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MONDAY, JAN. 12, 2015

Wild Card/Monday -- 1.12.15 50 

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Ohio State 42, Oregon 20

Ohio State QB Cardale Jones (12) dives for a first down during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Oregon Monday in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won the first college football championship of the playoff era 42-20 over Oregon. Game…

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911 Dispatch Texts Help Woman

The distraught woman messaged police last week telling them she was going to hurt herself, but she refused to pick up her phone. So dispatchers with Post Falls police used text messages - about 60 or so over the next hour -- to help the…

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Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 

An elderly woman, left, looks at a man who lacks his pants during the annual "No Pants Subway Ride" at a subway station in Mexico City Sunday. The annual No Pants Subway Ride began in 2002 in New York as a stunt that organizers call...

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$500K Bond Set For Murder Suspect

The man accused of killing three people in Moscow and critically injuring another on Saturday appeared before a Whitman County judge Monday afternoon. 29-year-old John Lee was arrested in Washington after a 24 mile pursuit with local police Saturday afternoon. Lee is charged with Eluding...

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HucksOnline Blogos -- 1.12.15

The North Idaho blogosphere roundup begins on a sad note today. EndNotes, started by Catherine Johnston and former SR colleague Becky Nappi, comes to an end today. Catherine makes her last post today (see link below).

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Dems Respond To Otter Address 

Chairman Larry Kenck of the Idaho Democratic Party responds to Gov. Butch Otter's State of the State Address: Eight years have taught Idahoans that we need to pay more attention to what Governor Otter does than what he says he does. Yes, Governor Otter, Idaho...

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Prosecutor Regrets Warrant For 9YO 

Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry Watson issued this statement to KHQ re: issuing an arrest warrant for a 9YO who stole bubblegum from a store: "Recently in a Juvenile Justice case involving a misdemeanor Petit Theft charge, an arrest warrant was issued for a 9 year...

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Otter Ignores Grocery Tax Credit 

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter rejected this week the full repeal of Idaho’s grocery tax, a move that would have given families more buying power and cut government waste. That has some residents disappointed in the governor. In a press conference late last week, Otter, serving…

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Protecting Our Borders? 

Huckleberries Online is pleased to introduce cartoonist Khaliela Wright, who holds degrees from the University of Idaho and Washington State University. She is an instructor of economics for Spokane Falls Community College and occasionally writes for Idaho Magazine. Khaliela tells Huckleberries: "I started drawing political…

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Warrant Issued For 9YO Gum Thief 

An Idaho prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for a 9-year-old boy who failed to show up in court. KHQ-TV reported that the boy from Post Falls is accused of stealing a pack of gum. Police Chief Scott Haug said it’s the first time in his...

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Guv Wants 7.4% Hike For K-12 

Outlining an agenda heavy on education, Gov. Butch Otter called on the Legislature to increase K-12 public school spending by 7.4 percent in 2016. Otter’s budget blueprint would increase school spending by $101,185,600, bringing the school budget bottom line to $1,475,784,000. That amount would represent…

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Otter Still Against Gay Marriage 

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter had this to say about the same-sex marriage issue: “It is incumbent upon those of us sworn to uphold and defend our Constitution and to do so based on its content now – not on changing societal values since it was…

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Butch Calls For Tax Cuts 

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter long has favored tax cuts; now, he’s calling for cutting the personal and corporate income tax rates for Idaho’s highest earners each year for the next five years, to drop them from the current 7.4 percent to 6.9 percent. In the…

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Oregon Vs Ohio State Today 

Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota responds to a question during media day for the NCAA college football playoff championship, Saturday, in Dallas. Oregon is scheduled to play Ohio State on Monday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Question: Who do you predict will win?

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Former Planner Gary Young, RIP 

From Kerri Thoreson's Facebook wall: "Gary Young passed away over the weekend after a battle with cancer. Gary had an impact on Post Falls via his tenure as the City's Planning director for many years and then his next venture as landscape architect/land use planner…

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Poll: Free Community College? Yes 

Weekend Poll: 63 of 115 respondents (54.78%) support President Obama's call for free community college education for all. However, 47 of 115 respondents (40.87%) oppose the recommendation. 5 (4.35%) were undecided. Today's Poll (from Lewiston Tribune): Should U.S. news organizations publish or broadcast controversial cartoons…

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Gonzaga Climbs To No. 3

With big wins over San Francisco and Santa Clara, Gonzaga jumped to No. 3 in this week’s Associated Press college basketball poll today. Kentucky remained at No. 1 and Virginia replaced Duke at No. 2 in the poll released this morning. Duke, which lost to…

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Trib: Past Time For Idaho To Act 

In a Lewiston Tribune editorial, opinion editor Marty Trillhaase comments that leaders of Idaho have run out of excuses for not acting on a variety of topics, including education funding and the state's decaying roads and bridges.

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