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MONDAY, FEB. 3, 2014

A Sign Of Things To Come?

Arpie: I'd point out that Dave predicted the first score of the game last week with the cutline pic of a ball seeming to hit Peyton Manning in the head (Parting Shot, Jan. 24). That's just what happened on the first play of the game.…

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43 'Add The Words' Backers Arrested 18 

The 43 people arrested in the “Add the Words” protest this morning were processed in a 4th floor conference room of the Capitol, then released with misdemeanor trespassing citations. Asked what their fine will be, protester Hilary Rayhill, 46, said, “We’re going to go to…

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HBO Blogosphere -- 2.3.14

On his Eye on Shanghai blog, Thom George posts: "Melinda, James, and I spent New Year’s Day 2014 walking around People’s Park, East Nanjing Road and The Bund. This man was taking a break from keeping Shanghai’s streets clean." Thom George has resolved to take…

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Bruno Mars Headlines Halftime Show 

Bruno Mars performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Question: I didn't see any of the Super Bowl halftime show. How would…

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Warming Center Open Tonight

The St Vincent de Paul North Idaho Warming Center is going to continue to be open tonight through Sunday night, Feb. 9. Future nights will be extended as extreme cold persists. As temperatures continue below 25 degrees, St Vincent’s shelter will always be open from…

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Johnson: NFL & Other Pro Charities 

If you want something to make you as cranky as Chris Christie consider the fact that the National Football League, where teams are owned by millionaires and billionaires like the Seahawks’ Paul Allen, is officially registered with the IRS “as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.” A…

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GONI! Review: Asian Twist 

This weekend, I sent my dear friends Jay and Jake up to the new Thai/Fusion eatery Asian Twist, located in the Albertsons complex in Coeur d'Alene (226 W Ironwood Dr.). I wanted to join them, but alas and alack, I was stuck at work pouring…

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Mother Writes About Her Grief

In 1998, a speeding bus plunged off a cliff in Bolivia and forever altered Linda Lawrence Hunt’s life. Her daughter, Krista Hunt Ausland, was aboard the bus with her husband, Aaron, and their puppy, Choclo. The couple had come to Bolivia to serve a three-year…

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Hearn: Bullying Report Concerns CSB 17 

CSB Chairman Tom Hearn: The School Board takes the report quite seriously as well as the bullying problem in our schools. We invited Mr. Wessler into the schools to study the problem and the Board and administration will look at policies and programs to address…

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Diving For Pay Dirt

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin (89) dives into the end zone for a touchdown against Denver Broncos free safety Mike Adams (20) during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) DFO: I…

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Poll: Most Watched With Family

Weekend Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation watched Seattle Whip Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII with family. 86 of 215 respondents (40%) said they watched the NFL finale with family members. 35 of 215 respondents (16.28%) were guests at a party; 28 (13.02%) watched alone;…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 2.3.14 

11:59 a.m. Possible shoplifter reported at Millers Harvest Foods/Spirit Lake. 11:43 a.m. Male complains to KCSD that his ex-wife won't let him see children. 11:30 a.m. CPD officer told that signal lights @ 5th/Sherman, downtown Spokane, have been out for a week. 11:16 a.m. 2…

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Dennis: Hoffman Death Breaks Heart 17 

Philip Seymour Hoffman poses for a portrait at The Collective and Gibson Lounge Powered by CEG, during the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in "Capote," was…

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Ed Board Opposes Guns On Campus

In a special meeting this morning, Idaho’s State Board of Education voted unanimously to oppose SB 1254, the bill to allow guns on college campuses in certain circumstances. “We have to protect our students,” said Milford Terrell, a board member from Boise, according to a…

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INW Aerospace Industry Takes Flight 

From Unitech Composites and Structures in Hayden, Idaho, to Triumph Composite Systems in Airway Heights, to Aerocet Inc., in Priest River, to Parker Aerospace in Liberty Lake, the Inland Northwest has rapidly evolved into an important hub in the aerospace industry. “Aerospace is a foundational…

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Quotable Quote 

The Monday after the Seahawks win the Super Bowl should be a national holiday. The end -- Seattle Seahawks fan Cindy. Question: Should we make the day declare the day after the Super Bowl to be a national holiday? Should we establish a national holiday…

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Bullying Common In CdA Schools 45 

Coeur d’Alene school leaders are getting a glimpse of how cruelly some students treat each other, including sexual harassment, racial bias, religious intolerance, gay-bashing and badgering kids who are overweight, poor or disabled. In a new report prefaced with a warning of offensive language, bullying…

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Best Super Bowl Commercial? 11 

NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, center, wearing a muscle suit, appears with bodybuilders in a Super Bowl commercial shot on location in Long Beach, Calif. The commercial aired during the second half of NFL football's Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday. (AP Photo/GoDaddy.com) KGW: Super Bowl commercial…

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Bar's Drink Name Causes Backlash 28 

Open less than a day a new bar in Downtown Spokane is already getting backlash from the community over the controversial name of one if its signature drinks. The Daiquiri Factory served its first drinks on Friday night despite outrage on the bar’s Facebook pageover…

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50 Years Ago: Beatles Invasion

At 8, Terry Yeager caught Beatles fever and 50 years later it’s still surging through his blood. Yeager was one of 73 million Americans who watched the Fab Four’s historic, Feb. 9, 1964, appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” lying on the living room floor…

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AM Headlines -- 2.3.14

Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game against the Denver Broncos Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. The Seahawks won 43-8. Story here. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) And: Relive game, season w/stories, photos here. Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins,…

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Single Digits Headed Our Way 

A Polar Express is headed our way after today's high temperature of 25. The temperature will dip to 6 tonight, launching a week of highs in the teens and lows hovering around zero, with minus-2 called for early Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The cold temperatures…

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Trib: Idaho Legislators Afraid Of NRA 

It's been three years since Idaho refused to allow college students to carry concealed firearms on campus. And what's been the reaction? Have you heard students demanding state lawmakers reconsider? No. Has there been a rash of school violence to justify arming students? Just the…

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Aebleskivers Available At CdA Mall 

The name, product, process and people make this place pretty fascinating -- especially since Aebleskivers isn't why I stopped in Silver Lake Mall in the first place. I heard rumors that the SLM JCPenney store was one of 300-some closing nationwide. As I meandered the…

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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.




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