Bloglander

Fire watch -- Last night, another house fire in Spokane left another set of Spokane residents homeless. This time, two adults and four children escaped a kitchen fire in Northeast Spokane. (KXLY)

Murder-suicide -- The University of Idaho Professor, suspected of killing a 22-year-old former University of Idaho student, apparently killed himself with a gun at a hotel shortly afterward. (SR)

Cuttin', cappin', balancin' -- Idaho representative Raul Labrador says the House will propose a version of cut, cap, and balance again as part of debt talks this fall. This is the same proposals that has been proposed multiple times, and shut down just as many times by the Democrat-controlled senate. (CDAP)

Shake, rattle, roll -- The notorious "earthquake" on the east coast yesterday may have been widely mocked by those on the west coast, but keep this in mind: It still did a number on the National Cathedral. (Atlantic Wire)