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PM Headlines — 5.30.13

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is flanked by Republican Idaho state lawmakers Rep. Christy Perry of Nampa, left, and Sen. Marv Hagedorn, right, of Meridian earlier today, at a Perry's family's gun shop in Boise. Crapo touted legislation that would re-authorize federal funding for mental health courts and other efforts to help the courts deal with individuals with mental illnesses who commit crimes. With his visit, Crapo is re-directing his focus to policy and from personal and campaign miscues that include a December drunken driving arrest and his disclosure this month that his campaign lost $250,000 on an ill-advised real estate loan. Story here. (AP Photo/John Miller)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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