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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006

TGIF Wild Card -- 6/23/06

Attention: HBOers, Blogmeister Ken Paulman has volunteered to keep the blog moving next week, by posting copy and links that you send him. He'll also post things he sees while keeping the software gears running smoothly on our online product and surfing the Internet. I'll…

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HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 6/23/06

CDDave writes of day's gone by when chamber types tried to lure visitors with postcards like the one above and of trying to get around in downtown Coeur d'Alene this Coeur d'Alene Ironman week here.*Stebbijo Unzipped isn't surprised by the charges of corruption being leveled…

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Inside Huckleberries -- 6/23/06

5:15 p.m., Blogmeister Ken Sands called from the bloggers convention in S.F. to say his USA Today newspaper today contained a cardboard insert advertising $500,000 lots on a Jack Nicklas golf course overlooking ... Lake Pend Oreille. There's goes the neighborhood. Can you say "higher…

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CPD Blue Announces Arrest In 2003 CDA Rapes

Coeur d'Alene Police have just announced a break in a serial rape investigation from 2003. They arrested 33-year-old Paul Hawkins at his workplace at 2 PM Friday and charged him with four counts of 1st Degree Rape. Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wendy Carpenter joined officers…

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Flyin' High On The Oregon Coast

Dunno of an Inland Northwesterner who doesn't like the Oregon Coast. I once was offered an asst. M.E. job at Coos Bay. But turned it down for an asst. news editor job at the Lewiston Morning Tribune. Way better newspaper. However, I try to get…

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Mailbag: Seeking Death Penalty Vs. Wife Beheader

James Bond: Oh goodie, another death penalty! There's almost no question he'll get it. Then, it will NEVER happen. We'll have years and years and years of multiple appeals, bouncing back and forth costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and requiring witnesses and family…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 6/23/06

Jason Romero fishes Thursday in Bremerton, Wash., as clouds are reflected in the calm water/Larry Steagall, AP Photo/Kitsap Sun.Postman: Seattle librarians lobbying national delegates to call for Bush impeachment here.1. For Eric Devericks/Seattle Times, the old cut-and-run scenario is on the other foot now here.2.…

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Ramaro Spent $48,000 of Her Own Money

Issue: Judicial campaign expensive: Amaro outspent winner Mitchell in 1st District primary race/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Attorney Rami Amaro spent $57,216, including nearly $48,000 of her own money, on her failed attempt to unseat 1st District Judge John T. Mitchell in last month's primary election.…

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Mailbag: What Do Demos Have To Offer?

Dang: Truth. Okay. You're obsessed over Iraq. Great. I'll buy you a cake. But can you tell what the Democratic Party has to offer me besides cut-and-run in Iraq? Oh, no. You'll probably dwell on "cut and run" That's predictable and sad, and it's turning…

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WorldNetDaily Poll -- 6/23/06

Issue: Many Americans in missile range just shrug: 'A better question is when's the next earthquake'/Associated PressQuestion: Should the U.S. take out North Korea's launch pad at this time? 1. No, it would be crazy and would likely spark World War III 2. No, a…

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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.