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SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 2011

Weekend Wild Card -- 1/8-9/11 116 

I've been gone most of the day and not tuned into the news. So I learned of the horrible news from Arizona by checking this Wild Card thread a half hour ago. Sick, sick, sick stuff. It's sad and heart-breaking that so many violent mad…

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Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch (24) carries the ball under pressure from New Orleans Saints' Alex Brown as Seahawks Mike Gibson (64)  falls during the play in the first half of an NFL NFC wild card playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, in Seattle. (John Froschauer / Fr74207 Ap)

Seahawks Upset Saints in Playoffs 41-36 

Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch (24) carries the ball under pressure from New Orleans Saints' Alex Brown as Seahawks Mike Gibson (64) falls during the play in the first half of an NFL NFC wild card playoff football game, today, in Seattle. Late in the fourth…

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EWU wide receiver Brandon Kaufman stretches out in a full dive to get across the goal line and score on a two yard pass from quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell. The play earned EWU their first touchdown enroute to a 20-19 win in the National Championship game against Delaware in Frisco, Texas on Friday, Jan. 7, 2010. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman Review)

Blanchette: Eagles Never Blinked 

EWU wide receiver Brandon Kaufman stretches out in a full dive to get across the goal line and score on a two yard pass from quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell. The play earned EWU their first touchdown enroute to a 20-19 win in the National Championship…

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Dogwalk: Goodbye To Facebook Friends 

My one other love is blogging. It's nearing obsolescence with the advent of Facebook and Twitter, but I still enjoy it. I want to keep at it. I'd miss it. Today I've put my Facebook Zoo Mates on notice I'm cutting way back. It has…

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Simple Mind: Real Men Sew

We usually celebrate New Years Eve, New York style. We say HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! at 9pm our time, as that is New Years on the East Coast in Time Square. And then head to bed. But this year it was different… we stayed up the…

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City Offers DUI Hit-&-Run Cop Job Back 

A former Spokane police sergeant fired after a drunken hit-and-run crash has been offered a spot as a detective after a change in state law lifted his driving restrictions. City officials notified Bradley N. Thoma on Friday that he can return at the demoted level…

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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.