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MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2008

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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SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 2008

Wild Card/Sunday -- 11/23/08

In the news this morning, there was another mall shooting, this time near Seattle, here. The father of the college student who committed suicide on the Web is appalled by the virtual audience who egged him on here. New research suggests that autumn babies are…

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Hawaii 49, Idaho 17

Ronen Zilberman/APHawaii's Ryan Mouton (2) runs past Idaho's Peter Bjorvik (89) and Malcolm Lane during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, on Saturday. Idaho ended the season with a 2-10 record. ESPN boxscore here.Men's BB: Idaho 78,…

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TUBOB: Don't Stone Girl Just Yet

RE: Girl lied about Ferris coach assaultWow, nobody's suggesting a public stoning or a witch's drowning? I know many of you cro magnons would prefer to believe mental illness is simply brattiness, willful snotty behavior, but if this kid, who did this at 15, has…

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SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 2008

Wild Card/Saturday -- 11/22/08

I have a fun tale for you that I heard second hand. Seems a staffer in the Spokane office was eating at a restaurant recently when she noticed a fellow at another table reading and constantly refreshing Huckleberries Online. She wondered why he kept refreshing…

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CDA Man Killed In One-Car Rollover

At approximately 1:40 a.m. today, Sheriff’s Deputies and Emergency Medical personnel responded to the area of Beck Road and Prairie Avenue in western Kootenai County to an unknown injury accident. When emergency personnel arrived, they found a one vehicle roll over where the driver had…

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Ex-Galpal Sez Defendants Revved Engines, Raced

The ex-girlfriend of a man on trial for vehicular manslaughter testified Friday that he and another driver acknowledged one another and revved their engines before speeding down Kathleen Avenue. Seconds later, 14-year-old Isaac Norris was killed when one of the cars T-boned a brown 1987…

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Outta This World

NASA/APIn this image provided by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough participates in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity Thursday as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.

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Rosdahl: Farmer's Market To Try Winter Version

Item: Local Market is farmers' markets' winter counterpart/Nils Rosdahl, SR. More Info: Although its debut was earlier this month, the grand opening for The Local Market CdA will be next Saturday. Located in the hallways of The Coeur d'Alene Plaza Shops at 210 Sherman Ave.,…

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FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 2008


TGIF Wild Card -- 11/21/08

In the news tonight, President-elect Barack Obama is set to pick Timothy Geithner as the next Treasury secretary here. Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a prelim "quickie divorce" here. Studies show many people disregard advice to get HIV tests here. And it's time to…

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