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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2005

Sunday Question

Issue: Neil Young recovering from brain aneurysm: Singer-songwriter expected to make full recovery after procedure/MSNBC.DFO: "The 59-year-old rocker underwent a procedure ..." Wasn't it just yesterday that we were protesting the Kent State Massacre and "four dead in O-H-I-O"? How did Neil Young get to…

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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005


Weekend Question No. 1

Issue: Princes of the church begin their campaigns for See of St. Peter's/Michael Valpy, Globe and Mail.DFO: As Pope John Paul II slides toward death early Saturday morning, some are jockeying to replace him. I'd like to see the next pope continue John Paul II's…

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Weekend Wild Card (4/1-3/05)

Dunno how much I'll be posting this weekend because I have a big work day at church tomorrow. And, if it's sunny, I'm going to retreat to my garden and tune in a Mariners Spring Training game. I always check the blog, however. Catch you…

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Headlines @ Closin' Time (4/1/05)

*Fox News erroneously says pope died: Networks scramble amid conflicting reports from Italian media/Associated Press -- Why is it important to beat another news organization by 5 minutes? The Drudge Report missed this one, too.*No jail time for Sandy Berger: Prosecutors to recommend $10,000 fine…

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Ah'm Your Huckleberry

Seems Marina Kalani, the ex-Kootenai County drug court supervisor at the heart of the e-mail controversy with Prosecutor Bill Douglas, changed her name in fall 2002 from Marion Patrica Keegan. Why? She wanted a name with a Polynesian flavor, reflecting her heritage. Her mother's first…

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Afternoon Question (4/1/05)

Issue: With 365 days possible, Marianne Love/Slight Detour is amazed how family birthdays tend to clump together over a couple of weeks or a month. She has three such clusters in her family, including one now under way here.DFO: We have a major cluster in…

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SR Morning Headlines (4/1/05)

*Hagadone revises marina plan: Blackwell Island plan calls for dredging channel, boosting capacity of marina to 368 boat slips/Erica Curless, SR -- For some reason, we beat Brand X on a story from within its own corporate empire. Do those guys talk to each other…

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Peanut Gallery (Nervous judges?)

Coupla dumb questions re: Prosecutor Bill Douglas' attempt to suppress county office e-mails:DQ #1: What about those judges' E Mails between them and the Juvenile Drug Coordinator? Seems those were requested. Redacted? Someone protecting those judges, or is Douglas' stance to protect all government employees…

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TGIF April Fool's Day Quick Fix 6 (4/1/05)

APhoto Fix: Boguslawa Zaniewicz-Dybeck prays for Pope John Paul II, in the St Eugenia Catholic Church in Stockholm today.The 2005 Polly Awards (given for the most outrageous examples of PC on college campuses) are in. And the winner is (drum roll, puh-LEEZ) -- LeMoyne University…

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Q&A -- with CDADave

Question, from CDADave: Dave, maybe we can give you our credit card numbers, and then you can charge us each 25 cents each time we swear on the blog. I've been in some bars that charge for swearing! With everything that's been happening in the…

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.




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