in Bonner County about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Larry Dean Flanigan Jr., 19, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery …

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Spokane historic preservation office will get only $5,000 from Spokane County in the $136.6 million 2012 budget county commissioners adopted Wednesday. The county has given $20,000 a year to … 1

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 For 12-08-2011

December 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Seven northern Idaho counties have filed their challenge to Idaho’s new legislative redistricting plan. The challenge criticizes the bipartisan citizen panel that wrote the plan this year and calls for …

December 8, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane police are looking for two men who robbed a liquor store at 8:32 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the two entered the store on West Third Avenue and demanded cash …