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THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2009

Marshal arts instructor Heungki Kim during class at K Tigers Taekwondo in Coeur d'Alene on Monday, October 27, 2009. KATHY PLONKA kathypl@spokesman.com (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

AM Headlines -- 10.29.09 

Martial arts instructor Heungki Kim during class at K Tigers Taekwondo in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRSeason's first snow falling around region/Mike Prager, SRNIC trustees OK prairie plan/Maureen Dolan, PressMore local students return to class after bout w/flu/Brian Walker, PressLake Dance…

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Spencer Defends NIC Lawsuit 11 

Spencer (re: reason for suing North Idaho College): The way I see it, sue, is that we are protecting what others have built, even if they built it over a hundred years ago. It is called the Idaho Constitution, and it clearly protects the right…

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New Yorker To Challenge Crapo 19 

(U.S. Sen. Mike) Crapo has drawn a Democratic challenger well in advance of Idaho’s May 2010 primary election - but it’s a lawyer from New York who’s never been to Idaho. William Bryk, who’s filed his declaration of candidacy and a campaign finance report with…

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Gookin Claims Open Meeting Violation 40 

At Dan's Campaign Blog, Dan Gookin castigates Mayor Sandi Bloem and the Coeur d'Alene City Council for writing into the Coeur d'Alene Press to denounce the attack by Jim Brannon's followers on their character. Gookin claims their was some sort of an Open Meeting Law…

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 2009

P.S. A Quiet Place w/Engine Runnin' 12 

Scanner Traffic Item: "3:39 p.m. R/P reports that a woman sits in her Cavalier for a half hour @ Maple & Buckles/Hayden daily. When contacted by police, the woman said she reads a book for a half hour to get away from people."Liz: I can…

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ORG XMIT: WS305 New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira tags out Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins near first base in the first inning of Game 1 of the Major League Baseball World Series Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 10.28.09 

New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira tags out Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins near first base in the first inning of Game 1 of the Major League Baseball World Series Wednesday in New York. The game's scoreless in the third. ESPN game boxscore here.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Question: Are…

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Hump Day Wild Card -- 10.26.09 21 

I just got lectured by the HBO Hall Monitor (aka CindyH) and rightfully so. E-mails Cindy: "It's 10:00 o'clock. Do you know where your Wild Card is?" I found the Wild Card. But wished I could find more stuff to post the AM Scanner Traffic.…

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Mead 16YO's 'Joke' Lands Him In Jail 

A Mead High School junior is facing a felony charge after jokingly telling his teacher he was hired to kill her, police officials said. The 16-year-old has been booked into Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center for harassment – threat to kill. The school district in…

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Susan Curtis, left, and holocaust survivor Rose Beale, right, at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial.  BETSY RUSSELL betsyr@spokesman.com (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

PM Headlines -- 10.26.09

Susan Curtis, left, and holocaust survivor Rose Beale, right, at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. Idaho’s Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise has been selected to receive a sapling grafted from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam…

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ORG XMIT: NY110 FILE -- On Oct. 23, 2009 file image rendered from video and made available by KGW-TV in Portland, Ore., shows Northwest pilot Richard Cole at his home in Salem, Ore.  The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009  revoked the licenses of Cole and the other Northwest Airlines pilot who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.   (AP Photo/ KGW.com/file) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES (The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 10.28.09 10 

Northwest pilot Richard Cole is shown at his home in Salem, Ore. The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of Cole and the other Northwest Airlines pilot who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. The pilots (first officer Cole and captain Timothy…

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PM Scanner Traffic -- 10.26.09 

5:43 p.m. A large, injured buck is trying to get up after being hit by a vehicle @ H95 & Cougar Creek Bridge. Officer said he will dispatch the animal.5:24 p.m. Rathdrum authorities ask for agency assist in removing a body (3:38 p.m. entry) from…

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Idaho Dad: No Skateboard For You 17 

My 8-year-old daughter announced that she wants a skateboard for Christmas. My response: "Absolutely not, never in a million years, just get over it." She already has a bike, a scooter, and a pair of roller skates. Enough is enough. Am I wrong?Question: Would you…

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HBO's Inland Northwest -- 10.26.09 

Dave Nall ventured from Hauser Lake to Cabela's with camera in hand to shoot this guy this morning.JeanieS is back home!/Community CommentWhat? Two Karzais?/Dogwalk MusingsFlying again/Simple MindCaretoomuchwhatothersthinkaritis/Midnight MarauderMy glass is half full/Silver Valley StoriesNightmare, vanity, incubate/TumblewordsMore below

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Idaho Oxy Robber Strikes Again? 

