Miracles happen when the Vietnam War Memorial Moving Wall comes to town. See Item No. 5.

Two former Spokesman-Review reporters were working on a story that would have revealed that ex-FBIer Mark Felt was "Deep Throat." But they backed away from it because of concerns about Felt's declining health, according to Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review, here.

1. Freelance cartoonist Milt Priggee doodles re: Washington state taxes here.

2. The drowning of a scuba diving student 17 years ago in Lake Coeur d'Alene has now become part of the misconduct controversy surrounding Spokane Mayor Jim West here.

3. As Inland Northwest gays gather for OutSpokane Pride festivities this week, many have mixed emotions about embattled bisexual Spokane Mayor Jim West here.

4. Deer, coyotes and even salamanders may get safe passage across I-90, east of Snoqualmie Pass, if transportation planners have there way here.

5. Miracles occur when the Vietnam War Memorial Moving Wall comes to town. And its visit to Washington's Tri-Cities was no different. When the half-sized wall was set up, veterans say they saw the image of a woman in one of the panels, looking like a nurse with her head bowed, here.

6. IMHO-NW: Danny Westneat/Seattle Times (Freaking out about the election), D.F. Oliveria/Spokesman-Review (Tax-evading Idaho representative), Robert L. Jamieson Jr./PI (Public breast feeding), Ed Sykmus/Inlander ("Mr. and Mrs. Smith"), and Jim Moore/PI (3 M's HRs in a row?).

*Coeur d'Alene beat out Seattle, Tacoma and numerous other cities Thursday to become a finalist for a Salvation Army grant to build a multimillion-dollar community center here.

*The Seattle Catholic Archdiocese has settled four more abuse cases for $1.7 million here.

*U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, a Republican from Pasco, Wash., is trying, with difficulty, to put distance between himself and embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay here.

Orbusmax presents the rest of the Northwest here.

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