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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008


Wild Card/Thursday -- 3/27/08

I'm sorta like Cabbage Boy re: the snow that greeted us this morning. I knew it'd be there when I awoke because it was snowing like crazy when I went to bed last night. I can deal with it as long as it doesn't stick…

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APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 3/27/08

Kevork Djansezian/AP PhotoPamela Anderson covers the face of her son Brandon Thomas Lee before the start of an NBA basketball game between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Wednesday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. Uh oh,…

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Tarheels Already Sizing Up 2008 Rings

Game begins at 4:27 p.m. today on CBSItem: UNC in familiar footsteps? Heels resemble '05 NCAA title team/Ken Tysiac, Charlotte ObserverMore Info: The Tar Heels are forever being compared with the 2005 team that won the NCAA title under coach Roy Williams. Scott was a…

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A Late March Morning On The Palouse

"This is what I woke up to this morning," comments Palouse denizen JeanC's Cat House and Shooting Gallery. Meanwhile, brother Frito Ray called at 11:45 this morning to say he'd just gotten back from his Quad Cities (Moscow, Pullman, Lewiston Clarkston) run after leaving Lewiston…

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HBO @ Noon: Spelling Bees

Item: Under her spell: Sixth-grader takes a third shot at advancing to Scripps National Spelling Bee/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: LeeAnne Bixler hopes her third time at the North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee is the charm. The 12-year-old is one of 44 young spellers…

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HBO's AM Local Headlines -- 3/27/08

Geoff Crimmins/Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsJustin Parkins shovels snow outside the office of his grandfather, Gerald Parkins Sr., on Main Street in Moscow this morning. Justin Parkins was out of school for the day because of a snow day for Moscow public schools. SR story here *Idaho…

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Clark: How Does An Avista Exec Cut Corners?

Spring here in the Unwashed Empire is always such an exciting time. The weather churns. The birdies return. And we all get heartburn after reading the latest salary details for fat-cat executives of Avista Corp. What timing. This year’s PCP (Power Czar Payroll) comes on…

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Ah'm Your Huckleberry -- Passing It Along

Something strangely wonderful was happening at the Highway 41 Starbucks (near Wal*Mart) Wednesday morning. As Taryn Hecker prepared to pay at the drive-through window en route to work, she was told that the person in front of her had paid for her $5.99 mocha and…

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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.