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Hemingway Wild Card — 7.2.09

Today is the 183rd day of 2009. There are 182 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1961, author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress. Writer-director-comedian Larry David is 62. In the news this afternoon: Air France Flight 447 was intact when it hit the Atlantic belly first, investigators say here. And the Wild Card remains in play ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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