March 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 ARLINGTON, Va. – Frank Buckles was buried Tuesday with the pomp and ceremony befitting the man who outlived 4.7 million other Americans who served in World War I. His flag-draped …

March 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 MANAMA, Bahrain – Military troops and security forces opened a large-scale assault today against hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain’s capital, a day after emergency rule …

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The melodramatic murder trial of John M. McDowell, a local traveling salesman, continued to “grip a mammoth crowd of breathless spectators” in Coeur d’Alene.

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 A memorial service for Spokane Valley City Councilman Bob McCaslin will be held at 2 p.m. March 27 at University High School. McCaslin, who recently resigned as a Washington state …

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Because Washington state outlaws paying a surrogate mother to have a baby, some couples with fertility problems go to Oregon or California, where they can hire women to … 1

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 A convicted killer and rapist deemed so dangerous that prosecutors said they wished his 19-year prison term had been longer is back in jail after serving just half of his … 2

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 INDIO, CALIF. – A convicted serial killer pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 1997 murder and torture of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez, bringing closure to a case that devastated the Beaumont boy’s … 2

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A6 Construction will start this spring on a one-story parking deck at Coeur d’Alene’s popular Kroc Center, thanks to a $2 million grant from the Salvation Army. Before the Salvation Army … 1

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A6 In a split decision with a strongly worded dissent, state appellate judges on Tuesday upheld the robbery and drive-by shooting convictions of three Spokane-area men even after someone later confessed … 4

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County residents’ “clean green” yard waste won’t have to travel so far next month, saving the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System around $2 a ton. A contract change approved … 1

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane City Councilwoman Amber Waldref gave birth on Monday to a baby girl. Waldref missed Monday’s City Council meeting and delivered shortly after 6 p.m. at Providence Sacred Heart Medical … 1

March 16, 2011 in City on Page A6 Police blotter Coeur d’Alene police

March 16, 2011 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve expressed more confidence in the U.S. economy even as Japan’s nuclear crisis raised worries around the globe. The Fed said the economic recovery is on … 1

March 16, 2011 in Business on Page A8 State jobless rate dips slightly in February Washington’s unemployment rate edged down to 9.1 percent in February as employers added a net 800 jobs.

March 16, 2011 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – Oil prices fell sharply Tuesday on deepening fears about Japan’s economy after its nuclear crisis worsened following a devastating earthquake and tsunami. Potentially dangerous levels of radiation … 2

March 16, 2011 in Business on Page A8 PepsiCo Inc. unveiled a new bottle Tuesday made entirely of plant material that it says bests the technology of competitor Coca-Cola and reduces bottles’ carbon footprint. The bottle is made … 2

March 16, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A10 Concern is mounting about potential health risks of radiation from the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan. How much radiation you get depends on the dose, duration and method of exposure. …

March 16, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 Back in 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Children’s Internet Protection Act, or CIPA, Chief Justice William Rehnquist took pains in his majority opinion to note that filtering … 13

March 16, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 National Public Radio, long a whipping boy of many conservative members of Congress and right-wing commentators, unwittingly gave its assailants yet another weapon to use in its lashing. The haters … 37