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FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 2013

Trib: Labrador Votes Against Bailout 

No one will ever say of Congressman Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, what Conservative Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson unleashed on Washington Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Wednesday: "Rep. McMorris Rodgers' vote is inexplicable and disappointing. Raising taxes on job creators into the teeth of…

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Idaho Inmates Sue Beer Firms 18 

A former Bonner County imprisoned for killing a Priest Lake man is among a group of inmates filing suit against beer, wine and liquor manufacturers for causing their alcoholism and antisocial traits. Keith Allen Brown and four other inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution…

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Crapo Pleads Guilty To DWI 13 

Idaho Republican Sen. Michael Crapo has pleaded guilty to drunken driving charge in a Virginia court. Crapo pleaded guilty to a first-offense DWI today. The DWI charge is a misdemeanor under Virginia law. Prosecutors dropped a charge of failing to obey a traffic signal. Crapo…

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Cat Survives 80-Foot Fall 

Pam Robinson brings a stray cat to the Marion, Mass., Animal Hospital to have it checked. The cat had spent at least a week stuck in a Rochester, Mass., tree before plunging 80 feet to the ground. A Marion Animal Hospital veterinarian said Wednesday it's…

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Jacklin Seed To Close Doors 

The Jacklin Seed facility, one of Post Falls' oldest and most visible businesses with its operation along Interstate 90 near the state line, will shut down over the next three years, the J.R. Simplot Company announced on Thursday. Boise-based Simplot, which bought Jacklin Seed in…

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Christa: Trustees Endanger Park Use 26 

Christa Hazel: I am concerned about Person Field and the appearance, in my opinion, of the unwillingness on part of our school district to engage in any meaningful dialogue to find a mutually beneficial resolution. It is the School District, not the City, that is…

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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.