"Yonder" is the word we were looking for on the airplane story on today's page B1. Not "younder." Sorry 'bout that.

Follow the leader

If you were following along yesterday, you know that as of the 4:30 news meeting, we had decided to lead with Toronto plane crash rather than Iraq. However, photo issues moved the plane crash to the centerpiece position, leaving Iraq as the only obvious lead. Only problem is, by the time most people read the paper, the Iraq news was nearly 24 hours old, and an additional 14 Marines had been killed (one confused reader called and accused us of deliberately misinforming the public by changing the number from 14 to 7). Such are the pitfalls of the 24-hour news cycle.

Gary Graham took a peek at the newseum this morning and found that most newspapers prominently displayed the Toronto crash. Iraq placement varied widely.

Sex offender on the loose

Also in the plan last night - we were going to run a photo of fugitive sex offender Timothy Addison McCamey in the rail on Page One. We're not sure why it didn't get there - more than likely just an oversight.

Coming up

A follow on the auto-theft ring; and a couple of Idaho school districts have purchased software to screen visitors, volunteers and delivery drivers that visit their schools.

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