June 24, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Gen. David Petraeus said if confirmed as CIA director, he would drive up to the agency’s Langley, Va., headquarters alone, leaving behind his 37-year Army career and his …

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 Seven former Boy Scouts have sued the Boy Scouts of America in federal courts in Washington state alleging the organization failed to protect them from sexual abuse by Scout leaders …

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Some citizens in Prosser, Wash., enraged by the conduct of a young doctor, resorted to an ancient punishment: They tarred him and feathered him.

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – A state board in charge of money for recreational projects rejected a plea from supporters of a white-water park in the Spokane River and refused Thursday to extend …

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 Eastern Washington University’s board of trustees approved the 2011-’13 spending plan that increases tuition 11 percent and permanently cuts $24.9 million from the university’s budget, officials announced this week. “This …

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A6 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands. …

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June 24, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A7 SEATTLE — Two men intent on attacking a military recruiting station to inspire Muslims to defend their religion from U.S. actions abroad were snared by FBI agents in a terror …

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A8 LOS ANGELES – A key auto quality study has found that models that are new or redesigned for 2011 are less reliable than those introduced last year. The newer models …

June 24, 2011 in City on Page A8 Cellphone billers may be hit with class-action suit A Spokane law firm seeks to establish a class-action suit on behalf of state residents who may have been bilked by Internet …

June 24, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 After seeing the June 16 headline “Logging a win,” all I could think of was: what a joke. 2

June 24, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 Claims the U.S. Department of Energy and contractors are ignoring safety and technical problems at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are almost as old as the first atom. But the most … 2

June 24, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 New details are emerging that indicate the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan is far worse than previously known, with three of the four affected reactors experiencing full meltdowns. Meanwhile, in … 4

June 24, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 In Mitt Romney’s book “No Apology,” he encourages “creative destruction,” the scrapping of old ways of doing things for new ways to increase productivity. 2