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Cook up romance with ‘InterCourses’

What it is: Most folks have heard of the amour-inducing properties of such foods as oysters, champagne and chocolates. While there's no clinical proof that consuming these gourmet goodies can significantly boost your libido, there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that a sexy frame of mind can help get you in the mood for love – and what could be sexier than sharing a flute of champagne and a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries with the object of your affection? Rather than relying on the none-too-subtle charms of the latest Cialis commercial, we prefer to try our luck with the nonprescription lures offered in "InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook" and the new Aphrodisiac of the Month Club ( www.aphrodisiacofthemonth.com).
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Game code guarding comes at a high price

How much control should the people who publish games have over what you do with them? Tecmo, the developer that made such high-profile titles as "Ninja Gaiden" and "Dead or Alive 3" for the Xbox, is suing an online message forum. It alleges that the forums included hacked code from its games and help on how to hack them.
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Horror lies just beyond the door

As I type this, I can see a door across the room that stands conspicuously closed. It's one of those doors with a push-bar handle, the kind you see typically in gyms, and it carries a message stamped in white letters: "Emergency exit only. Alarm will sound."
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Jazz fans, artists flock to Moscow

For one week each February, Moscow becomes the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Fifteen thousand students from as far away as Massachusetts and Alaska will compete in group and solo competitions in the annual festival, now in its 38th year. Filling hotels from Spokane to Clarkston, others staying with host families or on gym floors, those students and other visitors bring more than $5 million to area businesses, according to program adviser Bill Cole.
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Nice guys don’t spike drinks

Q: My friend went on a date with a man she believes drugged her drink. When she returned from the restroom her drink tasted oily and odd. She then became quite sick. He offered to take her to his apartment, but she insisted he bring her to my house, which was nearby. Now here's the crazy part: She said except for the drink, he seemed like a nice guy. She's considering going out with him again. I think it's not worth the risk. What do you think?
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Patrolling Rossi’s costly public security detail

The Washington State Patrol pulled the plug on millionaire Dino Rossi's taxpayer-financed security detail Monday, more than a month after the Republican's bid to become governor was officially terminated by the Legislature. The move came exactly one business day after I filed a public-records request that asked the WSP how much Rossi's "executive protection" team has cost his fellow private citizens since Christine Gregoire was certified as Washington governor Jan. 12. From that date through Feb. 10, Rossi's security detail set taxpayers back $30,000 to $35,000, the WSP confirms.
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Selling a house can turn nerves into dry rot

We grow up hearing that owning a home is the American dream, so when it comes time to sell, does that make it the American nightmare? Getting an offer on our three-bedroom, two-bath home just two weeks after putting it on the market was exciting news. I can't describe the immense emotion I felt. Obviously, it was great news and a financial relief, so why did I get off the phone at work and burst into tears? Because it makes it all real, my friends told me. Selling the house made it a done deal, or at least for a few moments in the real estate game.
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Sequel of ‘Mask’ falls flat on its face

Making a sequel to "The Mask" without Jim Carrey is like trying to make peanut butter without peanuts. Carrey's hyperactive performance was the heart and soul of "The Mask," which leaves "Son of the Mask" without either of those things. The green mask that turns its wearer into an uncensored dervish is the only thing returning from the original movie, and it's a lot less entertaining when Carrey isn't the one putting it on.
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There are plenty of reasons why we came to Spokane, and even more reasons why we stay here

WHY ARE YOU HERE? We ask that question not in the cosmic sense, but in an even more vexing sense: Why are you in Spokane? People here ask that question constantly, of themselves and others. They ask it at parties, at bars, at morose late-night sob sessions. Young people in particular obsess over it, wrestle with it and use it as a weapon or an insult (what are you still doing here?). Yet everybody has a story. So we put the simple question, "Why are you here?" to a sampling of Spokane residents. Turns out, some are here with enthusiasm, some are here with reluctance and others are here through sheer random fate. But everybody has their reasons, beginning with the most obvious of all: Because their roots are here
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Today’s trivia challenge: Java jones

