February 11, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 “In memoriam, Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl” reads the banner at the top of Kareem Amer’s popular Egyptian dissident blog. “Beheaded on Feb. 22, 1943, for daring to say … 2

February 11, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A13 The recent killing of prison guard Jayme Biendl was entirely foreseeable and preventable.

February 11, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A13 Eva Lassman passed away Wednesday. Our entire community has lost its smallest giant.

February 11, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 Several efforts are under way in Washington state to loosen marijuana laws, from fully legalizing it to making in readily accessible to patients who need it for medicinal purposes. A … 9

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount men’s basketball coach Max Good surveyed the stat sheet and liked what he saw for the most part. “If you had told me (Robert) Sacre …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Baseball: Federal prosecutors have cut the number of felony charges Barry Bonds faces from 11 to five. In a court filing Thursday in San Francisco, prosecutors filed their third revised …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The high-octane Gonzaga women’s basketball team took the economy model out for a spin on Thursday night. Without the nation’s top offense hitting on all cylinders until a game-ending 23-2 …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Carmelo Anthony Denver Nuggets star tallied 42 points and seven rebounds in 121-120 win over Dallas Mavericks.

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 Agreed American League MVP Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a $24 million, two-year contract that avoids an arbitration hearing next week. He gets a $3 million …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 Taylor Anderson scored 20 points Thursday as the host Moscow Bears (8-15) qualified for state with a 62-42 win over Lakeland (12-12) at the 4A Region I tournament. 3A District …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 The Shadle Park girls basketball team took care of business Thursday. That means the Highlanders (14-6 overall, 13-5 league), who secured the District 8 3A tournament top seed, will entertain …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 Mark Smyly hit 7 of 11 3-pointers and scored 32 points Thursday night to power the Lake City Timberwolves to a 71-46 nonleague win over the visiting Sandpoint Bulldogs (9-10). …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 For 02-11-2011

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 For 02-11-2011

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 Rwanda, a country in central Africa, is still recovering from the genocide that happened there in 1994. In 100 days, about 850,000 people were murdered – 20 percent of the …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 Ariel Zimmerman pitched a complete-game four-hitter in the opener and struck out 22 on the day at Salt Lake CC (11-3, 4-0) swept North Idaho 5-0, 7-6 in Scenic West …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 COLUMBUS, Ohio – A half century has gone by since the last time Ohio State started a basketball season so well. But rest assured, the player who was the central …

February 11, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 Isaiah Thomas made a career-high six 3-pointers en route to 23 points, Matthew Bryan-Amaning added 18, and Washington emphatically snapped its three-game losing streak with a 109-77 rout of California …

February 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing Fishing for whitefish on both the Similkameen and Methow rivers is good. Anglers using small weighted nymphs under a strike indicator do best.