May 5, 2012 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – The price of oil plunged to its lowest level in nearly six months Friday, falling below $100 per barrel for the first time since February. A drop … 6

May 5, 2012 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The Canadian company trying to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. submitted a new application for the project Friday after changing the route to avoid … 1

May 5, 2012 in Business on Page A8 Spokane’s Red Lion Hotels is revamping its website in hopes of getting more people to book visits there rather than at other online travel sites. Company Executive Vice President Harry … 2

May 5, 2012 in Business on Page A9 Soft white Cash bid Change May 6.71-6.81 down .05-.20 June 6.71-6.81 down .05-.20 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change May 6.37-6.52 down .06 Hard red winter (11.5 …

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 The Spokane police officer whose daughter shot herself with his service weapon on Easter Sunday will not be charged, Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Brian O’Brien confirmed Friday. O’Brien said that … 4

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago Chinese girls were being sold in the U.S. for $800 as “domestic slaves,” according to testimony in a Spokane courtroom. 1

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 The scramble is on for a state House seat in central Spokane, part of the fallout of Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s surprise decision not to seek re-election. Brown said … 4

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 Has Mike Jorgenson lost his mind? Or will he simply prove that the residents of his Hayden Lake legislative district have not lost theirs?

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B2 TACOMA – The Washington State Patrol is investigating allegations that a 24-year-old soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord now in Afghanistan had persuaded underage girls he met on Facebook to send … 1

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B2 One person died Friday as a result of a head-on collision on eastbound State Route 26 near LaCrosse, Wash., according to the Washington State Patrol. Four other people were injured …

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B2 SEATTLE – Washington state road crews using heavy-duty snowblowers and bulldozers are close to reopening three highways through the Cascades that were closed by deep winter snow and avalanche dangers. …

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B2 TACOMA – Rowing around an island the size of Maryland at 3.5 miles per hour, there are stretches when time passes slower than the coastline. So slowly, in fact, at …

May 5, 2012 in City on Page B3 A Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy who lives in Vancouver allegedly slammed his stepson’s head into a wall, causing a facial fracture, according to court documents filed Friday. Steven P. Hyson, …

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May 5, 2012 in City on Page B3 Kootenai County Republican chairwoman Tina Jacobson has filed a subpoena seeking the identities of three anonymous commenters on a Spokesman-Review blog. The news company intends to oppose efforts to obtain … 8

May 5, 2012 in Opinion on Page B4 “The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states ….” – Barack Obama, rising star, Democratic convention, 2004 21

May 5, 2012 in Opinion on Page B4 You have to wonder why some gay advocates – like a few believers in birth control, global warming and evolution – remain loyal Republicans even as the right wing drags … 1