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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 2005

Wild Card/Wednesday -- 9/7/05

I've been wondering about the evening roundup that includes "Inside Huckleberries," "Best of the Local Blogs," "PS" and the final "Wild Card." Do you read these entries? Or do you spend the earlier part of the day online? And not the evening? Dunno how to…

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Headlines Near Closing Time -- 9/7/05

*'Napoleon' dynamite for back-to-school: 'It will have a nice little run and, in all likelihood, will have a short life'/Washington Post -- Mebbe Planet Hollyweird wouldn't be experiencing such a slump this summer if it made more fare like "Napoleon Dynamite." Gosh!*Displaced to get $2,000…

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Huckleberries Hears ...

... That property owners attorney John Magnuson was so hosed at my SR edit this a.m. about Sanders Beach that he sputtered while declaring his side would appeal Judge James Judd's decision here. Frankly, I believe, the got-rocks folks who Magnuson's represents have a chance…

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Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 9/7/05

Seattle Mariner Morse was suspended today for 10 days for violating the steroids policy, the ninth major league player penalized under baseball's tougher drug rules/APhoto here.Top Story: A Battle Ground, Wash., man who paid $10,000 for a Krispy Kreme doughnut to help his granddaughter raise…

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Peanut Gallery: Globaloney Warming

re: A neener-neener from a True Green Believer who blames Katrina on global warming.Hi Dave! I was a ten year resident of Coeur d'Alene, who recently moved to Albuquerque NM. One of the reasons that I left was because of the narrow minded, backward attitudes…

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Maynard or Gilligan?

Stealing Stebbijo's line, Huckleberries Online wants to know who died yesterday:Maynard G. KrebsorGilliganAnd what does your answer say about you?(BTW, you can find a wonderful Milt Priggee cartoon about the late Bob Denver here.)

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On Sanders Beach ...

The new generation of East Lakeshore Drive homeowners has only itself to blame for the adverse court decision. If the group had continued the long-standing practice of allowing the public to use the beach, it wouldn't be facing the prospect of additional anguish and of…

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WND Poll: God's Judgment?

Do you think Hurricane Katrina is God's punishment for something? 1. Yes, He was judging U.S. support for forced evacuations in Israel 2. Yes, He was judging homosexuals 3. Yes, He wants New Orleans and America to repent of a wide variety of sinful behavior…

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Update: Laurie Roth

As many of you know, local syndicated talkmistress Laurie Roth was involved in a serious motorcycle accident with a deer. For awhile, she was listed in critical condition. She has steadily improved, and John Rook provides this update:The stitches in Laurie's face have been removed…

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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.