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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008

Eye Opener: Will Good Sports Turn Around UI Image?

Spokesman-Review File PhotoUniversity of Idaho President Tim White, left, claps as Idaho's new basketball coach, George Pfeifer, right, addresses the media at a news conference in Moscow March 25, 2006. Two years later, White backed Pfeifer's firing.Item: University of Idaho president pushes sports, law school/Nicholas…

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Hump Day Wild Card -- 3/26/08

Frito Ray called from the Spokane Valley to say that it's snowing pretty hard there and elsewhere along his route in eastern Washington. And that it's headed this way. I see some small snow flakes outside my office window. Last night, the weatherwoman subbing for…

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AMOO: Cantwell Could Switch To Obama ...

Dan Pelle/Spokesman-ReviewSen. Maria Cantwell shows support for Sen. Hillary Clinton at a Feb. 8 appearance in Spokane... That's what she told the editorial board of the Columbian in Vancouver. If he has the most delegates and states, then she says he should be the nominee.…

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Best of the HBO Blogosphere -- 3/26/08

Atmospheric Ruminations illustrationEven with that socialization I was ill at ease with American blacks. There weren't any that I can recall in my classes or dorm. After all I was smack dab in the middle of Iowa. But I do remember sitting in the student…

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$35 For A Theater Ticket?

Item: Posh Redmond theater to charge $35 a ticket/Amy Roe, Seattle TimesMore Info: Would you pay $35 for a movie ticket, plus extra for popcorn? What if it guaranteed no one could kick your seat? An Australian theater chain opening in Redmond this fall is…

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Richard Widmark, 93, Actor, RIP

Universal Studios/APIn this 1962 image originally released by United Artists, Richard Widmark portrays Col. Tad Lawson, right, in a scene with Maximilian Schell in "Judgment at Nuremberg." Widmark died at his home in Roxbury after a long illness. He was 93. Widmark's wife, Susan Blanchard,…

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Dirt: Idaho AG Bans Foreclosure Rescue Firm

Local experts at a foreclosure roundtable on Monday cautioned about businesses trying to take advantage of vulnerable homeowners worried about defaulting on their mortgages. On that note, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden this morning announced a Florida-based foreclosure rescue company is banned from doing business…

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Dying Man's New Insurer Won't Cover Transplant

Dan Pelle/Spokesman-ReviewLiAnne Watley gets a reassuring touch from her attorney Brian Sheldon as she wipes her eyes when talking about the poor health of her husband, Fred Watley. Item: Dying man's new insurer won't cover a liver transplant/John Stucke, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Fred Watley is missing…

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Orbusmax Special: Transgender Oregon Man PG?

An Oregon man is five months pregnant, according to a national magazine. Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portland, Ore., television station KPTV reported. Beatie…

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MamaJD: I'm Tired Of 'Nonini Specials'

Representative Bob Nonini's waste of time in our legislature irritates me to no end. Mr. Nonini - why can't you apply your time to pioneering real change for Idaho? I find myself regularly referring to Nonini's sponored bills as the Nonini Special -- making law…

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Sneaky Solons Repealing Your Property Tax Relief

Item: A few would gain a lot: House votes 39-31 in favor/Betsy Russell, SR Eye On BoiseJim Fisher/Lewiston Tribune: Who will be the ultimate victims of Idaho legislators' rush to repeal the state tax on business equipment? Not the school administrators and local government officials…

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Lakeland Levy Passes w/75% Of Vote

The $3.9 million supplemental levy for the Lakeland School District passed tonight with 75 percent support from patrons. The final results: 637 votes for the two-year levy and 201 against the levy. A total of 848 votes were cast.

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Otter's Drug Treatment Veto Hammers Programs

Item: Funds loss hammers treatment facilities: Gov. Otter vetoed bills that would have provided $16.8 million for programs/Sean Garmire, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Drug treatment facilities across Idaho will lose significant funding this year if lawmakers fail to reconcile the governor's veto. Two bills that…

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Ron Paul Wows Caldwell Supporters

Mike Vogt/Idaho Press-TribuneRepublican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, prepares to sign one of his books, titled "The Revolution," as he chats with his supporters Friday at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.Item: Ron Paul supporters from across state pack College of Idaho: 'He is…

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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.