SR Morning Headlines (5/18/05)

* Delays slow spread of Amber Alert: Not enough info to issue statewide Washington alert /Spokesman-Review: Somebody dropped the ball here.

* Man may hold clue to homicides: Two kids missing as police seek ‘person of interest’ in triple slaying / Susan Drumheller , SR — If the two children are still alive, they’ll never be the same after this. What kind of monster would do such a thing?

* City may get West’s legal bills: City Council would have to approve payment / Mike Prager , SR — I’m glad none of my tax dollars are going to be wasted here.

* Don’t kill future with quaintness: Sandpoint should ease height restrictions / D.F. Oliveria , SR — Sandpoint’s anti-growthers are going too far when they’re fighting over one additional story that’ll provide dozens of new jobs and keep a solid banking business in town.

* Man seeks $1 million from Spokane after charges he raped twins dropped: He claims police urged sisters to falsely accuse him of assault / Jonathan Brunt , SR — Wouldn’t a simple ap-hollow-gy be OK? It worked for Newsweek.