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SR Morning headlines

*Supreme Court won't hear field-burning case: Farmers claim victory; clean-air advocates vow to fight on/Nicholas K. Geranios, AP -- I have only three words to say to the US Supreme Court: Hack, cough, wheeze.

*The road hardly traveled at all: Doug Clark found himself turning into, gasp, a Bloomie/Spokesman-Review -- You didn't really think Clark was going to follow through with this Bloomsday nonsense did you?

*Both sides claim win in pretrial rulings: Washington governor's race heads for court showdown/Jim Camden, SR -- As Yogi Berra used to say: This one ain't over until it's over.

*Idaho urges more tests on BNSF refueling depot: Railroad cites lost revenues; state cites holes in liners protecting aquifer/James Hagengruber, SR -- If you can get greenie Barry Rosenberg to wear a tie to a court hearing, anything's possible -- even a safe BNSF refueling depot. Ah, mebbe that's a bit too far.

*Contentious Times hits the stands: 15-year-old hopes to reach out, make difference in the world/Rob McDonald, SR -- The future of journalism is promising as long as youngsters like Nina Neff are waiting in the wings.



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.