January 9, 2011 in Sports PHILADELPHIA – Aaron Rodgers simply threw his hands in the air and pumped his fist. No, he doesn’t celebrate like Brett Favre. Rodgers doesn’t have to worry about the ghost …

January 9, 2011 in Sports KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ray Lewis knows a championship defense when he sees one. Now the Kansas City Chiefs do, too. Lewis and Baltimore’s tough and savvy defense overwhelmed the …

January 9, 2011 in Sports GLENDALE, Ariz. – Oregon has the faster car. Auburn has the better driver. The college football season is a race to the finish. Don’t blink Monday night during the BCS …

January 9, 2011 in City The Baskin-Robbins store at 1230 S. Grand was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night by a man wearing a red ski mask and black hoodie, Officer Brian Eckersley said. 1

January 9, 2011 in News Fire destroyed two rooms at the Loon Lake Childrens Center over the weekend, and other rooms were damaged by smoke and water, said Lt. Russell Armstrong, who is investigating the …

January 9, 2011 in City With forecasters warning of plunging overnight temperatures, Spokane officials activated the city’s emergency warming centers to help the homeless escape the sub-freezing conditions expected Sunday night and Monday.

January 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – There’s a desperate edge to the talk in Boise as Idaho’s legislative session approaches. “It’s not going to be a fun place to be in the Capitol this … 1

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, who was killed in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage, appeared to have been an innocent bystander Saturday, but was the target …

January 9, 2011 in City on Page A1 Washington’s Legislature starts Monday with a single-mindedness even some of its most senior members have never seen. Across party lines, and between the chambers, among freshmen and veterans, few will … 5

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Museum visitors will no longer be greeted by a giant, 10,000-year-old skeletal rear end when they walk in. Instead, as a museum spokeswoman puts it, they’ll see …

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 NAJAF, Iraq – In a triumphal return after more than three years in Iran, militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers Saturday to abandon the use of violence and …

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 ACAPULCO, Mexico – The bodies of 15 men, all but one of them headless, were found on a street outside a shopping center in Acapulco on Saturday as police reported … 1

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – In a bid to forestall a backlash from congressional conservatives, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered the State Department to amend a bureaucratic change that would … 1

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 BOSTON – One of the nation’s top fishery scientists says that for the first time in at least a century, U.S. fishermen won’t take too much of any species from … 1

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Investigative documents in the WikiLeaks probe spilled out into the public domain Saturday for the first time, pointing to the Obama administration’s determination to assemble a criminal case …

January 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A5 CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez on Saturday dismissed criticism by the head of the Organization of American States, who expressed concern about a new law granting Venezuela’s leader power …

January 9, 2011 in City on Page A6 Another Spokane case where prosecutors used their discretion to charge a misdemeanor theft as a more serious felony robbery ended in tragedy in 2004. That year, Spokane County prosecutors charged … 7