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TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010

KVNI Looking For Ideas re: Changes 

Candace Smith, an account exec for KXLY, is asking for input in an email she circulated to listeners and advertisers of KVNI today. (A Berry Picker sent along the following S.O.S. sent out by Candace.) Writes Candace: "KVNI is in the process of making some…

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Parting Shot: Wolf Nation 

This AP file photo provided by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks shows a gray wolf pup from the Calder Mountain pack along the Montana and Idaho borders west of Troy, Mont. Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the…

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Wild Card/Tuesday -- 7.20.10 12 

I don't know why I pay attention to the weather reports. I'm stuck inside all day at Huckleberries HQ, envying you who can get down to the water. But I'm looking forward to another night of music entertainment from whatever band will be playing at…

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Sunny: Weedy & Wonderful 

Anyone who has a garden knows all too well that plucking weeds from it are a never ending chore....Thus, the saying "growing like a weed" : ) Many people think I'm crazy, but for the most part I really don't mind weeding. I use this…

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PM Headlines -- 7.20.10

Rachel Dolezal, of the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d'Alene, works on an art project Tuesday. She has created the Paints 4 Peace program in response to school budget cuts. The program will provide art supplies to schools that ask for them. (SR photo:…

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APhoto Of The Day -- 7.20.10 13 

From left, Cody Witt, 14, Noah Burford, 14, Sam Bales, 14, and Brendon Thornburg, 14, put a hog on a tire in the middle of a mud pool at the Delaware County 4-H Fair Monday, during the hog wrestling event at the grandstands in Muncie,…

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Scanner Traffic/PM -- 7.20.10

5:54 p.m. Authorities have detained a 25YO Spokane male who took his ex-girlfriend's 2YO boy from 10200 block of Camp Court/Hayden w/o permission a short time ago.5:30 p.m. Caller reports that a male in a blue Dodge Durango was driving recklessly as a result of…

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Off The Beaten Path

"Sometimes," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho, "you don't have to leave home to see the incredible masterpieces Mother Nature creates. In the flowers alongside my driveway I paused to watch this butterfly sip the nectar. It's mornings and scenes like this that make us happy…

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Fisherman: How About Herb & Stick? 

Old Fisherman: DFO's banner says it all “KVNI needs to get their act together” It needs to start in Spokane, but they won't listen to the locals, Big Brother knows best. Good luck to the new host, whomever it may be! Herb Huesland and the…

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Hart: Ethics Panel Has Conflict 

Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, is being investigated by a group of his peers on a House Ethics Committee regarding his actions in using his status as a state lawmaker to avoid legal proceedings associated with recent tax woes. That panel, called for by House Minority…

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Lindsay Lohan Booking Photo 24 

In this police booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Actress Lindsay Lohan on Tuesday. Lohan reported Tuesday for a 90-day sentence that the troubled actress likely will serve in isolation, and which may be significantly shortened. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County…

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Keough: Grizzlies Getting Awful Close 

Item: Montana moves grizzly from Whitefish Mountain Range to Cabinets near Troy/Jim Mann, Daily Inter LakeIdaho Sen. Shawn Keough (via Facebook): This is pretty close to us considering the range of grizzly bears. I guess we should be happy this particular bear doesn't have any…

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Crapo, Risch Oppose Benefit Extension 38 

A bill to extend unemployment benefits has moved closer to Senate passage — over the objections of Idaho's Republican senators. The Senate has voted 60-40 to break a filibuster, which paves the way to vote on the plan. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch voted…

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CPD Blue Locates 2 Girl Runaways 

Update (via KHQrightnow Twitter): KHQ has learned that a man has been arrested in the Coeur d'Alene endangered runaways case. KHQ Reporter Mike Perry is in Coeur d'Alene gathering more information on the suspect.The two female runaways have been located in an apartment at 3825…

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Hart Looks Forward To Being 'Cleared' 

On Twitter, embattled Idaho Rep. Phil Hart has just posted this comment, plus 2 documents: "I thought it would be beneficial for anyone who so chooses, to be able to see the actual documents surrounding the House Ethics Committee and the alleged abuse of my…

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Why They Wanted Dirk To Testify 

Randy Stapilus/Ridenbaugh Press explains why Dirk Kempthorne was summoned to Washington to testify re: oil spill: During Kempthorne’s tenure, which ran for two and a half years up until January 2009, the agency had a string of problems. The New York Times reported this in…

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Hi-Noon: Piniella Plans To Retire 11 

Lou Piniella is retiring as manager of the Chicago Cubs effective at the end of the season, the Daily News has learned. The 67-year-old Piniella, who led the Cubs to NL Central division titles in 2007 and 2008, is in the last year of his…

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INorthwest Headlines -- 7.20.10 

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is shown during a spring training baseball game, in Mesa, Ariz., this spring. Piniella is going to retire at the end of the season. Piniella announced his decision today before a game against the Astros. The 66-year-old manager says he…

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DFO: KVNI Needs To Get Act Together 

First, I must admit that I haven't been a regular listener of KVNI for a long time, mebbe since the departure of former "Voice of North Idaho" Dick Haugen. Even then, I wasn't a regular listener because I'm too slammed in the mornings to listen…

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Idaho @ Point For Uber-Conservatives 38 

To be sure, conservatives across America — many with tea party sympathies — are reshaping the 2010 political landscape amid anger over bank bailouts, health care reform, illegal immigration and federal deficits. In Maine, GOP delegates passed a “tea party platform” rejecting all United Nations…

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HBO Poll: KVNI Needs Kerri Thoreson

Monday Poll: By almost 2-to-1, a plurality of Merry Hucksters (87 of 220, 40%) wants KVNI to select Post Falls Councilwoman (and Hux regular) Kerri Thoreson as the next host of its morning, local talk show. Dick Haugen, the former Voice of North Idaho finished…

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Scanner Traffic/AM -- 7.20.10

11:35 a.m. Benewah County confirms crash on H3 @ M/P 65 (Crystal Road, to fish hatchery) shortly after 11 o'clock is a fatal one.11:24 a.m. A female is an e/b blue van on I-90 @ Pleasantview is tailgating in attempt to get drivers in front…

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Lindsay Lohan Begins Jail Sentence 13 

Lindsay Lohan, left, is shown in a court with her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley this morning in Beverly Hills, Calif., where Lohan was taken into custody to serve a jail sentence for probation violation. (AP Photo/Al Seib, pool)Question: What will Lindsay Lohan learn from her…

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Trib: GOP Platform Helps Allred 

If the test of a political party's convention is to propel a campaign forward, then the Idaho Republican Party Convention in Idaho Falls last month was a massive success. For Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Keith Allred (pictured), that is. Allred senses it, too. Campaigning through Lewiston…

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