October 18, 2012 in Sports Winning the Greater Spokane League slowpitch softball title is becoming old hat at University High.

October 18, 2012 in Business, City Spokane Valley’s University of Phoenix campus will close its doors on Oct. 31, but the parent company said students taking courses there will not see a disruption in their education. 1

October 18, 2012 in Idaho The Idaho State Board of Education, meeting in Lewiston today, voted 4-3 in favor of offering a second year of law school in Boise through the University of Idaho; currently, … 1

October 18, 2012 in City Burn bans have been lifted in Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Millwood and unincorporated Spokane County.

October 18, 2012 in Idaho The latest TV campaign commercial from opponents of the education reform propositions on Idaho’s November ballot focuses on Proposition 2, the teacher merit-pay measure, suggesting that Idaho’s state schools superintendent … 4

October 18, 2012 in City PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An array of local authorities — police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and town Boy Scout leaders among them — quietly shielded scoutmasters and others who allegedly molested … 10

October 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK — A new Gallup survey, touted as the largest of its kind, estimates that 3.4 percent of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. 21

October 18, 2012 in Idaho Someone copped the top cop’s copper in Kootenai County. 14

October 18, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — A woman is complaining to Metro Transit that a driver kicked her off a bus in Seattle because of her baby’s stinky diaper. 9

October 18, 2012 in Region MOSES LAKE, Wash. — The Grant County sheriff’s office says a body has been found in a ditch north of Moses Lake and early evidence indicates the death was a … 3

October 18, 2012 in City on Page A1 A Spokane psychologist who helped develop controversial interrogation methods, which some human rights groups say amount to torture, became the new spiritual leader of a Mormon congregation on the South … 57

October 18, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – One day after their contentious, finger-pointing debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of women voters Wednesday, as they and … 27

October 18, 2012 in Health, Nation/World on Page A2 America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these … 2

October 18, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A CIA officer was among those killed by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, sources familiar with the incident said, in the latest of a series …