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After toying with the idea of dropping in the first round, the Sonics took UCLA guard Russell Westbrook (being congratulated by NBA Commissioner David Stern) with the fourth overall pick in the NBA draft Thursday night/Seattle PI. Story here.

Near Drowning: Lifeguards resuscitated a 6-year-old boy after an apparent drowning at Triple Play Family Fun Park in Hayden Thursday afternoon. Witnesses say the boy was underwater in an indoor wading pool for several minutes. The boy was taken to Kootenai Medical Center. Paramedics say he will be okay/KREM2. More here.

*Pullman Wal*Mart opponents won't appeal court decision/Here's The Dirt
*Judge OKs Raceway Park sale/SR
*WSU, UW footballers picked for bottom of PAC-10/KHQ
*Idaho delegation hails gun ruling/KTVB
*Idaho inmate dies in Oklahoma prison/IStatesman
*Avista to close Post Falls dam/KXLY

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