PM Headlines — 10.18.11

Scot Haug, an assistant professor-business division with Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d’Alene, is blissfully unaware of the bear lurking in the background at the Buck Knives Factory in Post Falls. Haug teaches accounting classes at LC and was part of a student tour of the facility on Tuesday. He’s also the father of Post Falls Police Chief Scot Haug. (LCSC photo: Marc Stewart)

• Idaho won’t compete for preschool money /AP
• UI moves back Bustamante record release day /KXLY
• Gonzaga student’s teeth knocked out in brutal attack /KHQ
• In November, Idaho set to execute first inmate since 1994 /AP
• WSU Cougar Winston knows how to finish /Vince Grippi, SR
• Duck owner runs afould of Kalispell foul limits /Doug Lotshaw, DIL
• Carroll gridster pleads guilty in Idaho high school hazing case /AP
• USFS may remove Whitefish Jesus statue /Tristan Scott, Missoulian
• Opinion: Boise State in Big East? Are they joking? /Idaho Press-Tribune
• 2-fer: Ex-NFL player launches bid for Congress /Betsy Russell, SR, and: Idaho Dems call Jimmy Farris’s candidacy ‘a breath of fresh air’ /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Orbusmax Special: Oregon woman tapped missing father’s SSI funds since 1984, for $848,000 here