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THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 2008

WSU Wins 69-46, UI Falls 69-61

Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewDerrick Low of WSU tries to get around Josh Tarver of Oregon State during the first half of the Washington State game against Oregon State Jan. 17, 2008 at Friel Court in Pullman. Vince Grippi's Sportslink report here.Sportslink's WSU/OSU postgame video hereWSU 69, OSU…

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Parting Shot -- 1/17/08

George Cochaniec Jr./Rocky Mountain News, APA mule deer buck got tangled up in bailing twine after finding some hay near a ranch in the Gunnison Basin east of Gunnison, Colo. on Wednesday. Recent below zero temperatures and above average snow has forced the Colorado Division…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 1/17/08

Aijaz Rahi/AP PhotoTibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama yawns during a function, organized to felicitate India's former defense minister George Fernandes, unseen, in Bangalore, India, Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. Dalai Lama, a senior member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, shows his excitement…

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EOB: Solons Torpedo Boat Safety Bill

Idaho’s state Department of Parks and Recreation came in with legislation today to improve boating safety in the state, but ran into a hornet’s nest of questions and objections from lawmakers after they saw that the bill wouldn’t let anyone under 14 operate a boat…

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Alleged Cross Country Stalker Arrested Again

Item: New York man's alleged obsession with Spokane teen lands him in jail/Meghann M. Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: A 20-year-old New York man suspected of stalking a 15-year-old Spokane girl was arrested again today after police determined he had been trying to contact the girl at…

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EOB Roundup: Idaho Makes 'Shameful 7'

The Humane Society of the United States has named Idaho as one of its “Shameful Seven” states for lacking felony animal cruelty laws. “Forty-three states, plus Washington D.C., the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, recognize the gravity of these crimes and have felony animal cruelty…

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DanH: Sen. Keough Wants It Both Ways

Two years ago she said it was such a grand bargain everyone had to be included. In fact, Sen. Shawn Keough (pictured) was so enamored with the North Idaho Water Adjudication she sponsored the legislation and worked hard to get it passed in the state…

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Teacher Who Swatted Girls Wants Job Back

Item: Plummer-Worley teacher who spanked girls wants his job back/Ralph Bartholdt, St. Maries Gazette-RecordMore Info: A teacher who was fired for swatting four middle school girls on the rear is suing the Plummer-Worley School District. Bruce Lust says he was wrongfully fired and wants to…

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AM Hucks -- 1/17/08

Kathy Plonka/SR PhotoGenna Dodge, 16, before classes at NIC on Tuesday. Genna has been home schooled and is now taking college level classes at NIC. She talks about her golf passion with Greg Lee/SR here.*Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review*Hayden hunter who killed man near Tensed released…

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Quotable Quote: "You'll Find Out Who I Am"

"In fact, I'm your attorney. You'll find out who I am" -- Mike Haman, a contracted city attorney to CPD Blues during his arrest on domestic battery charges -- ("Groups question judge's propriety"/Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene Press)DFO: Ah, Mike, if they don't know who you…

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Huckabee: I'll Send All Illegals Home

Item: Huckabee vows to send all illegals home: GOP candidate signs pledge to enforce immigration laws/Washington Times More Info: The pledge, offered by immigration control advocacy group Numbers USA, commits Mr. Huckabee to oppose a new path to citizenship for current illegal aliens and to…

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North Idaho Bird Dog

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"There are 60 to 80 sparrows and chickadees, along with about three dozen quail, who are guests at my backyard birdfeeders each winter," Kerri Thoreson, OnLocation North Idaho. "The other day I took a couple of day old biscuits out to the…

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Nipp Re-Elected LCDC Chairman

Item: Nipp will continue as LCDC chairman: Requests mentoring, training program for future members, leaders/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Longtime Lake City Development Corp. board member Charlie Nipp has again been elected to chair the urban renewal agency's board of directors, but in accepting…

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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.