July 23, 2011 in Sports Know when you’ve become a baseball town – or, for our purposes, region? When you’ve learned how to hate. Anyone can profess love for a team. You can proudly wear … 2

July 23, 2011 Spokane fire crews responded to a house fire near a clothes dryer at 11:03 a.m. Saturday in north Spokane. According to a Spokane Fire Department news release, the home’s occupant …

July 23, 2011 in Sports SEATTLE – A day to celebrate what Seattle has produced on the basketball court also became a green and gold reminder of what the area lost with no solid idea …

July 23, 2011 in Sports Kyle Weaver still isn’t sure where he is headed. For now, yes. But the long run? No chance. The former Washington State University star is in limbo, along with every …

July 23, 2011 in Nation/World NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Gay-rights activists Kitty Lambert and Cheryle Rudd were legally married the very first moment they could be during a midnight ceremony at Niagara Falls that ushered … 5

July 23, 2011 in Region SEATTLE — People screamed and ran as gunfire broke out and eight people were injured Saturday at a crowded parking lot in a suburb south of Seattle, authorities and witnesses …

July 23, 2011 in Sports BOSTON – For nearly seven innings, he’d carried the weight of his team on his fledgling major league shoulders. Blake Beavan had ignored the pressure of history and scrapped and … 2

July 23, 2011 SUNDVOLLEN, Norway (AP) — The Norwegian man suspected in a bombing and shooting spree that killed at least 92 people bought six tons of fertilizer before the massacre, the supplier … 4

July 23, 2011 in Nation/World LONDON — Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27. 9

July 23, 2011 A missing woman who suffers from dementia and diabetes and went missing this afternoon has been located and is safe.

July 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Borders bookstore was filled Friday with shoppers taking advantage of reduced prices after the company announced it is going out of business. Borders Group Inc. began liquidating its … 4

July 23, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – What if they yield, even a little? Call it GOP Primary Fear. A major hurdle to breaking the federal debt-ceiling impasse is the worry by House Republicans that … 75

July 23, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Efforts to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed Friday amid a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural communities, ensuring that …

July 23, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration moves to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, the Pentagon is still grappling with major questions about how it will …

July 23, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 SEOUL, South Korea – The foreign ministers of North and South Korea met briefly today on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Indonesia, a day after discussions between …