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TUESDAY, AUG. 19, 2008

Wild Card/Tuesday -- 8/19/08

I apologize for a less-than-sterling report to end the day, HBOers. But the computer problems that have plagued us all afternoon are here again. I've been able to post between meltdowns. But I can't post the Parting Shot or the Headlines @ Closin' Time. I'm…

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EOB: Dylan Was A Very Brave Boy

As a child’s voice told of horrors suffered by herself and her 9-year-old brother, jurors listened intently, some clasping their hands over their mouths, other leaning forward or occasionally jotting a note on a clipboard. The victims’ father, Steve Groene, sat in the audience, where…

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CDA Woodcutter Missing Since Saturday

Daniel B. Varner, 54 of Coeur d’Alene, has been missing since the weekend, according to the CDA police department and KCSDepartment. He was last seen in Coeur d’Alene on Saturday at about 6 a.m. en route to the Fernan area to cut firewood. The Sheriff’s…

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Latest: Shasta Describes Dylan's Death

Slideshow: The evidenceShe described her brother’s death, saying Duncan was reaching into a clear plastic bin, rooting around for a cold can of beer, when the gun, which was in the same bin, went off, firing through the bin and hitting Dylan in the stomach.…

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Local Blogs: Let Go, Let God -- Kendramama

Mia Davidson/As The Lake ChurnsBaby Molly has a great time at Steamboat Bay, Priest LakeWhat's ironic, though, is when near-tragedy befell me last summer- in danger of having to serve several years in prison because of a previous sentencing error, and I would have had…

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Health Officials Warn Against Eating Bass

Item: Hold the bass: Idahoans warned against eating too much bass for fear of mercury levels/Nate Poppino, Twin Falls Times-NewsMore Info: Idaho health officials issued a statewide advisory on Monday warning about mercury levels in bass, the first statewide warning since the advisory system began…

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Computer Problems

Sorry, HBOers; our Coeur d'Alene office has been knocked offline since shortly after noon. I'm using a wireless computer to type this out and to try to post new material.

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Gary Ingram: Risch Should Debate Online

Gary Ingram: Rammell will pull votes away from Risch as they both have similar conservative values. Risch would be well advised to advance his candidacy for the Senate by getting invloved in these debates, or I'm afraid my Republican colleagues will lose this seat in…

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LaRocco Camp Labels Debate Successful

The first debate in the Idaho U.S. Senate race was a success. Democratic candidate Larry LaRocco and Independent candidate Rex Rammell debated the issues in a civil, accessible format last night, August 18. Republican candidate Jim Risch did not attend. Taking place in Coeur d’Alene…

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Elderly Man Decries Thieving Kin's Sentence

Item: Plea deal leaves elderly man dissatisfied/Alison Boggs, SRMore Info: In Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday, First District Judge Charles Hosack accepted a plea deal arranged by the prosecuting attorney’s office and Treat’s attorney, Mark Jackson. Although admitting no guilt, Treat paid $40,000 restitution and agreed…

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LCDC: Boundary Switch To Help Schools

Item: LCDC: Boundary shift will help schools: Switch will enable urban renewal agency to give Winton, Sorensen funding/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Two older Coeur d'Alene schools could get much-needed financial aid if the City Council agrees to stretch a Lake City Development Corp.…

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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.