September 14, 2011 in City on Page A2 For 09-14-2011

September 14, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Children 12 years old and younger soon will no longer be required to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress on …

September 14, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Niamey, Niger – A son of Moammar Gadhafi and three of his generals were trying to gain political asylum today in this poor, landlocked nation at Libya’s feet, after a …

September 14, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A4 New York – Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race. Retired media executive and political novice Bob Turner defeated Democratic state Assemblyman David Weprin in a special … 3

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane police claimed to have uncovered the secret den of an Italian criminal gang in the basement of the St. Paul Bar, 335 Front …

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A5 A young mother sobbed and promised the family of the man she stabbed to death during a chaotic confrontation two years ago that she would take it all back if …

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A5 It is sad that the Otto Zehm case is becoming a political spectacle. Sad, and absolutely appropriate. Because it’s hard to see what else – apart from insistent public pressure … 51

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane County commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday requiring helmets for bicycling and other wheel sports in unincorporated areas. The law applies to children 3 through 15 years old, and …

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County Marriage licenses

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – The special commission charged with redrawing Washington’s congressional and legislative boundaries came up with four very different plans for each Tuesday. But each gives more attention to placing …

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A6 For 09-14-2011

September 14, 2011 in City on Page A6 A burglar who escaped from the Benewah County Jail in July escaped again early Tuesday, authorities say, but was back in custody by Tuesday night. Jesse John Wilkenson, 20, also …

September 14, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 A teenage brother and sister from Coeur d’Alene recovered former NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe’s stolen mountain bike. The football star’s $5,000 Santa Cruz bike was stolen off his car rack … 1

September 14, 2011 in Business on Page A8 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No cellphones while driving, period. That’s the rule the National Transportation Safety Board wants for the nation’s more than 2.8 million truckers and bus drivers. The change …

September 14, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Red Lion gains flexibility through new financing Spokane’s Red Lion Hotels paid off two secured loans totaling $17.3 million by obtaining $18 million in financing from Wells Fargo Bank, the …

September 14, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 We don’t need government to tell us we must wear a helmet to ride a bike, skateboard or anything with wheels. We can decide for ourselves. 6

September 14, 2011 in Letters, Opinion on Page A11 I am sick and tired of all the editorials implying that the so-called rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes and the solution to all our problems is to … 35