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FRIDAY, DEC. 9, 2005

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The front, left, and inscription of President Bush's 2005 Christmas card. Issue: Putting the X in Xmas: Crossing names off your holiday-card list/Jack Broom, Seattle TimesHelpful Hint: "My rule of thumb ... If I haven't spoken to them in three years, or I don't know…

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NW Holiday Scenes

Adrianna Keeney, 6, of Kalispell, Mont., gets up close and personal with her work while decorating the Christmas tree in the window of her mother's hair salon Thursday. (AP Photo/The Daily Inter Lake, Chris Jordan) A herd of elk loung in a field northwest of…

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Wild Card/TGIF -- 12/9/05

As I go in search of an editorial topic, I have a confession to make -- and I do so knowing that Junior might be checking this blog (and having a fit when he reads this). When I got married, I insisted that there were…

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Question No. 2 -- 12/9/05

Former Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and Rep. Tom Delay, R-Texas, are seen in undated file photos. When Republicans seized power in Congress a decade ago, they vowed to sweep out the stench of scandal and…

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WorldNetDaily Poll -- Checkbook Journalism

Issue: Saudi boasts of role in Fox News coverage: Shareholding prince says change madeafter he phoned chief Rupert Murdoch/WND Question: Is Fox News compromised by having a Saudi prince as a major investor? 1. No, Fox News is truly fair and balanced 2. No, Fox…

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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.