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HERE

Empire Health Foundation bought the Civic Building downtown, with plans to renovate all three floors. (S-R)

Craig Ehlo, the former WSU basketball star and NBA player, was arrested after setting a pile of clothes on fire during a domestic dispute. (KXLY)

Owners of a Coeur d’Alene motel say some tenants destroyed a two-story room after they were being evicted for not paying rent. (KREM)

The Festival at Sandpoint and First Friday will go despite the rain. (Inlander)

THERE

The U.S. unemployment rate fell again ever-so-slightly in July, to 7.4 percent. (NYT)

Ellen DeGeneres will be hosting the Oscars. (USA Today)

Kids these days: In Pennsylvania, a 12-year-old robbed a lemonade stand with a BB gun. (Gawker)

EVERYWHERE

The State Department is reacting to a possible Al Qaeda-linked threat by issuing a global travel alert and is closing some U.S. embassies in the Middle East. (WaPo)