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Vehicle Burns In Spokane Valley Driveway

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: On Tuesday evening, December 11, 2012, at 11:30 p.m., Spokane Valley Sheriff's Deputy C. Hilton notified dispatch of a vehicle driving recklessly near Park and Trent in Spokane Valley. Sheriff's Deputy C. Sciortino was in the area of

Senate intern, a sex offender, faces deportation

By By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security

Governor says Pa. won't set up health exchange

By By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFOROAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania will not set up its own health care exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act, at least not for now, Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday, putting the state on a course to join others led by Republicans that

Leading Democrat calls foreign aid system outmoded

By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Soviet Union was the Cold War threat, Ian Fleming's creation James Bond was headed to the screen as Sean Connery in "Dr. No" and the U.S. established a new system for doling out foreign aid. Fifty-one years later, a leading House