February 4, 2013 in City Employment documents containing sensitive information were dumped outside a shuttered Spokane business without being shredded. 5

February 4, 2013 in Idaho Idaho’s cash-strapped courts are looking to go all-electronic in the future to save money and serve the public better. 2

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Officers stormed an underground bunker in Alabama where a 5-year-old boy had been held hostage for nearly a week, rescuing the child and leaving the … 15

February 4, 2013 in Idaho New North Idaho Rep. Ed Morse, R-Hayden, introduced his first bill this morning, aimed at making it harder to form local improvement districts, and easier for landowners to object to … 4

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World DENVER — A Catholic hospital on Monday acknowledged it was “morally wrong” for its attorneys to argue in court that a fetus is not a human being under Colorado law. 26

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A wide-ranging match-fixing investigation has uncovered more than 680 suspicious games — including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League games — … 9

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 MUNICH – Israel’s defense minister strongly signaled Sunday that his country was behind an airstrike in Syria last week, telling a high profile security conference that Israeli threats to take … 5

February 4, 2013 in City on Page A1 Public transit officials in Washington are reaching out to state lawmakers, asking for new funding to help alleviate their troubled finances. Transit agencies in Pierce and Snohomish counties are facing … 13

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – Roman Catholic parishioners in the Los Angeles area heard a letter from Archbishop Jose Gomez in which he described newly released files on clergy sex abuse as … 2

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 YUCAIPA, Calif. – A tour bus crashed with a pickup truck on a rural mountain highway in Southern California on Sunday night, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others, …

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Days before the Boy Scouts of America prepared to consider lifting its blanket prohibition on gays, President Barack Obama reiterated that he thinks the ban should end. … 7

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills that involve live-fire exercises and submarine detection drills today in a show of force partly directed at North …

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON –A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban is in stable condition after undergoing two successful operations to reconstruct her skull and restore her hearing, …

February 4, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 ISTANBUL – A New York City woman who went missing and was later found dead in Istanbul had suffered a fatal blow to the head, police said Sunday. Forensic experts …