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SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010

Workers in protective suits walk towards 14-month-old Hannah Cooney as they comb the beach at Dauphin Island, Ala. Friday, May 14, 2010. The community was bracing for a possible land fall of an oil spill caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform more than three weeks ago. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)

Waiting For Landfall 

Workers in protective suits walk towards 14-month-old Hannah Cooney as they comb the beach at Dauphin Island, Ala., Friday. The community was bracing for a possible land fall of an oil spill caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform more than three…

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Deanna: Brannon Backers Disrespectful 22 

Judge denies Kennedy motion to dismiss the Brannon suit/Tom Hasslinger, PressCouncilwoman Deanna Goodlander: I was in the courtroom this afternoon (when Judge Charles Hosack added the city of Coeur d'Alene back into the Brannon suit as a co-defendant). I am a Republican and have attended…

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No Kids Leaving School Over IB Program 20 

Item: Hayden Meadows students staying: No parents plan on moving kids after letter from school/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Pica said she has not received any complaints about PYP, and just one student has been withdrawn from the school because of the all-school, K-5…

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Post Falls Priest Put On Leave 3 Times 

Item: Post Falls priest priest has been on leave three times: William R. Gould's leaves stemmed from sexual conduct allegations/Bill Roberts, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Besides the most recent leave, Gould requested leave in 2005 after questions of sexual misconduct arose involving an adult, according to…

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** ADVANCE FOR RELEASE FOR MAY 26-29 ** A skater from the Lava City Roller Dolls, from Bend, Ore., left, falls to the track as a pack of skaters from Axles of Annihilation and the Lava City Roller Dolls skate pass at the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) match Saturday, April 21, 2007, in Portland, Ore.  The match was held in a barnlike-building at the Portland Expo Center, on a track that is flat and lit all around, unlike the banked tracks that were a roller derby staple back in the 50s. (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press)

North Idaho Roller Derby, Anyone? 

OK, this is not the North Idaho Roller Derby team that will have its first game Sunday night at Skate Plaza (at 7 p.m., with tickets $10 at the door). It's a 2007 AP file photo by Rick Bowmer of the Lava City Roller Dolls,…

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Weekend Pick: Mac-&-Cheese Cookoff 

On Facebook, I asked Coeur d'Alene Visitor Bureau to expand on that mac-and-cheese cookoff that's being staged at the Greenbriar Sunday. Here's the response: "Come taste some of the best Mac 'n Cheese in town! Both restaurant and individual competitions. Chefs from our local restaurants…

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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.