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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 2006

Hump Day Wild Card -- 12/6/06

We won't get back together again until Friday, HBOers. I'll be in Spokane tomorrow for the annual newsroom editors retreat. Then, that might be a good thing because Blogmeister Ryan & Co. plan to take the site down for repairs from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.…

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Question: Least Favorite Christmas Song

In the "Best of the Local Blogs" today, you'll find CodaDave's list of his least-favorite secular (politically correct) ones. In no particular order, it includes*Winter Wonderland*Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow*Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer*Feliz Navidad*Jingle BellsQuestion: What would you add to the…

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Inside Huckleberries -- 12/6/06

*Dick Haugen's non-company e-mail address: Talkjoc@hotmail.com.*HBO -- to Dick Haugen: Dick, your fans our here would like you to post a non-KXLY e-mail so they can get ahold of you. One wants to give you an "electronic high-five."*If you heard all that scanner traffic about…

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Quotable Quote

"Big loss for North Idaho. The station was already automated 21 hours a day. With Dick Haugen gone, there will be no more reason to have local radio in Coeur d'Alene. Adios! Some genius in top management needs to have someone stop by his table…

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WSU Campus R's Call for Prof's Termination

Full post by Palousitics hereWashington State University College Republicans are calling for a WSU professor to be fired for his alleged use of a racial slur against a club member during the group’s Nov. 2 demonstration on illegal immigration. WSU senior Dan Ryder officially demanded…

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Getting There: I-90 To Be Monitored

Issue: Cameras to capture good, bad and ugly on Kootenai County's section of I-90/Amy Cannata, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Planners with the Idaho Transportation Department, highway districts and cities are considering installing cameras and weather sensors along I-90 from the Washington state line into Coeur d'Alene, as…

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Haugen, KXLY/KVNI Part Ways

Huckleberries has learned ... that long-time news director/morning man Dick Haugen and KXLY/KVNI have parted ways. Happened at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon -- and no one's saying nothing about nothing including those who may know something. Stay tuned.DFO: I don't know the inside skinny here.…

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BrodH20: Are the Urchins Spoiled?

Full post hereThe Otis and I sometimes feel like we're spoiling The Urchins. I feel that way when I buy them Lucky Charms. When I was a little girl growing up, my mom strictly purchased no-sugar cereal. It was always Cheerios for us. Or Kix.…

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Hunh? WSU 77, Gonzaga 67? What's Up w/That?

Washington State coach Tony Bennett celebrates his team's 8th win after upsetting Gonzaga 77-67 Tuesday in Pullman/Dan Pelle, Spokesman-ReviewIssue: WSU, going away: Cougars upset No. 18 gonzaga/Glenn Kasses, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Washington State defeated No. 18 Gonzaga 77-67 scoring 14 of the game's final 15 points…

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CDA Mom: Why Publicize X-Press Blog?

CDA Mom: It suprises me that a blog on x-press can continue to exist based solely on bashing another blog. What is likewise suprising is that Huckleberries is giving the "other blog" any attention at all. My Mom always told me that when my brother…

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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.