March 23, 2012 in News A man was shot in Loon Lake Friday night and brought to a bar for help before being taken by helicopter to the hospital. The circumstances of the shooting were … 1

March 23, 2012 in Sports With no chance to defend their soggy home fields, the Lewis and Clark and Mead boys soccer teams did the next best thing Friday night.

March 23, 2012 in Sports KINGSTON, R.I. – Coming off an Elite Eight appearance and making a return trip to the Sweet 16 for the third straight season, there aren’t overwhelming amounts of firsts left … 1

March 23, 2012 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and other Democratic officials marked Friday’s second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act – which Republicans prefer to call Obamacare – with … 40

March 23, 2012 in News HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — You’re cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you …

March 23, 2012 in Sports For Whitworth basketball coach Matt Logie, it’s always been about the journey.

March 23, 2012 in Idaho If former Idaho Congressman Bill Sali came back to the Legislature next year to pitch his proposal for a special “In God We Trust” license plate to benefit his new … 4

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms today about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists … 53

March 23, 2012 in Business, City, News Spokane will be offering a new program for second-year med students under a pilot effort that will start in 2013 and run through 2014. The pilot program will start with …

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged today with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offense that could lead to the death penalty in the massacre of Afghan … 7

March 23, 2012 in City, News A suspected burglar caught wearing pants with methamphetamine in the pocket said the pants didn’t belong to him, police say. 3

March 23, 2012 in News WASHINGTON — It was the biggest achievement of his first term, the national health care law that had eluded Democrats for 60 years. “A big (bleep)ing deal,” in the blunt … 1

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES — Three elephants will travel from the Toronto Zoo to a sanctuary in California aboard a private plane thanks to longtime animal activist Bob Barker. 12

March 23, 2012 in Business, Idaho Kootenai County showed a sharp drop in the unemployment rate in February – 8.1 percent, down from 8.8 percent in January and 9.2 percent a year ago. 9

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Sales of U.S. new homes fell in February for the second straight month, a reminder that the depressed housing market remains weak despite some improvement.

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism … 3

March 23, 2012 in Idaho A Spokane man died after being hit by a car on state Highway 53 in Idaho near the border with Washington. 1

March 23, 2012 in City on Page A1 Federal obstruction charges are expected to be filed soon against two more Spokane police officers in connection with the city’s handling of the Otto Zehm investigation, which U.S. Department of … 57

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 SANFORD, Fla. – The aftershocks of Trayvon Martin’s killing continued to reverberate Thursday as the embattled police chief who’s been bitterly criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer in … 14

March 23, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 MIAMI – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Miami International Airport found two human fetuses in the luggage of two women returning home from Havana. The fetuses were to … 1