December 21, 2011 in Business Wal-Mart says it has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy became gravely ill with a suspected infection and died after being … 1

December 21, 2011 in Sports Washington State basketball coach Ken Bone knows the area around Seattle’s Key Arena well.

December 21, 2011 Mitt Romney refused to be pinned down today on how Congress should break an impasse that threatens to raise taxes for 160 million workers — the latest pressing policy debate … 10

December 21, 2011 in Region Officials in northwestern Montana say a shot fired at a grizzly bear as it attacked a Nevada hunter passed through the bear before striking and killing the hunter. 9

December 21, 2011 in Nation/World, Idaho Many states that posted big population gains in the 2010 census are now seeing their decade-long growth fizzle, hurt by a prolonged economic slump that is stretching into larger portions …

December 21, 2011 in Region The Washington state ferry service will never say, “Not so fast, fatso,” but it has had to reduce the capacity of the nation’s largest ferry system because passengers have been … 2

December 21, 2011 in News, City A man shot to death by the Reardan police chief in what investigators say was an “exchange of gunfire” has been identified as John R. Merrick, 54. 8

December 21, 2011 in City, Idaho Hecla Mining Co. today announced that it is going to build a bypass at Lucky Friday Mine to take workers away from an area where a rock burst last week …

December 21, 2011 in Nation/World Rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued were issued today by the Federal Aviation Administration, a move safety advocates have been urging for more than two … 3

December 21, 2011 After devoting four decades and tens of millions of dollars to saving the gray wolf, the federal government wants to get out of the wolf-protection business, leaving it to individual … 3

December 21, 2011 in City, Idaho The extended days of low fog and clouds have ended for today with a crisp morning and sliver of waning moon in the morning sky. 2

December 21, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people – and two labs succeeded …

December 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 Leaving a bomb laced with rat poison along the planned route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March was merely a “creative idea” to protest multiculturalism, domestic terrorist … 3

December 21, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate is gone, the House is packing up, and for now that means working Americans will see their taxes rise in January. After weeks of bitter partisan … 45

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