Tom Grant, ex-TV reporter and mayoral wannabe (pictured in 1996 photo at work at KXLY), and KXLY-TV didn't defame a Spokane businessman 7 years ago by omitting certain facts from their story, according to the state Supreme Court. The court exonerated Grant and the Spokane TV station today here.

1. David Horsey/PI knocks one out of the park with his doodling about Boeing's troubles here.

2. Vandal Friday is back. UI is hosting its largest event of the year tomorrow as 1800 high school students are expected to invade to check out the campus here.

3. The Idaho Statesman provides whitewater forecasts for 12 rivers here.

4. The Inlander has published its annual "Best Of" edition here.

5. Mariners Moment: After a 15-15 tie and a 4-3 win, Seattle Times sports reporters rated Mariner pitchers good, bad and ugly here.

6. IMHO-NW: Jonalynn McFadden/Daily Evergreen (Conserve water), Robert Herold/Inlander (Schiavo saves DeLay), Jason Crawforth/Statesman (Corporate incentives necessary), John Levesque/PI (M's pitcher Bobby Madritsch), and Gail Wells/Oregonian (Sen. Gordon Smith's gutsy stand).

*Looks like the Hauser Times is alive, well and back on line, discussing P&Z issues with an angry reader, here. And Editor Frum Helen Back has a new photo of Hauser Lake on the city's home page here.

*RuralNorthwest.com provides Bonner County police logs here.

*WSU baseballers had a successful preseason, but they'll have to step things up to compete in the tough PAC-10 here.

*Wounded Nampa officer recalls the flash of his assailant's gun here.

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