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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5, 2009

Wednesday Wild Card 10 

Wow! Dennis set off quite a thread yesterday when he wrote about the loss of his beloved partner and friend, Missy. I would hope there's plenty of room in the blogworld for people who treasure their pets and for the petless by choice.Speaking of choices,…

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President Barack Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. (Associated Press)

Presidential Visit Coming Our Way-- Kinda

Sorta. Maybe. Isn't Montana somewhere nearby? "Bozeman city officials say they are preparing for President Barack Obama to visit next week — an event that would bring the president to the home state of the senator leading bipartisan health care talks." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/05/obama-planning-trip-montana/

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Photo of the Day 17 

Milo keeps CindyH company while she works.Top Cutlines:#1. Milo heard the internet was good for Phishing! Charlie#2. “I don't feel so good after eating that mouse I found up here.” IdahoDad#3. Milo & Cindy both experience writer's block at the same time. Herb Huseland

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 In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, seated left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated right, in Pyonggyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Others are unidentified.  Former US resident Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, holding "exhaustive" talks that covered a wide range of topics, state-run media said. (Associated Press)

Even North Korea doesn't want Gore

You know this photo is starting grow on me:-) However, there's always more to the story isn't there? "Bill Clinton undertook the mission, a senior administration official said, only after the North assured the White House that the reporters would be freed and allowed to…

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Herb Huseland is the Bayview columnist for the Post Falls Voice.   JESSE TINSLEY The Spokesman-Review (Jesse Spokesman-revi / The Spokesman-Review)

Athol Offers Good Time 16 

Over at Bay Views Herb Huseland says excitment is high for Saturday's Athol Daze. Read all about it here: http://bayviews.blogspot.com/2009/08/athol-daze-r-us.htmlSo, have you ever been to Athol? Will you make the trip on Saturday?

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Two Boys Assualted Outside CDA Resort 

"Two 15-year-old boys were assaulted outside the Coeur d’Alene Resort late Saturday, and Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest.The boys were asking people for money after visiting a friend at the Resort and missing the bus home when…

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The Shriners Hospital for Children in Spokane provides specialty care at no cost to patients.  (File / The Spokesman-Review)

Shriners Cuts Jobs 

"Nine workers at Spokane’s Shriners Hospital for Children will lose their jobs and 13 others will see their wages reduced, the hospital announced today." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/05/shriners-hospital-cut-nine-workers/Thoughts?

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Camps that forbid the use of cell phones, Internet and iPods are often a difficult adjustment for youngsters and parents. (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Somebody's Watching

"You’re being followed. Stalkers are everywhere, even in your pocket. That’s the warning Wednesday from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the San Francisco-based civil liberties group. In a “white paper” entitled On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever, the group warns how everyday…

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Cedar is loaded for export to the United States at Interfor's mill in Squamish, B.C. Canada has suspended softwood lumber talks with the United States. 
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It's Not Just North Idaho 

"Wood and paper consumption fell by 8.5 percent last year in Europe, North America and the former republics of the Soviet Union as a sharp decline in U.S. housing construction took its toll on the industry, a U.N. body said Tuesday." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/05/forest-products-industry-struggling/Anyone care to venture…

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Birthday celebrants President Barack Obama, 48, and Helen Thomas, 89.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Happy Birthday Mr. President 10 

Birthday celebrants President Barack Obama, 48, and Helen Thomas, 89. Gee. JFK got Marilyn Monroe and Obama gets Helen Thomas? http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/05/obama-turns-48-shares-cupcakes/How did you celebrate your last birthday?

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Department of Corrections K-9 Officer Paula Lewis watches Jessie search for a phone during a drill at Airway Heights Correctional Facility.colinm@spokesman.com (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)

Might Put a Crimp in Pizza Delivery

Department of Corrections K-9 Officer Paula Lewis watches Jessie search for a phone during a drill at Airway Heights Correctional Facility."...the Washington Department of Corrections has joined more than 20 others state prison systems in signing a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow…

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jesset@spokesman.com Body parts salvaged from used cars await buyers Tuesday at Spaulding Auto Parts in Spokane Valley. Cars traded in under “cash for clunkers”  may find their way onto the racks at  auto recyclers. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

When Lift's a Letdown 

Not everyone is thrilled about the Cash for Clunkers program. "The federal government’s “cash for clunkers” program could end up hurting some local small businesses by driving down the price of scrap and parts and making it harder for low-income people to find an affordable…

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Spread a blanket in the living room and treat the family to an at-home dinner picnic. Prepare simple wraps or sandwiches such as delicious Avocado Tuna Melts. (The Spokesman-Review)

I'll Take Turkey on Wheat and a Lap Dance 

File this under only in New York: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08032009/news/regionalnews/boobs__bologna_outrage_182769.htm"A notorious sleaze merchant could be on the hook for nearly $100,000 after opening an unauthorized Subway sandwich shop that doubled as an after-dark strip club." Uh. So what's your favorite Subway sandwich?

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Gaston Chabolla, 15, searches for CDs at a music store in Los Angeles. Major recording labels are under pressure to explore new ways to get music fans to pay for music. Associated Press
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August is Ban Major Record Labels Month 

Gaston Chabolla, 15, searches for CDs at a music store in Los Angeles. Major recording labels are under pressure to explore new ways to get music fans to pay for music."In the past decade, have you downloaded music from a peer-to-peer service like LimeWire? Or…

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Lynea M. Sprung Hambrice (Louisiana State University)

Resort Fall May Be Tragic Accident 11 

Lynea M. Sprung Hambrice"A woman who fell to her death at The Coeur d’Alene Resort last week landed in a way that indicates an accidental fall, not a jump or push, a deputy coroner said Tuesday." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/coroner-resort-fall-likely-accident/And Meghann Cuniff reports the the victim's boyfriend ran…

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Sam Lyden, left, and Delphine O'Reilly, of ScrumDiddilyUmptious Donuts, help a customer select goods in the Otis Orchards shop.
 (Joe Barrentine / The Spokesman-Review)

Crazy for Donuts 

Sam Lyden, left, and Delphine O'Reilly, of ScrumDiddilyUmptious Donuts, help a customer select goods in the Otis Orchards shop.Seems the folks at Pyscho Donuts in Campbell, CA are creating quite a stir. "As the Psycho Donuts web site says, they've "taken the neighborhood donut and…

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Moviegoers enter AMC's Studio 30 theater in Olathe, Kan. 
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

You Want More? 

Moviegoers enter AMC's Studio 30 theater in Olathe, Kan. Probably not more of this: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2009/07/just_when_you_thought_it_was_s.phpDo you notice product placement ads in movies? Does it bother you?

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Habitat for  Humanity volunteers work on a house Wednesday, June 3, 2009.  (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Good News for Green Homes

Habitat for Humanity volunteers work on a house Wednesday, June 3, 2009."Spokane’s Habitat for Humanity affiliate is one of 123 in the country that will build energy-efficient, low-income homes as part of a national program fostering affordable “green” construction."Have you ever worked on a Habitat…

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Robert Manwill (The Spokesman-Review)

Boise boy's body found 

Can't seem to formulate a question for this story: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/coroner-says-body-looks-be-missing-boy/I saw photos of the hundreds of people who volunteered to seach for this child. I wonder how many Boise folks held hopes that this story would have a happy ending.

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