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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 2008


TGIF Wild Card -- 11/21/08

In the news tonight, President-elect Barack Obama is set to pick Timothy Geithner as the next Treasury secretary here. Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a prelim "quickie divorce" here. Studies show many people disregard advice to get HIV tests here. And it's time to…

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Teen Kills Himself Before Live Web Audience

Item: Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience/USA TodayMore Info: The message OMG popped up next to the live webcam broadcast of Abraham Biggs lying motionless on his bed, followed by LOL and "hahahah." But Biggs wasn't joking. The 19-year-old Broward College student really…

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Dead Man Found @ Nettleton Gulch ...

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of Phillip R. Cavinder, 57, whose body was found near Wyatt Road, off of Nettleton Gulch Road, just east of Coeur d’Alene. At approximately 12:50 p.m. today, emergency medical personnel and deputies responded to a call…

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TUBOB: No One Grows A Hitler

A moustache is merely a hair smile turned upside down. It is a sad cry to the universe - “if everything wasn’t so topsy-turvy in the world I would be smiling above my mouth with this thick brush, I would have double smiles, that is…

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Local Blogs -- 11/21/08

Courtesy: MamaJDMamaJD snapped a picture of the moon last weekend through the lights in a tree in her yard by focusing on the branches and the moon. She's not sure why the lights came out circlular but they did. Can anyone tell her what happened?*I…

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Roark: Pendulum Swinging For Idaho Demos

While President-elect Obama took 36 percent of Idaho’s vote, that was far better than John Kerry’s 30 percent in 2004 and Al Gore’s 28 percent in 2000 and clearly demonstrates a growth trend for Idaho Democrats. Obama’s vote total in Idaho was 55,000 votes greater…

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HBO Embeds Another Huckster In High Places

North Idaho College Board of Trustees members Mic Armon and Judy Meyer, who were both reelected to four-year terms on the board in the November general election, were sworn in during the Nov. 19 board meeting. In addition, officers were selected for the coming year…

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Not Happy Day For This Turkey

This is the video everyone has been discussing. If you don't want to see turkeys slaughtered then don't click play -- Digger.Question: So is Sarah Palin an "SNL skit" waiting to happen at any moment, as some of my Merry Hucksters contend, or a tough…

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Girl Lied About Ferris Coach Assault

Item: Ferris High coach cleared/Meghann M. Cuniff, SRMore Info: The Ferris High boys' basketball coach accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was cleared Thursday after the girl said she made the story up, her lawyers said. Don Van Lierop will return to the classroom…

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HBO's AM Headlines -- 11/21/08

Shawn Gust/CDA Press, APA Kootenai County Fire and Rescue firefighter holds his position on hose Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 while on duty at a structure fire at a Mica Bay home on Lake Coeur d'Alene south of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The cause of the fire…

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Secondhand Clothes Can Be Hip

Like most of us, Deena Moe-Caruso recycles paper and plastic in her curbside bin once a week. But on every other day, she also recycles fashion trends. At Finder’s Keepers Fashion Flashback, one of three retail shops she owns in downtown Spokane, Moe-Caruso sells top-quality…

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Defense Seeks Mistrial In Street-Race Case

Item: Defense seeks mistrial in Kathleen Avenue street-race-fatality case: Judge allows trial to continue over objections/Tom Greene, CDA PressMore Info: An Iraq war veteran testified that as he rendered aid to Dominick F. Salois by holding his head in his 2006 yellow Mustang after the…

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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.