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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 2008

Parting Shot -- 1/16/08

Garrett Cheen/Daily Inter Lake, APMarty Olson, left, and Maynerd Denna ride up Canyon Creek, near, Whitefish Mountain resort, in Whitefish, Mont. today to show the search and rescue team where they said they saw two skiers get buried by an avalanche Sunday.

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Butterfly Moment (Hearts) HBOers

But, my favorite part of HBO is the people. I only know a few in real life, but I sometimes feel like I know many of them. Katrina, my real life friend, was my inspiration to blog in the first place. Bob makes me laugh…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 1/16/08

Anupam Nath/AP PhotoA man looks on as buffalo take part in a traditional buffalo fight in Ahatguri, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) east of Gauhati, India, earlier today. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. A determined Duane Hagadone battles the Idaho State Land board over uber-docking…

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EOB: IEA Merit Pay Plan Gets Quick Panel Nod

The Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to introduce the “WeTeach” teacher merit pay bill, without any discussion at all – and without even having the bill’s sponsors say anything about it. With the vote already over, Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, told Idaho Education Association…

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Lauper: Sherman Avenue Fire Not Arson

A lighted candle, electrical problems or a malfunctioning air freshener are among the possible causes for a Sunday night fire that razed several storefronts in downtown Coeur d’Alene, according to fire investigators. “Nothing led us to believe it was a suspicious cause,” said Glenn Lauper,…

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New West: Craig's Enemy's Enemy Strategy?

Craig hasn’t said whether or not he welcomes help from the civil-liberties group. Will Sen. Craig form an unlikely public partnership with the ACLU in his fight to be allowed to plead “not guilty” to sex sting charges? Or will he allow the ACLU to…

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HBO @ Noon: Taxes

It is that time of the year. Gathering all your paper work for taxes. I have a folder on my desk that is just for tax information. And as the year goes by I put what I will need in there/Cis, From A Simple Mind.…

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My 2 Cents: Larry Craig Saga

Wouldn't it be something if an uber-conservative like Larry Craig is remembered as the unabashedly straight guy who legitimized bathroom same-sex solicitation between consenting adults? Now that the American Civil Liberties Union has arrived on the scene on his behalf that's a possibility. The ACLU…

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Online Poll: Cloned Animals

On Tuesday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled that meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and other animals are safe for human consumption. Would you eat food from cloned animals?/Idaho Statesman. *Yes*No

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DFO: State of the CdA Bureau

I counted heads tonight re: our situation today compared where would stood in the CDA office in November. Basically, we're down 2 reporters, a photographer and an editor. We now have 4 reporters instead of six and one photographer instead of 2. You'll feel that…

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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.