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THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009

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AM Headlines -- 7.16.09 

Josh Ritter, an internationally known folk singer from Moscow, is headlining Saturday's show at Rendezvous in the Park in East City Park in Moscow. Local musicians in the Hog Heaven Big Band will provide back up. Ritter is still on a high from his July…

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ORG XMIT: TOK103 FILE - In this Thursday, May 29, 2008 file photo, a group of barn owls is seen at the Wildlife Rehab and Education center in Houston, Texas. When the rats descended in swarms and wiped out an entire season's harvest, hungry Lao villagers supplemented their diets by hunting barn owls, snakes and other wild animals. But now, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization plans to persuade hungry Lao that protecting the pale-faced owls is a faster way to a full belly. The owls are natural predators of rats, and one can eat a dozen rodents in a day. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Sharon Steinmann, File) ** NO SALES ** (Sharon Steinmann / The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 7.16.09 13 

A group of barn owls is seen at the Wildlife Rehab and Education center in Houston, Texas. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Sharon Steinmann, File) Top Cutlines:1. Kevin Taylor2. (tie) Obama's newest governmental creation: The Department of Homespun Wisdom -- CindyH; and: Al…

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Poll: Too Old To Have Kids? 

Wednesday Poll: 51 of 97 (53%) oppose the House Demos proposal to tax millionaires up to 5.4% more to pay to expand health care. Full results here. <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1788188/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1788188/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1788188/">How old is too old to have children? -- Idaho Statesman</a><span style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com"…

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Whippersnapper: Arrogance Reigns 26 

Whippersnapper: Sotomayor has enough votes to be confirmed, yet Democrats are demonstrating how they are able to excuse any behavior and ignore any hateful remark from their chosen ones, and find all kinds of phantom behaviors to blame on their enemies. Their sense of justice…

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OTV: VIP Fits Beutler 16 

OrangeTV: The term “Very Important Person” is a bit much perhaps, for those who DO live in Cd'A John Beutler is a pretty big name and VIP fits. He is very ubiquitous here, his name and face seem to pop up in the CDA Press…

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

Gummi Worm Wild Card -- 7.15.09 

Today is Wednesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2009. There are 169 days left in the year. On July 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon startled the country by announcing he would visit the People's Republic of China. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 63. Thought for…

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ORG XMIT: ILPEO101 Amanda Younkin-Franklin wing walks on a stunt plane piloted by her husband Kyle Franklin and performs an acrobatic flight during the Prairie Air Show at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport in Peoria, Ill., Saturday, July 11, 2009.  (AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star, Ron Johnson) (Ron Johnson / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 7.15.09 

Amanda Younkin-Franklin wing walks on a stunt plane piloted by her husband Kyle Franklin and performs an acrobatic flight during the Prairie Air Show at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport in Peoria, Ill. (AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star, Ron Johnson)SR's Today In PhotosQuestion:…

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JS: I Just Can't Say No 14 

JeanieS: How do you say no???? I need to learn this. I am a people pleaser big time. I want to please everybody around me, be it at home or work or in the store or, well, all the time. I never say no. Most…

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Century 21 Owner Faces DUI Charge 36 

A prominent Coeur d’Alene businessman was arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a two-car accident north of downtown Tuesday night. John A. Beutler, owner of Century 21 Beutler and Associates, did not stop at a stop sign while headed west on Walnut…

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Police are asking for help finding a man who robbed a Northtown Mall store at knifepoint Tuesday night.  Anyone with information about the suspect or incident should call Crime Check at 456-2233.  Courtesy of SPD  The man was trying to steal clothes from Kohl's when store security tried to stop him about 8 p.m., according to the Spokane Police Department. (Courtesy Spd / The Spokesman-Review)

PM Headlines -- 7.15.09

Police are asking for help finding a man who robbed a Northtown Mall store at knifepoint Tuesday night. Anyone with information about the suspect or incident should call Crime Check at 456-2233. Courtesy of SPD The man was trying to steal clothes from Kohl's when…

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ORG XMIT: NYR101 In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach. New York State Parks official George Gorman said Tuesday that researchers will examine the shark to determine a cause of death. After that, it will be buried in nearby sand dunes on the beach. (AP Photo/Sophia Hall) (Sophia Hall / The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 7.15.09 16 

In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island earlier today. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 7.15.09 

5:39 p.m. Two males, including one who is drunk, and a female are fighting physically in the parking lot of Memorial Field/CdA.5:34 p.m. A woman repeatedly is striking 3 children in the back seat as she is e/b on I-90 from 15th/CdA in a vehicle…

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O Deer, What Can The Matter Be?

