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HBO Poll: INorthwest Winter 2009-10

ORG XMIT: MABT102 A Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows a copy of the 2010 edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac in Boston. The venerable almanac's 2010 edition, which goes on sale Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, says numbing cold will predominate in the country's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Appalachians in the East. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye) (Bizuayehu Tesfaye / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: MABT102 A Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows a copy of the 2010 edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac in Boston. The venerable almanac's 2010 edition, which goes on sale Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, says numbing cold will predominate in the country's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Appalachians in the East. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye) (Bizuayehu Tesfaye / The Spokesman-Review)

A Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows a copy of the 2010 edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac in Boston. The venerable almanac's 2010 edition, which is currently on sale, says numbing cold will predominate in the country's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Appalachians in the East. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)

  • Tuesday Poll: 67% of the 66 respondents said President Obama shouldn't send more troops to Afghanistan until he makes his objectives clear. Poll results here.



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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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