Need a cuppa joe? Put down that grande mocha latte and see how much you know about America's favorite hot beverage. 1. How many cups of coffee does an average American adult consume per year?
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Too-cute movie about dog lacks bite

To briefly borrow some of its corn-pone vernacular, "Because of Winn-Dixie" collects old cliches the way flypaper picks up bluebottles. There's the mean old landlord, who isn't partial to children or dogs. There's the never-seen hermit lady, who is said to be some kind of witch. There's the lonely little girl who prays cute – "It's me, God" – and the scruffy stray mutt who brings them all together.
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Webster picks best of film fest

There's no way I could let the 2005 Spokane International Film Festival end without offering my own version of awards. I've done it for the past six years, so why should the 2005 festival, which ended its eight-day run Feb. 10, be any different? Here are my choices:
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Wilcox lets his crowd decide

The day after the Grammys could be a bitter day for musicians who came away without a prize. Wilcox wasn't nominated, didn't watch the show and isn't trying to be John Mayer. "I would like to think that this music would serve a lot of people," he said. "Whenever I'm out playing live, it's a very simple invocation, but I feel like the career stuff has very little to do with why I'm there. I go where the music leads."
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Critic picks top 10 – take one

So there I was, minutes before the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXIX, consuming a dog-dish-size portion of kugel, when I heard The Question. "What," I was asked, "are your top 10 favorite films?"
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‘Heffalump’ is several lumps short

Look what they've done to my Pooh, Ma. Outsourced his animation to Australia, where it's all about Roos, not Poohs, even if the Silly Old Bear still gets top billing, with a story and drawing style that would embarrass Dr. Seuss. This is the form of 2-D animation that Disney decided it could afford to keep making, and "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" is all they'll spend Mouse Money on.
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Hitch-slapped

The title character in "Hitch" is a courtship auteur who teaches male clients how to entice the women they fancy. He guides his disciples through the first three dates, transforming them from hapless suitors into smooth operators. The picture itself is as slick, urbane and insightful as its protagonist, but it commits one transgression Hitch would surely chastise. Clocking in at nearly two hours, the story overstays its welcome.
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Kudos to area’s other 7

