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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011

Services Set For Fallen CdA Soldiers

Memorial services for two Coeur d’Alene soldiers recently killed in Iraq will take place this weekend. The public is invited to attend a memorial service held by the Idaho Army National Guard for Sgt. Nathan R. Beyers and Spc. Nicholas W. Newby at 1 p.m.…

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Downtown Ticket Angers Shopper 41 

Tweeter McWriters writes to Huckleberries: After enjoying a great lunch with three of my children and their grandmother at Cafe Carambolo (Wednesday afternoon), we decided to head downtown to get cupcakes from Sweet B's Cupcakes (on 5th Street, just north of Sherman). As we drove…

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AM Headlines -- 7.14.11

Verdell Stirm, center, and Robin 'Stretch' Anderson, left, greet friends in the receiving line after being married Saturday at Katheryn Albertson Park. Stirm and Anderson are long-term residents at Interfaith Sanctuary, Boise's homeless shelter for men, women and children on River Street. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman:…

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Final Count: Andrus $85M, Otter 0 

It's been 16 years since Cecil Andrus (pictured in SR file photo) left the governor's office. Sixteen years since Andrus kept a constant watch on the state economy and the tax-generating machinery. For the last five years, Gov. C. L. (Butch) Otter has been working…

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Fan Returns Milestone Ball To Jeter 

Fans talk with Christian Lopez, right, before the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday at Yankee Stadium in New York. Lopez caught a home run Saturday by Derek Jeter which was Jeter's 3,000th career hit, and returned the ball…

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Otter Issues FAQs re: Chinese Firms 

Gov. Butch Otter issued a fact sheet today re: rumored investments by Chinese in Idaho, stating. "I have responded to many about Idaho's trade & investment relationship w/ China and now here's an FAQ on the issue. Among the FAQs: "Are any Chinese companies investing…

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CdA Employees Want 3% Raises 

Item: Cd'A wants 3% raises: But property taxes would not increase/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Four new police cars, two front loaders for the street department, and a cash reserve set aside for construction on the McEuen Field redevelopment project. Oh - and…

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Here Come The Megaloads

Imperial Oil has five days starting Friday to get a megaload and another smaller, oversized shipment from the Port of Lewiston to Idaho's border via the Palouse. The Idaho Transportation Department reissued the permits Wednesday for the moves, said Adam Rush, a spokesman for the…

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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.