February 25, 2012 in Sports So finally the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gets a clue and puts a baseball movie up for Best Picture. 2

February 25, 2012 in Sports PULLMAN – After another wild finish at Beasley Coliseum, fans filled the tunnel near the exit, their cheers echoing all the way into the media room as coaches and players … 3

February 25, 2012 in News KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Officials in western Montana say one man is dead and another suffered minor injuries Saturday in an avalanche near Marias Pass.

February 25, 2012 in Sports If you’re going to play your best basketball, might as well bring it out for crunch time in a close game.

February 25, 2012 in Sports There is still plenty of women’s basketball left for Eastern Washington this season, but it won’t be played at Reese Court.

February 25, 2012 in Sports Sharing just wasn’t something Katelan Redmon was prepared to do. Make no mistake, though – Redmon and the Bulldogs showed they were more than prepared to compete.

February 25, 2012 Spokane police are looking for a man who never arrived at his job site Friday. Louis Ralph Lapham, 40, was driving a white Ford van with a roll of carpet …

February 25, 2012 A man was shot in the abdomen while having a smoke outside a Spokane Valley bar, police there say. The Spokane Valley Police Department responded to The Oasis Tavern in … 9

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Raising the prospect of a world without birth defects, a Stanford University-created blood test that can detect Down syndrome and two other major genetic defects very … 12

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 DETROIT – Four days before critical primary elections, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney outlined a far-reaching plan Friday to delay Americans’ eligibility for Medicare and Social Security. Romney said the … 42

February 25, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have agreed to accept a $193 million settlement offer from the federal government for decades of mismanagement of tribal trust funds and income-generating … 15

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sneaker fanatics who lined up outside stores overnight got their first crack Friday at a new outer-space themed Nike basketball shoe, getting so unruly in some cities that police were …

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Iran has stepped up production of enriched uranium and has refused to answer key questions about its nuclear development program, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency declared Friday …

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 Neither Russia nor China attended Friday’s conference in Tunis. Both nations have called for “dialogue” to resolve the Syrian crisis and are opposed to any international steps that could lead … 1

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 Caracas, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez bid an emotional farewell laced with references to Jesus Christ and independence hero Simon Bolivar as he departed Venezuela on Friday for Cuba for … 1

February 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 Beverly, Mass. – An off-duty sergeant shot a police officer from a nearby town Friday night, then returned to the scene and killed himself as authorities closed in, the district … 3