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APhoto Of The Day — 3/31/09

ORG XMIT: UTLHJ501 ** FILE ** In this March 13, 2009, file photo, New Mexico State mascot Pistol Pete, left, chokes Utah State mascot Big Blue after Pistol Pete had his mustache ripped off by Big Blue during a timeout in an NCAA college basketball game in the Western Athletic Conference men's tournament in Reno, Nev. Pistol Pete was given a one-game suspension by the WAC on Monday, March 30, 2009, for his involvement in the incident. (AP Photo/The Herald Journal, Eli Lucero, File) (Eli Lucero / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: UTLHJ501 ** FILE ** In this March 13, 2009, file photo, New Mexico State mascot Pistol Pete, left, chokes Utah State mascot Big Blue after Pistol Pete had his mustache ripped off by Big Blue during a timeout in an NCAA college basketball game in the Western Athletic Conference men's tournament in Reno, Nev. Pistol Pete was given a one-game suspension by the WAC on Monday, March 30, 2009, for his involvement in the incident. (AP Photo/The Herald Journal, Eli Lucero, File) (Eli Lucero / The Spokesman-Review)

In this March 13 file photo, New Mexico State mascot Pistol Pete, left, chokes Utah State mascot Big Blue, who ripped off Pete's mustache ripped during a timeout in an NCAA college basketball game in the Western Athletic Conference men's tournament in Reno, Nev. Pistol Pete was given a one-game suspension by the WAC on Monday for his involvement in the incident. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Herald Journal, Eli Lucero, File)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. The Economic Cowboy wrestles the old Bull Market to the ground, indicating at least six more weeks of financial winter -- Escapee. 
  • 2. “…And I don't care if this Whole crowd of people knows it. Big Blue–I can't quit you!” -- ReggieH.
  • 3. Pistol Pete settles his beef with the Big Blue mascot -- Cabbage Boy.
  • HM: Charlie


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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