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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008

TGIF Wild Card -- 3/14/08

I can't say I'll be sorry to see this week go. It was a tough one launched by the crud on Monday and continuing through today and probably into this weekend. I haven't even had time to enjoy Junior's success with his dissertation defense last…

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St. Paddy's Parade On Tap Saturday

Item: St. Patrick's Day parade ready to roll/Jim Kershner, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: The St. Patrick’s Day parade, a March tradition in Spokane for 30 years, winds through downtown Saturday, beginning at noon. This parade is always a grass-roots affair, organized by volunteers with the Friendly Sons…

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Up On The Roof

Paul Webster, principal of Marsing Middle School, works his laptop on the middle school roof in Marsing, Idaho, today. Webster challenged his students that if they read and scored 3,000 accelerated reader points in the third quarter of the school year, he would spend the…

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APhoto of the Day -- 3/14/08

Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall from Britain perform during the Syncro Duet Free Routine preliminary competition at the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski) Top Cutlines1. Late in his presidency, Ronald Reagan was quite pleased…

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Clifford Helm Acquitted

Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewSandy Helm, right, listens to her husband, Clifford Helm, say a few words to the media at the Spokane County Courthouse after he was acquitted Friday in the deaths of the Shrock children in a car accidentKREM2 videoClifford Helm, who blamed a medical conditon…

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Celebrating St. Paddy's Day Early

Briahna Grace, a 13-month-old Savannah native, watches the city's St. Patrick Day parade today from the lap of her uncle Dylan Grace in Savannah, Ga. The date of the parade was changed because of a quirk in the 2008 calendar that places Monday the 17th…

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HBO's Local AM Headlines -- 3/14/08

Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewDon Parker, right, and Lou St. John, left, talk about the old railroad tunnel they own on an old Milwaukee Railroad right of way and which they are hoping to sell. The two are business partners in a grain storage company in Tekoa, Wash.…

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McCain: Iraq Pull-out Would Cause Genocide

Item: McCain: Iraq pull-out will cause genocide: GOP nominee-apparent warns of 'chaos ... across the region'/London Telegraph More Info: My aspiration is that if we show success in Iraq that our European allies will come in and help out in the myriad of ways necessary…

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Another Disappointing Season Ends For UIdaho

From left: Idaho players Barrett Brown, Sebastien Taulbee, head coach George Pfeifer, Jordan Brooks and Phillip Thomas watch the final minute from the bench against New Mexico State during the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament quarterfinal Thursday at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces,…

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Planned Parenthood: Racial Doughnation Didn't Hurt

Item: Planned Parenthood says racist donation hasn't hurt it/Erica F. Curless, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info Planned Parenthood of Idaho has had no decline in donations or demand for health services in the wake of accusations that it encouraged a donation aimed at aborting black babies. Officials apologized…

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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.