Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 8/21/08

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A fast moving thunderstorm dumps rain and hail over Spokane Washington Thursday August 21, 2008. The storm left almost an inch of hail in the Spokane Valley, causing a rash of traffic accidents. The photo was taken looking east from the Palisades Park area atop the Sunset Hill.

* UI, WSU won’t sign drinking-age initiative /Moscow-Pullman Daily News
* Montana parents sue over high school son’s death at football practice /Missoulian
* Search for CDA man takes to the skies /KXLY
* Sunnier skies on way after lunch hour storm /SR
* Boise soldier to plead guilty to desertion charge /Idaho Statesman
* Huge landslide spills into Columbia River /Tri-City Herald
* Idaho city mulls ban on pit bulls /KTVB
* Classified trouble cause revenue plunge for Statesman owner /KTVB
* Moscow roofer survives lightning storm /Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Orbusmax Special: National publisher kills Spokane journalist’s book for fear of Muslim retaliation here .