Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 4/5/07
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Update: Suspect in UI campus murder had troubled past here.
1. Apparently none of the more than half-million residents of Wyoming can decorate an Easter egg. Neither, really, can the Illinois college student eventually chosen to do the work. A press release this week from the White House Office of the First Lady states that Philip M. LeDonne of Elmhurst, Ill., decorated the "Wyoming" egg unveiled this week at the annual State Egg Display at the White House Visitor Center here.
2. A former Oklahoma football player who was kicked off the team with quarterback Rhett Bomar says he believes his dismissal was unfair. Former offensive lineman J.D. Quinn, who transferred to Montana, and Bomar were permanently dismissed from the team the day before the start of practice last fall for taking money for hours they did not work at a Norman auto dealership here.
3. "Republicans in Idaho are full of swagger - and why not, given the fact Democrats hold no statewide offices and little sway in the Statehouse? Let's just say things couldn't be more different in the nation's capital, where Idaho's all-GOP delegation ranks 54 in the nonpartisan Congress.org website. We rank below American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands" sez Julie Fanselow/Red State Rebels here.
4. A judge refused to throw out evidence in the case against an 18-year-old man who was arrested in Montana after police found his mother’s body in a freezer at their Utah home here.
5. Two soldiers killed in Iraq in February — including Pvt. Matthew Zeimer of Glendive, Mont. — may have died as a result of friendly fire here. Related: Helena, Butte and Missoula joining arms in anti-war cause here.
6. IMHO-NW: John Blanchette/Spokesman-Review (A's cast spell on M's again), Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News (Tick-kill-ish), Karl/Leaning Straight Up (Women should bear arms against stalkers), Dave Carlson/Idaho Statesman (Solons dropped by on seat-belt bill), and Gary Kawamura/WSU Evergreen (Forget fad diet, try facts).
Online Poll: 51% of 680 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll say they miss work only when they're "truly sick."
*Lesbian couple in Wyoming denied communion here.
*Boise State football gets 5 ESPN/ESPN2 dates here.
*Final Tally: 1613 pairs of panty stolen in Pullman here.
*Jury trial set for former UIdaho footballer Tony Taupule here.
Orbusmax Special: More victims of woman who posed as boy come forward here.
