August 9, 2011 in Sports At least the Seattle Mariners got a different perspective on Michael Pineda before the bullpen torched his night. There were different versions of Pineda on the mound Tuesday night and …

August 9, 2011 in Sports When Isaiah Stanback ruptured his Achilles tendon in training camp last year, he had only one question for team doctors. Back when he was a quarterback at the University of …

August 9, 2011 in Sports What’s in a number? A lot apparently, though just about everyone denies it. Take Deone Bucannon for example. The Washington State safety exceeded expectations last season as a freshman, starting …

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World CHICAGO — Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found.

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid named Sen. Patty Murray to co-chair a powerful “super committee” charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall. 36

August 9, 2011 in City A driver with a learner’s permit apparently confused the gas pedal with the brake and struck a man as he stood on his Spokane Valley lawn this afternoon. 11

August 9, 2011 in News, Business, Nation/World The Federal Reserve spoke — and financial markets swung wildly before rallying. The Dow closed up more than 400 points today after the Fed’s statement was released. 23

August 9, 2011 in Idaho Idaho’s State Board of Education has set seven public hearings around the state on a proposed new online learning requirement for high school graduation, which would require two online credits …

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deemed “spiritual marriages.” 10

August 9, 2011 in City, Idaho A driver was arrested this morning for vehicular homicide after the driver’s passenger died in an accident about 6 a.m. on Broadway Avenue near Freya Street. 4

August 9, 2011 in City, Region Emergency crews this morning were cleaning up a ditch near Springdale in Stevens County after a tanker truck crashed on state Highway 231.

August 9, 2011 in City, Idaho August continues its string of warm days today, but forecasters said they see a weak cold front on the horizon for Wednesday.

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve today as it meets to weigh what else it can possibly do to reverse Monday’s 600-plus point decline in the … 40

August 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil on Monday announced a new route for the company’s Canada-bound, Korean-made oil field equipment: right through Spokane on U.S. Highway 395 and Interstate 90. ExxonMobil’s initial plan to … 7

August 9, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – State agencies will prepare plans to cut their spending by as much as 10 percent as Washington braces for the prospect that the next state economic forecast could … 5

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – After nearly 200 years, the House page program that allowed high school students to serve as messengers and learn about Congress is ending, rendered obsolete by the Internet …

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A2 OLYMPIA – DNA testing has failed to link a new suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking to a necktie that he left behind on the plane in 1971, the FBI …

August 9, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Obama administration effectively gutted the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law Monday, giving states a way out of a decade-long policy that focused on holding schools accountable but labeled …