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In The News: Diabetes Hearing

ORG XMIT: DCSW104 Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brother, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Type 1 Diabetes Research. He is joined by, from left, actress Mary Tyler Moore; Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: DCSW104 Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brother, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Type 1 Diabetes Research. He is joined by, from left, actress Mary Tyler Moore; Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh / The Spokesman-Review)

Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brother, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington this morning before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Type 1 Diabetes Research. He is joined by, from left, actress Mary Tyler Moore; Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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D.F. Oliveria
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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