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FRIDAY, DEC. 5, 2008

Remembering Pearl Harbor

Colin Mulvany/SRIn Spokane, Chase Middle School 7th graders, Chris Nelson, Hannah Johnson and Tori Domini listen intently as Pearl Harbor survivor Sid Kennedy tells students about his experience the day the Japanese military attacked the Hawaiian Islands naval base on Dec 7th, 1941. Jim Camden's…

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Parting Shot -- 12/5/08

Gary C. Klein/AP Photo Jiffy, a border collie mix dog rests in the office of the Sheboygan County Humane Society on Friday. The elderly border collie mix froze to the sidewalk when it was left outside overnight in single-digit temperatures, but the "morbidly obese" dog…

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CComm: Elder Abuse

Our family opted to have one of us there every evening and sporadically throughout the day. We observed that residents who had family members present were better treated than residents who did not. Grandmom could express herself by shaking her head, nodding, or, as we…

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Update! Leno Calls Burger Contest Winner

SReporter Alison Boggs just learned that 7YO Rathdrum burger wunderkind Charlie Beckett has been contacted by Jay Leno. The Red Robin contest winner may appear on Leno's show next Friday, Nov. 12. Alison hears that Leno's handlers love Charlie's looks and personality. But they need…

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Scanner Traffic -- 12/5/08

5:09 p.m. R/P wants to speak to someone about a possible human foot he spotted along USFS Road 499.4:10 p.m. R/P reports that a man at the Costco pumps is filling up a 500-gallon tank in a trailer that's loaded with fertilizer. He wants a…

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In The News: Obama's Birth Certificate

Jose Luis Magana/APAbove, Theresa Cao speaks about President-elect Barack Obama's proof of U.S. citizenship outside the Supreme Court in Washington Friday.DFO: Conspiracy theorists on the right contend that Barack Obama isn't eligible to be president b/c he wasn't born in the U.S. And are demanding…

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Otis G: Livin' The '00s

Life was roaring in the twenties. The thirties were consumed by the Great Depression. The forties hosted World War II. In the fifties, people started rockin'. The sixties were a blur, from what I've heard. The seventies (when I was born), also birthed the computer.…

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Roesler: Dear God, There Goes Atheist Sign

Rich Roesler/SR Eye On OlympiaIn the Washington Capitol rotunda, Jeff Schumacher of Redmond, Wash., brought his own personal display to counter the atheists' display that counters the Nativity scene display.Five days after a Wisconsin atheist group erected a small sign in Washington's state capitol declaring…

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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Challenge Still Alive

Item: Decision keeps 'don't ask, don't tell' challenge alive/Karen Dorn Steele, SRMore Info: A federal appeals court has denied a request to reconsider a decision that keeps alive a challenge to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay soldiers brought by a former…

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UI Columnist: Use Your Brains, Not Boobs

I remember the first time opportunities surpassed me and went to “Ms. I Wear 3-inch Heels and a Little-Shorter-Than-Appropriate Skirt to the Office Every Day.” How aggravated it made me feel someone with half the experience got the opportunities I was working my butt off…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 12/5/08

Rainier Ehrhardt/August Chronicle, APHarrison Baggs, 2, left, cries as he and his brother, Hunter Baggs, 5, pose for photos with Santa Claus in Augusta, Ga. You write the cutline. Top Cutlines1. Harrison bawls when Santa whispers in his ear that he had been a bad…

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Urine Found In Assisted Living Center Ice

Item: Urine found in ice at senior-living center: Owner suspects disgruntled workers/Meghann M. Cuniff, SRMore Info: The soda tasted like urine, so she poured a new can into a different ice-filled glass. After another sip, Kathleen Chmura realized it wasn't the soda that was tainted…

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THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 2008

Parting Shot -- 12/4/08

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"There's actually beauty in the entire cycle of life there at Higgens Point," e-mails Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "The salmon weaken and die after spawning and fight the inevitable with determination. So at the shoreline you will see them spiraling in the…

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9 Words Women Use During An Argument ...

... And what they mean:FineFive MinutesNothingGo AheadLoud SighThat's OkayThanksWhateverDon't Worry About It, I Got ItQuestion: I received this from Trish Gannon, the River Journal owner/janitor, this afternoon. It could have saved me a lot a chilly moments had I received it 33-plus years ago. Do…

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Scanner Traffic -- 12/4/08

5:59 p.m. EMTs asked to make an evaluation on pregnant female following a domestic dispute in 200 block of 4th Street.5:32 p.m. R/P reports strong gas smell near Avista plant @ Boekel & Meyer.5:25 p.m. Hitchhiker in dark clothes creating a safety hazard near Stateline…

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Sandpoint Outfitters Gun Sales Up 400%

Calvin Fuller, owner of Sandpoint Outfitters in Ponderay, said he has seem the same action here in North Idaho. “It started about three or four days after the election,” he said. “We’ve seen sales four times what is normal. Right now, my suppliers are completely…

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NIC Responds To 'Scanner Traffic' Entry

12:45 p.m. Officer: "Do you know if the college has initiated some sort of lockdown procedure?" Second Officer: "Nobody's seen what sounds like anything here."Stacy Hudson, NIC PRster: First, there was no weapon on campus and at no time was NIC’s Meyer Health and Sciences…

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Cruise Boat Takes Out Navigation Light

The navigational light between the Spokane River and Cougar Bay was destroyed by the "Spirit of Coeur d'Alene" cruise boat after the fireworks show Friday night. The Kootenai County Parks & Waterways Department will decide whether it will be replaced. The accident remains under investigation.…

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Smith: Gannett Slashing Newsroom Staffs

The bodies are stacking up today at Gannett Co. newspapers all over the country. Gannett has been downsizing its newspapers seemingly forever. But corporate moguls, for PR reasons I suppose, decided that the current cuts would be made at all their newspapers within a day…

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Huckleberries Online

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.