July 1, 2012 in Sports A clutch double by Preston Beck combined with five innings of nifty relief pitching lifted the Spokane Indians to a 7-5 Northwest League victory over the Yakima Bears on Sunday.

July 1, 2012 in Sports Even in slow-motion replays, Spain still seemed to play at 1 million miles an hour. The Italians? Well, they looked as though they’d been locked inside a pinball machine, which, …

July 1, 2012 in Sports A day after not playing well, the Seattle Storm rebounded in a big way on Sunday. Camille Little scored five of her game-high 27 points in overtime and added nine …

July 1, 2012 in Sports Congressional reopened its gates Sunday to thousands of spectators who got what they expected in the AT&T National — another win by Tiger Woods. Only this win didn’t follow a …

July 1, 2012 in Sports David Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 for a split of the four-game series. 2

July 1, 2012 in City on Page A1 Spokane animal shelters are nearing a long-sought goal of not killing healthy cats or dogs, in large measure by increasing pet sterilizations in recent years. The “live release rate” in … 8

July 1, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummeled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 … 5

July 1, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 GENEVA – An international conference on Saturday accepted a U.N.-brokered peace plan that calls for the creation of a transitional government in Syria, but at Russia’s insistence the compromise agreement …

July 1, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who clung throughout his life to the belief that Israel should hold on to territory and never trust an Arab regime, has …

July 1, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Emails show former Penn State President Graham Spanier agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to authorities but worried … 1

July 1, 2012 in City on Page A4 Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee have tied the knot in a New York City church. The 54-year-old Baldwin and 28-year-old Hilaria Thomas married Saturday evening at St. Patrick’s … 1

July 1, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A4 CAIRO – Islamist Mohammed Morsi became Egypt’s first freely elected president on Saturday, launching his four-year term with a potentially dangerous quest to wrest back from the military the full … 2

July 1, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A5 WASHINGTON – As the Arctic Ocean’s ice cover declines in summer and oil companies move in with ships, drilling equipment and seismic surveys, what used to be a mostly very … 1

July 1, 2012 in City on Page A6 The progress in pet welfare comes at time when local officials are considering a new proposal for consolidation of animal control. Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke is pushing a plan …