January 16, 2011 in Sports Isaiah Thomas scored 18 of his season-high 27 points in the first half and No. 17 Washington bounced back from the Stanford loss to beat California 92-71 on Sunday night …

January 16, 2011 in Sports FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Mark Sanchez threw three touchdown passes, Tom Brady was sacked five times and the trash-talking New York Jets reached their second straight AFC championship game with a …

January 16, 2011 in Sports CHICAGO – Football’s oldest rivalry has a grand new prize: a spot in the Super Bowl. Maybe even with an anniversary reprise of the “Super Bowl Shuffle” if the Chicago …

January 16, 2011 in City, News A man reportedly armed with a knife was shot to death by police in North Spokane this morning. 78

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 TORONTO – Maybe Canada has something to teach the U.S. about housing finance. One in four U.S. homes is thought to be worth less than the mortgage being paid on … 9

January 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 An analysis of recent wage increases shows that the pay of many local government workers is rising slightly slower than the rate of workers in the private sector. From 2002 … 30

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 TUCSON, Ariz. – The yellow police tape was gone, the “Temporarily Closed” signs out front replaced with a memorial as employees prepared to reopen the Safeway store where a week …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 TUCSON, Ariz. – A week after a gunman killed six people and wounded 13 during a rampage at a political gathering here, several thousand people, many toting unloaded handguns and …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 TUCSON, Ariz. – A man who was wounded in last week’s shooting rampage in Tucson was apprehended by authorities Saturday after he allegedly threatened a tea party activist at a … 3

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 GREEN BAY, Wis. – A Green Bay woman opened a Christmas present from her children to find a refurbished vacuum – and a load of drugs. Authorities said the woman … 3

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 ABYEI, Sudan – A week of polling ended and vote-counting began Saturday in a landmark referendum expected to result in the breakup of Africa’s largest country into two separate nations. …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 TOKYO – Researchers studying a troop of wild chimpanzees in Guinea have confirmed yet another likeness between humans and their close cousins: Chimpanzees care for their offspring’s young. It was …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – The new chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security is preparing a controversial investigation next month into what he calls a “very real threat” – the radicalization … 11

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 Chesterland, Ohio – A chairlift stalled Saturday at a northeast Ohio ski resort, leaving more than 80 people stuck for several hours until emergency crews used ropes and a pulley …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A8 Peter Yates, movie director London – Peter Yates, the British director of “Breaking Away,” “The Dresser” and “Bullitt,” the 1968 Steve McQueen movie whose landmark car chase sequence over the …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A8 BAGHDAD – Two American soldiers were killed when at least one Iraqi soldier opened fire at a military training base in northern Iraq, and a third soldier died in another …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A9 Rome – A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox, the U.S. college student serving a 26-year prison sentence for the murder of her British roommate, expressed optimism Saturday that a drug …

January 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A9 TEHRAN, Iran – Several international envoys – but crucially none from the world powers – got a look inside an Iranian nuclear site Saturday as part of a tour the …