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TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 2009

Tuesday Wild Card 48 

Rarely a dull moment in HBO-land. You know, when DFO returns I think I'll need a vacation to recover from his vacation. Just saying.But it's a new day. I skipped my Wii workout because I'm thinking 62's not a bad age and I'd hate to…

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Actress Jenny McCarthy works out with the fitness program, “Your Shape.” Ubisoft (Ubisoft)

APhoto of the Day 10 

Actress Jenny McCarthy works out with the fitness program, “Your Shape.” #1. One day she woke up and started her Wii fitness machine up and in a weird stroke of luck it told CindyH she was 29 again. keithincda#2. Elin Woods demonstrates her new technique…

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Shoppers walk past televisions on display in the electronics department of a Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upgrading its beef, clothing, electronics and home accessories while sprucing up its stores.Associated Press photos (Associated Press photos / The Spokesman-Review)

I want my free TV! 10 

NEW YORK – For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.The business model is unraveling at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and the local stations…

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Quiz of the year 

How closely were you paying attention to world events in the news this year?Test yourself with the BBC World News website end of year 2009 quiz to find out. There is one question per month.I scored 8 out of 12 (on my second try). Bleh!

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John Blanchette: Win or lose Idaho gains 

BOISE – Among the cottage industries spawned by college football, the manufacture of hoary bromides is likely the busiest – or surely no worse than second behind the office pool.A particular golden oldie posits that “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react…

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Idaho Dad: Do you feel safer? 

"A friend of mine is flying from NYC to Edmonton and reports the following: “I’m disheartened though not surprised at new regulations that require we spend the entire flight from NYC to Toronto, and the last hour from Toronto to Edmonton, in our seats, without…

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8 Things Every Geek Needs to do Before 2010 

Here's some great advice for all of us:1. Edit your privacy settings and friendships. Facebook's maelstrom-causing privacy changes have given quite a few of us a head-scratching good time trying to figure out just how much of our private lives are to be made public.…

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Explosive Cda Couple 

The Press reports on a local couple whose business is booming:COEUR d'ALENE -- Eric and Lisa Kelly love to blow things up, and their passion has landed them a spot on national television.The owners of Advanced Explosions Demolition, based in Coeur d'Alene, will be featured…

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A quick snack: A juvenile bald eagle, which doesn’t yet have the coloration of an adult, throws its wings back and its talons forward, preparing to snatch a kokanee salmon from the surface of Lake Coeur d’Alene on Saturday. The gathering of migrating eagles peaks in mid-December as the birds gorge on the spawned-out kokanee that are plentiful in the lake’s Wolf Lodge Bay.  On the Web: Watch a video about the eagles’ annual journey at spokesman.com/video.jesset@spokesman.com (Jesse Tinsley)

Eagle Watchers Could Get Ticketed 

Idaho State Police are cautioning eagle watchers at Lake Coeur d’Alene not to stop in the middle of the roadway on state Highway 97, or they risk getting a ticket.Some motorists have been stopping in the travel lanes along the two-lane highway that runs from…

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President Barack Obama speaks to the media Monday about the airliner bombing attempt on Christmas Day.  (Associated Press)

Key security agencies without leadership 

President Barack Obama speaks to the media Monday about the airliner bombing attempt on Christmas Day.WASHINGTON – Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year.It took the Obama…

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President Barack Obama and his daughters Sasha and Malia watch dolphins at Sea Life Park during their vacation on Oahu in December. Hawaii is asking the president to help its faltering tourism industry.Courtesy of Sea Life Park (Courtesy of Sea Life Park / The Spokesman-Review)

Yeah, but he can't talk to them 

President Barack Obama and his daughters Sasha and Malia watch dolphins at Sea Life Park.Ready to communicate with dolphins? Take a spin in your flying car? Unfortunately, the future doesn't always turn out as predicted. Here's a list of things we thought we'd accomplish by…

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Associated Press Bears WR Devin Aromashodu is mobbed after his game-winning TD. (Associated Press)

Bears Beat Vikings 16 

Associated Press Bears WR Devin Aromashodu is mobbed after his game-winning TD.Most have been a sad day in the KageMann household as the Bears rallied for a TD in overtime play.CHICAGO – Brett Favre cranked up and made one more impossible throw, zinging a touchdown…

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Downtown CDA shooting concerns business owners 

Young people partying and drinking in downtown Coeur d’Alene is nothing new; it’s been going on for years.However, one thing that might have changed, several downtown business owners said Monday, is seeing young people bring guns along for the night. An early Sunday shooting outside…

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Lewis Smith, age 13, shovels snow as he builds an igloo in front of his home in Overland Park, Kan. Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. A fierce Christmas storm dumped more snow and ice across the nation's midsection Friday after stranding travelers as highways and airports closed and leaving many to celebrate the holiday just where they were. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)

Let it snow! 

Lewis Smith, age 13, shovels snow as he builds an igloo in front of his home in Overland Park, Kan. Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.The Inland Northwest may have missed out on a white Christmas this year, but forecasters are promising to make up for it…

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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.