Without fanfare, KSPS-TV Ch. 7 aired an episode of the delightful children's program "Postcards from Buster" on Feb. 2 that featured a child with lesbian parents. PBS yanked the Vermont-themed "Sugartime!" episode from national distribution after Education Secretary Margaret Spellings spent her second day on the job beating up on Buster the rabbit. "Postcards" producer WGBH-TV in Boston distributed the show to interested stations anyway.
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CLUBLOCATION/PHONETONIGHTSATURDAYNEXT WEEK*The B-Side (S)230 W. Riverside Ave., 624-7638Civilized Animal, Seaweed Jack, DJ Magic MikeDoorman vs. Supervillain (original)*Blue Spark (S)15 S. Howard St., 838-5787Battle of the Open Mike on Monday; Eighth Element oxygen bar on Thursday*The Blvd. (S)333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.Green Light District, Calef Roloff (original)Death Kills Time, Mourning After, The Long Necks*Capone's (S)751 N. Fourth St., Coeur d'Alene, (208) 667-4843Civilized Animal (original)*Dempsey's Brass Rail (S)909 W. First Ave., 747-5362DJ Scott (top 40); drag shows; Eighth Element oxygen barDJ Scott (top 40); drag shows; Eighth Element oxygen bar Dancing on Sunday; Monday and Wednesday (karaoke); '80s night on Thursday*Europa Pizzaria (N)125 S. Wall St., 455-4051Sidhe on Sunday and Monday*Mootsy's (S)406 W. Sprague Ave., 838-1570The Authorities, Mindless Thugs, The Shirkers (original)*Spike Coffee House (N)122 S. Monroe St., 838-1614The Clap, Anti-Pants, Dukes of New York (original)Open mike on Tuesday*The Wine Cellar (N)313 Sherman Ave., Coeur d'Alene, (208) 664-WINEThe Painkillers (blues)The Painkillers (blues)Alex Bedini & All That Jazz on Monday; Paul Mata (blues) on Tuesday; Two for Two (jazz) on Wednesday; Innocent Bystander on ThursdayAki's (N)523 W. First, 747-4266DJ Messiah, ElevationAnkeny'sRidpath Hotel, 515 W. Sprague Ave., 838-6311Luster (variety)Luster (variety)Auntie's Bookstore402 W. Main Ave., 838-0206Kasia Haroldsen (guitar)Beverly's (N)Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, (208) 765-4000Robert Vaughn (listening)Robert Vaughn (listening)Big Easy Concert House (S)921 W. Sprague Ave., 244-3279Club Mardi GrasClub FusionThursday (karaoke)Bigfoot Pub and Eatery (S)9115 N. Division St., 467-9638Sammy Eubanks (blues) on Sunday; Bourbon Brothers on Monday; Exit 7 on Thursday (both country)Blue Dolphin (S)16 S. Robie Road, 924-7168DJ Stiles on Sunday; Monday and Thursday (karaoke); DJ music on Tuesday; open mike on WednesdayBluz at the Bend (S)2721 N. Market St., 483-7300Lockdown (blues)Lockdown (blues)Riverside Talent Showcase on SundayBottom's Up13921 E. Trent Ave., 892-1778DJ Jeremy D (variety)DJ Jeremy D (variety)Bourbon Street (S)916 W. First Ave., 244-3279Total Request Live on WednesdaysBrickwall Comedy Club (S)Budget Inn, 110 E. Fourth Ave., 484-2431Open mike on Sunday; Monday and Tuesday (karaoke)Brotherhood of Friends (B.O.F.)933 W. Third Ave., 624-5159The Variety Pack (ballroom)The Variety Pack (ballroom)Bucer's CoffeehouseMoscowMarcel St. Jazz QuartetBuckhorn Inn (S)Highway 2, Airway Heights, 244-3991Native Son (variety)Native Son (variety)CJ's (S)Moscow, (208) 883-3147Club Night (top 40)Club Night (top 40)Wednesday and Thursday (karaoke)The Cajun Room1003 E. Trent Ave.Joe Lewis Jr. and the Jazzcats (jazz)Joe Lewis Jr. and the Jazzcats (jazz)Catacombs (N)110 S. Monroe St., 838-4610Live music on MondaysCaterina Winery (N)905 N. Washington St., 328-5069Don Millard (blues) and Cheryl Branz (acoustic)JesusLovesCompany (original)Crazy 8 Sports Club (S)20 E. Lincoln Road, 467-1363DJ Brian BeatDJ RyndogDJ Brian Beat on Sunday and Thursday; Monday (karaoke); DJ Ryndog on TuesdayDi Luna's Café (N)207 Cedar St., Sandpoint, (208) 263-0846Natalie Miller and the Jazz Brats (jazz)Ella's Supper ClubCenterStage, 1017 W. First Ave., third floor, 747-7078Arnie Carruthers (jazz piano); Rhymes with OrangeArnie Carruthers (jazz piano); Rhymes with OrangeFat Tuesday's (S)109 W. Pacific Ave., 