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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008



Best of the HBO Blogosphere -- 4/4/08

Kyle Mills/Lewiston Tribune, AP PhotoBrian Haning of Lewiston sits high atop the roof of the new Syringa Bank painting on Thursday in the Lewiston, Idaho.For the most part, I don't know what to say. Where do I begin? I remember good times and bad times.…

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APhoto of the Day -- 4/4/08

Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP PhotoCouples participate in a mass kiss during a promotional event in Madrid Thursday, April 4, 2008. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. While Spanish couples Basque in the spotlight, the local bishop is disturbed by the idea of a Mass kiss --…

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Conservative Speaker Stirs WSU Ruckus

Item: D’Souza offered valid points on American racism/Chris Johnson, WSU Evergreen; and: D'Souza speech destroyed opportunity for dialogue/Elaine Wood, WSU EvergreenDirector Edward P. Weber/Foley Institute: As Director of the Foley Institute, and as a scientist and teacher who embraces the marketplace of ideas, I am…

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JeanieSpokane: Google's Eye In Sky Scary

Item: Pittsburgh couple sues Google over spycam/Tom Sowa, TXTJeanieSpokane/Nuts & Nonsense: We just discovered this feature! At first it is awesome and amazing – you can view your property from a virtual camera in front of your house – you can look on either side…

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News Diary: Jordan, MLK -- Comparable Trauma

Paul Turner’s excellent piece today on the assassination of Martin Luther King and its impact on Memphis prompted me to relive an unfortunate and similar experience. Vernon Jordan, then director of the National Urban League, was severely wounded by a racist sniper in my hometown…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 4/4/08

Courtesy/Lewiston TribuneDonnelly Coplan and Tiffany L. Giles of Moscow can literally stop traffic while on their day job of flagging at construction zones. Their weekend job as exotic dancers parks customers in their seats to watch them at The Torch Lounge in Coeur d’Alene. Story…

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How They Voted 2 -- Modified Primaries

SB 1507: The bill approved by the Senate would make a public record out of whether voters choose Republican, Democratic or other party ballots. It also would let Republicans pay for their own primary elections, if they still weren’t satisfied.Correct Vote: Hell no. (At the…

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Online Poll: Political Finance Disclosure

IdaBlue regularly posts finance disclosure information on his blog. Today, he asks his readers -- and I also wonder about this -- if they like to see posts about candidate and PAC finances?*Stop! Please! Yer killin' me. *Snooze. *Can be interesting, but the ones on…

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Fisher: Anti-Wolf Leader Nothing But Hot Head

Ron Gillett no doubt has had better weeks than the last one. Tuesday, the Stanley outfitter who leads the Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition was arrested after a confrontation with one of his neighbors in the small community, wolf advocate Lynne Stone. He later pleaded innocent to…

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Eye Opener: Rolling Stones Or Beatles?

AP File PhotoAs I went through my teen years in the '60s, I considered The Beatles to be my sisters' band while I preferred the bad-boy Rolling Stones. The Beatles, of course, are now considered the greatest rock band of all time. But The Stones…

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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.