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THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 2009

Wild Card -- 1/22/09 135 

In the news this evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid predicts that Treasury nominee Timothy Geithner will win approval, despite his tax problems, here. Pro-lifers marked the 36th anniversary on Roe-v-Wade with a rally at the National Mall here. Reportedly, Sarah Palin is working on…

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ORG XMIT: CABK108 Gonzaga's Demetri Goodson drives past Pepperdine's Keion Bell during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Malibu, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc) (Branimir Kvartuc / The Spokesman-Review)

Zags Win, Cougs Fall By 2 To UCLA

Gonzaga's Demetri Goodson drives past Pepperdine's Keion Bell during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Malibu, Calif., this evening. Gonzaga game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Branimir Kvartuc)UCLA 61, WSU 59Boise State 87, New Mexico State 84

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Police Recapture Post Falls Escapee

At 4:10 p.m., Coeur d’Alene Police with assistance from Post Falls Police, took Cherish D. Miller, 19, of Coeur d'Alene, into custody after receiving a tip that she was at her parent’s residence at Sonic Drive and Mullan Avenue in Post Falls. Her parents were…

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Chris Kunishige and his daughter Sarah, age 3 years from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,, take a break from visiting the 2009 RV Show at the Spokane Fair & Expo Center in Spokane, Wash., January 22, 2009. They have recently purchased a RV but were there helping friends look for a RV.  DAN PELLE The Spokesman-Review (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 1/22/09 

Chris Kunishige and his daughter Sarah, age 3 years from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,, take a break from visiting the 2009 RV Show at the Spokane Fair & Expo Center in Spokane, Wash., today. They have recently purchased a RV but were there helping friends look…

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UI Jettisons Mixed-Gender Housing 11 

The University of Idaho is ditching a plan to allow students of the opposite sex to live together in campus suites when the fall semester begins in August. In a statement Thursday, interim university president Steven Daley-Laursen says he is not comfortable with the proposal…

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ORG XMIT: IDCOE101 White ice crystals, known as radiation frost, decorate the flag on a mail box Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The tiny spikes form on cold clear nights when radiation losses into the open skies cause objects to become colder than the surrounding air. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos) ** MANDATORY CREDIT ** (Jerome Pollos / The Spokesman-Review)

Headlines @ Closin' Time -- 1/22/09 

White ice crystals, known as radiation frost, decorate the flag on a mail box Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene. The tiny spikes form on cold clear nights when radiation losses into the open skies cause objects to become colder than the surrounding air. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene…

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In this two image composite, Laura Zuniga is crowned as Miss Sinaloa state at left in the city of Mazatlan, Mexico July 8, 2008 and is shown to the press with unidentified gunmen after her arrest in the city of Zapopan, Mexico Tuesday Dec. 23, 2008. Police said Zuniga who was stopped at a checkpoint, was riding in one of two trucks with seven men, where soldiers found a large stash of weapons and some $53,300 in U.S. currency. (AP Photo) (The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 1/22/09 21 

In this two image composite, Laura Zuniga is crowned as Miss Sinaloa state at left in the city of Mazatlan, Mexico July 8, 2008, and is shown to the press with unidentified gunmen after her recent arrest in the city of Zapopan, Mexico. Police said…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 1/22/09 

5:54 p.m. A drunk man has left a day care near 15th & Pennsylvania, n/b on 15th.5:12 p.m. Kirk reports that a female is stealing his pickup.5:08 p.m. A man reportedly is bleeding and suffering chest pains in a trailer court behind KKJ Pizza/Athol.4:21 p.m.…

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NIC Picks Martin As New Spokesman 

John Martin has been selected as the new vice president for community relations and marketing at North Idaho College, a role he was appointed to on temporary assignment in August of 2008. Martin was asked to serve in the interim after former NIC vice president…

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Another NW Pol Caught In Sex Scandal 13 

Mayor Sam Adams apologizes for his lie and his sexual relationship with an 18 year old (who may have been under-age at the time) at a press conference in the Rose Room Tuesday at City Hall in Portland, Ore. Randy Stapilus no longer believes that…

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CPD Blue Seeks Female Escapee 11 

Coeur d’Alene Police are looking for Cherish D. Miller, 19, of Post Falls, who escaped from police custody at 12:35 p.m. today. Miller was detained for a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear on a crime she was charged with while still a minor. She…

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Local Blogs -- 1/22/09 11 

"Rathdrum Creek runs off Rathdrum Mountain and here, where it flows through Rathdrum City Park, outcroppings from the shore create an icy mosaic," posts Kerri/OnLocation North Idaho. My husband sent me a text and I replied to him to be safe and that I loved…

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EOB: Limit Nonresident 'Super Hunts'? 

