INW: Preparing For The Blue

The Oregon State University Beaver football team practices on blue painted Protho field in Corvallis, Ore., on Tuesday in preparation for the Boise State game to be played in Boise this Saturday. (AP Photo/Corvallis Gazette-Times, Scobel Wiggins)

• Cartoon: Politics for dummies /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
  
• Washington State facing $11.2M in cuts /McKay Allen, KXLY
• WSU student gets scholarship in name of slain Lakewood officer /KREM
  
• Poll: On budget balancing, the 2010 Legislature got it return /Dan Popkey, Statesman
• Idaho wages remained flat in 2009 /Idaho Press Tribune
• Downtown Malta, Mont., fire destroys 5 businesses /Chelsea Krotzer, Billings Gazette
• Study questions impact of Montana Meth Project /Ed Kemmick, Butte Standard
  
• Orbusmax Special: Seattle Seahawks are NFL’s 4th least-liked team here