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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007

Wild Card/Thursday -- 3/15/07

Coming Tomorrow in the SR (from reporter Tom Clouse): Prosecutors insist Gonzaga University basketball star Josh Heytvelt received no special treatment. But it turns out Heytveldt is the only felony drug suspect from Spokane County ever approved for enrollment in the diversion program that could…

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Inside Huckleberries -- 3/15/07

*Kelly McBride, a former CdA/SR bureau colleague who's now an ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute (a training center for journalists in St. Petersburg, Fla.) opines in a Newsday.com about the similarity between the Scooter Libby crowd and high school adolescents here....*Post Falls Dad:…

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SR Edit: Time for Prosecutor Douglas to Go

For the rest of DFO's editorial in today's SR, click here.The reputation of the Kootenai County prosecutor's office has been damaged beyond repair by the controversies. As long as Douglas continues as the elected office administrator, it won't recover. Douglas should have resigned when Baughman's…

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Item: Florida Bat Scares Spec-Taters ...

... Or, you can never be too careful around a flying bat. It may be rabid.Florida Marlins' Hanley Ramirez's bat flies into the stands after slipping out of his hands while at bat in the sixth inning against the Houston Astros during a Grapefruit League…

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Poll: Gloomy Mood Tied to Income Level

For the rest of the Bloomberg.com story, click hereHow gloomy Americans are about the direction of the country and President George W. Bush's leadership depends on how much money they make. Twenty-three percent of all Americans said the country is on the right track, a…

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Item: NIC Student Complaint Brings $379 Refund

Issue: NIC student gets refund after protesting teacher/Meghann M. Cuniff, Spokesman-Review More Info: North Idaho College will refund the course fee paid by a student who claimed her instructor spent more time bashing Republicans than teaching. Longtime GOP supporter Linda Cook said she's "thrilled to…

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RSPA: Missildine, Blanchette Are 2 Different Types

Rainbow Sparkle Pony Angel: (Harry) Missildine was a helluva sportswriter, very old school, very good ole boy network, booze swilling, cigar chomping sportswriter. Blanchette represents a newer type of writer, more ironic and a remarkably high stylist but much less boosterism. Missildine put more of…

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AM Hucks: The News from Hootenanny County

First, you should know that Deputy Dawg Kevin Mumford is a perennial winner of the Kootenai County Substance Abuse Council's Top Cop Award – for catching the most DUI drivers in a given year. However, he didn't win this year. In joking about Mumford's uncanny…

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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.