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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010

Labrador Defeats Ward (848 of 936)

AP calls 1st Congressional District race for Raul Labrador/Eye On BoiseREPHarley D. Brown2,6203.6% REPMichael L. Chadwick4,4146.0% REPRaul R. Labrador35,65848.6% REPAllan M Salzberg1,9982.7% REPVaughn Ward28,63239.0%Ward wIns Kootenai County:Vaughn Ward. . . . . . . . . . 5,935 46.66 Raul R. Labrador . . .…

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It's Show Time, Polls Are Shut

Let's use this post for general discussion tonight re: the elections results. Locally, the big races we'll be following are the two commissioner ones, the GOP coroner's primary, state Senate races in Hayden and Post Falls, as well as the state House race in Hayden.…

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Ysursa: 'It Was Kinda Quiet'

Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has made his victory speech - he was unopposed in the GOP primary. “I’ve been on pins and needles all night,” Ysursa joked, joined by his wife Penny. Asked about the turnout in today’s primary election, Ysursa said, “We…

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FBI Raids Chillers, CdA Home

An FBI SWAT Team executed several early morning raids across Coeur d’Alene Tuesday morning as part of a federal drug bust of a ring that was trafficking marijuana and cocanie. A home at 9th and Homestead was one of the properties raided by federal agents…

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DOTC: Very Light Turnout, 20%?

Dan of the County: Still looking quite light…even by late afternoon some Post Falls precincts were still in single digits…hoping the after work and dinner crowd will bump up the numbers plus when the absentees get added in…still, I fear it will be closer to…

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Chatterbox: Got My Palin Call @ Work

Chatterbox: Several of you Berry Pickers received a robo-call from Sarah Palin on behalf of Vaughn Ward today in his 1st Congressional District race against state Rep. Raul Labrador, including Chatterbox, who posts: "We received the Sarah Palin robocall at work this afternoon. Some of…

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Parting Shot -- 5.25.10

If you haven't figured it out, I thoroughly (heart) public art. The Feathers on Northwest Boulevard are two of my favorite pieces of public art. That's why I'm running yet another photo by Marc Stewart, PRmeister for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, of that veterans memorial…

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Wild Card/Election Day -- 5.25.10

I need to get out of here in a few minutes to vote at the Assembly of God church on 7th, then grab a bite and water the garden, before returning here around 8 o'clock to continue the election coverage. I predict that the two…

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Musburger: Griz Should Stay In Big Sky

As the NCAA gets ready to lift a moratorium on schools moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision, Griz football fans are debating the pluses and minuses. Montana native and ABC and ESPN sports broadcaster Brent Musburger says such a move would be "economic suicide."…

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Paris Humfrey, from High River, Alberta, comes off her mount as she competes in the 3-5 year-old Mutton Bustin' event at the Little Britches rodeo in High River, Altberta, Monday, May 24, 2010. The annual event has been going since 1958 and features goat tail untying, cow riding, barrel racing, and pole bending. (Jeff Mcintosh / The Canadian Press)

APhoto Of The Day -- 5.25.10

Paris Humfrey, from High River, Alberta, comes off her mount as she competes in the 3-5 year-old Mutton Bustin' event at the Little Britches rodeo in High River, Altberta, Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)Top Cutlines:1. Interviewed later, the sheep…

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Scanner Traffic/PM -- 5.25.10

5:39 p.m. A female in a black vehicle whose seems very drunk has pulled into liquor store @ Seltice & Spokane/Post Falls.5:13 p.m. CPD Blue officer checking out hitchhikers who are e/b @ I-90 & H95.5:01 p.m. Damaged vehicle is parked along H95 & Garwood…

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Salon, TPM Name Ward Worst Candidate

Yet Another Update: Vaughn Ward makes finish line (barely)/Chris Cillizza, The Fix, Washington PostAnother Update: A blog from UK Guardian calls Ward: Dumb and paste Republican candidate/Richard Adams's BlogUpdate: Salon names Ward most incompetent candidate in America/Salon War RoomMeet Vaughn Ward. He's running in today's…

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Zelika Erickson from Southside Elementary gingerly trades parasols with her partner during the tight-rope walk as teacher Christie Landwehr watches as Powell kindergartners perform for family and friends in the annual kindergarten circus at Northwest College�s Cabre Gym in Powell, Wyo., on Friday, May 21, 2010. (Don Amend / Powell Tribune)

HBO's INW Headlines -- 5.25.10

Zelika Erickson from Southside Elementary gingerly trades parasols with her partner during the tight-rope walk as teacher Christie Landwehr watches as Powell kindergartners perform for family and friends in the annual kindergarten circus at Northwest College’s Cabre Gym in Powell, Wyo., recently. (AP Photo/Powell Tribune,…

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Checking Out The New Visitor Digs

You can find this info on the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Facebook: "Members of the Chamber's Tourism Committee met in the new building and checked out the new visitor center." Megan Ownbey of the Post Falls chamber provides the IDs: (L –R): Vicki Kunz…

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AP: Obama To Send Troops To Border

President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment. Obama will also request $500 million for border protection and law enforcement activities, according…

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Nordstrom Rack Packs For Valley

Nordstrom Rack is moving east, to be closer to the highway and closer to North Idaho. Those are the reasons given by the Seattle-based clothing retailer for leaving the NorthTown Mall and taking up a 30,000-square-foot space in the Spokane Valley Plaza. It expects 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.