AM Headlines — 12.11.09

Sarah Palin, wearing a University of Idaho sweatshirt, wasn’t as hurried in her hometown of Sandpoint, as she paused with hubby Todd to take photos with family friends. Sarah’s father, Chuck Heath, a former Bonner County educator, is in the foreground taking this photo, while MamaJD snapped a photo for Huckleberries Online.

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Sarah Palin: Palin devotees thrilled by visit /Alison Boggs, SR; and: Sarah Palin thrills Coeur d’Alene /Maureen Dolan, Coeur d’Alene Press
• Snowy forecast takes us into next week /Spokesman-Review
• NIC Native American Club promotes census /Jack McNeel, Indian Country Today
• Buck Knives bucks trends /William F. Jasper, New American
• Smoking prevention program under fire /Tom Hasslinger, Press
• 4 Spokane gas stations hit by smash-and-grab robbers /KREM2
• Ed Board OKs Simplot pact to save Parma research center /Marcus Kellis, Argonaut
• UI dance team denied funding /Kayla Herrmann, Argonaut