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Hump Day Wild Card — 6.24.09

Today is the 175th day of 2009. There are 190 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1509, 500 years ago, Henry VIII was crowned king of England. Rock musician Jeff Beck is 65. Today is UFO day (in honor of the first UFO sighting on this day in 1947 near Washington's Cascade Mountains). In the news this afternoon, the US soccer team stunned top-ranked Spain today 2-0 to advance to the finals of the Confederations Cup here. And the Hump Day Wild Card is in play ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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