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The Slice archive for Nov. 23, 2012

FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 2012


The murder story cup o' cheer

A few years back, there was an S-R editor who passed out commemorative mugs on the day after Thanksgiving. He did this several years in a row. Printed on the outside of these mugs were brief references to big stories the paper had covered in…

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This date in Slice history (1996)

Nikki Sauser was in the Kinko's on the South Hill when this guy came in and started making photocopies. He hadn't been at it all that long before a loud car horn sounded from outside. The guy's face scrunched into an exasperated look and he…

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Multiple choice 

What do you remember about your first Thanksgiving weekend back home after you had moved away (for college, a job, the military or whatever)? A) Not much. That was a long time ago. B) I suspect I had an inkling that life was moving on…

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Hint: Average income is higher there 

Despite the suggestion in the ludicrous "Red Dawn" -- no, I haven't seen it...but c'mon -- there isn't a Spokane high school that uses Wolverines as a name for its sports teams. But there is such a school elsewhere in Washington -- a traditional football…

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