And the winner is ... Rossi ... by 261 votes out of 2.8 million cast in Washington state. Mebbe. There'll be a recount here. And The Seattle Times notes that suburbs that haven't gone Republican in two decades helped put Dino over the top here. And David Horsey/P-I doodles about the cuh-razy Washington voting system here.

AP Photo/Ralph Radford (above): Dino Rossi is joined by his wife, Terry Rossi, and son Joseph Rossi during a news conference Wednesday in Bellevue, Wash.

1. UI cartoonist Noah Kroese provides a clever 'toon to gauge your voter awareness here.

2. Gonzaga new McCarthey Athletic Center is winning rave reviews as the Zags prepare to open the basketball season here.

3. The S-R editorial board has taken the position that the Hagadone Gardens proposal needs a thorough public review but not an advisory vote here.

4. Army 1st Lt. Luke C. Wullenwaber, 24, a former Lewiston High football player, was killed in Iraq while conducting a security mission here.

5. Washington poll: Sixty percent prefer the traditional definition of marriage here.

6. IMHO-NW: Seattle Times (Close election), Lon Woodbury/RuralNorthwest (Idaho's anti-smoking law), James J. Na/Discovery Institute (Survival guide for red-leaning blue-staters), Jake Dorsey/Daily Evergreen (Be classy at Apple Cup), and Seattle P-I (On to the recount).

7. Howie Stalwick/Inlander, a former S-R colleague, tells you everything you wanted to know about Gonzaga star Ronny Turiaf but were afraid to ask here.

8. Leonard Perry is 0-6 as coach of the Idaho Vandals against Boy-C State, but he isn't obsessed with defeating the Broncos. He'll get another chance to do that this weekend with three games at the Taco Bell Arena here.

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