INW Headlines — 12.17.10

“Because I am working the late shift,” posts Colin Mulvany/Snaps & Frames recently, “I’ve been shooting a lot of basketball this week, In my quest to shoot photos I wouldn’t normally bother with, I spotted Sadie Porter, a WSU Crimson Girl’s dance team member as she flipped her hair during a timeout break in the WSU vs. Texas Pan-American game  in the Spokane Arena. More here .

• Cartoon: Not all Christmas presents are equal /David Horsey, P-I
  
• Snow this weekend, then warming before Christmas /Spokesman-Review
• Kroc Center is considering a parking structure /Tom Hasslinger, Press
• Christmas miracle that Nampa officer survives being shot in head /Mike Butts, IPT
  
• Salmon councilman pleads guilty to assaulting resident /AP, KTVB
• Wyoming bill to eliminate foreign language mandate fails /Casper Star-Tribune
• More sex charges against former Bozeman High coach /Jodi Hausen, Chronicle
  
• Man shoots himself in butt after threatening girlfriend /Associated Press
• Woman pleads guilty to husband’s shooting death, says coyote was target /AP
• Judge rejects sentence in child’s BB gun shooting /Associated Press
• Orbusmax Special: ‘40-year-old Virgin’ actor gets life in stabbing of Olympia native here