Huckleberries INorthwest — 7.9.09

Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, takes a picture of members of the press gathered outside the Sun Valley Inn, during the annual Allen & Co.’s media summit in Sun Valley earlier today. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

• Horsey: Why did Sarah Palin quit?/ Seattle P-I
• BNSF comes clean in Whitefish: residents skeptical re: contamination /Missoulian
• 2 WSP officers quit while under scrutiny in phony diploma probe /SR
• ‘Extreme Makeover’ winner suffers from debilitating headaches /Statesman
• Burley couple/poachers lose hunting licenses for life /Twin Falls Times-News
• Military stands by decision not to fly over God & Country Rally /Idaho Press Tribune
• PETA asks Spokane to drop Fourth of July fireworks show /KHQ
• Ex-sheriff draws Montana crowd w/take-back-the-country message /Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: 1M gallon gasoline barge runs aground on Columbia here .