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SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012

Weekend Wild Card -- 5.5-6.12 19 

We have the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo to celebrate today while waiting for the "supermoon" tonight. Might be a good time to get in some gardening while keeping a wary eye out for campaigning politicians and Recallers. Only 10 more days and we'll…

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R's Outnumber D's 8-to-1 In Affiliation 10 

Item: Numbers game: Republicans outnumber Democrats in party affiliation forms in Kootenai County/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: So far, 8,011 county voters have checked Republican as their party affiliation, according to the county Elections Office. Only 926 have marked Democrat affiliation on their…

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FILE - A full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York in this view from Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, N.J., in this April 6, 2012 file photo. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night May 5, 2012 as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual. Saturday's event is a "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 p.m., the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

Supermoon Out Tonight 17 

A full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York in this view from Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, N.J., in this April 6 file photo. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives tonight as our celestial neighbor passes…

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One Too Many Reagan Repub Groups? 10 

Item: Name's the same: Reagan Republicans feel like victims of 'identity theft'/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press A Berry Picker emails: "I heard some scuttlebutt about the (Reagan Republicans) being under investigation. It looks like they didn't register with the Secretary of State's office and now…

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Jorgenson Passes On Spirit Lake Forum 

Mike Jorgenson, a candidate for the state Senate District 2 seat held by Steve Vick, sent this letter to organizers of a Spirit Lake candidates' forum: "I will not be attending the Spirit Lake candidate forum. The practice of pre-determining which candidates are acceptable to…

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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.