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TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, 2012

9/11 Wild Card -- 9.11.12 

I doubt that the zealots who flew the airliners into the twin towers and Pentagon 11 years ago realized that they were awakening a giant. I doubt that Osama bin Laden and others involved in the terrorist attack realized how many of their terrorist network…

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Parting Shot -- 9.11.12 

Memphis firefighter David Schlauch helps refold a giant American flag after the annual September 11th Fire Services Memorial at the Fire Museum of Memphis today. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

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Kardashian Bumps 9/11 Moment 11 

While its rivals covered the solemn commemoration of the first plane striking the World Trade Center on Tuesday, NBC's "Today" show aired Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner talking about her breast augmentation. It was an embarrassing moment for the once-dominant morning show, now often beaten…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 9.11.12 

5:34 p.m. Possible non-injury crash involving government vehicle @ H41 & Poleline/PF. 5:27 p.m. Holiday station, 312 Haycraft/CdA, reports driver left w/o paying for gas. 4:57 p.m. Female ran across traffic after kicking male outside Post Falls Little Caesars. 4:39 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Casino/Worley security…

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PM Headlines -- 9.11.12

Donna Montgomery, a former Kootenai County GOP chairwoman, checks out car dealer Tom Addis in his 1939 Ford Deluxe earlier today in front of the GOP headquarters. Donna traveled to the Sunset Mall to view the new GOP headquarters, which, coincidentally is the same site…

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GOP: TSA Needs To Change 

After holding a moment of silence Tuesday in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee took the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to task for the airport security techniques that have become commonplace since then.…

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Kris Issues Freeze Warning 

Are you kidding me? Kris Crocker/KXLY has issued a freeze warning (red area above) for much of the Inland Northwest, including North Idaho. I covered my tomatoes and zucchinis last night. Looks like a repeat tonight. Question: Isn't this too early for this sort of…

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Ducks Lose Ex-T-Wolf York For Year 

When Oregon offensive lineman Carson York was given the prognosis of his second major knee injury in nine months, he wasn’t distraught. The former Lake City standout, who learned he’d miss the remainder of his senior season due to a broken knee cap he suffered…

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Lasagna, Anyone? 

Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. serves some lasagna during a lunch with firefighters today in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Question: Do you like lasagna as much as Garfield the Cat?

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Idaho Gas Prices Above Nat'l Average 

Idaho's gas prices have jumped 5.5 cents a gallon in the past week, AAA Idaho reports, pushing the state's average price up to $3.855, a penny higher than the national average of $3.843. A month ago, Idaho's average price for a gallon of regular gasoline…

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Banned In Coeur d'Alene? 

Coeur d'Alene High cheerleaders practice routines in front of other cheerleading squads in this photo taken by proud papa Dave Chamberlain at the USA Cheer competition at Eastern Washington University this summer. Dave's daughter is one of the Vik cheerleaders. A Coeur d'Alene School District…

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Labrador Questioned ITD Policy, Too 

Four months before Pam Lowe (pictured) was fired as director of the Idaho Transportation Department, then-sophomore state Rep. Raul Labrador helped defeat a bill raising fuel taxes by saying the only people he heard from in support of the hike were those with an financial…

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No 1 On This Date In 1962

On his Slice blog, Paul Turner posts: "I cannot recall being personally acquainted with any 4 Seasons fans. You know, someone who would actually buy their records. And yet, the group had a ton of hits. How they managed this without the backing of the…

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You Say 'Pell-Mell', I Say 'Pall Mall' 

"I think "pell-mell" is kind of a cool word. I can't remember the last time I used it in an editorial. That drought ends ... now" -- opinionator Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman via Twitter. DFO: I use "pell-mell" occasionally. Always reminds me of those old Pall…

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USA Today: Bikes Rule PDX Roads 

Add The USA Today to the long list of national publications that have apparently just learned that bicycle commuting is big in Portland. (I’m hearing that we have quite a food-cart culture as well.) The headline – “In Portland, Ore., bikes rule the road” –…

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Idaho Abortion Law Likely Illegal 

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says some Idaho abortion laws are likely unconstitutional, including one barring medication-induced abortions. But the judges didn’t pass judgment on Idaho’s fetal pain law, saying a woman who sued over the law doesn’t have standing to challenge it.…

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Noon: Do You Throw Like A Girl? 

Rachel Haspel, a columnist for the Washington Post Health & Science section writes: "There’s no way around it. I throw like a girl. Luckily, it’s not difficult to avoid situations in which throwing is required, and I’ve managed to do it successfully my entire adult…

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Remembering That Morning 

The Empire State Building dominates the New York skyline Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Nearly five years earlier the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood over lower Manhattan, background, until the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) Question: Has the U.S. properly…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 9.11.12

12:27 p.m. Poleline/PF area woman threatening suicide saying kids are better off w/o her. 12:14 p.m. Motorist claims crews working on power lines on Wyoming/Hayden @ H95 aren't giving drivers enough warning of closed road ahead & almost caused wreck. 12:11 p.m. Resident from Julia…

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Pilot In Crash Dropped Toilet Paper 13 

Idaho authorities say a pilot flying over a Republican gathering had been dropping rolls of toilet paper or streamers from his airplane before it crashed. The Federal Aviation Administration says early indications are the experimental aircraft stalled or reached a speed and angle at which…

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AM: Post Falls Honors 9/11 Victims

At Post Falls City Hall this morning, city officials, firefighters and police officers participated in a ceremony honoring those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York's twin towers, the Pentagon and the aborted flight that was run to ground by brave airline…

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Biden Hangs Out With Bikers 21 

Vice President Joe Biden visits with patrons over lunch at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio, in this controversial Sunday photo that has gone viral. Biden buddied up with bikers, posed for countless pictures at a pizza place and downed an ice cream cone at a…

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I'm Shrinking! 10 

On his Slice blog this morning, Paul Turner offers a link to a site that converts your weight to kilograms. I now weigh 99kg, thank you (and may finally meet insurance company guidelines for the ideal weight. In fact, I may be a little slender).…

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Poll: Hucksters Vote Split Ticket

Monday Poll: Almost two-thirds of Hucks Nation say they vote split-ticket in elections. 102 of 155 (65.81%) say they vote split ticket, underscoring the notion that Hucks Nation is an independent bunch of cusses. 27 of 155 (17.42%) say they vote party-line Republican, while 24…

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9/11: 11th Anniversary

Judy Parisio places an American flag in one of the engraved names that borders the north reflecting pool of the World Trade Center Memorial, during the ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, in New York earlier today. (AP Photo/Mike Segar, Pool)

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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.