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TUESDAY, AUG. 2, 2005

Top SR Letter -- 8/2/05

First of all, congratulations to law enforcement in Idaho for taking another predator off the streets: John Tuggle. But what was the little girl's mother thinking? This guy raped your 14-year-old sister, spent nine years in prison, and you let him take your daughter to…

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MONDAY, AUG. 1, 2005

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Issue: Rafael Palmeiro suspended for steroids: Orioles star denied use in testimony before congressional panel/USA Today DFO: I remember listening to the Orioles/O's game while I gardened a few weeks ago as Palmeiro (shown at congressional hearings above with Curt Schilling and Mark McGwire) collected…

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Best of the Local Blogs -- 8/1/05

Another fine Jim Tibbs' cartoon ...*Sam Taylor/Vandal Sense survived his 21st birthday Friday and may have wedding bells on the mind now here.*Dogwalk Musings' hubby has a theory why she seems to be leaning to the Left of late (plus many other interesting thoughts) here.*The…

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Huckleberries Hears ...

... There was a strange sort of affairs on West Riverview Drive/Post Falls last week. Seems a frightened man called Kootenai County 911 to say he'd arrived at a friend's place to find the front door open and a body wrapped in a blanket in…

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Ah'm Your Huckleberry ...

Most of you locals know that Coeur d'Alene High celebrated its 100th anniversary by inviting back its alum through the ages. Well, the parade down Sherman Avenue was running over an hour late Friday when the Class of 1970, about 12 strong, decided to take…

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Question of the Day -- 8/1/05

Issue: Condoleezza Rice: Most Powerful Woman in the World: Oprah makes Top 10 but Hillary doesn't/NewsMax.DFO: Condi vs. Hillary in 2008?Question: Who's the most powerful woman you've ever met?Feedback: My X mother in law could raise the dead. Or at least frighten them enough to…

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Al Turtle Talks About Society's Problem

I am getting tired by the continuing blindness of our media, our churches, our political leaders and even our schools and social institutions. I am tired of the surprise that people express when they hear of sexual abuse scandals from the past. I am tired…

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Extra! Bush installs Bolton as ambassador

President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations today, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Bolton of abusing subordinates and twisting intelligence to fit his conservative ideology/Associated Press, here.

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Quick Fix 6 -- 8/1/05

1. A camera mounted on Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi's helmet shows astronaut Steve Robinson stowing tools in the payload bay of Discovery after completing a televised spacewalk Monday here.2. Cartoon Fix: Wayne Stayskal (Younger kids online), Henry Payne (Tiger Woods), and Steve Benson (Next shuttle…

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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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