Wild Card/Tuesday -- 11/21/06
Thanksgiving is only a work day away, HBOers. So, relief from the work-a-day world is near. Hang in there. While you're doing that, you can start your own thread with this Wild Card ...
TUESDAY, NOV. 21, 2006
Movie: DaVinci Code? Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down?
Issue: The release of "The DaVinci Code," starring Tom Hanks on DVD.DFO: I saw this last night at home, and I still don't know what I think about it. One reviewer said: "For people who insist the movie is never as good as the book,…
Cutline Contest -- 11/21/06
In this sequence of photos, President Bush reacts as Freedom Corps volunteer Eloise Monsarrat struggles to put another lei on Bush shortly after his arrival beneath the steps of Air Force One at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, Monday. You write the cutline.…
It's My 2 Cents -- Getting Canned by Hagadone
The e-mail from former Bonners Ferry M.E. Robert James re: getting canned by the Hagadone newspaper brought back memories. Robert believes it had something to do with a personal column he wrote endorsing Democrat Jerry Brady for governor in the recent election. Who knows? In…
Question: Spanking? Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down?
Issue: You shouldn't spank your kids, UNICEF chief says/Canadian NewsDFO: Merda. My wife and I spanked Junior and Amy Dearest far fewer times than they needed the corporal punishment. I was the bigger softie. Sis was spanked more than Junior. My wife and I administered…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 11/21/06
A rubber band ball is pushed to a scale for a weigh-in before its certification by officials from Guinness World records as the world's largest Tuesday in Chicago. The ball, weighing 4,594 pounds, was created by Steve Milton, of Eugene, Ore., using more than 175,000…
Question: What About Sorensen School?
Issue: Sorensen school backers turn out: Board hears pleas to keep it open/Meghann Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewSusie Snedaker: Do you have any comments regarding the demise of Sorenson? I think that developers have been salivating over that large block site for some time. What better place to…
Issue: Breastfeeders Protest Delta Stand
Tiffanie Beaulieu, of Highgate, Vt., breastfeeds during a protest next to the Delta Airlines counter in the Burlington International Airport terminal, this morning. About 25 women participated in the planned event at the Vermont airport. Protestors irate over the ejection of a nursing mother from…
Trib: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Again
Complete Lewiston Tribune edit hereNov. 8, many Idaho Democrats found consolation for their party's losses at home in victories across the nation. Now, they can take hope from the post-election statement of intent from one of their Election Day also-rans: Larry Grant says he probably…
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