June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO — A couple together for nearly half a century, two TV chefs and an official in new Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration were among the 35 gay couples joined in …

June 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIRUT – Electricity, phone lines and then the water supply were cut off in a restive area of Syria that is a new center for protests against President Bashar Assad, …

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Fasting was a popular health fad in 1911, and two Spokane men were touting its benefits.

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 Dorothy Millican sat on a courthouse bench and cried Thursday after losing a five-year legal battle to hold someone responsible for her son’s death. Millican’s son, Daren Lafayette, 19, was … 3

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 Remember the KKK snowman? In December, a Hayden Lake doofus built a 10-foot, pointy-hooded snowman holding a noose in his front yard. Hilarious. Idaho made the news again. 3

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday identified the body found on the English Point trail system Wednesday. Authorities said the body is that of Paul A. Prescott, 62, of …

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A6 Commissioner Mark Richard planned to confer with Fairchild Air Force Base officials today about efforts to sell Spokane County land at the end of the base’s main runway. “We’re in … 1

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O’Connor on Thursday described a series of random events that came together two years ago in an altercation that left a 24-year-old man dead …

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 A 20-year-old Filer, Idaho, man is charged with reckless driving for his alleged role in a crash near Twin Falls that killed two College of Southern Idaho students last September. …

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 For 06-03-2011

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 Spokane County Marriage licenses

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 An 8-foot-tall sasquatch taken from a downtown Spokane store was recovered this week at Medical Lake High School. The steel sculpture was taken from Roost, a home décor store at …

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A8 NEW YORK – The government is moving forward with its crackdown on the country’s for-profit schools, aiming to protect students from taking on too much debt to attend schools that … 3

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A8 IT-Lifeline teaming with Seattle-based company Liberty Lake-based IT-Lifeline announced it has formed a partnership with Business Continuity Center of Seattle, a company that provides similar business recovery services, critical data …

June 3, 2011 in City on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Hiring may be slowing after months of healthy job gains that helped drive economic growth. The government’s May jobs report, to be released today, is expected to cement … 9

June 3, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 Tuesday’s unanimous ruling in a Supreme Court case involving a former University of Idaho student may have left the false impression that tap-dancing on the Fourth Amendment is noncontroversial, at … 2

June 3, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 Sunday evening, May 29, I watched the National Memorial Day Concert on KSPS, our Channel 7 connection to public broadcasting. This wonderful program honored all U.S. military troops for their … 58