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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006

TGIF Wild Card -- 5/5/06

It's time to hurry home, HBOers, and take some of your advice on how to impress my Sweethearts with Stuft Burritos a la Taco Bell and cut yellow daffodils. Thanx for your suggestions on this matter of utmost domestic importance and your input this week.…

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Top Cutlines -- 5/5/06

Bearable Bob seemed surprised yesterday when the HBO Right Bank didn't jump on that suspicious car wreck involving state Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI. All in good time, lad. Here, on Capital Hill this morning, is the green mustang reportedly involved in the early-morning accident Thursday…

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Restaurant Review: America's Cheesecake Cafe

"This young Canadian chain restaurant (Known simply as Cheesecake Cafe north of the border) has a menu that reads like an abridged Encyclopedia of International Foods. It seems like most boxy chain restaurants these days have rather limited menus mainly full of exquisite food photography…

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11 Little, No 10 Little, No 9 Little Candidates ...

Nine candidates for the first congressional district seat answer questions at a forum Wednesday evening at Post Falls High School. They are, from left, Robert Vasquez, Sheila Sorensen, Norm Semanko, Bill Sali, Dave Olson, Cecil Kelly, Keith Johnson (speaking), Andy Hedden-Nicely and Skip Brandt. Missing…

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CDA Press Edit: Our Boss Is The Greatest

"Today marks two decades since The Coeur d'Alene Resort first booked rooms for the paying public, and even Duane B. Hagadone's harshest critics grudgingly acknowledge that the man got it right when he built the place. It's an understatement to say Hagadone took an enormous…

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APhoto of the Day -- 5/5/06

Bearable Bob seemed surprised yesterday when the HBO Right Bank didn't jump on that suspicious car wreck involving state Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI. All in good time, lad. Here, on Capital Hill this morning, is the green mustang reportedly involved in the early-morning accident Thursday…

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Mailbag: The Only Poll That Really Counts

Whippersnapper: Doesn't the majority of Americans get a chance to share the "public sentiment" every two or four years? I get tired of people who use approval ratings and polls to prove how badly the party in power is performing. Maybe it's the smugness of…

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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.