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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2011


Son Of Luna Sneakier Than Original 

So now we have Son of Luna. Poised for another showdown in the Senate, this latest version looks different. No longer is there talk of cutting teaching jobs. It delays technology in the classroom until a task force of educators, tech experts and business people…

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Megaloads Coming To Coeur d'Alene? 

The controversial, oversized loads of oil refinery equipment destined for a project in Alberta, Canada, may be detoured north through Kootenai and Shoshone counties. The Idaho Transportation Department is reviewing a proposal from Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil to reduce the size of 33 megaloads at the Port…

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AM Headlines -- 3.23.11 

"It's pretty sad because this is such a beautiful place," said Linda Fournier, of Hayden as she walked wih her husband, Moe, near the Hayden Lake boat launch at Honeysuckle Beach on Friday. A woman drove her car into the lake on Thursday, March 17,…

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Panel Torpedoes Barbieri Attorney Bill 10 

A lawmaker's effort to get the Idaho Legislature to stop consulting the state attorney general's office and get its own lawyers has failed. Republican Rep. Vito Barbieri, of Dalton Gardens, wanted the Legislature to hire two attorneys for a new "Office of Legislative Counsel." But…

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Trump Testing GOP Prez Waters 35 

Republican officials say Donald Trump will address the party's Lincoln Day dinner as part of his first foray into Iowa as a possible presidential contender. The New York billionaire and reality TV figure has already announced plans to visit New Hampshire in June. Iowa Republican…

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor, 79, RIP 

One of Hollywood's most legendary beauties, Elizabeth Taylor, died on Wednesday (March 23) at the age of 79 after spending two months in a Los Angeles hospital for treatment of congestive heart failure. One of the brightest stars in the history of the American movie…

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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.