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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009


ORG XMIT: WAJF101 Pittsburgh's Shavonte Zellous, left, and Gonzaga's Janelle Bekkering vie for a loose ball during the first half in Seattle on Monday, March 23, 2009, in a second-round women's NCAA college basketball tournament game. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) (John Froschauer / The Spokesman-Review)

NCAA: Pitt 65, Gonzaga 60 

Pittsburgh's Shavonte Zellous, left, and Gonzaga's Janelle Bekkering vie for a loose ball during the first half in Seattle tonight in a second-round women's NCAA college basketball tournament game. No. 15 Pittsburgh defeated Gonzaga 65-60. ESPN game story and boxscore here. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

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Wild Card/Monday -- 3/23/09 43 

In the news this morning: Gonzaga's Lady Zags will tip off with No. 15 Pitt at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2) in the second round of their NCAA tournament here. UI and Pacific will meet at 7 tonight in the second round of the CIT tournament here.…

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ORG XMIT: NVCAP103 Rowdy Hutchison loses his boot while getting bucked off his horse during the saddle bronc riding competition at the Carson High School Rodeo at Fuji Park in Carson City, Nev., on Sunday, March 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal,Brad Horn) (Brad Horn / The Spokesman-Review)

Parting Shot -- 3/23/09 

Rowdy Hutchison loses his boot while getting bucked off his horse during the saddle bronc riding competition at the Carson High School Rodeo at Fuji Park in Carson City, Nev., on Sunday. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal,Brad Horn) SR Today In Photos

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OTV: I ♥ Pabst Blue Ribbon 73 

Seems like the microbrew craze has died out a bit in favor of a return to the old classic lagers. For years, I kept telling the owner of my regular haunt to bring in PBR on tap but she thought I was nuts, calling it…

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UI Faces Pacific In CIT Family Affair

When Idaho coach Don Verlin renews a rivalry with his twin brother tonight, the dynamics will clearly be different. He's calling the shots this time, whereas in the past they both played support roles. But Verlin seems to know what kind of atmosphere to expect…

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Kenny Evans of CHS, the owner of the tractor trailer rig involved in a crash Monday, Mar. 23, 2009, drags a hose down the embankment to one onf the tanker trailers to pump diesel fuel out before moving it.  A pickup and a double tanker rig tangled on an overpass south of Spangle on U.S. 195 early Monday morning, starting a fire and spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel.  JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

PM Headlines -- 3/23/09

Kenny Evans of CHS, the owner of the tractor trailer rig involved in a crash today, drags a hose down the embankment to one onf the tanker trailers to pump diesel fuel out before moving it. A pickup and a double tanker rig tangled on…

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ORG XMIT: FLDAY101 Amber Godinez, 8, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. crosses her eyes while attempting to focus on the reptile she placed on her nose while playing with the creature in New Smyrna Beach, Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Daytona Beach News-Journal, Nigel Cook) (Nigel Cook / The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto Of The Day -- 3/23/09 21 

Amber Godinez, 8, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. tries to focus on the reptile she placed on her nose while playing with the creature in New Smyrna Beach Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Daytona Beach News-Journal, Nigel Cook)Top Cutlines:1. “Look Mr., I don't care…

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Scanner Traffic -- 3/23/09 23 

4:54 p.m. R/P wants to see officer re: paintball damage to house.4:53 p.m. ITD worker asks buddy to grab a mocha for him "with 4 shots of caffeine" in it.4:22 p.m. A fiftyish woman is unconscious and not breathing in a silver SUV, parked on…

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Family Visits Montana Crash Site

Members of the Feldkamp family of Redlands, Calif., led by Bud Feldkamp, second from left, who lost two daughters and five grandchildren in the crash, are seen at the scene of fatal airline crash outside the Butte Airport in Butte, Mont., today. Updated AP story…

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Dad's Diner: Herbies Close To Perfect 

Now remember from my first sandwich blog when I stated I didn't care for Panini Bread or pesto, but I loved the sandwich from Great Harvest anyway? Well, because that sandwich was so yummy I gave pesto another chance. Turns out.... I must love pesto…

