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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008

Weird: Counterfeiting In The Boys' Room

Item: Cops flush out bathroom counterfeit operation/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SRMore Info: It might be a good thing they stopped him. Seems he doesn't have too many more brain cells to kill. A homeless 19-year-old man who police say spent $100 on a color copier and paper…

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Local Blogs: Hitchin' Post Borrowed Bliss

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoThe windows of the rotunda in the new Post Falls City Hall are reflected in a stained glass panel. The building was officially dedicated this afternoon. Of the myriad tiny joys embedded in my day like so many Easter Eggs in the…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutline -- 6/6/08

Greg Kreller/Idaho Press-TribuneLos Angeles conceptual artist Marc Horowitz offers free cheese puffs on Thursday. Horowitz was filming an show for Crackle Studios Inc., in downtown Nampa, where he put up a sign for an anonymous semi-nudist colony and encouraged people to put on ski masks…

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Crapo Opposes Global Warming Bill

Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said today that the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act was incomplete in its approach and too expensive to garner the support it needed in the Senate. Crapo, along with many of his colleagues from both sides of the aisle, found the legislation…

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Minnick: Sali Can't Bluster Vote Away

Now the Minnick campaign has issued a statement in response to Sali’s press release, this time saying, “Bill Sali can’t bluster and shout his way out of his terrible decision” to vote against the timber payments extension bill/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here. And:…

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Sandpoint Man Drowns In Lake

The body of a middle-aged Sandpoint man was recovered from Lake Pend Oreille Thursday. The Bonner County Sheriff's Office says Morley Andrew "Drew" Horowitz drowned. His body was located about 30 feet from the shore, in the vicinity of Sunnyside Road, adjacent to a remote…

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SR Blogs: Radio Listening Habits

A research company found non college grads listened to the radio 18 hours, 45 minutes per week. College grads on the other hand only tuned in for 15 hours, 45 minutes. According to Mike Boyle’s article, the reason may be because “the non-college-grad group includes…

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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 6/6/08

Jerome A. Pollos/Coeur d'Alene Press, APIsabelle Facer keeps her eyes on her sheet music while playing "Rocket Ship Robin" on the piano at the Dalton Elementary talent show Thursday in Coeur d'Alene.1. It's not just plants and animals at (Yellowstone National Park) that are affected…

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When Gas Happens In Yoga Class

Item: When gas happens in yoga class/Brooke Hewes, New West BoiseMore Info: I’ve certainly done it. You probably have. It is likely that someone, somewhere, is doing it right now…. The “it,” of course, is the inevitable passing of gas in yoga class. There’s just…

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IMHO: Obama, Sali Should OK Debates

It's hard to tell if the main motivation is political posturing or true public service, but two recent invitations should be accepted by rivals. We're referring to Idaho Congressional hopeful Walt Minnick's offer to incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Sali last week, and a very similar…

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AM Headlines: Idaho Surgeons Dump Blue Cross

Jerome A. Pollos/Coeur d'Alene Press, APAeva Schrambach, left, Jackie Callihan, Kayla Fagan and Maysun Wellsandt, third-grade students from Dalton Elementary, wait to take the stage to perform their "Greased Lighnting" routine at the school's talent show Thursday Thursday in Coeur d'Alene.*Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review*Surgeons dump…

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Butt Slap Lands Pair In Hot Water

Item: Bike rider doesn't appreciate slap: Cd'A man cited for battery for allegedly swatting biker/Tom Greene, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: In all her years and miles of biking, Jennifer Gaertner has been yelled at, honked at and flipped off. But she said what happened Saturday…

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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.