AM Headlines — 10.9.09

Annette Brusven, left, and Sue Morrsion, right, hold the Gnarly Poplar Trees at the University of Idaho’s Franklin H. Pitkin Nursery. The Gnarly Poplar is the University’s first patented tree. Story here . (Sam Eaton/Argonaut)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• A taste of winter arrives for weekend /Mike Prager, SR
• Pulitizer Prize winner Egan discusses famous fire /Maureen Dolan, Press
• Kootenai Health donates $250K to Hospice /Coeur d’Alene Press
• Web sites, blogs, fan clubs idolize Colton /KING5
• Kirkpatrick says she’s not leaving Spokane yet /KXLY
• Moscow, UI to host first Palouse Harvest Festival /Sebastian Edgerton, UI Argonaut
• UI faculty worries about plan to give presidents power to cut pay, benefits /Mark Runsvold, UI Argonaut