June 16, 2013 in Nation/World Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring that’s now on display in the Kremlin, but says he’s ready … 8

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers. 12

June 16, 2013 in Idaho, Outdoors Two conservation groups are offering to pay $6,500 in reward for information leading to the arrest and a conviction in the case of a grizzly bear killed near the Idaho-Montana … 2

June 16, 2013 in Idaho A man accused in a lawsuit of slashing dozens of chair lift seat cushions at a northern Idaho ski resort is denying the allegations and claims instead he’s the target … 5

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Someone is watching you. What you spend. Where you eat. Whom you call. Where you travel. What you Google. What you give to charity. 32

June 16, 2013 in City, Health on Page A1 A Gonzaga University nursing student working in a local hospital this spring noticed something odd on the medication logs. A patient who didn’t need painkillers was receiving the drugs every … 17

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and … 2

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama’s health … 11

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Facing lingering tensions in his party, the Republican National Committee chairman urged religious conservatives Saturday to support the GOP’s plans to expand. “I would just ask you that … 7

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A4 A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they’d like to be one someday. Debates …

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A5 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Two more people have died in Saudi Arabia from the SARS-like coronavirus, the Health Ministry said Saturday, bringing to 28 the number of deaths from the …

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A5 ISLAMABAD – Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women’s university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in a wave of violence that killed at least …

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A5 TRIPOLI, Libya – Rooftop snipers and knife-wielding assailants killed six soldiers in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi early Saturday, officials said, in the largest attack on the country’s new security … 1

June 16, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The country may be on the verge of its next demographic metamorphosis. The explosive growth of Hispanics that upended the country’s black and white racial dynamics may be …