Idaho House District 3 Reps. Vito Barbieri, left, and Phil Hart, right, with camera, listen to presidential candidate Ron Paul during his rally at the Spokane Convention Center Friday. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

• Otter picks Curt Fransen to head IDEQ/Betsy Russell, EOB
• 12YO Bannock County boy charged with father's slaying/KVPI
• Does your doctor take drug company money?/Mike Murad, KBOI
• Bomb found in North Spokane neighborhood, disabled/Chelsea Bannach, SR
• Newt Gingrich to stop in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene Thursday/Spokesman-Review
• Violent Crimes Task Force targets fugitive Plucker/Coeur d'Alene Press
• 2 dead in possible Pinehurst murder-suicide Sunday/Zak Failla, Shoshone NP
• Otter's IGEM initiative clears panel despite IFF's protest/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• VanderSloot counters claims he's a gay-bashing, media-bashing thug/Dan Popkey, Statesman