Artist Dave Clemons, of Coeur DAlene, Idaho, looks down Wenatchee Avenue from his artwork in Wenatchee, Wash., in this file photo, to determine how much the new sign needs to be shifted for people driving by to see it better. Wenatchee will no longer be billed as the "Apple Capital of the World" here (AP Photo).

Palousitics: The commotion caused by the WSU Campus Republicans w/their rally in favor of a 700-mile border fence continues. Seems YouTube has put the original video of one of the two angry Ethnics Dept. professors confronting a student here, WSU Regents revising the student code of conduct as a result of this incident here, my editorial about this incident here, commentary by Michael Costello/Lewiston Tribune here, and rejection of an apology offered by one of the profs here.

1. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi hasn't become House Speaker yet and she's already getting upstaged, according to David Horsey/Seattle PI, here.

2. The WSU Board of Regents voted Friday to make a permanent change to the law that allows police unrestricted access to residence halls. The regents unanimously passed a motion that changes the legal definition of guests to residence halls. The regents solidified the law they made under emergency rules in September, citing students' safety as a paramount concern here.

3. Democratic Party luminaries back East who think it was a waste of money to beef up local organizations in places like Montana and Wyoming don’t understand the gains the party can make in the West, state party directors said, here.

4. Repub Bill Sali, the controversial U.S. congressman-elect from Idaho, got off to a rough start in Washington, D.C., by showing up a day early and in the wrong place for his party's congressional leadership elections. Sali wondered into the Democratic caucus by mistake here. But he had the last laugh on his critics when he was elected president of the 2007-08 Republican freshman class here.

5. Tim Egan, the former Gonzaga Prep student who won the National Book Award for "The Worst Hard Time," remembers his roots, according to Joel Connelly/Seattle PI, here.

6. IMHO-NW: Doug Clark/Spokesman-Review (No vaccine for stupidity), Tim Woodward/Idaho Statesman (Tough to be Idahoan who fears heights), Bert Caldwell/Spokesman-Review (Banks join payday lenders against military), Vivvi Pierce/WSU Evergreen (Bad political manners still bad manners), and John Blanchette/Spokesman-Review (WSU Cougs are finished).

Online Poll: 67% of 1789 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll oppose a bill being proposed by U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, that would reinstitute the draft.

*A Loon Lake, Wash., woman has been charged with starting destructive wildfire near Spokane here.

*Bald eagles flock to North Idaho for fish feast here.

*Washington state trooper injured in Spokane traffic stop here.

*Ex-Montana QB Dave Dickenson named Canada Grey Cup MVP here.

Orbusmax Special: BSU reacts to false report of gay bashing here.

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