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FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006

WorldNetDaily Poll: Who's Responsible For Fighting?

Issue: Hezbollah rockets rain on Jewish state: Israeli warplanes target Lebanese sites, ground invasion considered/WND; and: Israel targets Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut suburb: Attacks follow rockets falling on northern city of Haifa/HaaretzQuestion: Who is most responsible for the current outbreak of fighting in the Mideast?…

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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006

Parting Shot -- A Real Political Wag -- 7/13/06

Ruth Sisk kisses her golden retriever, Brinkley, Wednesday in Anchorage, Alaska. Sisk, an Oceanview dog-lover, started a write-in campaign for governor for the pooch to raise money for the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other dog-friendly nonprofits. She's already sold $4,000…

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Man In Standoff Hanged Himself

A man found dead Wednesday morning following a nine-hour standoff with Coeur d’Alene Police hanged himself, according to preliminary autopsy results released today. Kootenai County Coroner Robert West said 24-year-old Nicolas C. Castanon barricaded himself in the bathroom and used a dog leash to hang…

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Top Cutlines -- 7/13/06

David Profeta, in red, gives direction to Miss Ecuador, Karry Lopez, while preparing for a 2006 Miss Universe pageant photograph in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., this morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson) Top CutlinesIn A League of His Own: John Austin explains to…

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2nd Mini-Sturgis Coming To Stateline

Here are a list of the contests that'll take place June 29-30 at Cruisers Biker Bar's 2nd Annual Mini-Sturgis at Stateline:Awesome Tossem Toilet Seat Horseshoes Bobbin For Pigs Feet Hubcap / Biker Tire Hurl Keg Toss Keg Role Keg Carry Frozen T-Shirt Contest Armpit Serenade…

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APhoto of the Day -- 7/13/06

David Profeta, in red, gives direction to Miss Ecuador, Karry Lopez, while preparing for a 2006 Miss Universe pageant photograph in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., this morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson)

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Question: Should Airport Carry Boyington's Name?

Issue: Airport renaming still in flux: Troops who hope to commemorate Boyington left uncertain after meeting/Sam Taylor, Spokesman-ReviewDFO: Sam told me that the airport board hardly gave the Marines the time of day when they proposed renaming the airport in honor of Boyington, the WWII…

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006

A Typical Back Yard Scene -- In Alaska

In this photo provided by John Gomes, a young moose leaps through a sprinkler in the back yard of Gomes' residence in Anchorage, Alaska, Sunday. The moose spent about 10 minutes playing in the water, Gomes said. (AP Photo/John Gomes via Anchorage Daily News)

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HBO's Best of the Local Bloggers

Photographer Gail Boughton wrote for Sandpoint Online: "Here's another picture of an owl at my daughter's house in Priest River, but this one is one of the babies." Taken June 13.*Toad/Synaptic Disunion takes us through the evolution of his blog over the last four years,…

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Alice Rankin: Why Wasn't SR @ Anti-Tax Rally

Gene Ealy shouts at a guest speaker during a discussion about property taxes Tuesday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos) Alice Rankin: There were 350 present for the Republican anti-Tax Rally and they didn't even get a mention in the…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 7/12/06

Drew Sutherland is reflected in his trombone while he plays with the Pocatello Brass at a recent Farmers' Market in Pocatello, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Idaho State Journal, Doug Lindley) Stapilus: Risch has boxed himself into a corner on property taxes here.1. David Horsey/Seattle PI gives…

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CDA Press: We (Heart) Chateau de Loire, Others

"Contrary to some critics' conclusions, Chateau de Loire is not literally translated, "Nightmare on the Lake." In fact, we think the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners should look favorably on the proposed French-themed development on the east side of Lake Coeur d'Alene if the project…

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Novak Reveals Source In Plame Controversy

Issue: My Role in the Valerie Plame Leak Story/Robert Novak, Human EventsColumnist Robert Novak: Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed my attorneys that, after two and one-half years, his investigation of the CIA leak case concerning matters directly relating to me has been concluded. That…

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Whirled News In Photos ...

... A Mayor Collapses @ Ken Lay FuneralFormer Houston Mayor Bob Lanier is loaded into an ambulance outside the First United Methodist Church where he was attending a second memorial service for Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay Wednesday in Houston. Lay, 64, died July 5…

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007: D's Should Quit Whining, Hating America

My unsolicited advice to Dems is as follows:1. Quit being girly men.2. Quit raising our taxes.3. Quit whining.4. Quit screwing the working man out of jobs that the greenies don't like.5. Quit taking our guns.6. Quit hating America.7. Quit hating God and Jesus.8. Quit helping…

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TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006

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.




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