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SUNDAY, FEB. 1, 2009

Super Bowl Wild Card -- 2/1/09 105 

In the news this morning, a report says that Tom Daschle waited for a month after being nominated as HHS secretary before telling Barack Obama about his tax problems here. The Steelers and Cardinals will dominate attention for four quarters but the halftime show belongs…

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50 Years After The Music Died 37 

Shannon Teeling of Mt. Vernon, center right, asks her daughter, Brynn Teeling, 5, if she wants a malt at the Winter Dance Party on Friday at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The celebrations honor the 50-year anniversary of a crash that claimed the…

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Slight Detour: Song Makes Brain Itch 

I just read a Yahoo headline about a Beyonce song that makes your brain itch. Well, that got my brain to remembering the latest take on life that I heard this week while sweeping the alley way in the barn. I've heard it only once,…

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Dogwalk: Obama Choices Disappointing 51 

Item: How to avoid paying taxes and get a pass? Get appointed to a high-level position in the Obama administration/Dogwalk MusingsMore Info: I'm sorry, but owing back taxes amounting to $128,000 is inexcusable. Geitner, as our new Treasury Secretary, was bad enough. Now Daschle. The…

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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.