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MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2008

Parting Shot -- 11/24/08

Ivan Sekretarev/APZhang Dan and Zhang Hao, of China, perform during the gala exhibition after the Cup of Russia figure skating ISU Grand Prix event in Moscow, Russia, Sunday. You write the cutline.SR Photo Department's World in Pictures

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Bishops Want Killer's Execution Stopped

Item: Bishops ask Gregoire to stop execution/APMore Info: The state’s Catholic bishops, including Spokane Bishop William Skylstad, are asking Gov. Chris Gregoire to commute the death sentence of Darold Ray Stenson. The bishops are asking that Stenson instead receive life imprisonment without the possibility of…

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Scanner Traffic -- 11/24/08

5:18 p.m. A silver VW Jetta has hit a moose @ Highway 41, M/P 13. The moose is still alive in the roadway.3:29 p.m. R/P reports seeing a chip truck with extensive damage to trailer pulling onto Highway 95 from Kidd Island Bay -- and…

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Hayden Mishap Causes Sewage Spill

A hydro geologist is evaluating damage caused today when damage to a sewer pipe caused less than 2,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill in a residential area at Prairie Avenue and Rude Street. A private contractor caused the spill when he accidentally cut the…

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Delaware Guv Appoints Biden Replacement

Suchat Pederson/News Journal, APTed Kaufman speaks after being appointed by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate seat Joe Biden is leaving for the vice presidency, in Wilmington, Del., Monday. Kaufman, a former aide to Sen. Joe Biden, is president of a political and…

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Spirit Lake Cop Claims Discrimination In Firing

RE: letter sent by attorney Jay Q. Sturgell on behalf of former Spirit Lake officer Christopher Love to city of Spirit Lake, alleging discrimination in firing: "Officer Love's termination was discriminatory and in violation of his rights under the policy and procedures manual. The City…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 11/24/08

Courtesy: Timberlake Fire DistrictHere's another view of that mountain goat that butted his way into an Athol home on Thursday. You can read the text from the Timberlake Fire Protection District and see more photos here.*Judge dismisses Joseph Duncan appeal/Eye On Boise*Bogus Basin gets an…

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Idaho Quarter Rated Worst In Nation

Troy Maben/AP File PhotoIn this July 24, 2006, AP file photo, Idaho Gov. Jim Risch shows off the new Idaho state quarter design that features the image of a peregrine falcon to children at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise at an…

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Pastor Urges 7 Days Of Married Sex

Item: Texas Pastor: Let's talk about sex: Rev. Ed Young wants married congregants to have sex daily for the next seven days/ABC NewsMore Info: Thou shalt have sex and lots of it — That's the message one Texas reverend spread to his megachurch congregation today,…

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Ex-ShoshoneCo Sheriff Crnkovich, 75, RIP

Item: Former Shoshone County sheriff Crnkovich dies at 75/Nick Rotunno, Shoshone News-PressMore Info: When Franklin Dean Crnkovich passed away Wednesday at the age of 75, the Silver Valley lost one of its own. A longtime North Idaho law enforcement officer, he was a man who…

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APhoto of theDay w/Top Cutlines -- 11/24/08

Chris Pizzello/APPink is helped with her wardrobe as she arrives at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. "What's this? A note? 'Paid for by McCain Palin...?" -- OfCoffee.2. "OK, if I just loosen up a little here,…

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