Huckleberries Best Of INorthwest — 1/6/09

Denny Austad of Ammon, Idaho, poses with a bull elk that was certified on Friday, as the world record American elk by the Boone and Crockett Club. Austad hunted public land in the Monroe Mountain District in southcentral Utah to kill the bull on Sept. 30. Official measurers scored the bull at 478-5/8  non-typical points, more than 13 points (inches) larger than the previous World’s Record .  Photo courtesy of Boone and Crockett Club.

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* Kuwait waste in Idaho is one of Time’s ‘underreported stories’ /Idaho Statesman

* Missoula breast-feeding flap continues to stir emotions /Missoulian

* Some dinosaur daddies were caregivers /Billings Gazette

Orbusmax Special: Rifle found at Fort Lewis may have belonged to Saddam Hussein here .

* Nampa footballer’s felony charge moves to district court /Idaho Statesman

* Idahoan survives first round on ‘The Bachelor’ /Idaho Statesman

* Risch sworn in as U.S. senator /AP

* Ex-UI coach leaves USC for Washington /AP; Holt to earn more than $2M /Seattle PI

* Gonzaga bounced from Top 25 /AP