HBO’s PM Headlines — 1/9/09

A rooftop gas leak at the Clark Fork Jr.-Sr. High School forced a school-wide evacuation Thursday as officials attempted to diagnose and repair the problem, reports Conor Christofferson/Bonner County Bee. Story here . Above, Trish Gannon/River Journal provides a photo of the scene, with this comment: “M y daughter was at bball practice wed night the smell was horrendous, they all thought it couldn’t be propane as it would have blown … but it was.”

* Cartoon: PI for sale /David Horsey, Seattle PI

* Best of SR afternoon blogs /Andrew Zahler, SR

* Murderer Duncan moved to Indiana prison /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise

* Moose crashes into Spokane basement bedroom /Rich Landers, SR

* Stepmother gets 62 years in Summer Phelps’ death /Karen Dorn Steele, SR

* Prospective Post Falls developer closes office, downsizes /Brian Walker, CDA Press

* ACLU sues over Canyon County Jail crowding /Idaho Statesman

* Rising rivers, flooding give way to normal winter weather /Sarah Leavenworth, Shoshone News-Press

* Washington court won’t hear Obama ‘native born’ lawsuit /Seattle PI

* Utilityman Bloomquist signs with Kansas City /Seattle Times

* Western Washington drops football for financial reasons /Steve Kelley, Seattle Times