"Harry the Husky," left, and cheerleaders from the University of Washington step out on the wing of a new Horizon Air jet painted with the logo and colors of the university Tuesday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, as they celebrate its official unveiling. The plane is the fourth of four planes painted with northwest school colors, the others representing Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)

1. Top Northwest: Amber, a silver Labrador retriever who kept her nine puppies alive for 7 to 10 days in the cold until rescue, has become an overnight celebrity in NW Montana here/Daily Inter Lake.

2. Top Idaho: Boise State football supporters have donated $37 million to fund construction of a new state-of-the-art press box and luxury seats - and much of that money is tax deductible here/Statesman.

3. Top Washington: A Kennewick man shot and killed his neighbor's two pit bulls after they got into his chicken coop, then charged at him here/Tri-City Herald.

4. Blogosphere: This is a gaffe?/Dogwalk Musings; Of slimeballs and tax rebates/Steve Smith, News Is A Conversation; Time for Idaho Legislature to get to work? Now, that's a concept/Kevin Richert, Statesman; Dead bills haunt the Internet/Rich Roesler, Eye On Olympia; and Wolf battle to heat up/Rocky Barker, Statesman.

5. IMHO: Dave Niehaus gets hall of fame call/Steve Kelley, Seattle Times; Shades of terror/Robert Herold, Inlander; Caught between Barack and a hard place/Frank Mieli, Daily Inter Lake; High school wheeler-dealer/Ed Symkus, Inlander; and In defense of the child-man/Holly Bowen, UI Argonaut.

6. News Roundup: Spokane's top attorney Craven to step down/SR; Idaho kills Sudan divestment bill/SR; Pyschologist: Serial shooting suspect not competent to stand trial/Statesman; Crapo says Craig deserves to pursue legal options/KTVB; and Man says he didn't torture woman 112 times/KTVB.

Orbusmax Special: Newborn found in toilet, mother questioned here.

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