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THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 2005

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Item: Report: Females used sex in interrogations: Gitmo insider says woman contractors wore miniskirts, thongs, touched suspects/Associated Press. DFO: I'll leave you with one to chew on until tomorrow morning. If you follow the link above you'll find descriptions like this: "The interrogator left the…

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Best of the local Blogs (1/27/05)

*Big John Rook, a radio hall of famer who settled in CDA, pays tribute to Johnny Carson and Ray Peterson ("Tell Laura I Love Her," "Fever" and "Corinna, Corianna") here.*Bill McCrory (Whitecaps), Kristin Hoppe (Not So Fast) and Phil Corless (The Old Goat Trail) provide…

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Q & A

Question: I'm just curious. Do you ever read and consider opposing points of view? Your writing seems to have glimpses of intelligence behind it, but the intelligence is interspersed with what I would call "talk radio" moments ("hung over Washington Demos who've been celebrating the…

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Huckleberries (1/27/05)

4:11 p.m. We've launched another one, folks. Check out Herb Huseland's Bay Views blog here. You can also find his link at the right.2:08 p.m. Big John Rook, a radio pioneer, has been added to my North Idaho blogroll. For insights about radio history, the…

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Best of the Northwest (1/27/05)

It's almost February, and that means one thing to Mariner fans -- spring training is just around the corner. With the addition of infield sluggers Richie Sexson and Adrian Beltre to the lineup, we'll have something to look forward to this year after that 99-loss…

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Peanut Gallery (BNSF spill ... same-o)

re. Ex-grass grower exec Dennis Carlson weighs in about the dangers of a BNSF refueling depot over the aquifer. (I've jumped this to the "comment section" to get it all in.)I grew up on the prairie just northeast of Post Falls, graduated from PFHS, taught…

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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.