July 8, 2011 in Sports Mark Trumbo led off the ninth with a tiebreaking homer, and Hank Conger hit a tying homer in the seventh inning of the Los Angeles Angels’ 12th win in 15 …

July 8, 2011 in Sports The first outdoor football game in Arena Football League history. Two teams tied for the last National Conference playoff spot as the regular season winds down. Two rivals that swapped …

July 8, 2011 BP is arguing that victims of last year’s Gulf oil spill should not be paid any more claims for future losses because the areas affected by the spill have recovered … 9

July 8, 2011 in News, Nation/World A family friend said Friday that former first lady Betty Ford has died at age 93. 4

July 8, 2011 in News, Nation/World, Region The “iron-clad alibi” of a former police officer arrested in the 1957 murder of a young Illinois girl is based largely on whether military personnel records from the time demonstrate …

July 8, 2011 in News A Coeur d’Alene police officer saved a family of four from a structure fire early this morning. 3

July 8, 2011 in City Three Bhutanese refugees found dead in the Spokane River drowned in their submerged vehicle, officials said today. 6

July 8, 2011 in Sports Geno Bonnalie finished his weeklong fundraising ordeal with the skin on his hands blistered and peeling, his right knee sore and uncooperative, and his younger sister tearfully begging him to …

July 8, 2011 in News, Nation/World Lawmakers outraged over Casey Anthony’s acquittal have responded by proposing so-called Caylee’s laws that would allow prosecutors to bring felony charges against parents who do not quickly report missing children. 7

July 8, 2011 in News, Nation/World Trailing in polls and low on cash, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is betting the future of his presidential campaign on Iowa, where a late summer test vote could make … 9

July 8, 2011 in Nation/World, Region Visitors to Olympic National Park are being urged not to urinate along trails frequented by mountain goats, to avoid turning trails into “long, linear salt licks” and attracting goats.

July 8, 2011 in Sports University High’s Brett Bailey, a second-team All-Greater Spokane League boys basketball selection as a sophomore, has orally committed to play for the University of San Diego, according to his father, … 1

July 8, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho, Region Idaho is planning a fall wolf hunt with no overall limit - and no limits in four zones, the Panhandle, Lolo, Selway and Middle Fork zones - because of “documented … 16

July 8, 2011 in City, Region The city of Bend, Ore., has picked its new police chief: Cheney police Chief Jeff Sale. 1

July 8, 2011 in Nation/World Prime Minister David Cameron’s former communications chief and an ex-royal reporter were arrested today in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal that has already toppled a major tabloid and …

July 8, 2011 in City, Idaho Cooler air has moved into the Inland Northwest and is going to linger through Saturday.

July 8, 2011 in City A teen-aged boy feared to have drowned in the Spokane River on Thursday evening actually was safe at home when rescue units were scouring the river for him. 1

July 8, 2011 in Nation/World Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit today on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand to witness the end …

July 8, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month, raising doubts that the economy will rebound in the second half of the year after a spring slump. 118

July 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Suddenly changes to Social Security may be on the table as President Barack Obama and congressional leaders negotiate a deal to raise the national debt ceiling and trim … 25

July 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Facing a tide of outrage over rampant phone-hacking, Rupert Murdoch jettisoned the notorious News of the World tabloid in an effort to protect his media empire, but the … 3

July 8, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 ORLANDO, Fla – By midday, dejection had settled over the group of protesters outside the Orange County Courthouse. They had come here, a community of strangers, bound by the possibility … 7