Headlines @ Closin’ Time — 10/8/08

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Al Whitney, 71, laughs while donating platelets Tuesday at the Inland Blood Center in Spokane. Whitney is on a mission to donate platelets in all 50 states. John Stucke’s SR story here .

* Thieves, vandals target Obama signs /Bonner County Bee
* Obama raises more funds than McCain in Idaho /Idaho Statesman
* UI researcher back on the job /SR
* Coe exhibited sexual deviancy in prison /KREM2
* High-speed Bonner County chase ends in felony arrests /Bonner County Bee
* Idaho’s Mexican consulate to open this year /Idaho Statesman
* 89YO woman thwarts burglar /KTVB
* Shell agrees to curb cig sales to Idaho kids /KCBI

Question: When is the last time that you’ve given blood?