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MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 2005

P.S. -- 9/19/05

Item: One of my best friends is about to buy the wedding dress of her dreams. It will be her second wedding – something she thought she’d never do again, which is why it means even more. No one understands more than I do since…

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Top Monday Cutlines -- 9/19/05

Former news anchors Tom Brokaw, left, and Dan Rather leave the stage after a tribute to news anchors during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday. You write the cutline.Top Cutline:1. Anchors Away: Dan wins the much-coveted "I've-Kept-My-Bald-Spot- Hidden-Better-Than-You" award -- Marianne Love.2. Psst Dan,…

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Any Pat Boone Fans Out There?

Dave, How embarrassing, I organized a campaign to get my friend Pat Boone into the Rock n'Roll Hall of Fame five weeks ago by putting up the website here. Thus far, in more than 1,700 "backers," only two from Idaho have logged in. I'm actually…

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About Operation Back-Up ...

As many of you know, the sheriff's departments of Bonner and Shoshone counties were rebuffed in their attempt to deliver goods, cash and backup to the hurricane-slammed areas of Louisiana here. Blogger Bill McCrory/Whitecaps wished our story had added one key fact as he analyzed…

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Peanut Gallery -- Should Newspapers Endorse?

Of course they should. But they should also provide a detailed content analysis of every article they've written about each candidate including a listing of adjectives and adverbs used to modify any statements directly pertaining to or about the candidate and to any action by…

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Today's Lucky Number: 5080

Today's edition of Huckleberries Online is being brought to you by the No. 5,080. Or, the average number of pageviews per day that this blog averaged last week, 35,558 in toto, a record (and including 7694 last Monday, a single-day record). Or, thanks for tuning…

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WorldNetDaily Poll -- 9/19/05

How has Bush handled the illegal-alien issue? 1. Bush is doing the best thing possible for America. Nothing 2. I approve of his allowing the flow of illegal aliens to continue unabated 3. The situation is difficult, and Bush is doing the best that can…

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