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Bent Brews Batch, Blogs About It 11 

I made another 10 gallons of beer this afternoon. Above, I am setup to start fermenting a nice European Pilsner. I have made this one many times. It's called Telepathy (that's a blog post for another time). It is my sister's favorite beer, and she…

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O's Give 'Twilight' Mixed Reviews 27 

In this image released by Summit Entertainment, Kristen Stewart, left, and Cam Gigandet are shown in a scene from, "Twilight." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Peter Sorel) DFO: Mrs. O & I gave mixed reviews to the "Twilight" video last night. She thought the teen-vampire movie started…

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EOB: Panel OKs Liquor License Reform 

After more than two hours of testimony for and against the bill, the Senate State Affairs Committee has voted 6-3 in favor of SB 1148, Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal to reform Idaho’s liquor license system, which currently sets population-based quotas for liquor licenses but has…

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Best of Zags Roundup -- 3/23/09 13 

Since Gonzaga matured from the little engine that could, to that super engine that should, we've been waiting to see how it would react to a meeting in late March against North Carolina. That time has come. It's time for Gonzaga to win a game…

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High Noon: Zealot Challenges Roberts 25 

When Roberts finished his prepared speech and opened the floor to questions at the University of Idaho this month, the first person to the microphone was a woman who said she’d traveled since 3 a.m. that morning to get from California to Moscow, so she…

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ORG XMIT: MTBUT201 In this picture provided by Martha Guidoni via The Montana Standard, a fire burns inside the Holy Cross Cemetery after a small, singe-engine plane crashed in an area just south of the Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, Mont. on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Seventeen people, including several children, were killed in the incident, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. (AP Photo/The Montana Standard, Martha Guidoni) ** NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT ** (Martha Guidoni / The Spokesman-Review)

HBO's Best Of The INW -- 3/23/09

In this picture provided by Martha Guidoni via The Montana Standard, a fire burns inside the Holy Cross Cemetery after a small, singe-engine plane crashed in an area just south of the Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, Mont. on Sunday. Seventeen people, including several children,…

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City Of CdA To Start Blog Wednesday 27 

At the prompting of Councilman Mike Kennedy, the city of CdA plans to launch the City of Coeur d'Alene Today Blog Wednesday at its www.cdaid.org Web site. The purpose of the blog was explained in a city news release this morning: "With newspapers downsizing and…

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RS: Demos Make Big NW Gains 

The Center for American Progress has put together a map on this, showing in the Northwest that Democrats made the largest presidential-level gains in Idaho (13%), closely followed by Oregon (12%) and Washington (10%). In Washington state, 18 counties (of 39) registered a Democratic shift…

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In The News: Library Mudflap Girl 

A truck displays a Wyoming State Library "library mudflap girl" sticker in this photo taken in Cheyenne, Wyo., last week. Library officials say the marketing campaign, which was launched in the fall of 2007, still generates a lot of feedback, good and bad. Story here.…

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HBO Poll: Top Kootenai Solon? 

<a href ="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1480567/" >Who is the best Kootenai County legislator?</a> <br/> <span style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;"> (<a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com"> surveys</a>)</span>

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HBO Survey Sez ... Calvary's Shot 

For the HBO Poll question Sunday, Huckleberries Online asked: "Which of the following dramatic finishes in Gonzaga wins in NCAA Tournament games do you rate as best?" 24 of 39 respondents (or 62%) said Casey Calvary's tip in to beat Florida by a point in…

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EOB: Women's Commission Gets Ax 

"It’s so disappointing” said several members of the Idaho Women’s Commission, who gathered with Director Kitty Kunz in the Capitol Annex hallway after JFAC voted 15-5 to eliminate their funding and staffing. They were talking about scheduling their final meeting, and whether they had enough…

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Hall: Cats Never Use Swing Set 

In reality, pets are stolen children - puppies and kittens and other sawed-off little creatures that have been kidnapped from their rightful parents and brought up like human kids. And it almost works for most of us, except for a bizarre deviation of the little…

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