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Nov. 2 – Was  comparing notes on Halloween with a friend and something he said gave me an idea for a band name.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Contingency Candy.”

Nov. 1 – The Liberty Lake Police Department recently took delivery of three new police cars to replace some of its aging fleet. But people adept at spotting the unique profile of a Crown Victoria police car from blocks away will have to retrain their eye.

The new cars are not Crown Vics, which aren’t being made anymore, but Ford Police Interceptors. The cars boast all-wheel drive, which the old ones didn’t have, and get better gas mileage. Police Chief Brian Asmus said his officers should have a much easier time getting around in the snow this winter.

Nov. 1 – Documents obtained by the Associated Press reveal the most detail to date about the conduct of former state Sen. John McGee, R-Caldwell, in the sexual harassment case that led to his resignation from the Senate.

They include descriptions of McGee engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior in his Capitol office and pressing a young female staffer for sex. McGee resigned from office rather than face a full ethics inquiry; the case also was referred to law enforcement, and he served jail time after a conviction for disturbing the peace of a person, a misdemeanor. McGee apologized in court at his sentencing hearing on Aug. 21.

Oct. 29 – National parks will be waiving entrance fees to celebrate Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 10-12.

The Park Service is waiving fees for a total of 17 days in 2012. The Veterans Day weekend fee waiver is the last scheduled for the year.

Oct. 30 – So a bunch of us were wandering around the Garland District last weekend to celebrate our friend Jake’s 30-something birthday. And we ended up at the Brown Derby. A place that has PBR on tap, cans of Hamm’s in the cooler and bags of pork rinds for sale on tiny metal racks behind the bar.

Need I say more? Oh yeah, I need. It’s everything you’re picturing in your head … as long as the picture in your head is awesome in a dive-y kind of way.

You’ll find the Brown Derby at 808 W. Garland Ave.