Issue: Laws restricting teen drivers can reduce fatalities for 16-year-olds, study finds/Ken Thomas, Associated PressDFO: I can tell that a teen's behind the wheel of a car without seeing the driver, in many instances. They dart. Speed. Quick turns. They always seem to be in…
Idaho Gov. Jim Risch, with his wife Vicki, pass out pieces of Idaho's 116th birthday cake earlier today in the Governors office at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. People who were visiting the Statehouse, along with invited guests, were invited to participate in the event/Matt…
First, you should know that one of the definitions for "wench" is "a girl or young woman -- now a derogatory or jocular term." And that a "winch" is a machine for for hoisting, lowering or hauling. Now, onward. A colleague pointed out this blooper…
Dyami Allen, below left, holds a U.S. flag as he stands with others on the steps of the Temple of Justice to protest a small gathering of neo-Nazi's gathered nearby today in Olympia, Wash. Above, a neo-nutsy brandishes a Nazi flag on the Washington state…
Pirates PremieresActor Johnny Depp is shown in a scene from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which premiers in Europe today here/AP Photo.Shuttle TroubleNASA Deputy Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon, left, and External Tank Project Manager John Chapman look at a model of…
Dean Dinnison, a 36-year scoutmaster of Troop 325 in Spokane, speaks about his years as a scoutmaster. Johnson will have a full-size bronze statue commissioned by his admirers and sculpted by his daughter, Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows, placed in Riverfront Park next year here. Palousitics: Most Americans…
"I have a disturbing confession to make, and I fear the world may never be the same. It seems that I have, quite innocently, and without malice, morphed into a flasher. I can already see some of you shaking your heads and muttering 'I knew…
Stephen Voltz, left, and Fritz Grobe, both of Buckfield, Maine, create a geyser effect from a combination of diet soda and Mentos mints, during a taping of "Late Show with David Letterman" last week. You write the cutline/Diane Bondareff, AP Photo.
Former Mike: Sorry, think you’re all wet on this one - Post Falls is recovering appropriate fees from a commercial entity to cover its expenses. With all the worries about higher property taxes, isn't this what we want our taxing entities to do - be…
Jeremy Reed in action against the California Angels/APIssue: Tough breaks for M's: Reed fractures thumb; Seattle loses chance to lead division/Seattle PIDFO: Seattle finished the first half of the 2006 season with a 42-40 record, one game out of first place. Then, the Mariners lost…
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.
