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Common Core textbooks arrive at Spokane area elementary schools. (S-R)

Airplane with blown tire makes emergency landing in Spokane. (KREM)

Small boat explodes at Lake Pend Oreille, injuring man and grandson. (KHQ)

Kimberly Jeffreys, wife in Spokane development fraud, sentenced to 90 days of home confinement. (S-R)

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Bainbridge Island ferry loses power, stranding hundreds in Puget Sound. (Seattle Times)

House committee condemns Obama over Bergdahl exchange. (AP) Judge denies CNN copy of 1999 police report involving Bergdahl family. (Idaho Statesman)

Idaho suspends plan to hire professional hunter to kill wolves in Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. (Missoulian)

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American economy shows 4-percent growth in second quarter. (LA Times)

Israeli shells reportedly strike UN school, killing at least 20 people. (NYT)

Jury awards former wrestler and senator Jesse Ventura $1.8 million in bizarre defamation case against renowned military sniper and best-selling author, who was murdered last year. (WaPost)