AM Headlines — 12.13.10

The self-decorated cap worn by Haley Lampman, 23, of Tacoma, Wash., asks a question facing many graduates who participated in the Washington State University Fall 2010 Commencement at Beasley at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Wash. Lampman earned a degree in creative writing. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Dean Hare)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
  
• Thawing temperatures continue through early Tuesday /Mike Prager, SR
• Minnick sez fringe elements control both parties /Dan Popkey, Statesman
  
• Police investigate deadly shooting near Gonzaga /Colleen O’Brien, KXLY
  
• Modest hopes harbored for commercial real estate /Bert Caldwell, SR
• Urban renewal may open 7th district in 2011 /Coeur d’Alene Press
• Former Bonner County deputy files claim over firing /KREM
• Schweitzer gets ‘A’ grade for enviro initiatives /Schweitzer news release