Courtesy/Lewiston Tribune

Donnelly Coplan and Tiffany L. Giles of Moscow can literally stop traffic while on their day job of flagging at construction zones. Their weekend job as exotic dancers parks customers in their seats to watch them at The Torch Lounge in Coeur d’Alene. Story by David Johnson/Lewiston Tribune here

1. The Democratic Party's historic nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is descending on Montana this weekend in the run-up to the June 3 primary. The two candidates will be in the state vying for Montana's 17 pledged delegates here/New West. Also: Montana band pens love song to Hillary/AP.

2. Eastern Washington University football player Ryan Kelley can't believe how close he came to dying last month. Kelley went to bed one night thinking he had the flue or food poisoning, but his girlfriend worried and called 911. Doctors told him he had bacterial meningitis. It turns out that that phone call saved his life here/KREM2.

3. Rumors and speculation about Tony Bennett's future at Washington State may continue right up to the first jump ball next season, but WSU president Elson S. Floyd said Thursday that Bennett has tentatively agreed to a new contract as the Cougars basketball coach here/Seattle PI.

4. Blogosphere: Larry Craig? A green porker?/Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman; Distorting Nazi history to attack enviros/David Postman, Seattle PI; and A somber anniversary/Andrew Zahler, Daily Briefing.

5. IMHO: It's the economy, stupid/David Horsey, Seattle PI; In praise of a painful process/Benjamin Ledford, UI Argonaut; and Asbestos victims win one, for now/Kalispell Daily Inter Lake.

6. News Roundup: Spokane mayor's chief of staff resigns/Spokesman-Review; Developer picks new site for proposed Idaho N-plant/KTVB; Idaho scientists win grant to map geological landscapes/Idaho Statesman; 13-year-old charged with robbing hair salon/KTVB; and Killer, ACLU sue to halt Montana execution by injection/Billings Gazette.

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