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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 2005

Wild Card/Tuesday -- 9/13/05

Don't look now, but PETA is planning another outrage -- this time comparing what it considers animal cruelty to black civil rights abuses. It'll be airing this billboard in the Seattle area tomorrow and Thursday, with plans for other West Coast stops afterward. I'm still…

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Best of the Local Blogs -- 9/13/05

Phil's cutline from Tall Trees blog: This statue of an old-time photographer at Higgens Point is forever taking pictures of Lake Coeur d'Alene. (I didn't know this statue was out there.)*Stebbijo/Your Views had a close encounter with a fascinating world-traveling woman at a laundromat and…

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Eugster's 25 Minutes of Fame?

Former Spokane Renegade Councilman Steve Eugster is challenging the Mayor Jim West recall campaign? I understand that already, that 17,000 signatures have been collected, and the petition drive hasn't even been underway that long. Is this Eugster's way of stretching his 15-minutes of fame into…

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Alex Bedini: Coolest Cat Ever, RIP

Alex Bedini was a master of the fluid, straight-ahead style of jazz that blossomed from the fingers of jazz guitar innovators like Django Reinhardt, Johnny Smith and Joe Pass. But Bedini didn't just play jazz. He was jazz. Everything about him – from his gravel-voice…

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Huckleberries Quick Fix 6 -- 9/13/05

1. APhoto Fix: Senate Judiciary Committe Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., right, displays a chart outlining Supreme Court rulings on the Roe v Wade abortion decision, during Judge John G. Roberts' confirmation to become the chief justice of the United States, on Capitol Hill in…

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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.