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MONDAY, NOV. 16, 2015

Wild Card/Monday -- 11.16.15 14 

The municipal elections are now 2 weeks in the rear view mirror. And Jeremy Morris' war with his neighborhood over plans for a ha-huge Christmas display have been thoroughly discussed here. So we're facing a week with no riveting target on the horizon. Which isn't...

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Parting Shot -- 11.16.15

A skier goes head over heals while doing a flip at Boreal Mountain Resort near Donner Summit, Calif. With a number of California ski resorts open already, forecasters are hoping that a strong El Nino winter will bring above-average precipitation to California this season after several years of dismal snowfall.

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 In this May 14, 2015 file photo, singer Carole King performs in Los Angeles. A list of six Kennedy Center honorees were announced Wednesday, which includes “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, groundbreaking actresses Rita Moreno and Cicely Tyson, singer Carole King, rock band the Eagles and acclaimed music director Seiji Ozawa. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Singer Carole King has Idaho ranch for sale 

Carole King has some earth she'd like to move in Stanley, Idaho. The singer-songwriter, who penned the early '70s hit "I Feel the Earth Move," has her Robinson Bar Ranch for sale at $9.9 million. Set within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, the 128-acre spread has belonged to King for more than three decades.

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Delegation: Put refugees on hold 

Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, and Idaho Representatives Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador, called for suspending bringing Syrian refugees to Idaho through the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program until better assurances of security can be obtained. Gov. Butch Otter made the same request in a letter to President Obama today.

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35 Syrians relocated to Idaho 

Jan Reeves, director of the Idaho Office for Refugees, told “Idaho Reports” co-host Melissa Davlin today that 35 Syrian refugees have been resettled in Idaho in the past six months, 20 of them children.

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Suzanne Niles has written a new book, “Fast Friends, The Amazing Power of Friendship, Fasting and Prayer.” (SR Photo/Kathy Plonka)

Fasting, prayer changed lives of 2 women 

In 2002, a Spokane-based public relations and media representative for the Salvation Army met the owner of a real estate company from California while working on the Franklin Graham crusade. That chance meeting resulted in a lasting friendship and a recently released book, “Fast Friends: The Amazing Power of Friendship, Fasting and Prayer.”

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High, sustained winds Tuesday PM

The National Weather Service of Spokane has issued a High Wind Warning for Tuesday afternoon through midnight and is predicting sustained winds from 35 to 45 MPH with gusts as high as 70 to 80 MPH. Minor snowfall of 1 to 2 inches is expected Monday night into Tuesday morning.

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HucksOnline Blogos -- 11.16.15

The daily roundup of links from the Huckleberries Online blog roll includes: Basics/Slight Detour,Reigning error/Fort Boise, Can you do better?/The Slice, Times are changin'/Simple Mind, Military family month/War Bonds, The real world war/Barrett Rainey, And yet there's hope/Faithful Geek, Barrel Fest 2: Rolling them out/On Tap + more ...

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Flags at half staff 

Above, an American flag flies half-staff at Los Angeles City Hall on Monday. Flags are flying at half-staff in Los Angeles in honor of victims of terrorist attacks in Paris, France. Also, I noticed during my daily walk along the waterfront that the flags at Veterans Plaza in McEuen Park are flying at half staff.

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Otter: Halt refugee resettlement 47 

In a letter, Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter called on President Obama today to halt the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program until the vetting process for all foreigners crossing U.S. borders is fully reviewed and state concerns about the program are addressed.

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71% unhappy w/USA direction 

In an Idaho poll, 71% said the country is headed in the wrong direction, which isn't surprising. Idaho largely opposes the Obama administration. However, only 47% of Idahoans say the state is going in the right direction. That percentage alarms leaders of the predominant Idaho GOP who would like to see the number above 50%.

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WSU student falls while vomiting 

A 19-year-old WSU student was seriously injured early Sunday morning after falling from the third story balcony of an off-campus apartment building. It’s the fourth time this semester WSU students have injured themselves in falls while drinking, Pullman police spokesman Cmdr. Chris Tennant said.

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President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in Antalya, Turkey, today. The Obama administration is announcing a new intelligence-sharing arrangement with France to more readily and quickly share military planning regarding the campaign against the Islamic State. After President Barack Obama announced the arrangement to reporters in Turkey, the Pentagon says Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have authorized military personnel to share information quickly with their French counterparts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama defends ISIS strategy 13 

President Obama declared on Monday that his strategy for defeating the Islamic State is working despite last week’s horrific attacks in Paris, forcefully rejecting calls for escalating the use of military force in the Middle East or turning away Syrian refugees at home.

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Poll: Butch is blowing smoke

In the weekend poll, Hucks Nation rolled its collective eyes when asked whether it thought Gov. Butch Otter was sincere last week in Coeur d'Alene when he said: "We must improve education in Idaho." Today's Poll: Do you think a four-day school week for 9% of Idaho's public school children is a good idea?

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Newspaper to out anon commenters 21 

The Montana Standard today announced they will no longer allow anonymous commenters and plan expose the real names of all anonymous and pseudonymous commenters retroactively. The action came after media mogul James Cox Kennedy of Cox Enterprises was exposed by a free-lancer violating Montana's stream access laws.

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AM Headlines -- 11.16.15

This morning's roundup of AM Headlines includes the story of Elaina Pignolet, of Sandpoint, a Gonzaga University junior studying in Paris this semester, who saw first-hand the resilient spirit of the French people in wake of the dastardly attack by terrorists last week.

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Idaho defense fund: 0 for 20 years 11 

A special state fund created to help Idaho navigate state sovereignty conflicts with the federal government has paid out more than $2.1 million over the last two decades, nearly all of it spent on losing legal battles, according to an AP analysis. The Constitutional Defense Fund hasn't paid for a winning case since 1996.

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Egan: It's open season on journalism 

Tim Egan of the New York Times says journalists and the profession of journalism is being attacked from the right and the left, creating a vacuum for powerful partisan voices to mislead the public. Meanwhile, people still hunger for solid reporting at a time when newsrooms and journalists' salaries are being cut.

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Ambitious Raul no one-hit wonder 

In an Idaho Politics Weekly column, Chuck Malloy opines that the political stock is rising for Congressman Raul Labrador after he and the Freedom Caucus brought down former House Speaker John Boehner. Malloy writes of Labrador: "He doesn't appear to be a one-hit wonder."

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Students in Notus Elementary School take part in a character education class. Students arrive at the school at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast; the school day ends at 3:20 p.m. (Photo by Andrew Reed, Idaho Education News.)

Series: 4-Day Schools unproven, affect 26,881 29 

Today, Kevin Richert of the Idaho Education News presents the first of a four-part series about rural Idaho's move to four-day schools. The unproven experiment involves 26,881 students, or about 9.1 percent of Idaho's public school student body. At this point, no one knows if its working & legislators show little interest in seeking out answers.

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Souza attacks CdA urban renewal 

Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d’Alene, says she believes cities like Coeur d’Alene are using urban renewal as a “side-around” to avoid public votes on big new public projects, as would be required if the city asked voters to raise their property taxes to fund them. Souza made her comments at a committee studying possible changes in urban renewal law.

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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.