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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 2007

Hump Day Wild Card -- 9/12/07

I need to run to the new Coeur d'Alene Library (which was built in the right spot for an understandable amount of dollars, mostly doughnated or approved by CDA residents) ... to turn in an overdue book, Ludlow's "The Bourne Supremacy." It was due yesterday.…

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HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 9/12/07

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoNIC Trustee Judy Meyer and Councilwoman Dixie Reid styling at Sunday's dedication of the new Coeur d'Alene Library.*Family Phil considers himself a veteran as he enters his second year of home-school teaching his son, who's now a fourth-grader, here.*Bayview Herb offers a…

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Aw

Mark Wilson/Roswell Daily RecordJustin Koonce, a firefighter for the Roswell Fire Department, in Roswell, N.M., descends a ladder after rescuing a kitten from a tree in the backyard of Jeanette Schaffer on Wednesday, with the assistance of three of his colleagues below. Schaffer, who was…

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Vox Box: More On Being Too Skinny ...

Originally posted at Vox Box by Erin DanielsThere has been a lot of coverage about Miss Britney's performance at the MTV music awards. If you have been in a cave and missed it:Her performance aside, we have been discussing that girls feel too much pressure…

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Release: Sen. Craig Reacts to Petraus Testimony

General Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees today regarding the troop surge in Iraq. ... "Unfortunately, many were quick to prejudge the surge, as well as the testimony of General Petraeus and Ambassador…

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Wannabe Gookin Complains About Name-Calling

In a Coeur d'Alene Press article by Lucy Dukes this morning, Coeur d'Alene council wannabe Dan Gookin complained about the name-calling in a $33,000 city-commissioned study of the police department. Seems the Results Group mentioned the "CAVE People" (known at Huckleberries Online as Citizens Against…

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Eye On Boise: Could Risch Appoint Himself?

Which brings up another theoretical question: Could Risch skip the suspense and just appoint himself to the U.S. Senate today? It’s been done before. In 1945, Idaho Gov. Charles Gossett resigned as governor and had his lieutenant governor appoint him to the U.S. Senate. But…

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RSPA: Brand X Blog Posters Smear Edinger

Rainbow Sparkle Pony Angel: I see the blogtrolls on the babyblogs are trying to covertly smear Gookin's opponent, Edinger, by noting he's from California and had a failed business.Can anyone tell us about the background of Ron Edinger? I hear he is from California. Where…

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Question: Did Commish Deserve Another Raise?

Item: Commissioners vote to raise salaries: Piazza against increase that applies to nine elected county officials/Erica Curless, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Piazza maintains that the previous County Commission county commissioners, including Currie, erred and bred mistrust with residents in 2005 when it voted to give itself a…

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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.