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THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 2005

Top Photo Cutlines of Thursday 9/15/05

Greenpeace protesters wearing penguin costumes demand that the national government deter farmers from destroying Argentina's native forest known as "Pizarro reserve" in front of the government house in Buenos Aires, Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines: 1. Fresh from receiving their marching orders from Howard…

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P.S.

Issue: Hurricane names.DFO: I hope I'm not being indelicate here, after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the threat of Hurricane Ophelia, but I've often wondered what people would name a hurricane if they were free to immortalize a significant other who has created a…

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Bush's Potty Break Note ...

Dunno if the mainstream media have picked up on the ruckus created when Reuters published a photo of a note being written by President Bush at a UN meeting, which said: "I think I may need a bathroom break" here. But Reuters is now admitting…

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Namephreak

Gimlet-eyed Cis Gors/From A Simple Mind spotted that announcement by BankCDA about the appointment of a new senior veep/loan officer on Page B3 today, below Doug Clark's column:Richard A. NixonE-mails Cis: "I hope he has a sense of humor." A banker? A sense of humor?…

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Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 9/15/05

Above: Another of Doug Fredericks'/Hayden terrific photographs of North Idaho's Palouse country. Doug calls this one: "Broken Down." You can find Doug's Web site here.1. Supreme Court chief justice nominee John Roberts is making U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy look bad, according to David Horsey/PI, here.2.…

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Local Question of the Day -- 9/15/05

Issue: Letters part of Duncan evidence: Investigators report they found wallet from slain man/Dave Turner, Coeur d'Alene Press (link is finicky); and: Evidence paints a chilling picture/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review.DFO: This is heart-breaking stuff.Question: What would you say to suspected killer/registered sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan…

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Huckleberries AM Headlines -- 9/15/05

*Justices told schools were once unsafe: Court weighs constitutionality of Idaho school-funding system/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review -- Deputy AG Carlson such a nice tap dance before the state Supremes that he could probably perform the role of Billy Flynn in "Chicago."*One of country's top guards commits…

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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.