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Headlines @ Closing Time

*Intel report prompts senator to close office:
‘I would not bring my two sons to the Capitol between now and the election’
/AP: What? A Democrat who considers terrorism more than a “nuisance”?

*U.S. steps up attacks before Ramadan: To prevent repeat of violence at start of last year’s observance/AP: It’s about time we got back on the offensive.

*6,000 felons on Colorado election lists: State officials fail to keep inmates, parolees from registering/Denver Post: In the 2004 prez election, Colorado has replaced Florida as the state Most Likely to Goof Things Up.

*Some Catholic bishops intent on ‘throwing wait of church’ behind Bush/NewsMax: If you believe the pro-life position is a foundational doctrine of the church, how can you vote otherwise?

*CDC flu plan aims to protect those at risk/AP: The bad news? Looks like two or three days of missed work this year. The good news? I can blog from home.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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