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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

SUNDAY, AUG. 24, 2008

Wild Card/Sunday -- 8/24/08

The Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre production of "Les Miserables" on closing night Saturday was every bit as good as advertised, with the lead roles of Jean Valjean and Jaubert performed as well as you'll find at a summer theater level. Dunno why I waited until…

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Risch Defends 2006 Property Tax Cut

Item: Risch: Voters gave 2006 property tax cuts 72% OK/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: This newspaper and my Democratic opponent campaigned against the tax reform bill together. Although I respect their arguments, I disagree. They tried to convince voters in 2006 to vote no on the ballot…

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Duncan May Face Other Trials

Item: Duncan may face other trials: California DA vows to prosecute killer/Meghann Cuniff, SRMore Info: In addition to his pending sentence on 10 federal counts relating to his abduction of Dylan and Shasta Groene and Dylan's murder, Duncan faces a first-degree murder charge in connection…

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Clark: In-The-Buff Defecators? Case Solved

But returning to the current drug crisis, the officer quoted in the aforementioned story was a bit fuzzy on exactly which mind-altering substance could be behind this outbreak of clothes-shedding public evacuation. "The dope is either meth or PCP," said Tim Moses, a Spokane police…

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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.