Surveillance photos of an attempted robbery at Walgreens in Hayden Tuesday evening show the would-be robber wore a billed beanie hat that appears to match the hat worn by a robber at the Post Falls Walgreens Sept. 30. The man walked out the Walgreens at…

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ORG XMIT: CPT107 This undated promotional photo released by LW Communications shows Taylor Mitchell, 19. Two coyotes attacked the Canadian woman while she was hiking in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries. The singer-songwriter was hiking alone on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, in Nova Scotia, on Tuesday when the attack occurred. She was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition and died Wednesday morning, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, LW Communications) **ONE TIME USE ONLY; NO ARCHIVES; NO SALES** (Lw Communications / The Spokesman-Review)

Coyote Attack Claims Canadian Singer 36 

Two coyotes attacked the Canadian Taylor Mitchell, 19, while she was hiking in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died of her injuries today. The singer-songwriter was hiking alone on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, in Nova Scotia,…

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A Sneak Preview @ MikeK's Fliers ... 63 

... That are coming soon to a mailbox near you here. Wonder what supporters of public access to Sanders Beach and of height limits on the east end of Sherman Avenue are going to say about challenger Jim Brannon after reading this flier.

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Flashback: When DFO Was An SOB 18 

On April 7, 2007, Councilman MikeK wrote the following in the comments section of Huckleberries Online:When I first encountered DFO in 1991 those three dots were not unlike three small but serious stab wounds visited upon those who’d embarrassed themselves enough to make it into…

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LDS Mom Defends 'Muffin' Calendar 12 

From mom to cover girl, an Idaho Falls woman is one of the 12 Mormon moms to pose for a new calendar. In fact, she's on the front cover. The calendar is stirring up a debate over modesty. Tami Roberts of Idaho Falls is one…

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Crump: A National Security Threat? 

At the end of my junior year in college, my roommate Mark and I boxed up our belongings and put them in storage, then boarded the same plane at the San Francisco airport - I was headed for Pocatello, Mark to Denver - on a…

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HBO's Inland Northwest -- 10.26.09 

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department has obtained surveillance photos from the attempted robbery at Walgreen’s Pharmacy in Hayden last evening. Anyone having information as to the identity of location of the person depicted in the photographs is asked to contact the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department…

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High Noon: Fly The Distracted Skies 

The two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles are grounded indefinitely unless the National Transportation Safety Board grants them a reprieve. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it had revoked the licenses of the pilots of Northwest flight 188…

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ORG XMIT: COEA106 Snow gathers on pumpkins at a sales lot in Denver, Colo., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. An October snow storm blanketed Colorado that could bring as much as 20 inches of snow to the Denver area by Thursday.    (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (Ed Andrieski / The Spokesman-Review)

Ready Or Not ... 

Snow gathers on pumpkins at a sales lot in Denver, Colo., todayednesday. An October snow storm blanketed Colorado that could bring as much as 20 inches of snow to the Denver area by Thursday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Question: Garrison Keillor once wrote that there are three…

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AM Scanner Traffic -- 10.26.09

11:58 a.m. A CPD Blue is watching a suspicious male who is loitering in a yard @ Garden & 2nd, looking in a back window.11:40 a.m. A two-story garage is fully engulfed in flames @ Moonstone & Marcasite/Post Falls. The fire is moving toward the…

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Cindy: A Rosary For Your Thoughts? 17 

CindyH: Last night at the gym, I was peddling away on an exercise bike, my nose buried in a book, when the guy next to me points to my bookmark and says,”Can I see that?” My bookmark features a picture of Mother Theresa and a…

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