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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006

Wild Card/Thursday -- 4/27/06

I'm running low on fodder for my weekly Huckleberries print column. Anyone have a slice of life ... compelling story ... one-liner that I can toss into the mix for Saturday's paper. Feel free to post in the comments section below this item -- or…

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More About Perv Crackdown ...

"Many of the fugitives who were arrested were wanted for multiple offenses in multiple jurisdictions. One was a sex offender living near Boise who had not only failed to register at his new address, but was renting a room from a family with a young…

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Poll: A Shot For A 3rd Party Wannabe?

Item: Poll: 3rd party scores with border backlash: Presidential candidate focused on fence, enforcement would tie Dems, beat GOP/WorldNetDailyQuestion: Why can't a third party get enough traction to challenge the R's and D's on a regular basis?

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do

House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill., center, gets out of a Hydrogen Alternative Fueled automobile, left, as he prepares to board his SUV, which uses gasoline, after holding a new conference at a local gas station in Washington, Thursday to discuss the recent rise in…

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Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 4/27/06

Laramie County Community College horse training student Jennifer Ramsey brushes her two-year-old horse named 'Toots' in a round pen on the campus in Cheyenne, Wy., Wednesday. Ramsey is on the team showing horses and was giving her horse some hair care. (AP Photo/The Wyoming Eagle,…

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Because You Asked II ...

... Mike Kennedy sends along an e-mail from Police Chief Wendy Carpenter (pictured) explaining that multi-officer response to that Super One call:"The call originally started at the Super One in Hayden. A male suspect had been passing Account Close Checks (Felony) mostly in the county.…

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Question of the Day -- "United 93"

"After an introductory scene of some Arab men praying in an apartment on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the first quiet line of dialogue among them, subtitled in English, is 'It's time.' And so, despite the complaints about this film coming out "too soon"…

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The Hill: Sali Or Vasquez Or Sorenson, Oh My

The six-way race to win the Republican nomination in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District has turned into a full-fledged family feud, fraught with intraparty tensions and resentments. The six GOP candidates in pursuit of victory in the May 23 primary include a centrist woman, a social…

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