March 30, 2012 in Sports On Friday, in front of a national television audience on NFL Network, the Shock reached perhaps the low point of the franchise’s seven years. 2

March 30, 2012 in Sports Tray Woodall scored 17 points and Pittsburgh beat Washington State 71-65 on Friday night to win the College Basketball Invitational title. Reggie Moore led Washington State with 18 points. 1

March 30, 2012 in News SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jamie Moyer, at 49 years old, has made the Colorado Rockies starting rotation. “It is still Jamie Moyer. It’s the Jamie Moyer that was pitching prior …

March 30, 2012 in Sports Former Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested Friday in his hometown of Great Falls, Mont., on theft, burglary and drug charges, the Great Falls Tribune reported. According to the … 5

March 30, 2012 in City, News The forensic videographer, whose allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have indefinitely stalled the sentencing of former Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson, Jr., is depicted in new court documents as an … 16

March 30, 2012 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter praised lawmakers Friday, giving the just-concluded legislative session top marks even as minority Democrats blasted it. 6

March 30, 2012 in City Former University High School teacher Michael Cronin has filed a lawsuit against the Central Valley School District alleging he was improperly fired from his job while he was serving a … 3

March 30, 2012 in City, News A Stevens County jury today convicted a man of first-degree murder after he was charged with pumping 10 bullets into his wife in 2009 after she indicated that she was … 1

March 30, 2012 in News Approximately 4,500 Kootenai Electric Cooperative customers in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls areas lost power this morning. 4

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World Authorities pulled over the driver of a black Lamborghini with Batman logo tags last week in Silver Spring outside Washington. 6

March 30, 2012 in City, News Firefighters put out a working structure fire at Ash Street and Longfellow Avenue. 6

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World Federal regulators have approved plans to build two new nuclear reactors to generate electricity in South Carolina. The project is only the second to receive federal approval in a generation. 1

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Tobacco companies will be required to report the levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products under the latest rules designed to tighten regulation of … 21

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World, News Today, the jackpot for the Mega Millions game was raised another $100 million, to $640 million. The lump sum cash option now stands at $462 million. 9

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World CINCINNATI — Fool me once, the saying goes. But 50 times? That’s what a convincing art forger did for nearly three decades when he donated his copies of Picassos and …

March 30, 2012 in Idaho The Idaho Potato Commission is commemorating its 75th anniversary and hoping to dispel some bad press for potatoes by taking a lifelike, six-ton spud on a seven-month, 32-state tour. 5

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World ISLAMABAD — Osama bin Laden lived in five safe houses while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children — two of them born in government hospitals, his youngest … 4

March 30, 2012 in News Spokane County Marriage licenses

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 MIAMI – Newly released police video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman may be important for what it doesn’t show: No obvious cuts, scrapes, blood or bandages. No clearly broken nose. … 34

March 30, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 As the Republican presidential race has shown, the conservatives who dominate the primaries are deeply skeptical of science – making Newt Gingrich, for one, regret he ever settled onto a … 62