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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, AUG. 15, 2008

TGIF Wild Card -- 8/15/08

I'm going to be leaving early today, to get to a wedding rehearsal at Gonzaga University. I'll head out at 4 p.m. I'm leaving some stuff behind for your entertainment, however. And I'll post some stuff later tonight for launch the Saturday morning threads. Meanwhile,…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 8/15/08

Joshua Sudock/Orange County Register, APA protester dressed as Snow White is walked off by a police officer after being arrested during a demonstration protesting Disney's treatment of hotel workers outside of Disney Land in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. I just…

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Joseph Duncan Trial, Day 3 (Court Adjourns)

Latest: The prosecution is basically having these store employees verify that the items found in the Jeep were indeed purchased by Duncan More here.Betsy Russell's AM roundup: 'A medium of violence in the world'; A child's bathing suit, video camera, hacksaw; Duncan quiet, sleepy in…

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The Feather

Liz Kishimoto/SR File PhotoIn a million million years (or more)When 'creatures' view our planet,They'll scratch their metal heads and say'That can't be a feather! Can it?We've found evidence of feathersIn pictures of small birds,But this huge feathered objectIs too startling for words!'They'll recreate the creatureThat…

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EOB: Jurors See Videos Of Duncan, Kids

Videotapes of Shasta and Dylan Groene clowning around at a Montana campsite with their abductor were played for the jury this afternoon, including one in which Duncan slices up a big watermelon and he and the children eat slices. After Duncan walks over to the…

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Scanner Traffic -- 8/15/08

2:24 p.m. A man in his 30s has suffered a broken leg at Camp Mivoden on Hayden Lake. EMTs are asking that he be brought by boat to Honeysuckle Beach.12:05 p.m. Plastic orange chair is in the roadway on Highway 95, north of Garwood.11:44 a.m.…

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Hampton: Covering Small Town Murder

Jon Allen Kienholz, AKA "Bubba," is now on deck. The 20-year-old Silverton kid walked out with the deputies again down the hallway - a sea of calmness with a vacant look of despair all over his face. Again, the sunken-in raccoon eyes of the alleged…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 8/15/08

Jerret Raffety/Rawlins Daily Times, APCisco the miniature horse got a little silly inside the Carbon County Library while his handler 12-year-old Alison Brown looked on during the library’s Gear Up for School event on Wednesday, August, 13, 2008 in Rawlins, Wyo. The event was intended…

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Huckleberries Hears ...

... That someone has stolen the 3-foot statue at the Mexican Food Factory on 4th -- a man in a sombrero, holding a burrito. And the Food Factory is offering a reward for its return. How low can you go?

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Idaho Blogs -- Gingrich's Fund-Raising Fiction

The Jim Risch for Senate campaign is pulling out a big-name Republican rainmaker: former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Too bad the campaign did a shoddy job of briefing Gingrich about the Risch resume/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.*Electoral map shifts Sali's way/Adam's Blog*The fundraising fiction…

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Letter: Minnick Is A Stealth Demo

I am curious as to whether others have noticed an oddity in congressional House candidate Walt Minnick's TV and radio ads. Nowhere in them does Minnick confess to being a Democrat. While seeming to espouse traditional Idaho and Republican values, such as business, hunting and…

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Sali Aide Strikes Back @ Nampa Paper

The Idaho Press-Tribune, formerly a decent newspaper, formerly a conservative newspaper, slipped to new depths last Sunday with an editorial that left out important facts in order to justify its point. Only after the Press-Tribune ran its opinion piece did anyone from the Press-Tribune bother…

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EOB: Was Duncan Really Taking Shasta Home?

Joseph Duncan has claimed he was bringing his only surviving victim, then-8-year-old Shasta Groene, home to her father when he was arrested with her at a Coeur d’Alene Denney’s restaurant in 2005. In a tape-recorded statement to police played in court for jurors on Thursday,…

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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.