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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010

Simpson Won't DQ Himself From Case 36 

Item: Simpson refuses to disqualify himself from the Brannon case/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: First District Judge Benjamin Simpson isn't going anywhere. Simpson ruled Friday evening that he would remain as the judge presiding over the election challenge lawsuit, saying that an unfavorable ruling…

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A Transportation Security Administration (TXA) agent, right, scans airline passenger Kelsi Dunbar, using the new "backscatter" x-ray technology that can see through people's clothes and show the body's contours with blush-inducing clarity, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. (Jack Kurtz / The Arizona Republic)

Hart: Just Say No To Full-Body Scanners 

A Transportation Security Administration (TXA) agent, right, scans airline passenger Kelsi Dunbar, using X-ray technology that can see through people's clothes and show the body's contours with blush-inducing clarity at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. (AP File Photo/The Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz)The House Transportation and…

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Costello: The Man Behind The Tree 

he Washington Democrats' scheme to seduce the electorate into granting Olympia the power to afflict the state with an income tax is a stark reminder of why we should never trust them. While thrashing about for ideas on how best to close the state's budget…

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Risch Got Tax Shift, Otter Got Shaft 

Why is Gov. C. L. (Butch) Otter taking ownership for one of his predecessor's worst foul-ups? Responding to a series of editorials, Otter - joined by House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale and Senate President Robert Geddes, R-Soda Springs -- recently rejected out of hand any…

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Cindy: What I Learned @ HBO After Hours 

Cindy and about a dozen other Merry Hucksters staged a HBO After Hours event at O'Doherty's on Spokane Falls Boulevard Friday night to welcome in the St. Paddy's Day weekend. Here's what she learned:1. Guinness is a beer that lingers on the tongue until a…

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KXLY: KCSD Releases Shooting 911 Tapes 

Tania Dall/KXLY made the following report from tapes released by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department in the Hayden shooting earlier this week. You can hear the 911 tape by clicking here.Dispatcher: "Who is the shooter? That's what I'm asking."Starnes: “His name is Chad Moore, M-o-o-r-e."Starnes:…

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.