"It was an interesting day with the pasture critters yesterday," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "We first saw the "aggressive" doe in the early morning down by the Ponderosa pine tree in the hayfield. Bill pulled out the binoculars and reported that she had her fawn…

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Mary Meets Bumblebee 

Newby Bumblebee and Mary Souza are going at it in the thread under the Coeur d'Alene Press editorial today. Seems to me that Bumblebee has the upper hand. Example:" Mary "Correction" Souza was indeed shown the door for undisclosed reasons. Since then, she's been on…

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Breast cancer survivor Alison Rubin is starting a series of yoga classes for women with breast cancer.  7/6/09  DAN PELLE danp@spokesman.com (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Breast Cancer Survivor Shares Yoga 

Breast cancer survivor Alison Rubin is starting a series of yoga classes for women with breast cancer. Story here. SR story by Virginia de Leon here. (Dan Pelle/SR)Question (for cancer survivors): What is the best advice you can give to someone who has just been…

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AM: No Longer An Option 

I’m not gonna lie. One of the greatest perks of my job as a news anchor was the station’s partnership with a fantastic hair salon. I got a cut and color every six weeks or so, and all I had to pay was a gratuity.…

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Idaho Dad: Dirty Magazines 

My house is filled with dirty magazines. No, not those kinds. I mean, Smithsonian, Time, National Geographic, Discovery For Kids, and Real Simple. The kids grab hold of them as soon as they arrive in the mail, and the next thing I know there are…

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Roxy: Remember Hydroplane Races 14 

At Remember the Roxy, OrangeTV has posted a score form of the 1964 Diamond Cup. The unlimited hydroplane races were a hit until the late to mid-60's when they led to rioting in downtown Coeur d'Alene and were suspended. Duane Hagadone tried to resurrect the…

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Flash! Fire Chief Orders Cafe Shut 

Terry's Cafe was ordered closed today by Timberlake Fire Chief, Jack Krill. Along with the closure of Terry's two other premises owned or operated by Chan Karupiah received citations relating to fire and safety codes, but were allowed to continue operations. The Buttonhook Restaurant along…

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ORG XMIT: MOHG104 President Barack Obama throws out the first pitch to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, not pictured, before the MLB All-Star baseball game in St. Louis, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) (Haraz Ghanbari / The Spokesman-Review)

Noon: Obama Throws Out 1st Pitch 

President Barack Obama throws out the first pitch to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, not pictured, before the MLB All-Star baseball game in St. Louis Tuesday. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)Question: Obviously, President Obama is a lefthander. Are you? Has being lefthanded created any…

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Nominee Explains 'Wise Latina' Quip 30 

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday that her controversial statement that a "wise Latina" could reach a better decision than a white man was a poorly expressed but valid point about the value of differing perspectives in applying the law. Sonia Sotomayor answers…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 7.15.09 

11:37 a.m. Traffic hazard: Wire in e/b I-90 roadway b/n MP 30-31 (4th of July Creek).11:22 a.m. Silverwood Theme Park security has detained a drunken man.10:50 a.m. Hayden woman reports her 16YO son who has a history of suicide attempts may have taken an overdose.…

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ORG XMIT: MTBIL101 Pryor Mountain wild stallions playfully fight in Bridger, Mont. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. The Pryor Mountain wild horses are just a small part of an estimated 33,000 wild horses that roam across 10 Western states, the majority of them in Nevada, where Bybee used to work. (AP Photo/The Billings Gazette, David Grubbs) (David Grubbs / The Spokesman-Review)

HBO's Best Of INorthwest -- 7.15.09 

Pryor Mountain wild stallions playfully fight in Bridger, Mont. earlier this month. The Pryor Mountain wild horses are just a small part of an estimated 33,000 wild horses that roam across 10 Western states, the majority of them in Nevada, where Bybee used to work.…

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Stapilus: '10 Guv Race Filling Up 

Idaho’s governor race for 2010 is beginning to fill, after its fashion. We don’t know for sure if the incumbent Republican, C.L. “Butch” Otter, will run (though the weight of opinion is that he will), and there aren’t any Democratic contenders emerging (some being talked…

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