September 30, 2011 in News, Region BOZEMAN, Mont. — In the climbing community, serious questions are being raised about whether Greg Mortenson climbed six Himalayan peaks, as described in his bestselling book, “Three Cups of Tea.” 4

September 30, 2011 in Sports He’s a bedrock senior and defensive captain, a player who last year exerted so much energy in a blowout loss to Nevada that he was immediately taken to a hospital … 1

September 30, 2011 in Nation/World The chairman of the school committee in Abington, Mass., is apologizing for a magic trick he performed before a televised meeting in which he appeared to tear the bra off …

September 30, 2011 in City, News Two multi-car crashes Friday afternoon on Interstate 90 near Highway 195 caused a seven-mile backup in the eastbound lanes. 6

September 30, 2011 The worst quarter for the stock market since the financial crisis ended on another down note. 1

September 30, 2011 in Business, Region A federal program to boost camelina crops in Eastern Washington failed to attract any takers. 3

September 30, 2011 in Region A federal judge fined a Longshore union $250,000 today for its tactics in a Longview labor dispute, and he warned that individual protesters could face their own penalties for future … 3

September 30, 2011 in Business, City Washington state’s minimum wage will rise to $9.04 next year, keeping it as the highest hourly rate in the nation. 32

September 30, 2011 in City Occupy Spokane, the two-day-old action in solidarity with the two-week-old Occupy Wall Street protest against economic injustice, was visited this morning by police enforcing a city ordinance. 37

September 30, 2011 in City, Idaho High temperatures in the lower 80s for Spokane and Coeur d’Alene could be the last time the thermometer breaks the 80-degree mark this year.

September 30, 2011 WASHINGTON — A U.S. counterterrorism official says American forces targeted al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki’s convoy with a drone and jet attack and believe he’s been killed. 42

  September 30, 2011 in City on Page A1 A public records request about a seating chart may cost Spokane County more than $100,000 under a state Supreme Court ruling released Thursday. The high court overturned two lower courts’ … 5

  September 30, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane city leaders are continuing to mislead the public about the fatal Otto Zehm confrontation, new court documents suggest. Federal authorities say city officials provided “patently false” information in a … 14

September 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 There’s a lot you can read about on Twitter – including, it now appears, the patterns of human moods. After analyzing two years’ worth of tweets by 2.4 million people …

September 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 PHILADELPHIA – Federal agents on Thursday raided a Boeing plant that makes military helicopters in a Philadelphia suburb and charged more than three dozen people with distributing or trying to …

September 30, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIRUT – Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad’s regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the U.S. ambassador to Syria on Thursday as he entered the office of a leading opposition …