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FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 2012

TGIF Wild Card -- 2.3.12 11 

We're at the end of another productive week at HucksOnline. Where the political story line is getting curiouser and curiouser, with state Sen. Jim Hammond opting to seek the presidency of North Idaho College rather than re-election. And state Rep. Bob Nonini jumping at warp…

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Parting Shot -- 2.3.12 

Mike Mathers, of Fairbanks, Alaska, poses with a cast of former NFL football player Irv Eatman's arm at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl festivities today in Indianapolis. The New England Patriots are scheduled to face the New York Giants in NFL football's Super Bowl…

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Behaving Inmates To Watch SBXLVI 

Inmates at Kootenai County Jail have been on their best behavior in order to keep their television privileges to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. Last week, KREM 2 crews discovered the inmates at the jail were on their best behavior so they could watch…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 2.3.12 

5:18 p.m. Post Falls store wants to trespass woman in bathroom who stole from tip jar before. (Update: Officer asks for EMTs to evaluate woman who is in the bathroom vomiting.) 5:11 p.m. Hayden WalMart security catches girl shoplifting while her parents are in the…

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PM/Idaho: Micron CEO Dies In Crash

Zoe Keliher, NTSB Air Safety Investigator, along with Boise Mayor Dave Bieter, right, and Boise Fire Chief Dennis Doan, left, addresses media about the plane crash that killed Micron CEO Steve Appleton, at Boise Airport today in Boise. Stories below. (AP/Statesman: Katherine Jones) Statesman Appleton…

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Downtown CdA Bar Report -- 2.3.12 

Wanna know why I stay away from downtown Coeur d'Alene after hours? Check out this battery report from 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22: "Officers responded to the Eagles Club (209 E. Sherman) for a battery call involving two males and a female at a wedding…

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Edit: Appleton Lived Life To Fullest 

Idaho Statesman editorial for Saturday: Micron Technology Inc. was unquestionably Steve Appleton’s company. “It was ruled by one guy,” former Micron employees and Boise semiconductor analyst Mike Howard said. For the years that have coincided closely with Appleton’s time and corporate climb at Micron, this…

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Nonini Is Last Capitol Cig Smoker 12 

Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, walks toward the Idaho Capitol in Boise on Monday. After another Republican representative quit smoking last year, Nonini is the lone open smoker in the Idaho Legislature. (AP photo) Standing outside the Capitol on a brisk January afternoon, Rep. Bob…

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Who Does Madonna Have To Top? 

This Sunday, in the midst of the war of attrition that will be Super Bowl XLVI, Madonna will roll her ridiculously ornate stage onto the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and attempt to blow some minds for eight or nine minutes. Madonna can…

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Idaho Suicide Hotline Shut In 2006 

Here's the backstory behind the numerous calls at today's budget hearing for funding a state suicide prevention hotline: Idaho's previous hotline closed at the end of 2006 for lack of funding. Since then, various locally funded hotlines around the country have volunteered to temporarily take…

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Dow Soars To Highest Level Since '08 21 

The Dow Jones industrial average has closed at its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow jumped 157 points Friday to close at 12,862. That’s the highest since May 2008. The Nasdaq composite index closed at its highest level since December 2000.…

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VP: 1st Palin, Now McMorris Rodgers? 

A political blog in the other Washington, The Daily Caller, suggests a certain congresswoman from this Washington could have a shot at the No. 2 spot on the GOP presidential ticket this fall. The blog quotes a Republican strategist, Kellyanne Conway, as saying Cathy McMorris…

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Press: Extremists Swaying Idaho GOP 18 

Denney (left) and Semanko (right) got caught up in trying to out-conservative their own conservative party. We have seen this attitude play out too often right here in Kootenai County, and inevitably, it serves neither the citizens at large nor the Republican Party itself. This…

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IFF Decries 'Special Needs' Program 13 

I have to wonder if some state lawmakers are serious about defending the state's sovereignty and the notion of limited government. Witness a bill that was before the House Health and Welfare Committee a few days ago: The measure in question would expand the role…

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High Noon: Should Media Use 'GOP'? 13 

From FRAN FRIED to Romansko.com: This is something that’s been on the back of my mind for a long time — the media’s use of the acronym “GOP” to describe the Republican Party. I know it makes things easier for copy editors like me in…

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Micron CEO Appleton Dies In Crash 

Emergency personnel look over the wreckage of a Lancair aircraft that crashed at the Boise Airport Friday morning in Boise, killing Steve Appleton, the chief executive and chairman of Micron, the company said. He was 51. Officials at the airport say the experimental aircraft crashed…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 2.3.12 

11:28 a.m. Caller reports male in her neighborhood walking around w/handgun hunting coyotes. 11:24 a.m. Caller willing to sign complaint re: speeding/reckless white Lexus @ H95 & Silverwood. 11:21 a.m. Dodge Stratus crashed through fence into field near Seltice Way & Corbin/PF after going into…

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Hayden Woman Makes Medicaid Plea 

Rebekah Casey of Hayden (pictured in Eye On Boise photo) was one of the individuals who testified about Medicaid cuts before the Idaho Legislature budget committee this morning (she's one pictured in Eye on Boise link). Betsy reports on Rebekah's testimony: “My husband and I…

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AM/Idaho -- 2.3.12 

Carol Griffin, of Coeur d'Alene, dodges raindrops while taking a walk Wednesday along Sherman Avenue. The weekend forecast, however, is for sunny skies. See below. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Sunny weekend in offing/Spokesman-Review Blanchette: Motum deserves huge shoutout/SR Micron CEO Appleton…

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Poll: 59% Text, Surf Web On Toilet

Thursday Poll: 59 percent of Hucks Nation has texted, emailed, or surfed Web while answering the call of nature. 75 of 143 respondents (52.45%) readily admitted they have. 11 of 143 respondents (7.69%) were reluctant to admit they have. 57 of 143 respondents (39.86%) haven't.…

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BYU Fans Behave Versus Gonzaga 

BYU fans hold up a sign during a game against Gonzaga during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Provo, Utah, Thursday. The Mormon university was embarrassed Saturday when unruly fans forced multiple stoppages in an 80-66 loss to St. Mary's by…

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For Those Keeping Score At Home ... 

Anyone remember the final outcome of that 2004 North Idaho College trustee race between Christie Wood and ... (drum roll, puh-LEEZ) Jim Hammond? If you remember that Christie won, can you remember by how much? OK, I'll make it easier. Christie Wood, 22,424 votes, Jim…

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Trib Jeers Treasurer Ron Crane 

Jeers ... to Idaho state Treasurer Ron Crane. Crane spends lavishly. He's above the rules. He's entitled to live better than the taxpayers who cover his $93,756 salary. If he hasn't crossed ethical boundaries, he's getting awfully close. Yet voters trust this man to fly…

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Herold: Mitt The Modern Mormon 26 

Why can't Mitt Romney (pictured) connect with voters, let alone inspire them? Some observers blame his problem on Mormon theology, others on his wealth and how he got it. Quite obviously, Romney’s church departs fundamentally from mainstream Christianity — both in regards to narrative and…

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