INW Headlines — 9.14.11

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Edwards greets his niece, Kelsey Heiner, 2, after his arrival at the A-V Center at the Pocatello Regional Airport in Pocatello on Tuesday, with fellow members of the 116th Idaho National Guard following a tour of duty in Iraq this past year. (AP Photo/Idaho State Journal: Bill Schaefer)

• Cartoon: GOP candidate sipping from same tea pot /David Horsey, Seattle P-I
• Hailey, Idaho, to vote on plastic bag ban /AP
• Idaho lawmakers propose ESA changes on grizzlies /Betsy Russell, SR
• Coeur d’Alenes, Nez Perce get $1.9M police grant /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
• Coeur d’Alene leads Week 3 Idaho AP football poll /StatesmanG
• Grizzly killed near Red Lodge after attacks on cattle /Brett French, Gazette
• Maya Angelou urges Bozeman to find rainbows in darkness /Gain Schontzler, Chronicle
• Kalispell high schooler expelled for bringing machete, drugs to school /AP
• Bitterroot Valley commish: Wolves ruining quality of life /Whitney Bermes, Missoulian
• Orbusmax Special: Pac-12 bans duck lips from UOregon’s Autzen Stadium here

Question: Am I the only one who relishes photos of soldiers returning from Iraq & Aghanistan as they see their wives and families?