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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 2007


APhoto of the Day -- 11/23/07

Mile Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle, AP PhotosActivists Jess Walsh, left, and Doug Featherbeard pose naked for a photo shoot in a disputed grove of oak trees on the University Of California, Berkeley campus in this file photo in Berkeley, Calif. School officials have won the legal…

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Turkey Day Roadkill In Peckerwood Hollows

From Taryn Brodwater's blog, The Skinny On North Idaho:It’s the first snow. We saw it coming yesterday when the chimney smoke disappeared into a sky the color of a dingy work shirt and the temperature hovered between pucker up and goose pimples. Just in time…

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Thanksgiving Day Wild Card -- 11/22/07

I'm off until Monday. But you still can find plenty of discussion fodder below this post. Of course, I wish you and your family a good day of eating, sleeping, and mebbe watching parades and sporting events. We're hosting the family that's stayed in town,…

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APhoto of the Day -- 11/22/07

Ahn Young-joon/AP PhotoA South Korean drummer performs at the Inaugural General Assembly of the World Toilet Association conference in Seoul, South Korea earlier today. Launching a global "toilet revolution," the World Toilet Association kicked off its inaugural conference Thursday seeking to save lives by improving…

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AliceR: Thank God For Washers, Dryers

re: MamaJD's question: What things do you take for granted as basics that others regard as luxuries?Alice Rankin: An automatic washing machine and dryer. All my married life. And through five children, and to today. My grandmothers used wash boards when their children were young.…

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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.