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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 2008

Hump Day Wild Card -- 9/3/08

Tonight's the night that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin proves whether or not she's up to the public spotlight that her VP selection has brought. I can't wait to watch. I'm sure a lot of you will do so, too. Mebbe we can talk about it…

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Obama Supports Several Gun-Control Laws

Obama, meanwhile, proposes several gun-control laws, including restricting purchases of weapons and ammunition at gun shows, establishing a national database that would capture and record imprints left by bullets, and making gun locks mandatory. On the issue of prohibiting citizens from carrying concealed weapons, Obama…

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Headlines @ Closin' Time -- 9/3/08

Jerome A. Pollos/Coeur d'Alene Press, APNicolette Hausler talks to her son Xander Irwin, 5, before entering his kindergarten class at Borah Elementary in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on the first day of school Tuesday.*Former Meals On Wheels manager moonlighting as erotic escort?/KXLY*Deputy rescues DUI suspect at…

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Breaking! Court OKs Rammell For Ballot

The Idaho Supreme Court rejected arguments Wednesday over whether independent U.S. Senate candidate Rex Rammell should be included on the November ballot. The Idaho Supreme Court Clerk said that the court did not find any basis for prohibition and denied the petition. Attorney Dennis Sallaz,…

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Arrests Made In Safeway Robbers ...

Patrick Augerlavoie, 32, and Carrie Augerlavoie, 29, both of Hayden Lake, were charged with the two recent robberies of the Safeway pharmacy on Fourth Street in Coeur d'Alene, including one this morning. The were apprehended after an alert pharmacist at Medicine Man Pharmacy, 1114 Ironwood…

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Local Blogs -- 9/3/08

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"This summer," writes Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "I've spent more than a few afternoons at Johnson Mill River Park on the Spokane River. It's been one of the best OnLocation discoveries of the season. Located at 4340 W. Shoreview Lane, the park…

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Risch Launches Campaign Blog

Hello and welcome to the Risch Blog! For the next 63 days, it is my hope to use this blog as a way to keep you up-to-date on what’s happening with the campaign, in our State and all over America – whether it be videos…

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Ellen Goodman Among GOP Convention Arrests

Item: Rowdy or Righteous? Police, press and protestors clash/Jill Kuraitis, New West Boise.More Info: Also in Denver, more than 100 protestors were arrested by police in riot gear trying to disperse a crowd of 300. But the violent protests in St. Paul are in contrast…

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Woman Thwarted In Safeway Robbery Try

A woman described as being 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-7, weighing 120 pounds, with light or dishwater blone hair, failed in her attempt to rob Oxycontin from the Safeway pharmacy on 4th, according to Coeur d'Alene police. The woman, wearing glasses, a dark sweat shirt and blue…

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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.