September 28, 2011 in Sports A fitting end to this Mariners season came when the loudest cheer of the night was for a game 2,500 miles away.

September 28, 2011 in Sports On paper, at least, it looks like Weber State could toss Eastern Washington University’s defense a change-of-pace pitch Saturday afternoon when the two Big Sky Conference football rivals square off …

September 28, 2011 in Business PORTLAND — Reebok will need to tone down it advertising for its shoes that it says will help reshape your backside. 5

September 28, 2011 in News, Region The diamond necklace sparkling around Arline Whitney’s neck wasn’t any brighter than the happy twinkle in her eyes as she showed fellow fabric artists her prize. 1

September 28, 2011 in City A suicidal man who was shot to death by police during a nearly two-hour standoff appears to have fired a shotgun outside his workplace before officers arrived, according to information … 30

September 28, 2011 in City The Spokane City Council isn’t giving up on stronger police oversight, at least not for two more weeks. The council voted 6-0 this week to delay action on the possible … 22

September 28, 2011 in Sports Washington State football beat writer Vince Grippi’s latest installment of his Pac-12 picks. 1

September 28, 2011 in Idaho A plan to make Idaho the first state to require students to take at least two credits online will officially go before the public for comment next week. 10

September 28, 2011 in Business, Region The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $80 million in grants to consortiums led by Washington state’s two largest universities to research the conversion of Pacific Northwest wood and forest … 46

September 28, 2011 in City Two children were taken from a squalid home in Mead this morning during a methamphetamine raid that netted two arrests. 4

September 28, 2011 in City, Idaho Higher air pressure is moving back into the region today with a few more warm days expected before autumn rains resume early next week.

September 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 Nonstop daily flights linking Spokane to Los Angeles are expected to start again with the help of federal funds. Spokane International Airport is set to receive a $950,000 transportation grant … 34

September 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Compared with uncaffeinated women, those who drank the equivalent of four or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and …

September 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After modest increases last year, the cost of job-based health insurance for families and individuals has jumped sharply this year, even though insurers are paying less in benefits … 28

September 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – With 1,096 essays for “60 Minutes” under his belt, Andy Rooney will deliver his 1,097th on Sunday’s broadcast. And it will be his last as a regular … 1

September 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – That dead NASA satellite fell into what might be the ideal spot – part of the southern Pacific Ocean about as far from large land masses as you …

September 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 BUFFALO, N.Y. – Wilson Greatbatch, whose invention of the implantable cardiac pacemaker has kept millions of hearts beating in rhythm, died Tuesday. He was 92. Greatbatch died at an assisted …

September 28, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 Tallahassee, Fla. – Preliminary figures on a new Florida law requiring drug tests for welfare applicants show that they are less likely than other people to use drugs, not more. … 6