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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2005

Comment of the Day

Marshall Chesrown is a gentleman and a businessman. In the S-R story, Marshall says to make the deal pencil out, he will need to recoup his costs with waterfront property. The S-R article states he has not yet met with education players, that they don't…

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Ah'm Your Huckleberry

Sightem: Four boys on the sidewalk along Northwest Boulevard walking toward the Coeur d'Alene Skate Park with boards in hand. At least, three of them had their skateboards in hand. The fourth was pushing a baby in a stroller. Musta got his marching orders from…

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Official Question of the Day

Item: High court ends death penalty for youths: 5-4 decision throws out sentences of about 70 juvenile murderers/Associated Press.DFO: We should be glad that the softies on the Supreme Court didn't order juvenile thugs to receive a merit badge and be released. Sheesh. I hope…

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SR Morning Headlines (3/1/05)

*Spokane grows by 207 acres, 1,640 people: Council's annexation vote increases lead over Tacoma for state's No. 2/Mike Prager, SR -- If you can't outbreed 'em, out-annex 'em.*Bush plan could boost BPA rates 65 percent: Power council predicts BPA switch to market rates could cost…

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Inside Huckleberries (3/1/05)

1 p.m. Blog numbers for the month of February will top 45,000, which will beat my biggest month to date, January, by around 7,000 pageviews.8:40 a.m. Three cheers for -- March 1. Hip, hip, etc. This day means two things: We've survived February and winter…

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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.