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TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 2010

Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do, By Text 

People depend on texting too much as a communication tool. Don't get me wrong, I admit that I do it too, but when texting becomes the whole communications toolbox as opposed to maybe the hammer or wrench, it might be an unhealthy dependence. Let's explore…

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Basic Religion Test Stumps Americans 66 

Americans are by all measures a deeply religious people, but they are also deeply ignorant about religion. Researchers from the independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life phoned more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity and other world…

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AM: Sheriff Joe Endorses Labrador 

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio talks with Raul Labrador, Republican candidate for Congress, at the Coeur d'Alene Resort on Monday. At a press conference prior to the annual Women in Red banquet, sponsored by the Kootenai County Republican Women's Federation, Arpaio endorsed Labrador's candidacy for Idaho's…

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Cindy: Best To You This AM? Bah! 

On her Facebook wall, Cindy writes that she's "has heard of people who wake before dawn and jump out of bed with a song in their heart and a smile on their face. I'm more of a roll-out-of-bed, trip-over the-cat, clutch-my-coffee-cup and mutter darkly kind…

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Ashley: BSU-UI Sellout Hurts Students 

RE: Boise State-Idaho football game sells outAshley: I've got my ticket (to the sold-out Boise State-Idaho game) so I'm not directly affected, but there are many many upset students tonight. Students who didn't get a chance to get their ticket(s) because they were stuck in…

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Nic: Phelps Slimes Christ's Name 

RE: Westboro Baptist Church: Coming to a high school near youNic: As a Christian, it saddens me that people like Fred Phelps can commit such ugly acts in the name of God. I'm heartbroken that he has set the stereotype of how much of the…

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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.