After about eight decades of being bandied about and lost for awhile in thrift-store storage, an 1891 organ finally is finding its way back to St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Spokane here. Video Journal slide show here.

Eye On Boise: Canyon County commish Robert Vasquez comes out against Proposition 2 here. Vasquez in his own words here.

1. Blogosphere fallout from gay activist Michael Rogers' claim that Idaho U.S. Sen. Larry Craig has had gay sex continues: Frank Sennett/Hard 7 here, Columbia Journalism Review here, Andrew Sullivan here, Captain's Quarters here, and Sister Toldjah here.

2. An itinerant preacher from Post Falls used his status to swindle investors out of $100,000. Michael R. Shaw visited congregations all over the country, encouraging the pastors and parishioners to invest in "Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts," a book he purportedly wrote in the mid-1990s and planned to re-release here.

3. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester leads incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns by 11 percentage points in a Montana State University-Billings poll released Wednesday here.

4. L.A. Times: America does not get much more Republican than Idaho. ... But to keep one of Idaho's House seats in Republican hands, the national GOP in recent weeks has poured in hundreds of thousands of dollars for television ads and brought in a parade of party bigwigs to campaign here.

5. The FBI interviewed a Milwaukee resident Thursday who officials believe was involved in posting Internet threats about dirty bomb attacks on NFL football stadiums this weekend, including Qwest Field in Seattle. The threats appeared to be phony here.

6. IMHO-NW: Dean Ferguson/Lewiston Tribune (Page scandal reaches Idaho's Craig), Doug Clark/Spokesman-Review (Clueless rebels get due), Spokesman-Review (Vote no on I-920), Brielle Schaeffer/WSU Evergreen (An open letter to men), and Ralph Bartholdt/St. Maries Gazette Record (Versionary reporting).

Online Poll: 98% of 1617 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll say that schools shouldn't stop kids from playing tag at recess for fear they'll get hurt and sue them.

*Judge rules in favor of Wal*Mart in the retail chain's attempt to build a store in Pullman here.

*2 kids found safe after van reportedly stolen in Arlington, Wash., here.

*57% of Wyoming supports comprehensive indoor smoking ban here.

*Meridian man arrested for using cell phone to take photos of women in changing rooms here.

Orbusmax Special: Extra long ballot could mean that King County voters will have to put extra stamp on return envelope -- or not -- here.

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