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FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 2008

TGIF Wild Card -- 10/10/08

Yeah, I know our financial markets are going to hell in a handbasket. But I didn't want to focus on that today here. You can find plenty to make you nervous at almost any other Web site today. I'd like to make this a haven…

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Alaska Panel: Palin Abused Authority

A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner. The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely…

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Another Rising Journalist Bids SR Farewell

We spend more waking and bonding hours with our coworkers in this weird environment of nasty negative things. Bizarre murders, car crashes, house fires, building fires, Taser incidents ... writing and posting news on deadline, relying on each other to not just be accurate and…

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Scanner Traffic -- 10/10/08

5:08 p.m. 2-vehicle, head-on crash on Highway 95 in front of the Westmond Store in Bonner County.4:53 p.m. R/P reports 2 boys on bikes have stolen 5 rolls of toilet paper from the bathrooms by the 3rd Street boat launch and are headed north toward…

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UI Student: Safer To Be Gay Today

Students on campus today may be met by speakers sharing some of their most personal stories about coming out of the closet. Sophomore Kory Larabee, who is openly gay, said Coming Out Week is meant to let people know “that this is a safe time…

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Can You Play Basketball Better Than This Girl?

Anchorage Daily News/APSarah Heath, right, plays basketball for Wasilla High School at the 1982 Alaska state high school basketball championships in Wasilla, Alaska. Sarah Heath is the maiden name of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. A tough defender and sturdy point guard, Palin helped lead…

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Rustler's Roost To Close Sunday, Reopen

SR File PhotoToday, DFO chats with Rustler's Roost owner Woody McEvers re: his move to a new location. In the file photo above, Woody pours coffee for some of his last customers at his old Sherman Avenue location.Question: I hear you're closing the current Rustler's…

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Press: Accentuate The Positive

Today we'd like to share three bits of headache medicine in hopes they will ease your discomfort a bit. One came from local financial adviser Brad Dugdale recently when he suggested that we should all just turn off our TVs. Dugdale was not advocating a…

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TUBOB: Childhood Trauma Blogging 9.0

So, this one frozen morning me and Byron, who at that time was like my best friend as all of my salesmannish pleadings created a wonderous young ladly bonding between the two of us, were walking to Jefferson Elementary on Military Hill in Pullman and…

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Digger: What, Me Worry?

When you're on the lower level of the economy this does not effect anything. Spazz and I haven't felt the crunch, except in the fact he can't find a job. This is a market correction - its been necessary for a long time and will…

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Gary Ingram: Need New Friends

Well, I've worked 10 years beyond a 65 year retirement age in order conserve my retirement investments about half of which are in the stock market. Last month I switched from earned income to withdrawals from investments. Need I say more to make the point.…

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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.