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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011

Hump Day Wild Card -- 5.18.11 

I appreciate the feedback from Herb & Lew2nl last night re: the election results bleeding into the right rail. I was able to correct that problem before posting the final results. I rely on you folks to let me know when things are going hay-wire…

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Small Kids Not Allowed At 'Wicked' 

Among other warnings that Jim Kershner/Spotlight gives those holding tickets to "Wicked" (which begins its two-week run tonight) is this one about small children: "Leave the babies and toddlers with the sitter. No one under 4 will be allowed in the theater. And although 'Wicked'…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 5.18.11

6:05 p.m. Shoplifter has run from Hayden WalMart bathroom toward Sterling Savings in escape try. 5:40 p.m. Caller reports 5-6 vehicles at vacant "party house" @ Buckles & Emerald/Hayden. 5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for May 17-18 here. 5:25 p.m. CdA police…

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PM Headlines -- 5.18.11 

A massive landslide covers about 300 feet of Highway 89 in Snake River Canyon, near Jackson, Wyo., in this aerial photo taken Tuesday. The slide, which was about 40 feet deep on the road and almost 2,000 feet long at the time this photo was…

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RRepubs Officially Target City Races 

On his Facebook wall, Ron Lahr of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans posts: "It's a relieft that the election is over so we can rest for a week or so before getting to work on the November city council, fire district, and any other races."…

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Downtown Bar Report (May 5-15)

The 25YO man who walked into a street pole after a confrontation with a Baja Bargarita bouncer wins the Drunk Behaving Baddest honors in the latest Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar report (May 5-15). Seems bhe belligerent male finally left Baja Bargarita around 12:10 a.m. Friday,…

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S.F. To Vote On Circumcision Ban 10 

Benjamin Abecassis rests on a pillow surrounded by family members, immediately following his Bris, a Jewish circumcision ceremony in San Francisco. San Francisco voters in November will be asked to weigh in on what was until now a private family matter: male circumcision. City elections…

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Albertson's Grants $21M For Schools 

The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation announced today it is donating $21 million to the State Department of Education to help create the 21st century classroom in every Idaho school. With its grant funding, the Foundation will help equip classroom teachers across the state with…

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NI Blogs: Riding The Freedom Bus

I'm a ha-huge fan of the old pickup & truck photos taken by Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images. She writes on her Facebook wall that she found this old-timer near Athol Tuesday night. "I was watching the PBS show last night called Freedom Riders. It was…

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KEA Blog: Tubbs Hill Is Different 

We’ve written a few times about Tubbs Hill and its intersection with the McEuen Park debate. As the concept proposal for McEuen goes to the City Council next week, the issue of Tubbs Hill is likely to be squarely at the forefront of the Council’s…

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Can't Make 'Em Like That Any More 

When the famous photographer Margaret Bourke-White made her iconic 1936 Life magazine cover shot of the still under construction spillway at Fort Peck Dam – the very first cover of the magazine – the country had no environmental impact statements. A cost-benefit analysis? Huh, what’s…

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Beth's Drama Llama 

"Remember that runaway steer?," asks Nicole Hensley/Blush Response. "It came from Cable Creek Farm, owned by Beth Tysdal and her husband. They were recently featured on the front page of the Spokesman Review. Beth is also our assignment editor in the newsroom. Unfortunately, she's leaving…

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When Do You Take Off The Rings? 12 

Q: My wife has been dead six years now, and even though I’ve dated off and on, I still haven’t been able to remove my wedding ring. When and how should I do so? A: The timetable for removing a wedding ring after a spouse’s…

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Man Eats 25000th Big Mac 

A retired prison guard ate his 25,000th Big Mac on Tuesday, 39 years to the day after eating his first ... nine. Don Gorske was honored after reaching the meaty milestone during a ceremony at a McDonald's in his hometown of Fond du Lac. Surely…

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Update: Murder Hearing Delayed 

Melisa Bates, the woman facing a 1st Degree Murder in the killing of her uncle, St. Maries resident Robert Marek, will undergo a mental health evaluation.According to the criminal complaint, Bates, who is Marek's niece, is suspected of killing him on May 15. The complaint…

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INW Headlines -- 5.18.11

Pablo Yzquierdo of Nampa sits on his custom low-rider bike at the Celebracion De Cultura community event on Saturday in Caldwell. Organized in part to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo holiday the event featured local Hispanic cultural performances along with food and merchandise vendors. (AP…

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World Ends Saturday, Film At 11 10 

So what would you NOT do, if you knew for certain that Judgment Day would hit at 6 o'clock Saturday? An office wag, upon hearing the notion promoted by a fringe religious group and two Potlatch brothers, said he'd take a pass on mowing his…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 5.18.11

11:54 a.m. Deputy is en route to Flats Loop/Harrison for a death notification. 11:43 a.m. EMTs are responding to unknown medical emergency @ US Bank Call Center. 11:25 a.m. Someone is unconscious in 5500 block of Cynthia Street/CdA. 11:17 a.m. A red PT Cruiser is…

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Stealing $$$ From A Dying Man

A man and a woman suspected with allegedly stealing a donation jar meant to raise money for a cancer-stricken officer have been identified by police. Officers have ticketed 30-year-old Michelle K. Riddle on the charge of misdemeanor petit theft after she and another person were…

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Distraught Bride 

Residents attempt to save 22 year-old woman after she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building in Changchun city in northeastern China's Jilin province. The bride surnamed Li cut her wrists and tried to commit suicide after…

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Ron: Congrats To RRepub Troops 

Ron Lahr's congratulatory note to the Reagan Republicans this AM: "Congratulations to all the candidates and volunteers who worked on last night's races. Condolences to the KCRR members and endorsed candidates who didn't win. Still, we broke the stranglehold the Dems have had on Cd'A…

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Hucks Poll: Flooding Affects 2 Of 10

Tuesday Poll: 22 of 120 respondents (18.33%) said they are personally affected by the flooding now occurring in North Idaho and the Inland Northwest. 98 of 120 (81.67%) aren't affected at all. Today's Poll: Would you like to see Coeur d'Alene actress Patty Duke run…

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St. Maries Woman Suspect In Killing 

Murder victim identified as Robert Dean Marek, 43/St. Maries Gazette-Record The Benewah County Prosecutor has confirmed that a North Idaho woman has been arrested for a murder near St. Maries. Melisa Bates, 26, was located and arrested in Bayview on suspicion of murder, Prosecutor Doug…

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Idaho Woman: Dad Delivered Obama 

The Idaho Mountain Express reports Wednesday that a Blaine County woman says her father was the physician who delivered Barack Obama in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. Kathy Sinclair-McClatchy of Gannett and her mother, Ivalee Sinclair of Hawaii, spoke with the paper. The family provided…

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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.