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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5, 2009

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. 
 (File/Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

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
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

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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TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 2009

Tuesday Wildcard 82 

I was slumped in front of the computer yesterday, franctically trying to finish a big project. "Stuff like this is going to make me old before my time," I muttered.My fourteen-year-old heard me as he was walking past. He turned and said, "You've aged well,…

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Bruce McConnell, owner of McConnell Chevrolet Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Healdsburg Ca., blows off some steam by jumping on a Mercury Villager that was traded in last week under the cash for clunkers program.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto of the Day 11 

Bruce McConnell, owner of McConnell Chevrolet Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Healdsburg Ca., blows off some steam by jumping on a Mercury Villager that was traded in last week under the cash for clunkers program. Top Cutlines:#1. Sadly, Bruce impaled himself on the car's freakishly long…

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Strap-on Aircraft 

"The Martin Jetpack – literally a personal strap-on aircraft – is a two-litre jet-powered engine designed to soar across the skies at 100km/h at heights of up to 50 metres."Sounds like a really loud weed whacker to me: http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25880890-5014090,00.htmlAnd come on, aren't you just itching…

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A volunteer holds an armful of kittens available for adoption at the Seattle Animal Shelter on Thursday. A warm winter has rained cats and dogs on Seattle-area animal shelters. The mild weather has meant more litters and fewer deaths among unwanted animals, cats especially, and some shelters say they're flooded with kittens. 
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

For OTV 

This is for you OTV.But by golly, I'm going to learn how to insert my own pics before the week is out and then watch out! It's gonna be an all Milo HBO.Sorry Dennis, I couldn't find the right doggie photo to do Missy justice.Joker…

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CDA Hero

"A man who saved another man from a car fire in Coeur d’Alene last month will be honored as a hero tonight."http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/cda-honor-man-who-saved-driver-burning-car/

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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)

Mixed Message-- apparently works 30 

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…

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A woman smokes outside a shop  in Paris on Thursday, days before a smoking ban is set to extend to most public places in France. Associated Press
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Take your butts outside 12 

Moscow becomes the first city in Idaho to ban lighting up in private clubs and bars: "“Never smoked a day in my life,” declared 50-year-old Corner Club patron Ted English as he nursed a can of Rainier Beer in Moscow’s oldest watering hole. “Now I’m…

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As money becomes more and more tight for people across the country, finding ways to save has become a bigger priority. (The Spokesman-Review)

Now that's a Bonus 

"In a few weeks, the Treasury Department's czar of executive pay will have to answer this $100 million question: Should Andrew J. Hall get his bonus?" http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/107456/100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.htmlThoughts?

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