January 20, 2012 in Sports The Chiefs will play the Portland Winterhawks at the Arena tonight and 2,000 fans and all full-season ticket holders will play with their new toys depicting Darren Kramer, their favorite …

January 20, 2012 in News A recent winter storm is toppling float homes on Lake Pend Oreille. “They’re top heavy,” said Paul Celeri, office manager of the Scenic Bay Marina & Motel in Bayview, Idaho. … 3

January 20, 2012 in News The Washington State Patrol is responding to several collisions due to freezing rain. All lanes of westbound Interstate 90 is completely shut down at Barker due to several collisions just … 2

January 20, 2012 in News MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — A blizzard is keeping rescuers from continuing to search for four people missing on Washington’s Mount Rainier.

January 20, 2012 in Business Conflicting data continues to cloud Washington’s economic outlook and jobless rates. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics said today that unemployment dropped to 8.5 percent in December from 8.7 percent … 5

January 20, 2012 in City Too many cars are still parked on the streets for City of Spokane plows to do an effective job, a city spokeswoman said this morning. 20

January 20, 2012 in Nation/World A suburban Chicago man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain.

January 20, 2012 in Business, Nation/World Facing a storm of protest over online piracy legislation, Senate and House leaders said today they will put off further action on the measure. 9

January 20, 2012 in City Friday dawned with school closures, power outages as the Inland Northwest continues to brace for more snow.

January 20, 2012 in Region Spokane Public Schools has announced schools are closed today. 37

January 20, 2012 in City on Page A1 The first declared snow emergency of the winter in Spokane brings with it a new weapon in the city’s ability to enforce its winter storm parking rules: $30 parking tickets. … 20

January 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 COLUMBIA, S.C. – In one of the wildest days of a tumultuous presidential campaign, one candidate quit, another was stripped of his victory in Iowa and a third was scalded … 37

January 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 Developments even before Thursday’s debate: • Rick Santorum was declared the official winner of the Iowa caucuses, topping previously announced winner Mitt Romney by 34 votes.

January 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 KABUL, Afghanistan – A NATO helicopter crashed Thursday in southern Afghanistan in an apparent accident that killed six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said. The cause …

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January 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 Washington – The world last year wasn’t quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, but it continues a general trend …

January 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you’re healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you …

January 20, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – The media giant News Corp.’s British subsidiary agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to actor Jude Law and 17 other victims of phone hacking …