Thursday, March 29, 2012

MORNING BRIEFING: Joseph Duncan, George Zimmerman and ... Ron Burgundy?

Posted By on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:17 AM

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Here's a name we haven't heard in forever, and one we thought we wouldn't hear again: serial killer Joseph Duncan will get new day in court. The death row inmate will get a hearing in order to assess how competent, mentally, he was when deciding to represent himself. (SR)

Speculations and rumors arise in Spirit Lake teen's mysterious death. (KREM)

Hanford will get a visit from the bigwigs this spring. (Tri-City Herald)

That heavy rain we're getting is making the Spokane River stanky. (KXLY) 

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Newly released video shows that George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin, didn't even have a scratch on him. He recently claimed that he was in a death struggle with Martin, and was acting out of self-defense. (Huffington Post)

Autism is on the rise in the US. (Reuters)

Famous banjo player Earl Scruggs has died at age 88. (NYT)

I'M RON BURGUNDY?

We never lost hope that you'd be back, Ron.

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Leah Sottile

Leah Sottile is a Spokane-based freelance writer who formerly served as music editor, culture editor and a staff writer at the Inlander. She has written about everything from nuns and Elvis impersonators, to jailhouse murders and mental health...