May 27, 2011 in Sports If the Gonzaga University Bulldogs want to win the 2011 West Coast Conference baseball championship – and the conference’s automatic NCAA berth – they’ll have to do something they haven’t …

May 27, 2011 in Sports Spokane County 2A schools had the most success at the state track meet Friday at Mt. Tahoma with Cheney hurdler Diondre Moore-Young and Deer Park pole vaulter Bailee Jacka winning …

May 27, 2011 in Idaho BOISE — State Supreme Court justices have thrown out the second-degree murder conviction of a North Idaho man, citing prosecutorial misconduct and the likelihood that an Idaho State Police officer … 13

May 27, 2011 in City Three men were stabbed after officers broke up a fight in a parking lot in downtown Spokane Thursday, police said today 36

May 27, 2011 in News Washington State University students face another tuition hike after deep funding cuts to higher education recently passed in the state Legislature. The WSU Board of Regents is expected to approve … 8

May 27, 2011 in City, News A Spokane man who claimed to have invented a computer chip that could capture energy from lightning strikes pleaded not guilty this week to federal charges that he defrauded investors … 1

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World Rain-swollen rivers that have swamped Montana towns could keep flooding the region for another month or more as melting mountain snow delivers a second slug of water to the soggy …

May 27, 2011 in Region A massive steel gate slides open and through it slips Pete, 2,405 pounds of burnin’ love machine. 3

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World A judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional. 30

May 27, 2011 in City, Idaho, News, Region After rain today and Saturday, the weather for the rest of the Memorial Day weekend is looking decent. Or as good as can be expected for this holiday in the …

May 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 Contentious contract negotiations that came down to a final take-it-or-leave-it offer from Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center to its emergency room doctors has roiled long-standing professional ties and caused two … 6

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that severely penalizes businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. In a ruling that’s likely to embolden Congress and other … 10

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Liberals and conservatives aiming to close trillion-dollar federal budget gaps may soon reach a rare consensus on a common target for spending cuts: the American farmer. … 28

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May 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two more mountaineers have died in a fall on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the latest in a string of recent deadly climbing incidents in Denali National Park. The … 1

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Kabul, Afghanistan – Nine NATO service members were killed Thursday in Afghanistan, including seven U.S. troops among eight who died when a powerful bomb exploded in a field where they …

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s government pushed a cease-fire proposal Thursday and said for the first time it was prepared to speak with its rebel adversaries, signaling that months of fighting …

May 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – In a clear sign of Pakistan’s deepening mistrust of the United States, Islamabad has told the Obama administration to reduce the number of U.S. troops in the country … 1