INW Headlines — 12.9.10

In a quiet corner of the library, Rachel Richardson stretches before a performance of “The Nutcracker Short & Suite” by the Eugene Youth Ballet on Wednesday at the Eugene Public Library in Eugene, Ore. An abbreviated version of the timeless holiday classic played to a host of children and their parents during the free event. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Brian Davies)

• Cartoon: Protesting austerity measures /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Unemployed man freezes to death in car /Chris Peterson, Inter Lake
  
• Ex-Blackfoot footballers, including 4A top player, face felony sex charges /AP
  
• Woman convicted in crash that hurt 3 Spokane detectives /Meghann Cuniff, S&G
• Helena gets OK to kill 25 to 50 urban deer /Eve Byron, Helena IR
  
• UI’s Akey reflects on 2010 football season, much more /Josh Wright, SportsLink
• Idaho colleges seeking bigger tuition hikes /Associated Press
• BCS coaches fire back at BSU, lower-tier leagues /Chadd Cripe, Statesman
• Study: Most Idaho job openings don’t pay living wage /Idaho Statesman
• Missoula panel pans plan to hold hosts responsible for under-age drinking parties /Gwen Florio, Missoulian
  
• Refinery megaload arrives in Billings from Oklahoma /Clair Johnson, Gazette
  
• Orbusmax Special: Suit: Chase Bank ransacked home of man on death bed here

Question: How many times have you seen ‘The Nutcracker’?