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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010

Ramsey Road Crash Kills Driver

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatality vehicle crash that occurred this evening on Ramsey Road, between Lacey Avenue and Wyoming Avenue in the City of Hayden. The one vehicle crash involved a small northbound car that crossed the southbound lanes of traffic,…

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Truly: I Got A Job! 

Truly: NEWS - NEWS - READ ALL ABOUT IT–(must be the old fashioned reporter mom in me) - Truly got a J-O-B!!! Is part time to start with possibilities of full time down the road. After 2.5 years of nothing - just a lot of…

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Shawn Reid during basketball practice at Post Falls High School on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. KATHY PLONKA The Spokesman-Review (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman Review)

P.S. Trojan Reid Is 5A Top Player

In this Nov. 25 file photo, Shawn Reid is shown during basketball practice at Post Falls High School on Tuesday. Reid was named boys' 5A player of the year by the Idaho Statesman. Greg Lee/SportsLink has all the top players and state all-star team at…

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Wild Card/Monday -- 3.29.10 19 

My wife and I and friends enjoyed Music Walk downtown Friday -- and discovered a local performer who's worth listening to again, an artist who goes by the name of Kosh, pictured, (which sounds like Kosher only Japanese-American rather than Jewish). He was performing in…

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Lindsey Grubb, 18, a 2009 graduate from Helena High School, places flowers near the site of the early Sunday single vehicle accident that took the life of her friend, Andre D. Hartwig, and four other Helena area teens on Keir Lane near Helena, Mont. on Monday, March 20, 2010. (Eliza Wiley / The Independent Record)

PM Headlines -- 3.29.10 

Lindsey Grubb, 18, a 2009 graduate from Helena High School, places flowers near the site of the early Sunday single vehicle accident that took the life of her friend, Andre D. Hartwig, and four other Helena area teens on Keir Lane near Helena, Mont., earlier…

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Two Los Angeles Dodgers fans watch batting practice before the Dodgers play the Seattle Mariners in a spring training baseball game Saturday, March 27, 2010 in Glendale, Ariz. (Tony Dejak / Associated Press)

APhoto Of The Day -- 3.29.10 13 

Two Los Angeles Dodgers fans watch batting practice before the Dodgers play the Seattle Mariners in a spring training baseball game Saturday in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Top Cutlines1. Kage Mann2. The Seahawks have the 12th man but what the Dodgers have is unbeatable --…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 3.29.10

6 p.m. A female wants to discuss the "incident on Richards" re: the body in the river.5:42 p.m. Gordon has information re: body found in the Spokane River.5:21 p.m. Heidi has questions re: body found in the Spokane River.5:04 p.m. NIC security has caught a…

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HBO Blogosphere -- 3.29.10 21 

You can see what Aunt Laurie is doing to Cedar Post adviser Willie Love by reading Slight Detour here.The Pope's problems/Accidental Rabbit TrailsTheme at a funeral/Arch Druid2-fer: Inside information, and: Wrong lesson learned/Dogwalk MusingsBeing Inland Empire Girl/Inland Empire Girl5 things I'm loving right now/Prime BeautyMore…

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Digger: Smoke Oysters, Yum! 12 

Digger: At Costco (also known as the “Death March with Samples”) yesterday I bought a 6 pack of smoked oysters in cottonseed oil. I absoutley love the things when eaten on a triscut with some cheese - Spazz can't stand them. He says they stink…

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Priggee 'Toon 'Highly Offends' Most 

I forgot to mention in my HBO Poll results roundup this morning (until long after today's question was posted) that most Berry Pickers were 'highly offended' by the cartoon by former SR cartoonist Milt Priggee, depicting Tea Partiers around a hanging tree marked "health care…

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Sarah Palin Endorses Vaughn Ward 13 

"After returning from Iraq, Vaughn went to work for the McCain/Palin campaign. I was grateful for his support then, and I’m happy to support him now because I know that he believes in the same commonsense conservative ideals that we cherish. Vaughn knows that real…

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Baylor fans hold up signs during the first half of the NCAA South Regional college basketball championship game against Duke in Houston, Sunday, March 28, 2010. (Eric Gay / Associated Press)

In Basketball, Devils Win A Lot 

Alas, for these Baylor fans (who held up signs during the first half of the NCAA South Regional college basketball championship game in Houston Sunday), the Duke Blue Devils did win, indeed -- to become the only No. 1 seed to make it to the…

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MGR Queries Minnick Vietnam Service 11 

When does Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick plan to quit lying about his military service? It's been a week since it was first pointed out that Walt had been misrepresenting his service on his campaign Facebook page and, as shown below, still no change. Today that…

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Crump: How To Get Hubbies Off Couch

How much is a backyard paver worth? I’m not talking about how much it costs; I’m thinking more tangible value. Like beer. If you ask me, one paver is worth one beer. My wife thinks otherwise. So this weekend will find me out in the…

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S&G: Perv Face Life In Prison

A Coeur d’Alene man could be in prison for the rest of his life for two sex crimes, a judge ruled recently. Kyle Richard West, 41, will serve four years in prison before he’s eligible for parole, according to a sentence imposed by Kootenai County…

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With Spotted Eagle Lake and the other ponds in the Miles City, Mont., area still covered by a layer of ice, these Canada geese are substituting the puddles at the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds for their swimming and feeding needs. The shallow waters will have to meet their needs  until warm weather starts opening up their regular habitats. (Steve Allison / Miles City Star)

HBO's Inland Northwest -- 3.29.10 

With Spotted Eagle Lake and the other ponds in the Miles City, Mont., area still covered by a layer of ice, these Canada geese are substituting the puddles at the Eastern Montana Fairgrounds for their swimming and feeding needs last week. The shallow waters will…

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No ID Yet On Body Found In River

The sheriff’s department is continuing their investigation of the body removed from the Spokane River near Richards Road on Saturday. No cause of death has been determined. An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday. Investigators say the body appears to have been in the water…

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High Noon: Earth Hour Sparks Hubbub

Global warming protesters generated a lot of heat Saturday night at the entrance to Spokane City Hall. It looked for a while like candle-carrying environmentalists might come to blows with those who contend global warming is a hoax perpetuated by the United Nations. But the…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 3.29.10 

11:45 a.m. Victim of a morning burglary reports she found a metal rod that may have been used to break in. It may have fingerprints on it.11:32 a.m. Caller reports that 2 people in a green pickup pulling a camper may be casing homes in…

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Tax Foes: Idaho Isn't Biz Friendly

Legislation to cut Idaho’s corporate and individual income tax rates by more than a third over the next 10 years is up for an “informational” hearing this morning in the House Revenue & Taxation Committee, though it won’t advance this year. Rep. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian,…

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Chile's Cristina Bello competes in the rhythmic gymnastics event at the South American Games in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday, March 28, 2010. (Fernando Vergara / Associated Press)

All Twisted Up 

Chile's Cristina Bello competes in the rhythmic gymnastics event at the South American Games in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Question: Do you generally get off to a good start on Monday mornings? Or do you often find yourself discombobulated?

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Hat Tip -- For Swell Biz Service 

Since I've lost my go-to barber and was in a hurry to get a haircut Saturday, I mustered up the courage to try Supercuts (near CdA Albertson's). After all, my wife assures me that my type of cut is so simple that even a fifth-grader…

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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.