Levies leading in the big school school districts — Despite stiff opposition, school levies in the Spokane, Mead, Central Valley and West Valley school districts are passing (not so lucky: Riverside) (SR)
Three charged in Sandpoint shooting — A husband and wife and a third suspect have been charged with the killing of 19-year-old Michael Wyatt Smith in September. (Bonner County Daily Bee)
Plot thickens in triple-murder — Suspect Dustin Gilman allegedly called his dad the day of the murders and reported that he'd woken up in a South Hill home with a gun in his hand and a corpse nearby. Also, there had been a grow operation at the north-side home of the victims. Whaaaa? (SR)
Josh Powell's house was a set-piece — The house that social workers would visit in Puyallup was an uninhabited rental property set up by Josh Powell, who allegedly killed his two sons and himself there earlier this month, to fool the state into thinking all was well with the family. (KHQ)
Coeur d'Alene rallies for Santorum — Read our reporter's account of the big to-do. (Bloglander)
Around and About
Germany adopts "shitstorm" as its Anglicism of the year (HuffPo)
Mormon Church apologizes for posthumous baptisms of Holocaust victims — Churches in Idaho, Utah and Arizona baptized dead Holocaust victims, claiming the dead could choose to accept or decline the invitation. The Simon Wiesenthal Center calls it "hijacking souls." (Telegraph)
Poll finds low enthusiasm for Republican candidates — Surprised? (Rawstory)
Megadeth frontman backs Rick Santorum — So, not everyone is unenthusiastic about the candidates, apparently. (Politico)
Colombia priests allegedly perform suicide-by-hitman — Two priests reportedly hired gunmen to kill them after one of them discovered he had AIDS... (ABC)
Adventures of a pscyhedelic truffle eater — What happens when you take powerful drugs and wander the streets of Amsterdam on the busiest day of the year? (VICE)
