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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007

Parting Shot -- 4/10/07

AP Photo/Pat WellenbachA freshly-caught Maine lobster is seen on the wharf at Cundy's Harbor, Maine, in a file photo from July 7, 2006. Lobster prices around the state have soared to apparent record highs, retailing for about $15 a pound in April 2007. Harsh winter…

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Wild Card/Tuesday -- 4/10/07

Rocket's Brain Trust asked some time back for me to keep you appraised of my diet and weight loss. I officially touched 20 pounds lost about a week ago. I'd lost 16 pounds by walking. I've lost 4 in the last two weeks by watching…

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HBO's Best of the Friends' Blogs -- 4/10/07

Marmitetoasty/Twaddle took the nippers to a real cool castle, called Portchester, and returned with all the nippers in toe and a bunch of photos, too, here (BTW, that's Jacob sitting just above a "do not climb" sign).*Idaho Escapee/Atmospheric Ruminations gives Don Imus credit for admitting…

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Question: Should Public School Kids Wear Uniforms?

Item: Borah High students organize to fight school uniform plan/Anne Wallace Allen, Idaho StatesmanQuote: Principal Greg Frederick: "Uniforms level the field for the haves and the have nots and equalize the status of all students.”Question: Should public school students be forced to wear uniforms?

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Tangled Up in the Red, White and Blue

AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook Wind creates havoc for Kyle Ikerd, 14, who tries to hold onto the United States flag while Jake Godwin, 14, ties the rope back on the pole in front of Eastmont Junior High School in East Wenatchee, Wash., Monday.…

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Mary Souza: Handlers of DFO, MikeK Back LCDC

Mary Souza (to: LastDemoinIdaho): To say that the Spokesman Review does not have a bias on this issue is ridiculous. Their attorney, Denny Davis, is on LCDC. The owners of the newspaper are planning their own riverfront development project right near Liberty Lake and they…

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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.