Bloglander

Around Town

Slide on — Spokane county's risk manager tried to put a halt to the practice of using snow plows to haul stranded motorists out of ditches. But plow drivers resisted, and so they compromised. (SR)

Home invader shot — It appears that a pair of baseball bat wielding teens picked the wrong Medical Lake home to rob. (KHQ)

Woe to SPD — The Associated Press examines the frayed relationship between the Spokane Police Department and the public. (Seattle Times)

Out There

The new North Korea — Kim Jong Il's dead. What does this mean for the Hermit Kingdom? (Washington Post)

VP arrest warrant — Iraq issues an arrest warrant against its own vice president. The worry is that arresting the vice president, a member of the Sunni minority, could reignite the country's ethnic tensions. (NY Times)