http://kaweahoaks.com/html/argiope_trifasciata.html comes close.... looks like a wolf spider to me (oddly enough) but I've never seen one of that coloring. FYI you ALL are a bunch of pussies, IMHO. Pick it up with a newspaper, scurry to your window, throw it out and let it do it's job, they kill flies and bugs and shit!
WOw I just droned on about saving spiders. Next thing you know I'll be voting for.. nevermind :P