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TUESDAY, NOV. 28, 2006
Napkin Notes: Winter Driving -- Here We Go Again
This morning we awoke to new snow and a thin crust of ice all over the roads. In spite of the fact that we live in Idaho, where people are expected to know how to drive on the stuff, the first real snow is always…
Top Cutlines -- 11/28/06
Jeanine Mortiz, who said she just moved to Seattle from California, huddles in the cold at Qwest Field in Seattle Monday prior to an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Top…
Sick: Microwave Used to Kill 1-Month-Old?
Jon Paul Rion, attorney for China Arnold, not shown, is surrounded by members of Arnold's family as he talks with reporters earlier today, outside Montgomery County court in Dayton, Ohio. China Arnold has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her newborn daughter. Authorities suspect a…
Rockets Brain: Civil War? Or Questionable Sources?
There's a major story breaking in the Blogosphere by Curt of Flopping Aces (BTW Marine and current LASO deputy). I guess it's going to take street cop common sense to connect the dots as the MSM is not doing it. Curt was suspicious of the…
Item: Lame-Duck Commish to Join Concerned Biz
Item: Kootenai County Commissioner Katie Brodie will replace Kelly Richards as executive director of Concerned Business of North Idaho Jan. 8.DFO: Interesting.Question: What do you think of this move?
Statesman Poll: Tobacco in Privacy Around Kids?
Idaho Statesman Question: Anti-tobacco forces are pushing for a smoking ban in private places such as homes and cars when children are present. How do you feel? * For it* Against it* No opinion
Lewiston Trib: This Ain't Namby-Pamby State U
Full editorial hereWhat's with the Nazis putting all those people into ovens? Where are the talking bunnies? The brochure promised talking bunnies. Sorry, kids. You have the wrong school. This is the University of Idaho. You want Namby-Pamby State College, Home of the Weenies. Or…
Transplanted Texan: No to McGwire in Hall of Fame
Transplanted Texan: Mark McGwire, Tony Gwynn, and Cal Ripken will be on this year's baseball Hall of Fame ballot. There are a number of candidates we can have a "do they belong?" debate about (Gossage, Mattingly, et all), but Big Mac is the big one…
Question: Do You Have A Hair-Raising Winter Story?
Bearable Bob: That (1990) front hit the whole state of Wa ... I was in Seattle at a meeting when it started snowing with lightning cracking at the same time ... left around lunch time ... took me 12 hours to get to Moses Lake…
AM Hucks: Christ Float Fallout Leads Chat Parade
Dunno if the Potter's House was trying to spread its faith, shock little kids or anger grownups with its bloody portrayal of the crucified Christ on its float during the annual downtown Christmas parade Friday. But the church created a buzz at Huckleberries Online over…
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