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SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010

Andres Schobel shows off his new iPad as one of the first customers to buy an iPad on the first day of Apple iPad sales at an Apple Store in San Francisco, Saturday, April 3, 2010. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

Long-Awaited iPad Debuts 

Andres Schobel shows off his new iPad as one of the first customers to buy an iPad on the first day of Apple iPad sales at an Apple Store in San Francisco, Saturday. Melissa J. Perenson of PC World reports that the iPad delivers on…

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Humanitarian Bowl Hero Davis Tears ACL 

(University of Idaho Vandal) wide receiver Preston Davis, who caught the game-winning two-point conversion in last year’s Humanitarian Bowl, sustained a torn ACL in practice this week and will have surgery sometime later this month. Davis’ rehabilitation of the knee injury could extend into the…

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Boater Rescued From Lake Coeur d'Alene

A blast of wind overturned a sailboat on Coeur d’Alene Lake Saturday afternoon, but the lone occupant swam to safety at Higgens Point. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said the unidentified sailor told deputies he was unable to maneuver the 16-foot boat in the choppy…

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Swastikas Deface Sandpoint Home 

Police in northern Idaho say they are investigating vandalism at a Sandpoint home that included a swastika painted on a garage door and slashed tires on three vehicles and a trailer. Sandpoint Police Chief Mark Lockwood tells the Bonner County Daily Bee that the vandalism…

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Pecky: Don't Act Like A Gringo In Mexico 13 

Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns: Traveling to Mexico “as a tourist” is not any more dangerous than it was 20 years ago. Your biggest concern should be vendors and real estate people trying to get “gringos” in love with a faux dream of dream land…

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Rammell OK w/Militias Showing Force 

You know that ABC's "Nightline" featured that Boundary County militia in a recent segment. But did you know that Idaho gubernatorial wannabe Rex Rammell was present at the North Idaho Lightfoot Militia training session and was quoted as saying the following in view of health…

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Mom: 'Meth Was (Son's) Destruction' 

Hannah Schelling last heard from her son, Christopher, when he called in November with a plea she’d never before heard. “He said ‘Mom, I’m in really deep. Can I come home?’” Schelling recalled. She begged her only son to let her pick him up, but…

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