489-3969J. Boogie, N.O.D., Deacon Jones, Lost Tribe, Chewie, Poet, Knights of the Round Table, Ballaholic (original)Fizzie Mulligan's (S)331 W. Hastings Road, 466-5354Sunday jam; Exit 7 on Tuesday; Wednesday (karaoke); Sammy Eubanks on ThursdayThe Flame (S)2401 E. Sprague Ave., 534-9121Sneaks (top 40)Sneaks (top 40) Tuesday-Thursday (karaoke)Goodtymes Bar & Grill (S)9214 E. Mission Ave., 928-1070DJ and comedy on Sunday; Tuesday and Wednesday (karaoke)Hedge House (S)2606 N. Monroe St., 326-2297Holly Holmes (variety)Holly Holmes (variety)Holly Holmes (variety) on Wednesday and ThursdayHill's ResortPriest Lake, (208) 443-2551Ray Vasquez (variety)Ray Vasquez (variety)John's Alley (S)Moscow, (208) 883-7662Jazz night on Sunday; The Derek Trucks Band on WednesdayLone Cactus (S)415 W. Hastings Road, 468-2672Bob Juhlin (listening)Bob Juhlin (listening) on ThursdayMedley's (S)14415 E. Sprague Ave., 927-4555Cool Stack (variety)Cool Stack (variety)Jam on Sunday; Riverside Rhythm & Bluez Jam on Tuesday; Wednesday and Thursday (karaoke)Mizuna (N)214 N. Howard, 747-2004Don Kush (guitar)DJ Nealie Neal (funk/jazz)Moscow Food Co-opMoscow, (208) 882-8537Travis and Abbie on TuesdayMystical TattooPullmanPurl, The Mumbles, The Elusive (original)O'Shay's Irish Pub (S)313 Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive, Coeur d''AleneOpen mike on ThursdayPeacock Room (S)Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St., 455-8888Schauer with Friends (jazz)Sidhe (jazz) on ThursdayPercy's Café Americana (N)Sprague at University (U-City), 924-6022All City Jazz QuartetAll City Jazz QuartetAll City Jazz Quartet, Sunday-Monday; Tuesday-Thursday (karaoke)Picnic Pines Resort (S)9212 S. Silver Lake Road, Medical Lake, 299-3223Two Dudes (country)Two Dudes (country)Prospector's Bar & Grill (N)12611 N. SR 395 (Wandermere), 467-6177Chris Rieser Acoustic TrioChris Rieser Acoustic TrioRemington's (S)Ramada Inn, Spokane Airport, 838-5211Theresa McKay (variety)Theresa McKay (variety)Theresa McKay (variety) on ThursdayRock Coffee (N)920 W. First Ave., 838-1864JesusLovesCompany (rock)York and Joe Varela (acoustic)Rock Inn (S)8122 E. Sprague Ave., 922-4649Impact (variety)Impact (variety)Sunday-Tuesday, Thursday (karaoke); Cary Fly Evolution Jam on WednesdaySaddle Inn (S)10211 S. Electric Ave., Cheney, 455-8324Karaoke2 Late with Don Smet (country) on SundaySatellite425 W. Sprague Ave., 624-3952Cary Fly Evolution Jam (rock, R&B) on SundayShore Lounge (S)Coeur d'Alene Resort, (208) 765-2300, ext. 7118The RaDio Sun (variety)The RaDio Sun (variety)Sunday (karaoke); The RaDio Sun (variety) on ThursdaySilver MountainTerrible Edith's, SandpointMr. Happy (variety)The Slab Inn (S)Post Falls, (208) 773-5440Exit 7 (country)Sunday-Thursday (karaoke)Snoops Saloon (S)805 E. Rosewood Ave., 487-6013Digital streaming jukeboxDigital streaming jukeboxDigital streaming jukebox dailySpokane Eagles315 E. Francis Ave., 489-3030Beauty & the Beast (variety)Wings of Swing (swing)Spokane House (S)4301 W. Sunset Highway, 838-1471Diane Copeland (variety)Diane Copeland (variety)Diane Copeland (variety) on Wednesday and ThursdaySpokane Valley Eagles16801 E. Sprague Ave., 928-2063Mingo & The Desperados (country)Mingo & The Desperados (country)Thumper's718 E. Francis Ave., 484-8489Chris Rieser Acoustic Trio on ThursdayTrick Shot Dixie (S) 321 W. Sprague Ave.The Nerve (variety)The Nerve (variety)Wednesday (karaoke)Twilight Room112 S. Monroe St., 456-5654DJ Ovey on Tuesdays; DJs Messiah and Learn on ThursdayVFW #1474 (S)3004 E. Queen Ave.Mavericks (country)Mavericks (country)Mavericks (country) on SundayVFW #3386Airway Heights, 244-5219Cow Jazz (country)Cow Jazz (country)VFW #51 (S)300 W. Mission Ave.Wings of Swing (swing)Volcanoes Sports Bar (S)20 N. Raymond Road, 893-3667DJ Tune Man Dance PartyDJ Tune Man Dance PartySunday and Monday (karaoke)The Wine BarPullmanMarcel St. Jazz QuartetYardley Bar (S)1302 N. Stanley RoadKaraokeBen & Sherry (variety)
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