HBO’s AM Headlines — 1/29/09

Riley Torgerson, 5, left, Nez Ogle, 6, and Savannah Ashtiani, 5, hide under their desk to surprise “Mr. Blue” at his birthday party Wednesday at KinderMagic in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Mr. Blue is one of the classroom mascots that lives under one of the teacher’s desk. (AP Photo/Coeur d’Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins
• Premier matchup arrives for Zags, Gaels /John Blanchette, SR
• Idaho school’s chief reveals proposed budget cuts /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• States’ launch study of Post Falls Dam /Brian Walker, CDA Press
• More victims possible in Silver Valley child porn case /KXLY
• Postal carrier saves woman who had fallen /Alecia Warren, CDA Press
• NIC spring enrollment jumps 10% /CDA Press