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THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 2009

CDAMom: Did I Teach Her Enough? 14 

CDAMom: Today is my daughters 21st birthday. She is all excited about this being her first day to legally drink. I on the other hand am thinking how quick it all goes by and wondering if I taught her enough, showed her enough examples of…

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Kage Predicts Change In 2 Years 34 

At OpenCDA.com, Kage Mann tries to encourage kindred spirits who didn't get the change for which they voted. And he predicts offers 5 reasons why change will take place on the City Council in another 2 years:The city will have to raise our property taxes…

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Wild Card/Thursday -- 11.5.09 31 

First, I should apologize to the many bloggers in the HBO Blogosphere for not highlighting them as I usually do in my daily roundups. I've been so slammed by the election, election results, and election follow-up that I didn't have time to do adequate roundups.…

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PM Headlines -- 11.5.09

Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong is followed by Horseshoe Bend students while leaving after a school assembly in Horsheshoe Bend last week. Armstrong is ending her pro cycling career after a second world championship in September and 2008 Olympic time-trial triumph in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jessie…

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APhoto Of The Day -- 11.5.09 

Participants compete in the 27th Annual Great American Bug Race Wednesday at Palm Beach Atlantic University. The event is part of PBAU's Homecoming Week festivities and raises money for the University’s Science Club. Roaches were sold for 50 cents each, or entrants could bring their…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 11.5.09 

6:10 p.m. Male in an older, bright-green, 1960s pickup may be tampering w/ATM machine @ Wells Fargo Bank/Ironwood.5:17 p.m. A male in a red ballcap is waving knives around in the parking lot of Albertson's/Ironwood Drive.4:41 p.m. Sun Rental/Government Way clerk reports a customer is…

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DOTC: All Kinds Of Misinformation 21 

Actually, I'm hearing all kinds of misinformation about the recount and related issues. We've had different people who wanted us to check to make sure everyone had been required to show their ID before voting. I know that is the law in some state, but…

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Simple Mind: A Leap Of Faith 

This year, my baby... my 39 year old baby, tells me she has bought a motorcycle.(Deep breath) ... hoping she takes her classes she talks about, after her son graduation. Yes, it is ... (ok ... another deep breath). I saw the bike, seems small…

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ORG XMIT: TXAUS103 Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone gives a news conference after a shooting in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez) ** MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT ** (Rodolfo Gonzalez / The Spokesman-Review)

Shootings Kill 12, Wound 31 In Texas 12 

Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone gives a news conference after a shooting in Fort Hood, Texas today. The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas today. Breaking story here.…

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Favorite Pixar Films Of All Time 11 

We get into arguments about Pixar all the time around the office. Why? When your average film garners approval from 95 percent of the critics there's plenty of room for disagreement. It becomes a bit like choosing your favorite spice. Can you really find the…

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Colin: What's Happened To My Gen? 

"What has become of my generation? Guys treating ladies like trash, girls showing themselves off like trophies to be won. It makes me sick to my stomach. I take one class at a public high school. Walking down the halls on any given day, I'm…

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ORG XMIT: IDLEW101 Chocolate flies as Kelcy Mastrup dives onto a slip-n-slide covered with chocolate pudding, ice cream, noodles and water during Warner Alliance Church's junior high kids outreach event, Wednesday, Nov., 4, 2009, in Lewiston, Idaho. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills) (Kyle Mills / The Spokesman-Review)

HBO's Inland Northwest -- 11.5.09 

Chocolate flies as Kelcy Mastrup dives onto a slip-n-slide covered with chocolate pudding, ice cream, noodles and water during Warner Alliance Church's junior high kids outreach event Wednesday in Lewiston. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills)Cartoon: Despoiler of the planet?/David Horsey, Seattle P-IStudent who kicked $10K…

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High Noon: Overcoming Addiction 10 

Twelve years ago, Kari Kelli lay curled up on the floor of a room at Anna Ogden Hall. She hadn’t eaten solid food in months and weighed 100 pounds. She’d lost her children, her car and her job. She’d walked away from it all for…

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Mary Isn't So Gracious 40 

In yet another newsletter, Mary Souza attacks the successful incumbents -- again -- including top vote-getter Woody McEvers, whom she hints doesn't have a spine. Noting that Woody won by an "incredibly close margin of 361 votes, she applauds challenger Steve Adams for doing an…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 11.5.09 

11:52 a.m. Vicky has questions re: problems she has w/a neighbor.11:27 a.m. A man @ Benoit & Lacey/Hayden called 911, looking for a roommate.11:21 a.m. A 60YO male has spilled hot tar on different parts of himself @ Phillips 76 station on Huntington Court, across…

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Just Wondering ...  

... whether Dan Gookin and Jim Brannon would have won there races if they'd weighed in on the Huckleberries Online comments threads to defend their stands and cause? Or would it have provided more fodder for opponents to beat them up with? Would it have…

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Councilman MikeK Says 'Thanks' 

To the voters who voted for my opponent, thank you, too for participating in the process. I have been and will continue to be, a representative of every citizen of Coeur d’Alene regardless of how they voted. It was a close election, which means there…

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ORG XMIT: PAKS107 People attending the dedication applaud the unveiling of the statue of the late Fred Rogers of the PBS television program "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The statue by renowned sculptor Robert Berks depicts the children's television pioneer changing his shoes as he had done in the beginning of his show. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (Keith Srakocic / The Spokesman-Review)

Mr. Rogers New Neighborhood 

People attending the dedication applaud the unveiling of the statue of the late Fred Rogers of the PBS television program "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" in Pittsburgh, Thursday. The statue by renowned sculptor Robert Berks depicts the children's television pioneer changing his shoes as he had done…

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K-Mama: Jail Situation Disgusting 

I remember feeling as though I was in a powder keg, just waiting for the right spark to set it off… the women's side was SO overcrowded (so, exponentially, the men's had to be twice as bad) that every bunk was full, none of the…

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Big Wheel Inducts Into Toy Hall 

Victoria Velyk of Henrietta, looks at media as the Big Wheel was announced as one of the toys inducted in the National Toy Hall of Fame at Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., today. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle,Tina Yee ) Question: Which other…

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DFO: Gookin Has Role To Play 22 

I'm going to hate myself in the morning for saying this. But Dan Gookin should continue to be involved in local activism and politics. Sure, it'll take awhile to recover from the bruising campaign that ended Tuesday night with a 29-vote loss to Councilwoman Deanna…

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Detractors Slam Spokane River Plan 

Item: Detractors line up against state’s Spokane River plan: Draft seeks to reduce phosphorus levels by 90 percent in the next decade/Shawn Vestal, SRMore Info: The latest plan to limit algae-producing phosphorus in the Spokane River is drawing critics from all directions as Washington officials…

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Gookin Gracious After Narrow Loss 

On his campaign blog, Dan Gookin, who gave Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander a run for her money Tuesday, thanked his supporters for their work on his behalf and asked them to return his signs. Then, he left the possibility of a third bid for council open…

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Lee Crafton heads his team of horses out onto Highway 2 pulling the two  trailers he is using to travel across America . He spent Tuesday night in Priest River Idaho and was back on the highway Wednesday November 4, 2009 headed to the Washington coast.  CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

AM Headlines -- 11.5.09

There is a man passing through the Inland Northwest right now who can tell you for a fact you are moving too fast. He’s traveled 7,000 miles in a covered wagon with a team of horses during the past three years, relying on the kindnesses…

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