AM Headlines: Rain, Rain, Go Away

A wine cork floats in a gutter mixed as heavy rain runoff filters by at the corner of Clinton Street and Boyer Avenue in Walla Walla, Wash., today. (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Matthew Zimmerman Banderas)

• Idaho Records /Rainey Coffin, SR
• Idaho’s Mortellaro defends hammer title /SR
• Clark: Capt. Kirk burger an out-of-this-world creation /SR
• Post Falls’ Funk enjoys hammer challenge /Greg Lee, SR
• TSA defends pat-down of Missoula 4YO; grandma: Girl hysterical /AP
• Coeur Mine to return to full production earlier than planned /Scott Maben, SR
• Kidnap victim Swenson: ‘Mountain man’ Nichols still a threat /Matt Gouras, AP
• Anaconda law would limit pets to 3 per person /George Plavin, Montana Standard
• Montana: Agency botched investigation of sex assaults on disabled /Eve Byron, HIR
• Montana State cancels year-end showing of ‘Deep Throat’ /Gail Schontzler, Chronicle
• Orbusmax Special: King County GOP boots caucus outside after Ron Paulers take over here

Question: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being awful and 10 being heavenly, how would you rate the weather that Mother Nature has provided the Inland Northwest for the first four months of the year?