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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007

Parting Shot -- 7/26/07

Craig Moore/Glacier Life"Jet swims too!" posts Craig Moore/Glacier Life here. "I was a little scared to throw the ball in for a blue heeler and border collie. We have never seen him in water over his head. Turns out he loves the water. The hardest…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 7/26/07

Armando Franca/AP PhotoThe United States swimmers dive into the pool for the synchronized swimming Team Event Technical Routine of the Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. Entering its fourth season, the ABC show Desperate Housewives gets ready to…

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HBO Poll: Nicest New Local Construction Project

What's the nicest new -- or soon-to-be -- construction project in the local area?1. Cabela's2. Riverstone Park3. Johnson Mill River Park4. Kroc Center5. Coeur d'Alene Library6. Centennial Trail (off NW Boulevard)7. The Terraces condo8. Riverstone9. Coeur d'Alene Press print building10. Other

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HBO Book Club: Harry Potter Next? When?

NBC News, AP PhotoAuthor J.K. Rowling, right, reads from " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " to fans during an interview with NBC's Meredith Vieira in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday. The interview airs through Friday on the "Today" show and Sunday on "Dateline NBC"."Harry…

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HBO's Best of the Friends' Blogs -- 7/26/07

Craig Moore/Glacier LifeHere's another of the "Glacierdise" photos from Glacier National Park and Craig Moore/Glacier Life.*Raymond Pert/Kellogg Bloggin' opines that the north fork of the Coeur d'Alene River can't be as wild as it was in his youth b/c there's too much money at stake…

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A Matter of Opinion: Conspiracy Theories Anyone?

The feds are worried because they've found some unusual items in airline passengers' luggage recently including wires, switches, pipes or tubes, cell phone components and dense clay-like substances, including block cheese. See AP story. They are worried that the items may be part of rehearsals…

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Souza: Time for Wholesale Change at City Hall

Item: Press columnist argues for ousting Edinger, Reid, Hassell: Mary Souza says she won't seek council seat/Mary Souza, Coeur d'Alene PressThis year there are three city council positions up for re-election in Coeur d’Alene: Dixie Reid, Al Hassel (sic) and Ron Edinger. The other three…

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Sen. Keough Explains Micron's Importance to NI

Although Micron does not have a plant in northern Idaho, their business and their employees pay a considerable percentage of taxes paid in Idaho. The accompanying businesses in the Treasure Valley that supply them do likewise. To the degree that northern Idaho receives money from…

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OrangeTV Review Redux: Bardenay

I'm rerunning OrangeTV's July 2 review of the Bardenay restaurant and distillery b/c I visited it last evening. The place was hopping.The bar is the main visual attraction, a huge cherry-oak monolith that takes up nearly an entire side of the room, with diagonally cut…

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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.