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Severely injured soldier Brandon Adam, shown here with President Bush earlier this month, will return to Sandpoint this weekend. Marianne Love/Slight Detour sez he's looking forward to meeting the public at an informal gathering at the First Assembly of God Church Sunday here.

Coming Wednesday in Spokesman-Review: Top 100 Apple Cup plays of all time.

1. Bernard von NotHaus is anxious to prove his American Liberty Dollars are perfectly legal in the face of a federal investigation with ties to North Idaho. The self-described monetary architect didn't seem fazed that he could soon be facing a host of charges, including money laundering, wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy and making or possessing likeness of coins/Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene Press. Click here.

2. State Rep. Steven Thayn (R-Emmett), Idaho's self-appointed arbiter of family virtue who, according to the Idaho Statesman, "sees the breakdown of the traditional family structure as the root of societal ills such as drug abuse, crime and domestic violence," has been less than forthcoming about his own family problems/Mountain Goat Report. Click here.

3. Online Poll: 60% of 651 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll say Idaho school districts should install seatbelts in their buses.

4. News Roundup: First car theft suspect nabbed by new I-90 cameras/Coeur d'Alene Press; Gregoire catches heck from both sides for special session call/Eye On Olympia; Romney touts trade, immigration views during Idaho, Washington stops/Idaho Statesman; Pickup hits, kills Spokane pedestrian/Spokesman-Review; and Spokane Valley father sues son's drug supplier/Spokesman-Review.

5. Blogosphere: Thanksgiving by the numbers/The Fresh Sheet; Review: "Beowulf"/Clayton Cramer; Spare Us! Another strike!/Dogwalk Musings; Fatigue/Kellogg Bloggin'; and Sali's love-hate relationship with federal spending/Kevin Richert.

6. IMHO: Give generously, then promote it/Doug Clark, Spokesman-Review; A cosmic disconnect/David Horsey, Seattle PI; Dawg has plenty of yap in him/Jim Moore, Seattle PI; Combining programs right move for WSU, UI/Craig Staszkow, Moscow-Pullman Daily News; Internet? More like Inter-not/Mark Samuels, NIC Sentinel.

Orbusmax Special: Community upset that Cesar Chavez street renaming would run through Chinatown here.

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