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MONDAY, DEC. 4, 2006

Computer Problems

We've been down for an hour or so this morning while our computer guys fixed a hack job from last night. As a result, all the comments and material from that point has been lost. I'll have to repost this morning's material. Sorry.

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AM Hucks: Story Behind Illicit E-mails

Many have asked how SReporter Taryn Brodwater got ahold of illicit e-mails swapped among Chief Deputy Prosecutor Rick Baughman, ex-victims advocate Laura Bonneville and Sheriff Rocky's troops. Huckleberries is prepared to tell you. It started with a public records request. A tipster told Taryn to…

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SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 2006

Wild Card/Saturday -- 12/2/06

Before SReporter Taryn Brodwater left the office Friday evening, I gave her a high 5. Her work unraveling the latest prosecutor e-mail scandal amidst an attempt to stonewall was as good as I've seen in years. She and Erica Curless give us an investigative team…

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Quotable Quote

"Digital dumpster diving is so much more professional than real dumpster diving, mostly because you don't end up with a soggy banana stuck to your pants or have your jacket smell like pee."DanG

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FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 2006

TGIF Wild Card -- 12/1/06

I heard the Elephants at the Pachyderm Club this morning were unhappy (aren't they always) that the SR doesn't allow long letters to the editor, like the Coeur d'Alene Press does. Indeed, we limit letters to the editor to 200 words. Why? We probably run…

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Memo: Watch Those E-mails -- Randy Stapilus

Full post, including comments about the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office scandal, hereJust a few months ago the chief of police of Portland, Derrick Foxworth, was demoted (and is now at legal war with the city) and generated a local firestorm over a sexual relationship with…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 12/1/06

Jessica Simpson, 6, tries to catch snowflakes on her tongue during the lighting of the Statehouse Christmas tree Thursday in Boise.(AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Katherine Jones)SR: Spokane Sensitivity: Minor League baseball team, tribe showed mutual respect here.1. Serial killer Robert Yates Jr., a Spokane factory…

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DeePee: Wallace Is True Internet Wilderness

DeePee: You think you've got problems. Try living in the Silver Valley. We are served by one stone-cold incompetent monopoly cable outfit for TV and broadband. Three name-changes in 2 years; each time the service gets worse, the speeds get slower (can you believe 11…

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AM Hucks: County E-mail Slime Angers Berry Pickers

Those raw e-mails that were circulated between the Kootenai County prosecutor's and Sheriff's offices received a poor reception at Huckleberries Online. Several Berry Pickers wanted Prosecutor Bill Douglas to resign pronto. "The prosecutor's department is too broken to be fixed without a change of leadership,"…

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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.




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