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FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 2008

Local Blogs -- 9/5/08

Courtesy: As The Lake ChurnsPecky Cox calls this wonderful shot submitted to her As The Lake Churns blog: "Priest Lake Olympics."*13 amazing facts about McRib/Get Out! North Idaho*Beyond McCain's rhetoric/Dogwalk Musings*Walking on sunshine/A Family Runs Through It*Post No. 800/Atmospheric Ruminations*Beginning a teaching year/Gathering Around The…

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HBO @ Noon: 'You Guys' Not Copasetic?

You guys” is a phrase that has become a common way to greet a group of friends, but to the Women’s Center, it’s a cause they want to draw attention to. Most people would argue that “you guys” is just a general term that includes…

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Red County: I Went To 3 Colleges In 4 Years

The Obamessiah attended Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years before transferring to Columbia. He then took five years off before going to Harvard Law School. I never recall this being an issue with him. I went to three different schools in four years.…

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Rasmussen Poll: Media Trying To Hurt Sarah Palin

Item: By 10-to-1 Public Says Reporters 'Trying to Hurt Palin'/Rasmussen ReportsMore Info: “Over half of U.S. voters (51%) think reporters are trying to hurt Sarah Palin with their news coverage, and 24% say those stories make them more likely to vote for Republican presidential candidate…

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 2008

Wild Card/Thursday -- 9/4/08

I'm a bit tired today (read: beware, I might have a short fuse) b/c I was up until 2 in the morning helping my wife organize a fund-raising option for Steve Tucker's family. Steve is a manager at Chili's whose son, Steve Jr., was born…

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Inlander: Shows Better Than Lakedance Name

Item: Cinematic Sandpoint: Sundance clone returns for another fall run/Luke Baumgarten, InlanderMore Info: We're still scratching our heads, two years later, over the renaming of Sandpoint's film festival to "Lakedance." When most of the hundreds of film festivals try desperately to set themselves apart, why…

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Headlines @ Closin' Time -- 9/4/08

Christopher Anderson/SR File PhotoEx-UI Vandal David Vobora (shown above tackinng WSU running back Kevin McCall last September) is known as Mr. Irrelevant XXXIII for being the last pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. However he is also now known officially as a member of the…

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Scanner Traffic & More -- 9/4/08

3:58 p.m. Burnt popcorn sets of Kootenai County Courthouse fire alarm.3:53 p.m. 2 motorcycles driving wrecklessly in parking lot of Zip's/Riverbend.12:56 p.m. An 80YO woman has fallen and possibly broken her hip and the North Idaho Eye Institute, Lincoln Boulevard & Emma.12:08 p.m. A woman…

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Drudge Headline Consensus: Game On

Susan Walsh/AP PhotoRepublican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, blows a kiss to her infant son, Trig, as she speaks during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday. Earlier today, Palin took another swipe at Barack Obama in her first solo appearance…

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Update: Sims-Macy Face $26,500 In Penalties

Kathy Sims and Tom Macy of Concerned Taxpayers of Kootenai County are facing a combined $26,500 in penalties and interest for campaign finance disclosure law violations, according to City Attorney Mike Gridley. And they now have a deadline to pay up after almost a year…

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Condom Coupons Ripped From BSU Coupon Books

Item: Condom coupons ripped out of BSU coupon books/KTVBMore Info: Boise State students are buzzing about a coupon book they received the first week of school. For the past three years a coupon for condoms from a locally-owned business appeared in the book. This year…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 9/4/08

Kyle Mills/Lewiston TribuneHeeler Clay O'Brien Cooper looks for an open shot as header Jake Barnes turns the steer in section 1 of the team roping during Lewiston Roundup slack Wednesday in Lewiston.*Outer piece of downtown Spokane skywalk falls/SR*Condom coupons ripped out of BSU coupon books/KTVB*Survey:…

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Steinem: Wrong Woman, Wrong Message

Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has…

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Prosecutor's Tears Cause Mistrial

A prosecutor’s emotional and tearful opening argument in a domestic violence case prompted a Kootenai County judge to declare a mistrial Wednesday. First District Judge Fred Gibler initially assumed Deputy Prosecutor Shane Greenbank’s voice was cracking because the prosecutor was “possibly forgetting some witnesses’ names.”…

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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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