HBO’s Best Of The INW — 2/2/09

Trackways are visible on one of the stones found by retired rancher Grant Loertscher that he removed from a Montpelier, Idaho quarry and has stashed in a storage facility in Montpelier to protect them recently . The rocks bear trackways that may belong to prehistoric mammals, dinosaurs, and other critters. (AP Photo/Joe Kline, Idaho State Journal)

• UI investigates race comments targetting Boise State player /Moscow-Pullman Daily News
• Richert: A carton-of-free-kittens approach to wolf management /Idaho Statesman
• Idaho Gov. Otter recovering from surgery for team-roping injury /Idaho Statesman
• Withers: WSU’s Wulff battling UW for Puget Sound recruits /Seattle Times
• Horse named after judge in animal abuse trial /Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Only one-fifth of Oregon’s same-sex couples opt for union here .

• Best of Spokesman.com blogs today /SR
• Eagle entrepreneur has Hollywood fans for sports drink /Idaho Statesman
• Bill would let Idaho ship wolves to other states /Twin Falls Times-News
• Woman jailed for lying about body stuffed in barrel /AP
• Undecided Otter rakes in $100,000-plus in 6 months /AP
• Thieves drive SUV into pawn shop to steal guns /Billings Gazette
• Pitbull euthanized after attacking girls /Missoulian