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One of the great characters of the early fur trade days in the Columbia District was Finan McDonald, whose 20-year career here began with the establishment of Kootanae House at the source lakes of the Columbia in 1807.
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by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & Charlie Gibson's War & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & N & lt;/span & ews that former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan had dropped dimes on both the administration and the media for their respective mishandling of the Iraq war was
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by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & hen owner Jim Sheehan was deciding what businesses to draw to his Saranac Hotel development project, he went to the community. The response, according to building manager Dave Sanders, was nearly una
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by CARRIE SCOZZARO & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & M & lt;/span & ost Americans wouldn't know real sushi if it swam up and bit them on the nose. That's the bad news. This increasingly popular dish began as a kind of Japanese fast food that used to include fermented
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by MICHAEL BOWEN & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & A & lt;/span & 25-year tradition at Spokane Civic Theatre is ending. At least it's going out strong. The Civic will celebrate 25 years of hosting its showcase of new plays, the Playwrights Festival Forum, this year,
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by INLANDER STAFF & r & & r & KUNG FU PANDA & r & & r & The voices of Jack Black as an out-of-shape panda and Dustin Hoffman as his exasperated martial arts teacher anchor this visually dazzling, computer-animated tale about believing in yourself in order to make a
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by MICHAEL BOWEN & r & & r & Come Again Another Day & r & & r & Where would a Northwest concert be without rain-splattered hippies dancing in a downpour? During Saturday evening's cloudburst at Elkfest, gallons of rainwater loomed over the drummer's head as the Han
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by DANIEL WALTERS & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & E & lt;/span & veryone loves veterans -- particularly politicians -- and a ribbon cutting last week to announce the opening of a transitional home for five homeless vets brought out all the local dignitaries. A repres
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by THE INLANDER & r & & r & BABY MAMA & r & & r & Busy career woman Kate (Tina Fey) decides that, husband or not, it's time to have a baby. When a doctor tells her that her uterus isn't up to snuff, she goes the surrogate-mom route, but chooses white trash Angie (A
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The Inlander Staff & r & & r & CHING HUA GARDEN & r & & r & Family-style is the way to go at this Asian haven behind the red-barn fa & ccedil;ade. We began with pan-fried wontons, small stuffed dumplings, lightly browned and served with a deliciously piquant sauce that bala
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by TED S. McGREGOR JR. & r & & r & Nixonland & r & by Rick Peristein & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & A & lt;/span & ll you really need to know about Richard Nixon can be found on page 22 of Nixonland. Of course, the remaining 726 pages of Rick Perlstein's new history are g
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Sex and the City & r & & r & by MARYANN JOHANSON & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & I & lt;/span & felt like some sort of alien anthropologist watching this movie. I drink with female friends and talk about sex... and yet I don't see myself onscreen here -- or any of the w
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by PAUL K. HAEDER & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & W & lt;/span & ashington's organics industry -- totaling $400 million in sales last year -- is under threat. Ironically, that threat comes from a company started by an immigrant a century ago to fight the German monop
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Cassandra's Dream & r & & r & by TAMMY MARSHALL & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & I & lt;/span & n Woody Allen's 2007 film, set in London, two brothers (Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell) are in need of some serious funds. They have a rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson), a respectab
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CASUAL Just Pho You & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & I & lt;/span & ate lunch at the Kim Do restaurant just a couple of months ago, and so I was surprised to see a new sign out front, a Grand Opening banner over the entrance and an application for a liquor license
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GOSSIP & r & & r & Live in Liverpool & r & & r & 4 STARS & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & "T & lt;/span & his is for the faggots... The G-A-Y," Beth Ditto proclaims on the album's second track, pointing up the downside of concert recordings: audience interaction. Liverpool ha
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by JACOB H. FRIES & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & I & lt;/span & t sounds painful as hell, examining reams of bureaucratic language for unclear or unnecessary passages. "It's interesting, but it darn sure isn't fun," says John Hughes, who sits on the state's "Sunsh
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by MICK LLOYD-OWEN & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & S & lt;/span & inging and dancing? Shouting and name-calling? And you thought those Republicans ran a respectable house. Well, it's campaign season and politics is the perfect catalyst for a little emotional discha
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by ROBERT HEROLD & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & L & lt;/span & ast week's issue of the New Yorker magazine featured on its cover a rear view photograph of a naked man making his way through an airport metal detector. Everything he carried -- and wore -- was piled in
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by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & Response Time & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & R & lt;/span & eady for a thought experiment? It's kinda out there. It's going to require you to regard as factual some pretty obviously false statements. I promise, though, the payoff will be
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by KEVIN TAYLOR & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & I & lt;/span & t appears the first person in Spokane to put up some money and urge the city to replace a statue of a tribal leader that was razed and removed last month from a park that bears his name is ... an 8-year-o
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by DUSTIN CARROLL & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & D & lt;/span & eathcore. It's the new black. Apologies to all the extreme metal purists out there, but the sooner you accept it, the easier it will be. When At the Gates gets back together to go on tour, it's a sign
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by ROBERT HEROLD & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & H & lt;/span & ere's a sports quiz: Which local college team this season defeated Oregon State (twice), WSU, UCLA, Virginia, Rutgers, Michigan and Navy? Answer? The Gonzaga University freshman eight crew. The school
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Thursday, 6/5
Beverly's(208-765-4000), Robert Vaughn
Big Easy, Cordell, DJ Fusion
Bluz at the Bend, Sammy Eubanks
Bottoms Up (892-1778), DJ Prophesy
Brooklyn Nights,
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by TED S. McGREGOR JR. & r & & r & The Balloonies & r & & r & Hard to believe it's only been five months since this madness started on Jan. 3 in Iowa. But now with Montana and South Dakota in the books, it's time to take a look at some of the highlights. So here ar
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by LUKE BAUMGARTEN & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & T & lt;/span & he band really wants to stay incognito, but it's proving difficult. The dresses, for one, are confusing. "Can you tie me in back?" asks the drummer from behind a fake handlebar mustache, after slippi
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by ED SYMKUS & r & & r & & lt;span class= & quot;dropcap & quot; & Y & lt;/span & ou might think that one computer-animated film looks just like the next, and to some extent there are a lot of similarities in what's being produced from today's CGI palette. But what separates the good mo
- by Ed Symkus