January 5, 2013 News of a Spokane Police Department shake-up surprised Spokane city leaders. 21

January 5, 2013 A 19-year-old man faces felony assault charges after allegedly ramming his car into two police vehicles while attempting to flee today.

January 5, 2013 in City Spokane police say one man is dead following a crash near the Spokane International Airport tonight. Spokane International Airport and Spokane police officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the …

January 5, 2013 in Sports Gonzaga’s women’s basketball players have talked about taking some of the scoring load off junior guard Haiden Palmer.

January 5, 2013 in Region NORTH BEND, Wash. — A more focused search for a skydiver who vanished during a jump above Washington’s Cascade foothills failed to locate the Florida man as darkness fell today.

January 5, 2013 in Region PROSSER, Wash. — Washington state had hoped to buy and preserve a historic Benton County ranch on Rattlesnake Mountain, but the land is going to a private buyer instead. 11

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Four people, including an armed suspect, died during an hours-long police standoff Saturday at a Colorado townhome, authorities said. An Aurora police department SWAT team responded … 23

January 5, 2013 in City on Page A1 The weather in 2012 – as in many years – will be remembered for the damage it brought. Unrelenting snow and rain in March set precipitation records in Spokane, Coeur … 8

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake … 21

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January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-4-7 Friday’s Washington Keno: 1-2-3- 4-9-10-12-15-17-21-26-30-47- 52-53-55-56-67-78-79

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 BEIRUT – Fighting raged around the suburbs of the Syrian capital on Friday, as rebels sought to gain control of a ring of farming, residential and industrial communities that are …

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 LONDON – The Church of England said Friday that it will allow gay men to become bishops, putting it closer to its sister Episcopal Church in the United States but …

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 NEW YORK – A New Jersey man conspired with New York’s alleged “cannibal cop” to abduct a woman, stuff her into a suitcase and transport her across state lines to …

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, two days after New … 2

January 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 JOHANNESBURG – Like fatalities in a savage little war, the casualties on South Africa’s roads during the December-January holiday period are reported daily. There was the father of three whose …