October 31, 2011 in Idaho As Idaho lawmakers work on the first major update to their groundbreaking 2007 state energy plan, draft recommendations would have them back off from pushing incentives for renewable energy development … 2

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World RICHMOND, Va. — A Republican committee Halloween-themed graphic in Virginia featuring a zombie President Barack Obama with a bullet hole in his forehead has provoked condemnations from the left and … 49

October 31, 2011 in City On the day Otto Zehm would have turned 42, a federal prosecutor asked a jury today to convict Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. of using excessive force and … 68

October 31, 2011 in Idaho, News Arrests are expected soon in the rash of nearly 100 residential burglaries that have occurred over the past couple of months in Kootenai County. 5

October 31, 2011 in Idaho, News A former Kootenai County deputy clerk who embezzled $139,000 over 10 years will begin serving a 90-day jail sentence on Thursday, the day before her 63rd birthday. 24

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World, Sports Tony La Russa retired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals today, three days after winning a dramatic, seven-game World Series against the Texas Rangers.

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World Residents across the Northeast faced the prospect of days without electricity or heat today after an early-season storm dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped … 9

October 31, 2011 in City, Idaho A drop in temperatures this week could bring the first snowfall of the season to lower elevations, according to the National Weather Service. 1

October 31, 2011 in News on Page A1 WASHINGTON – As copycat Occupy Wall Street encampments around the country confront the legal tangles that come with a nationwide sit-in-style protest, a growing army of First Amendment-loving lawyers is … 17

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were … 67

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. – When winter’s white mixes with autumn’s orange and gold, nature gets ugly. A freak October nor’easter knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and …

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 VERACRUZ, Mexico – An Internet video is threatening Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel with exposure of its allies in the local police and news media this week unless the gang frees …

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 ORLANDO, Fla. – Boeing will announce a deal with Space Florida today to lease the hangar that housed the space shuttles to build similar crafts that will send people and …

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – It was a passengers’ nightmare at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., this weekend. Passengers on at least three JetBlue planes and one American Airline plane say …

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 PORTLAND – Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a … 2

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign denied allegations Sunday that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in … 10

October 31, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 CANBERRA, Australia – Qantas Airways’ flight schedule will return to normal by Tuesday after an Australian court intervened in a bitter labor dispute that prompted the world’s 10th-largest airline to …