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APhoto Of The Day — 7.23.09

 Juan Martinez, 10, leaps off a staircase before slamming the ball into a lowered basketball goal Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the Boys & Girls Club in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff) (Norm Dettlaff / The Spokesman-Review)
Juan Martinez, 10, leaps off a staircase before slamming the ball into a lowered basketball goal Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the Boys & Girls Club in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff) (Norm Dettlaff / The Spokesman-Review)

Juan Martinez, 10, leaps off a staircase before slamming the ball into a lowered basketball goal Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club in Las Cruces, N.M. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Front cover of “Hop on cop”, the new Dr. Suess book put out by the Obama Administration to critize the arrest of Henry Gates -- RedMan.
  • 2. The “No Child Left Behind” has to lower the standards and raise the launch point to meet its goals.
  • 3. (tie) The youngster wants to be a Marine because he heard they leave no Juan behind -- JohnA; and: “... I weesh my uncle Enrique could jump like thees so he could come from dee south of dee border to my birthday party..."
  • HM: Charlie


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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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