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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008

Wild Card/Tuesday -- 5/6/08

We made it back to town today from Portland with Amy Dearest, two of my siblings and their spouses in tow. We plan to hang out with them through Sunday morning when they all board planes for return trips to Portland and California, respectively. This…

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EOB: Motorists line up for lower-priced gas

Cars started lining up at 8:30 this morning for what may be the most popular stunt of the campaign season: Congressional candidate Walt Minnick’s $2.26-a-gallon gas sale. From 10 to 11 a.m. Boise time, Minnick made up the difference between the sale price of $2.26…

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APhoto of the Day -- 5/6/08

Elise Amendola/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., grimaces as Helen Matta of New Bern, N.C., kisses her while she snaps their picture at a rally in Greenville, N.C. Monday. You write the cutline.

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Kempthorne Hasn't Turned Over Guv Records

Item: Kempthorne holds on to his records: Two years after he left office, the ex-governor still hasn't sent his files to Idaho's archives, as state law requires/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Two years ago, the Idaho Attorney General's office told Dirk Kempthorne to give his gubernatorial records…

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Clark: Jaywalkers Beware

I can’t tell you how excited I was to open the newspaper the other day and see that the Spokane Police Department had finally rid the city of crime. No more dope dealers. No more murderers. No more burglars. No more East Sprague women of…

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WorldNetDaily Poll: Fluoride

Question: What do you think about fluoride?/WorldNetDaily1. The CDC is right, water fluoridation is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century2. After 50 years of fluoridation, if there were ill effects, we'd know about them3. The government wouldn't put dangerous levels of…

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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.