March 16, 2013 in Business on Page A8 Two top Boeing executives delivered an unflinching defense of the 787 Dreamliner in a Friday morning news conference in Japan, insisting that no battery fire will be possible on the …

March 16, 2013 in Business on Page A9 Soft white Cash bid Change March 8.78-8.88 down 0.02 April 8.78-8.88 up 0.03-down 0.02 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change March 8.62-8.80 down 0.01 Hard red winter …

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B1 From our archives, 100 years ago A 63-year-old Spokane widower, H.C. Parker, took out a want-ad for a wife and received more than 100 applications.

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B1 Police seized four machetes from an out-of-business Hillyard skateboard shop while executing a search warrant after the arrest of 39-year-old Glen M. Fisher, who was apprehended after a seven-hour standoff … 5

March 16, 2013 in Business on Page B1 Spokane County’s first online auction of foreclosed properties earlier this month generated 29 parcel sales and more than $125,000 to cover unpaid taxes on the properties. In a break from … 7

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B1 If there’s anyone who understands the limits of gun control – who really gets how ineffective any and all gun laws are – it’s Rep. Matt Shea. Gun laws are … 124

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B2 The repeat offender known as “Strollin’ Nolan” is behind bars – again – on suspicion of burglarizing several downtown businesses last year, including Greater Spokane Incorporated. Detectives deemed him a … 1

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B2 Federal investigators seized about 90 marijuana plants in Greenacres on Wednesday after detectives found a Craigslist posting advertising “extra top quality” marijuana. DEA agents believe Paul E. Ellis continued to … 15

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March 16, 2013 in City on Page B3 North Idaho This week

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B3 A pregnant woman shot by her husband last week died Wednesday. Yakima County Coroner Jack Hawkins said 27-year-old McKaylee Higgs had been on life support and died Wednesday evening at … 2

March 16, 2013 in City on Page B3 Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve just become someone else? And that, in this new reality, you have an entirely different worldview? What would it be like to … 1

March 16, 2013 in Opinion on Page B4 Unbowed by the defeats of Propositions 1, 2 and 3 last November, Idaho lawmakers have renewed their efforts to undermine public school education. Legislative committees this week voted to: allow … 5

March 16, 2013 in Opinion on Page B4 In choice of both topic and foil, Rand Paul’s now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius. The topic was, ostensibly, very narrow: Does the president have the … 25

March 16, 2013 in Opinion on Page B4 If you drove to work today, did you worry about too few cars on the road? Do you wish more people were waiting in line at the public tennis courts? … 6

March 16, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 I see where Rep. Paul Ryan has again introduced a budget plan that pretty much mirrors the last Ryan budget proposal, which was so popular with the American people they … 28

March 16, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 The March 5 edition of the New York Times had a nice report on the Hurricane Sandy relief bill. For the first time in history, the Congress voted 354 to … 6

March 16, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Liberals and Republicans in Name Only, or RINOs, is there any difference? It appears as if the terms are synonymous, since both factions are attacking a person with the gravitas … 31

March 16, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 As the S&P 500 nears its historical high of 1,565.15 (first reached Oct. 1, 2007) the market observer seems euphoric. Better wait to celebrate, I suggest. 8

March 16, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5 Let’s be very clear now. The hoods have come off. When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made his statement that the Voting Rights Act is “a perpetuation of racial entitlement,” … 36