July 20, 2011 in Sports Michael Owen beat former Premier League foe Kasey Keller on a header early in the first half, then Wayne Rooney overwhelmed Seattle’s reserves in the second half with three goals …

July 20, 2011 in Sports When Big Jon McKenzie emerges from his vehicle with the telephone polls strapped to the top, it’s obvious he’s not headed home to continue some landscaping project. What man landscapes …

July 20, 2011 in Sports First the good news: the Seattle Mariners have scored five or more runs in back-to-back games for the first time in more than a month. Now the bad news: the … 1

July 20, 2011 in Sports The moves keep coming for the Spokane Shock. The Arena Football League team placed starting quarterback Erik Meyer (shoulder) on injured reserve, a mandatory four-week stint. That means Meyer’s season …

July 20, 2011 in City The owners of two medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Charles Wesley Wright and Jon Richard Vivian, owners of the THC Pharmacy on … 38

July 20, 2011 in Nation/World, News The U.S. government rightfully seized a set of never-circulated 1933 gold coins from a Philadelphia woman who said she found the rare beauties in her late father’s bank deposit box, … 7

July 20, 2011 in News, Outdoors Young tourists above one of Yosemite National Park’s beautiful and perilous waterfalls were trying to pose for a picture. Instead they burned a horrifying image into the memories of everyone … 8

July 20, 2011 in City, News In a case of “be careful of who you cook pasta for,” a Spokane marijuana grower is facing a longer prison sentence because the case was prosecuted as a federal … 1

July 20, 2011 in City A convicted child rapist and suspected bank robber was pulled from the Spokane River today after leading police on a chase into a cemetery. 1

July 20, 2011 Washington’s economy is slowly adding jobs, but not quickly enough to have a serious impact on the state’s unemployment rate, officials said Wednesday. 2

July 20, 2011 A North Idaho company that aims to transform U.S. highways into a vast, energy-producing network is getting $750,000 from the federal government for the next phase of its project: a … 6

July 20, 2011 Critics of red-light cameras in Wenatchee are back with another effort to get on the November ballot. 3

July 20, 2011 in City Four juveniles crashed a stolen car in a high-speed chase with police early today, officials said. 9

July 20, 2011 in Idaho A convicted burglar who escaped from the Benewah County Jail on Friday was arrested early Wednesday in southern Kootenai County.

July 20, 2011 in City, Idaho The cooler side of summer returns through Friday with highs in the 70s and chances of showers on Thursday and Thursday night. 2

July 20, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – An independent panel of doctors and health experts recommended Tuesday that health plans cover a broad range of contraceptives for women without copayments, setting the stage for another …

July 20, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Republican leaders in the House pulled out all the stops Tuesday to pass legislation tying a debt ceiling increase to a tight, long-term cap on federal spending – … 92

July 20, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho has changed its election laws after a Texas prison inmate made Idaho’s presidential ballot in 2008, and a Ralph Nader supporter from Arizona won a discrimination lawsuit …

July 20, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 MILWAUKEE – A Democratic state senator from Wisconsin easily survived a recall election Tuesday that gave voters their most direct opportunity yet to react to a Republican-backed law that stripped … 2

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July 20, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – For years, the Pakistani spy agency funneled millions of dollars to a Washington nonprofit group in a secret effort to influence Congress and the White House, the Justice …

July 20, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – In what it said was the largest sweep of Internet “hactivists” in the U.S., the FBI arrested 14 alleged members of hacker group Anonymous, which last fall … 1