March 7, 2013 in City, Idaho A woman who aided a 14-year-old Coeur d’Alene girl in running away last week will be charged with second-degree kidnapping. 4

March 7, 2013 in City A man who broke into a home last November and stabbed a dog will spend almost two years in jail in a plea agreement approved Thursday. 3

March 7, 2013 in City Two Spokane County deputies have been cleared in a shooting death that took place in Spokane Valley last September. 58

March 7, 2013 in Region LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — An autopsy Wednesday showed that a Leavenworth ski and snowshoe resort owner suffocated under a large amount of snow that fell off a tree and buried him. 3

March 7, 2013 in City Kim Blackmore stood shivering in the cold Thursday, describing how her estranged boyfriend – the father of her unborn child – had forced his way through a dog door into … 112

March 7, 2013 in Nation/World SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by … 55

March 7, 2013 in Health, Idaho, Nation/World on Page A1 BOISE – A federal judge has struck down Idaho’s so-called fetal pain law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled late Wednesday in … 186

March 7, 2013 in City on Page A1 Environmentalists turned up the heat Wednesday in their legal challenge to the proposed expansion of the downhill ski area on Mount Spokane. The Lands Council argued in an appeal before … 27

March 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive “God particle.” They need to … 9

March 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 LOS ANGELES – Curiosity hunkered down Wednesday after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars. While the hardy rover was designed to withstand punishing space weather, its handlers …

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March 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown this month while easing the short-term impact of $85 billion in spending cuts – at … 3

March 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 DUNLAP, Calif. – A lion killed a volunteer intern at an exotic animal park in Central California after she entered its enclosure, and authorities were trying to determine what might …

March 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senator Rand Paul ended his filibuster blocking Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama’s CIA nominee early today, nearly 13 hours after he began. Paul, a Kentucky Republican and … 7

March 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – Armed fighters linked to the Syrian opposition detained 21 U.N. peacekeepers from the Philippines on Wednesday in the increasingly volatile zone separating Israeli and Syrian troops on …