Jerome A. Pollos/Coeur d'Alene Press, AP
Isabelle Facer keeps her eyes on her sheet music while playing "Rocket Ship Robin" on the piano at the Dalton Elementary talent show Thursday in Coeur d'Alene.

1. It's not just plants and animals at (Yellowstone National Park) that are affected by dry weather but also the park's geysers, including Old Faithful here/Billings Gazette.

2. Boise lawyer David Nevin said Friday that a military court’s decision to let the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks represent himself threatens a fundamental constitutional principle — the right to competent counsel here/IStatesman.

3. More than a week has passed since potato king J.R. Simplot’s hat disappeared from the main bouquet at his memorial service in Qwest Arena. The hat, a straw Western-style, its brand unknown, is still MIA here/IStatesman.

Roundup: Judge halts Flathead Forest spring snowmobiling/Missoulian; 2 members of hotshot crew survive lightning strike/Missoulian; Sale of Metropolitan Mortgage asset finalized/SR; Thieves rip off license plates to steal gas/KTVB; Idaho growth numbers fall from best to 28th/KTVB; and Bird's nest triggers fire at Spokane elementary/KHQ.

Orbusmax Special: UW Study: Teens having safer sex in college here.

*Idaho Blog Roundup
*Opinion Roundup

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