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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 2007

Parting Shot -- 12/19/07

Mollie Brault-Binaghi/AP PhotoSt. Michael's College student Mollie Brault-Binaghi poses with a projection of the Minor Candidates web site in Colchester, Vt., Wednesday. Disturbed that mainstream media cover only the big names of aspiring White House occupants, a group of students at St. Michael's College has…

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HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 12/19/07

No, this isn't the camel that the wise men rode during the original Christmas, but the delightful young lady in the picture will appear in Your Post Falls Voice a week from tomorrow, Dec. 27, promises Sweet & Sour Herb.*Hauser Thoughts tells us a real-life…

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Powderhorn On KootCo P&Z Agenda

The public can comment Thursday night on a request to rezone 300 acres as part of future plans for a mega golf retreat and luxury housing development overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene near Harrison. Powderhorn Ranch LLC is asking Kootenai County to change the classification of…

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Phil: Why Is Everyone So Busy?

Why is everybody so busy? It's what I hear the most from friends, family, even strangers. "We've been so busy lately" has become the standard answer to the question, "How are you?" The statement is often preceded by a heavy sigh. Nobody seems to like…

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Christmas Past

When all the carols have been sungand all the big, red stockings hung,he’ll think of Christmas long gone by,“God bless us, every one”, he’ll sigh.The Bard of Sherman Avenue

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Cis: Who Do You Tip?

Who do you tip? I have heard of tipping the garbage man and the newspaper person. Also I have seen one that tipped the postman. Why? If any of this went to the extra bounds in their job, then maybe I could understand/Cis Gors, From…

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SR: E. Wash. Racist Nabbed Transporting Alien

Item: Eastern Washington skinhead charged with transporting illegal alien/Bill Morlin, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: The founder of the Eastern Washington Skinheads – a racist, neo-Nazi organization – is to be arraigned Thursday in U.S. District Court in Spokane on a charge of smuggling an illegal alien into…

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HBO @ Noon: Have You Been Naughty Or Nice?

Kevin Harvison/McAlester News-Capital & Democrat, APThis little girl points to herself Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 at the McAlester, Okla., Public Library, to let Santa Claus know that any presents labeled to Estella KirK are meant for her because she is "pretty sure" she has been…

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Ah'm Your Huckleberry -- Suspicious Package

This Huck will be part of my Handle Extra column Saturday:With the help of two CPD Blues and three Spokane bomb squaders, I survived the arrival of Marmitetoasty's Christmas card Tuesday. Marmitetoasty? She's a delightful Brit who hangs out at Huckleberries Online. Her card arrived…

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Bob: 'Naughty List' Story Well Written

Item: Grinch knocks Santa out cold: Thrown object hits firefighter on truck decorated as sleigh/Meghann M. Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewJesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewBob: Although I'm relentlessly critical and annoyingly dismissive of hackwork no matter which newspaper I find it, I must confess that Meghann Cuniff's "Someone Just Made the…

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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.