PM Headlines — 3.15.11

The ConocoPhillips megaloads sit idle on a pull out for Montana Department of Transportation next to Baxendale Volunteer Fire Department on highway 12 west of Helena earlier today. The megaloads are expected to make their way through Helena late Wednesday night. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley)

• DNA testing clears Osburn man of rape /Mike Perry, KHQ
• Boundary County OKs Sunday liquor sales /Mike Weland, News Bonners Ferry
• Coeur d’Alene teacher in Japan tells parents not to worry /KREM
• Transportation chairmen want specialty plate limit /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Recall drive picks up Sandpoint backers /Cameron Rasmusson, Daily Bee
• North Idaho lawyer wants to hire different attorneys /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Bill relaxes rules on elk farms, over sportsmen objections /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Panel gives OK to certain sex offenders checking in yearly /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Joseph Duncan guilty plea brings 10th life sentence /John Asbury, Riverside Press-Enterprise
• College BB 3-fer: Idaho on road at USF for CIT /Josh Wright, SR; and: WSU opens NIT at home vs. Long Beach State /Vince Grippi, SR; and: Carter at center of Zag resurge /Jim Meehan, SR