Rep. Steve Kren, R-Nampa, got himself peppered with questions today when he proposed legislation in the House Resources Committee to limit so-called “super hunts” mostly to state residents, allowing only 10 percent of the permits to go to non-residents. That’s the case already for most…

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Huckleberries Best of INW -- 1/22/09 

At Eye On Boise, Betsy Russell tells us that a "suspicious" package containing hair products for Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Moscow, shut down the down the state mailroom and parking garage above it temporarily Wednesday. When Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis poked fun, Schroeder responded: “I…

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HBO @ Noon: Senior Computer Primer 

Item: Seniors tackle, master basics in Computer Kindergarten: As easy as tying your shoes/Cindy Hval, SR Voices More Info: This three-day computer class is designed to introduce novices to the world of Windows, keyboards and mysterious icons. Fender teaches at the Hillyard Center and said…

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Nazis Adopt Missouri Highway 15 

Traffic passes by an Adopt-A-Highway sign along U.S. Highway 160 in Springfield, Mo., Thursday. A neo-Nazi group recently volunteered to clean up trash along the stretch of roadway on Springfield's west side. Members of the highway cleanup program are required to clean up trash at…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 1/22/09 

12:28 p.m. Chimney fire @ 2813 Clara. Family has evacuated building.11:54 a.m. Possible prowler in 3800 block of Sherlock.11:53 a.m. KEC currently has a power outage from Fighting Creek Road south on both sides of Hwy. 95 to Hwy. 58 (Plummer/Worley area). Approximately 800 members…

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Idaho Blogs: Is Dissent Now Wrong? 33 

Does Rush Limbaugh hate this country? When was this ever asked about people who spent years doing nothing but undermining the efforts of our troops and our nation overseas? What we’ve been hearing for years is that not only is it okay to undermine your…

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EOB: Dover Bridge Back On List 

Item: Dover Bridge back on stimulus list/Betsy Russell, Eye On BoiseMore Info: The Idaho Transportation Board, meeting this morning in Boise, has voted 4-1 to put the Dover Bridge and the I-84 Vista Interchange back on its list of “shovel-ready” projects ready to receive federal…

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20% Of UI Fall Frosh Failing 27 

Item: 20% of UI frosh failing academically/Travis Mason-Bushman, UI ArgonautMore Info: Twenty percent of the University of Idaho’s 2008 freshman class is on academic probation this spring, and that stark figure, released by the Office of the Dean of Students last week, put UI officials…

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HBO's AM Headlines -- 1/22/09 

Geese forage for food on a grassy slope Wednesday, near Lake Coeur d'Alene in Coeur d'Alene. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRBennet Lumber cuts night shift/Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsHuckleberries: 'CSI's' Caruso doing OK without college//DFO, SR Prairie VoiceWeight is over for WSU's…

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ORG XMIT: GUA107 ** FILE **  In this March 6, 2002 file photo, a detainee is escorted by U.S. military guards in the temporary detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. Posted to a telephone pole at top left is a sign indicating the direction toward Mecca.  President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects, signing orders on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File) (Andres Leighton / The Spokesman-Review)

Obama To Sign Gitmo Closure Order 77 

Item: Obama to sign Gitmo closure order today: Relatives of 9/11 victims have said they oppose further delay in trials/CBSMore Info: President Barack Obama plans to sign on Thursday an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center (AP photo above) within a year…

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Columnist: Mix Genders, Mix Messages 15 

It is painfully obvious some would chose to room with a significant other. This is America, and two consenting adults are free to do whatever they can possibly imagine. However, this is with the state’s assistance. While I am sure our student body is doing…

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Grandpa Lives In NIC Dorm 

Item: Naples grandfather takes us NIC dorm life: Student didn't want to make long driver every day/Gwen Albers, Hagadone News NetworkMore Info: Roger Kramer occasionally has to ask his neighbors to turn down the rock music. These aren't his neighbors in Naples, but at North…

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