AM Headlines — 1/15/08

Jerome A. Pollos/Coeur d’Alene Press

Coeur d’Alene Fire Inspector Brian Halvorson walks through the rubble Monday left inside of Gamer’s Haven in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. A fire Sunday night destroyed three business and left a number of people homeless. See stories below.

* Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review

* Idaho reviews Election Day liquor ban /Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review — Good, it’s getting harder to vote for some of these guys while you’re sober.

* Fire investigation to resume today: At least three businesses destroyed on East Sherman Avenue; three men left homeless /Spokesman-Review; and: Picking up pieces: Still no cause found for Sunday blaze /Sean Garmire, Coeur d’Alene Press — It’ll be a long time cleaning up this mess.

* Handle On Business: Pilgrim’s expanding its space /Nils Rosdahl, Spokesman-Review — Shameless plug: Nils’ bits o’ business is another feature of Saturday’s Handle Extra.

* Coldwater Creek will post fourth-quarter loss /Becky Kramer, Spokesman-Review — Dunno if this is the harbinger of a North Idaho recession. But it certainly is a recession for those who got their pink slips.

* Idaho wants more time to comply with REAL ID law: State files deadline extension request /David Goins, CDA Press correspondent — Get ‘er done.

* Beating results in felony charge /Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Daily Bee — File this guy under the category, “Some People Never Learn.”