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MONDAY, OCT. 6, 2008

Parting Shot -- 10/6/08

Matt Cilley/APWalt Minnick, shown fly fishing in More's Creek near Boise in July, is casting himself as a conservative against first-term Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho, in Idaho's 1st Congressional District covering western and northern Idaho. Minnick, raised on a wheat farm in Walla Walla, Wash.,…

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Boise To Crack Down On Dog Poop Litter

The city of Boise says the message just isn't getting across. Too many dog owners continue breaking leash and littering laws. Now city leaders are taking the tough approach - making owners pay up if they're caught. "Any of the dogs that are off the…

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Headlines @ Closin' Time -- 10/6/08

Thirty-seven young women from all over the state were OnLocation in Coeur d'Alene this past week for the Idaho Junior Miss Program. They displayed some extraordinary performing arts skills from piano to cello to ballet to classical vocals. These high school seniors are solidly among…

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Capt. Ben's Felony Warrant Roundup 10/6-10

In Capt. Ben Wolfinger's felony warrant honor roll this week, the featured future defendants are (from left): Stephen Andrew Edgeman, 20, Coeur d'Alene, who's wanted for failure to appear on grand theft and forgery counts (no bond); Gregory James Herbert, 30, Hayden, probation violation for…

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Anon Brand X Moderator Has Hands Full

RE: Mary Souza column in CDA Press"Moderator: Our online community is a reflection of all of us. Ridiculing and humiliating groups of people or individuals is not constructive. Postive participation creates the environment we want to encourage which includes your feedback. The comment was not…

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Local Blogs -- 10/6/08

Idaho Escapee/Atmospheric RuminationsLooks like Idaho Escapee has been photoshopping again. Here, you see his impression of the Sarahcuda.*Watering the empty places/North Idaho Skinny*Priest Lake inspires Allen James Teague/As The Lake Churns*High standards/A Family Runs Through It*McCain, Palin deserve each other, but do we deserve them?/Dogwalk…

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Parents Slam Tri-City School Discipline

The five-step program emphasizes students' responsibility for their own behavior. If they disrupt class, they're making a "choice" to move to Step 1 of the program. That means they sit facing away from the class for a few minutes. If they continue acting out, they…

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Obama's A Terrorist, McCain's A Crook

Palin kicked it up a notch yesterday with this nonsense: “Our opponent is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who target their own country.” To put it in a vernacular Palin might understand, that dog won’t hunt. (One presumes…

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'Risky' Palin Makes Newsweek Cover

PRNewsFoto/NewsweekIn the Oct. issue of Newsweek (on newsstands today): "She's One of the Folks (And that's the problem)." Editor Jon Meacham writes an essay about how Sarah Palin's populist view of high office is risky for the country. Plus: the problems the next president will…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 10/6/08

Christof Stache/AP PhotoWaitresses dance and celebrate the end of the beer festival Oktoberfest 2008 in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday evening. Thousands of peoples visited the world largest beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich during the last two weeks. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. The UofI…

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Souza: It's Alive! New Prairie Trail Rocks

They pulled out the old railroad tracks, laid down some asphalt and suddenly the area came to life. The new Prairie Trail is full of activity. Old folks walking, young couples pushing strollers, bicycles of all sizes, shapes and configurations, in-line skaters, and of course,…

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Poll: 59% Want To Throw The Bums Out

Poll: 3 in 5 voters: Boot every congressman: 59 percent say they'd kick out all members of House, Senate/WorldNetDailyMore Info: If given the choice, a new poll reveals, 59 percent of Americans would sweep Capitol Hill clean of the current batch of senators and representatives…

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Countdown: Local Election Races, Anyone?

Countdown: There's exactly 30 days until the election and I can't believe how little action there's been on Countdown: the county races and local legislative races. I can't remember a time when there were two commissioner races that had both Rs and Ds on the…

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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.