HBO’s AM Headlines — 3/12/08

* Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review

* Grace to pay feds $250 million for Libby asbestos work /Spokesman-Review — This line sums up my thoughts: “Libby advocates said the $250 million is a pittance compared to the suffering that the firm unleashed on this northwestern Montana town.”

* Macdonald announces run for county commissioner: Previously served in same capacity from 1990 to 1996 /Marc Stewart, Coeur d’Alene Press — Bob Macdonald definitely offers an alternative choice for those looking for one. Dunno how he’d affect the balance in a three-way race.

* Educational Corridor more than $400,000 closer to reality: Project partner University of Idaho receives state money to help with planning /Andrew Ford, North Idaho College Sentinel — Some won’t consider this good news. But I do.

* Info sought on enticement case: Girl: Orange van with three men drove beside her, brother on way home /Brian Walker, Coeur d’Alene Press — Two-legged predators are almost always the worst kind.

* Sentinel locks in third at ACP contest, places three finalists in regional SPJ /Josh Rasmussen, North Idaho College Sentinel — Adviser Nils Rosdahl continues to produce award-winning student journalists.