Recovery

New US home sales edged down 0.3 percent in August

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Sales of new homes in the United States dipped slightly in August from July but the median price of homes sold during the month rose by a record amount. New-home sales edged down to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 373,000 in August

2 deputies expected to recover from gunshot wounds

By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two sheriff's deputies and a child abuse suspect were in intensive care units Wednesday, a day after all three were shot during a 15-minute gun battle in a rural community on the edge of San Diego. Detective Ali Perez was listed in critical

Economic trend lines, for now, favoring Obama

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For the past year, as the presidential election unfolded, President Barack Obama confronted a dizzying swell of economic news - hiring up, hiring down, a euro crisis abroad, seesawing gasoline prices at the pump, foreclosures dragging down home

Red Cross Providing Assistance Following Apartment Complex Fire On Lower South Hill

Red Cross Press Release:  SPOKANE, Wash. - Several volunteers from the Inland Northwest Red Cross responded to this afternoon's apartment complex fire on the south hill. All twelve units if the complex sustained damage and the Red Cross is working with those residents to ensure that