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TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 2009

Wild Card -- 1/13/09 71 

In the news this evening, Barack Obama stubs his toe again as the nation learns his Treasury pick failed to pay his taxes here. (Dogwalk Musings comment here.) House Demos are seeking a criminal probe of Bush "abuses" here. "American Idol" kicks off its 8th…

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ORG XMIT: IDLEW102 Shaun Key of Lewiston, Idaho soaks up the sun as he takes in the stunning view from the top of the Lewiston Hill, as a sea of clouds covers the valley, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2008 in Lewiston, Idaho. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills) (Kyle Mills / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 1/13/09 

Shaun Key of Lewiston soaks up the sun as he takes in the stunning view from the top of the Lewiston Hill, as a sea of clouds covers the valley, earlier today Lewiston. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills)SR Today In Photos

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Cis: Gas Prices On The Rise 

Cis: Are you paying attention to the rise in gas prices? My sister told me in S.C. where she lives it went up 20 cents in one week. She was paying $1.42 a week ago… now it is $1.61. Sandpoint has raised from $1.42 to…

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Poolman: How About HD For Zags?

Poolman: I lived through the Stephanie Vigil early years of bad hair cuts and chattered news reading. I’ve been willing to accept Dan Kleckners transition from a pretty good sports guy to sort of goofy news guy. But, the fact that they cannot pony up…

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A group of skiers made the summit of Scotchman Peak in May for this picture by Conor Branski of Hope. The image is a winner in the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness annual photo contest for 2008.  Photo by Conor Branski (Courtesy Photo / The Spokesman-Review)

HBO's PM Headlines -- 1/13/09

A group of skiers made the summit of Scotchman Peak in May for this picture by Conor Branski of Hope. The image is a winner in the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness annual photo contest for 2008. Photo by Conor BranskiBest of Spokesman.com PM…

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Scanner Traffic -- 1/13/09

5:37 p.m. R/P on Ante Road/Stateline reports his neighbor is blocking his driveway, threatening to beat him up.5:35 p.m. Post Falls officer is following a German shorthair that is limping after it was hit by a car @ Spokane & 19th. He wants to see…

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Art: $100K Project On Tap For CDA 

Visitors entering town via east Sherman Avenue will likely have a new impression of the Lake City next year. The Coeur d'Alene Arts Commission is soliciting bids from artists to ensure a creative, colorful display greets guests coming into town from Interstate 90. ... The…

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Cis: Pizza Hut Outsourcing Calls 45 

My daughter was telling me about one of the gals who works at the place she works. The gal called (Ponderay) Pizza Hut for a pizza delivery ... and it went down hill from there. She lives 1 and half miles from Pizza Hut (in…

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Local Blogs (N-Z) -- 1/13/09 15 

Idaho Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter concludes his annual State of the State and Budget Address to a joint session of the Idaho legislature at Boise State University on Monday in Boise. Meanwhile, Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise continues to crank out the last news from…

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Girl, 8, Faces Battery Charges 29 

The parents of an 8-year-old girl with special needs say their daughter was handcuffed, arrested and charged with battery after a Friday incident at Kootenai Elementary School. The family is not being identified because of the girl’s age. The girl suffers from a neurobiological disorder…

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Court: Teachers, 18YO Can Have Sex 11 

Item: Appellate court rules teachers can have sex with 18-year-old students/APMore Info: State law does not bar teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students. That's the decision of a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals, which on today ordered the dismissal of a…

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Idaho To Cut Funds For Old Mission 

At Remember The Roxy, OrangeTV posts this postcard drawing of the historic Old Mission at Cataldo, as it looked in its early days. Now, it seems as though the Old Mission park may lose state funding (just less than $300,000 last year). Story here.Question: Should…

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County: Mary Lou 'Respected, Loved' 

"Kootenai County Commissioner Rich Piazza lost his wife last night to a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mary Lou Piazza was admired, respected and loved by all that knew her. Our hearts and our prayers go out to Commissioner Piazza and his family" --…

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Yabetcha: KHQ's Vertically Challenged 15 

Yabetcha: Anyone else having trouble with KHQ, cable ch 6? The images are vertically stretched; long and skinney people. It's been this way for over a month. Been told by KHQ earlier it was a cable problem but Adelphia says its a broadcast problem. Please,…

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Flash! 2 Infants In Protective Custody 

A toddler and an infant were in protective custody Tuesday after Post Falls police discovered weapons and drugs within the little hands’ reach inside the home. Police seized pills, small amounts of marijuana and cocaine and 15 marijuana pipes from the home in the 200…

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Canada geese snack in a snowy farm field north of Moscow, Idaho in January 2009.  (Geoff Crimmins / Associated Press)

Huckleberries Best of INW -- 1/13/09

Canada geese snack in a snowy farm field north of Moscow on Monday. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)Court: Teachers can still have sex with 18YO/APBonner County girl, 8, charged with battery/Bonner Daily BeeCaldwell high schoolers allowed to box for money/KBCIMiss Montana returns belly dancing…

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Otis G: High Heels ... For Men 41 

Men don't understand women's obsession with shoes. They always seem to have 1,378 pairs. High heels, boots, tennis shoes... and other assorted "foot coverings". Like most guys, I probably have around 5 pair. In years past, I've had 2. We just don't get excited about…

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Death Penalty: Idaho Growth Industry 

State government will be leaner next year: the going estimate is that about 100 jobs will disappear from a work force of close to 27,000. But one potential growth area is the business of the death penalty. Gov. Butch Otter's proposed 2009-10 budget creates about…

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APhoto of the Day -- 1/13/09 13 

Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gives Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. a kiss on Capitol Hill in Washington this morning, as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., second from left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., second from right, look on,…

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Mary Lou Piazza, 59, RIP 19 

Huckleberries has learned that Mary Lou Piazza, a well-known community booster and wife of County Commissioner Rich Piazza, died Monday night after recurrence of cancer in December. Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson, who wrote about Mary Lou's latest battle with cancer in her weekly Coeur…

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Slight Detour: 'Idol' Smells Of Spring 17 

American Idol begins tonight. What better sign of spring could there be! The show is in its eighth season, and it's been around long enough now for me to consider its return as one of the rites of the early spring---or, at least, a refreshing…

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UI To Allow Mixed-Gender Housing 17 

The University of Idaho will allow students of the opposite sex to live together in campus suites when the fall semester begins in August. Previously, the university in northern Idaho has allowed male and female students to live in the same dormitory halls, but they…

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Fisher: 1st GOP On Minnick Misfires 13 

The same day, however, Minnick disproved the Republican Congressional Committee's charge that he "took his marching orders from his Democrat leaders" by voting against a companion measure called the Paycheck Fairness Act. Minnick's spokesman John Foster says Minnick was one of three Democrats opposing that…

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HBO's AM Headlines -- 1/13/09 

St. Maries native Keith Mueller, documents a North Idaho Maritime tugboat breaking ice Friday on the St. Joe River near St. Maries. Gov. Butch Otter issued a disaster declaration Friday for Benewah County due to ice jams that have formed on the river creating the…

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