PM Headlines — 5.6.11

Cyndi Steele, talks with reporters with her attorney Wesley W. Hoyt outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Boise on Thursday. Steele’s husband Edgar Steele, a northern Idaho attorney who once represented the Aryan Nation, was found guilty on all counts tied to his plot to hire a hit man to kill his wife and mother-in-law last year. The verdict prompted the woman who is both Edgar Steele’s alleged victim and staunchest supporter, wife Cyndi, to angrily decry the federal government and vow to immediately start work on an appeal. (AP Photo/Mitchell A. Schmidt)

• Montana residents sue ‘Three Cups’ author /Associated Press
• WSU expects largest freshman class this fall /Spokesman-Review
• PERSI has seen 65% gain since 2009 /Betsy Russell, SR
• Defense Secretary Gates speaking at WSU graduation /Melissa Luck, KXLY
• Illegal aliens selling produce on Spokane streets /McKay Allen, KXLY
• Man imprisoned for beating Spirit Lake man who failed racist test /Mark Billings, KHQ
• Unlicensed guide gets limited jail time for Priest Lake fishing trips /Keith Kinnaird, Bee
• Strong April revenue raises prospect of restoring education money /Dan Popkey, Statesman
• Father of captured Idaho solider believes son being exploited /KTVB
• Silver Valley braces for meltoff /Emil Whitis, Shoshone News-Press