Issue: Wendy's Doubles Chili Finger Reward to $100,000: Burger franchise hurt by bizarre discovery/ReutersDFO: I wouldn't think twice about eating at the franchise; however, I usually don't grab burgers when I'm looking for fast food. Question: Would the discovery of a human finger in a…
*Mogul Geffen yields Malibu beach access to public: Finally forced to fulfill 22-year-old promise/LA Times -- Mebbe there's still hope for Sanders Beach, too.*Stocks tumble to 5-month low: Wall Street reacts to fears economy is slowing down/WorldNetDaily -- I don't even want to look at…
...another blog, Idle Idahoan. I'm not at liberty to say who the blogger is because he's an Idahoan trapped in a Washington, D.C., office. But he's an HBO reader who introduces himself with this: "I expect it will be a good cathartic exercise for me,…
...upon being published in The Inlander here.
On Thursday, you read Taryn Brodwater's report re. a 16-year-old winning the Post Falls Junior Miss competition despite being cited for being a minor in possession alcohol at her Junior Prom in March here. You can find the Post Falls police report about the incident…
EWU students protest the Young GOPers anti-affirmative action bake sale on campus Thursday/Colin Mulvaney photo.*Affirmative action protest draws more from other side: Bake sale by EWU's College Republicans attracts Democrats, interested students/Rob McDonald, SR -- And no Young Republican was hit by a free pie.…
... at the Seltice Way/Highway 41 light in Post Falls, a woman in Blue Kia Optima applying mascara as she turns onto freeway onramp. Be careful out there.Sweet P's -- to SR colleague Taryn Brodwater for spotting this one.
An inadvertent F-bomb slipped into a Gizoogled version of Mike Kennedy's online column, "The Loyal Opposition," yesterday. Mike sent me the original, which asked for jokes he could use at the annual North Idaho Democracy Dinner Saturday night, here. I published the original and a…
Believe it or not, the Internal Revenue Service has a seven-man staff working to save hours in tax filing by eliminating unneeded requirements. Still, Americans spent 6.6 billion hours doing the paperwork for tax filing this year, including 1.6 billion hours for the basic 1040…
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.
