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SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 2009

Gonzaga guard Demetri Goodson, left, tangles with Davidson guard Brendan McKillop, right, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, in Seattle. Gonzaga won 103-91. (Ted Warren / Associated Press)

Gonzaga 103, Davidson 91

Gonzaga guard Demetri Goodson, left, tangles with Davidson guard Brendan McKillop, right, in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, in Seattle. Gonzaga won 103-91. ESPN boxscore here. Jim Meehan's Sportslink story here. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Idaho 82, Eastern…

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Wild Card/Saturday -- 12.12.09 45 

Get your honey-do's done early because Gonzaga will be on the hardwood today for the 7th annual "Battle in Seattle" against Davidson at 4 p.m. on Fox Sports Northwest. The No. 21 Zags (7-2) last met Davidson (2-6) in the first round of the 2008…

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A great blue heron attempts to keep warm as it perches on a log over the frozen South Umpqua River in Roseburg, Ore., on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. (Robin Loznak / The News-review)

On Freezing River

A great blue heron attempts to keep warm as it perches on a log over the frozen South Umpqua River in Roseburg, Ore., on Friday. (AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak)

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HBO Poll: O Christmas Tree 

Friday Poll: 71 of 152 -- 47 percent -- said Sarah Palin will never be qualified to run for president. 53 of 152 -- 35 percent -- said they want her to run for president in 2012. And 25 of 152 -- 16 percent --…

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KXLY: Riverstone Condo Auction Today 

Condos that were once priced at half a million dollars will hit the auction block this morning in Coeur d'Alene at a greatly reduced price. A national real estate firm will auction condos at the Riverstone development Saturday morning. A previous auction was canceled due…

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MikeK: Remembering Lee Shellman 14 

Mike Kennedy: Late summer of this year he came by my office and told me he supported me in my re-election and apologized for the events of four years ago as he had come to regret his involvement in the opposing campaign. I thanked him…

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Argonaut: How To Fix BCS Bowl System 

Jeffrey Reznicek/UIdaho Argonaut opinion editor proposes to fix the BCS bowl selection process by staging a bracketed tournament featuring 16 teams (like Division I-AA now does). You can read what the graphic above means in his column for the current issue of the Argonaut here.Question:…

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S&G: Idaho Aryan Known In Montana 

McGuire still faces a trespassing charge in Kootenai County District Court after he was arrested in August outside Jimmy C’s bar in Athol. Bar patrons said he’d been making racist comments, but McGuire told Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies they only wanted him to leave “because…

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M&M: War Is Hard To Portay On Film 

It took me a long time to learn to appreciate films about Vietnam. I was a child of the 1950s, and I grew up with the mostly jingoistic studies of that era: “To Hell and Back,” “The Sands of Iwo Jima,” “God Is My Copilot,”…

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ABM: 10 Things From 4th Grade 

1. It's the first year of school that I actually remember. I can close my eyes and picture the school and classroom and playground and kids.2. I remember thinking I was very grown up. I turned 10 that year, after all.3. My favorite thing to…

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