Best Of The INorthwest — 6.23.10

Young Sydney Cobb of Weiser, wears her lucky tutu during the pole-bending competition at Jake Clark’s Mule Days in Ralston, Wyo. (AP Photo/The Powell Tribune , Kevin Kinzley)

• artoon: McChrystal steps into trouble /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Washingtonian recalls nearly losing ear to bear /Jamie Kelly, Missoulian
• Globetrotters draft 1st husband-and-wife duo, from UMontana /Bill Speltz, Missoulian
• ‘The best heart’: Friends, family recall ex-Griz Tim Bush /Fritz Neighbor, Missoulian
• Idaho sockeye salmon numbers give cause for hope /LewistonTribune
• Tips drying up in case of missing Clarkston mom /Lewiston Tribune
• Chinese reporters tout Idaho’s energy resources /Rocky Barker, Statesman
• Orbusmax Special: National Inquirer reports Al Gore assaulted Portland masseuse here