January 15, 2011 in Sports Gonzaga broke away from a halftime tie with a 19-7 run to open the second half and went on to a 79-59 victory over feisty Loyola Marymount on Saturday.

January 15, 2011 in Sports Klay Thompson had 21 points, Faisal Aden scored 20 and Washington State ended Stanford’s unbeaten streak at home with a 61-58 victory Saturday. It was announced before the game that …

January 15, 2011 in Sports Seahawks’ castoffs have learned to count on themselves. They take on the Bears in Chicago in the second round of the NFL playoffs on Sunday. 2

January 15, 2011 Crews with the Spokane Fire Department stayed busy Saturday morning as they fought two house fires that started within a couple hours of each other, including one that badly burned …

January 15, 2011 in Sports Electrifying Eastern Washington running back Taiwan Jones says his team made it possible for him to leave school early and enter the NFL draft.

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Women should finally be allowed to serve fully in combat, a military advisory panel said Friday in a report seeking to dismantle the last major area of discrimination … 15

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Glorified by rappers, institutionalized by law enforcement and vilified by gun-control advocates, Glock semi-automatic pistols are the just latest iconic firearm to strike blows for good and for … 35

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 TUNIS, Tunisia – Weeks of violent protests fueled by corruption, high unemployment and a lack of liberty toppled one of the Arab world’s most entrenched leaders, who fled this North …

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – Zsa Zsa Gabor was doing well after surgery to amputate her right leg – an operation that doctors said was necessary to save her life, her publicist …

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Springfield, Mass. – A gun fair organizer was acquitted of manslaughter and other charges Friday in the 2008 death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head …

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday ended a high-tech southern border fence scheme that cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion but did little to improve security. Congress ordered the high-tech … 3

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – A former publicist for the organization that runs the Golden Globes sued the group on the eve of its glitzy awards show, claiming it engages in payola …

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 Rome – Prosecutors are investigating whether Premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl from Morocco and then abused his power in trying to cover up the encounters, …

January 15, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – President Barack Obama plans to loosen Cuban travel policy to allow students and church groups to go to the communist country, the administration announced Friday. Students seeking … 2

January 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 KHQ-TV and DirecTV reached an agreement Friday that will keep Spokane’s NBC affiliate on the satellite provider’s channel lineup. “We have reached an agreement,” said Patricia McRae, KHQ’s president and … 1

January 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 120 years ago An 1891 letter to the editor described some underhanded dealings that contributed to the dismantling of Shantytown, a squatters village near Spokane’s railroad yards.

January 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 Catholic Charities of Spokane announced plans to build a downtown housing complex for the city’s poorest residents to be financed almost entirely by a $2.5 million state grant. The 50-unit … 3

January 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 What do people really want? The question was answered in hundreds of different ways on New Year’s Eve at First Night Spokane, on a giant “dream catcher” set up at …

January 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 A former Kootenai County chief deputy clerk accused of stealing nearly $140,000 over 10 years used correction fluid to try to cover her crimes, a police report alleges. Detectives easily … 2