INW Headlines — 5.10.11

Kameryn Skillingstad, left, of Cheney Middle School; Heather Portue, of Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy; Kathryn Liegert, of Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy; and Rebecca Bramel, home-schooled in Spokane Valley,work at the barre Monday during the 66th annual Musicfest Northwestat Gonzaga University. Some 1,000 students from first-grade through college are participating in the weeklong festival, which aims to encourage, develop and improve the performance of young musicians and dancers. Divisions include ballet, brass, flute, guitar, organ, piano, reeds, strings and vocals. The winners from each division will perform a free show in the Festival Highlights program, Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Bing Crosby Theater. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)

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• WAC will announce expansion plan June 14 /Josh Wright, SR
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• President passes on Bridgeport, picks Memphis instead /KXLY
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• Montana medical marijuana users top 30,000 /Associated Press
• CSI players get suspended sentences, probation on drug counts /Twin Falls TN
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• Brandishing body spray results in felony charge /Angela Brandt, HIR
• Montana rancher kills grizzly that attacked sheep /Associated Press
• Orbusmax Special: Air Force lesbian who won reinstatement retiring with full benefits here