Issue: Soldier's widow fights to place symbol on husband's grave/Philadelphia InquirerMore Info: "There are 38 religious symbols approved for placement on government-issued grave markers and memorials for military veterans, but the pentacle isn't one of them. The five-pointed star within a circle that represents the…
Members of C Company, 116th Engineer Battalion of the Idaho Army National Guard are reflected in the Killed in Action monument at the Ronald D. Rankin Veterans Memorial Plaza on Saturday. (Kerri Thoreson photo)*Somer Breeze -- I swear that's her name -- talks about life…
US President George W.Bush, right, drives an electric cart through pouring ran, as he arrives for the final working session at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer) Top CutlinesIn A League of His Own: John…
Mickey Spillane, author of mystery novel "The Big Kill," is shown in his studio at Orange Lake, N.Y., Feb. 23, 1952. Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died today. He was…
Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession is expected to call this afternoon for an outside, independent investigation of the Spokane Police Department’s handling of events surrounding the homicide death of Otto Zehm. Hession has scheduled a press conference for 3 p.m. at City Hall where sources say…
Diana Halvorsen hugs her daughter, Kristine, after a plane leaving the Hillsboro Air Show crashed into a neighbor's house, destroying it and damaging their house in Hillsboro, Ore., Sunday. The plane crashed in a residential area, damaging four houses and killing the pilot. No one…
US President George W.Bush, right, drives an electric cart through pouring ran, as he arrives for the final working session at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer)
Jane Q. Citizen: So did the Mini-Sturgis already take place at Stateline or do I still have time to get in shape for the paper plate and duct tape bikini contest?DFO: Mini-Sturgis at Cruisers Biker Bar is scheduled for June 29-30; so, you still have…
... Touching Down @ Cape CanaveralGround crew and others watch as the Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to complete mission STS-121 earlier today. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)... Turning 88 in South AfricaFormer South African President Nelson…
Here's a great idea for saving some big money for the state of Idaho. We would automatically install Butch Otter as the next governor and Jim Risch as lieutenant governor. Those two races are going to be the most lopsided in the history of the…
Rupert Murdoch in Sun Valley last week/AP PhotoDon't count me among the locals who fear that Kootenai County and North Idaho are in danger of becoming another Sun Valley. Case in point – Cruisers Biker Bar's 2nd Annual Mini-Sturgis Event July 29-30. While Sun Valley…
There's plenty below to get you started this weekend, if you have time when you're not soaking up sun or working around the yard today. Of course, the Wild Card is available for those of you who want to start your own threads ...
Issue: The 10 least politically correct movies ever: From ‘Blazing Saddles’ to ‘Team America,’ these films take no prisoners/Michael Ventre, MSNBCTop Five: "Blazing Saddles," "Airport!" "There's Something About Mary," "Caddy Shack," and "Love And Death."DFO: Funny, I almost checked out "Blazing Saddles" Thursday night at…
Sara Anderson: So, this is off-topic, but isn't the duct-tape-over-the-mouth-protest-statement getting a little passe? Can't they go with a time-tested classic, like the flaming effigy? Or maybe come up with something new?DFO: I was thinking the same thing. Boring. On the other hand, it's rare…
JimmyMAC: Just found Duane's tax assessment on the Resort online. Right around $40 MIL.DFO: Funny thing about The Duane's property. If memory serves me correctly, he was bragging through his paper when the resort first opened that it cost him $60M (or something close to…
The newsroom staff of the Santa Barbara News-Press stand with duct tape over their mouths outside the newspaper's Santa Barbara, Calif., office Friday in protest over a wave of editorial resignations at the paper. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)DFO: Dunno anything about the situation in the…
In what may very well be an unprecedented event in Idaho tax history, Bonner County Commissioners on Friday ordered their assessor to roll back all property valuations to what they were last year. Assessor Judie Conlan said commissioners gave her office a deadline of July…
You can see who's stuck at the top of the Silverwood ferris wheel here.*Marianne Love/Slight Detour saves some old Love letters written to her husband decades ago when they were becoming an item here.*UBob returns to theme blogging today with a discussion about phobics and…
Britain's Prince Charles greets former Spice Girl Emma Bunton as he hosts a garden party at Buckingham Palace London to celebrate the Prince's Trust 30th anniversary today. Standing at right is former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jonathan Buckmaster/Daily Express, Pool)…
Kit Rhinehart: I had to go to the doctor for a blood draw and since I am unable to drive anymore my son took me. Then he took me to breakfast at 5th Ave in Sandpoint. In the next booth was a person with a…
Some Kootenai County residents would willingly trade local control of North Idaho College for property tax relief. That's why the siren song from Boise and southeast Idaho for a state-funded community college system resonates in the region. After all, what's wrong with a state system…
Jack Valenti, left, former chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Tom Brokaw, center, special correspondent for NBC News, and producer Sydney Pollack arrive earlier today at the annual Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley here. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)…
Britain's Prince Charles greets former Spice Girl Emma Bunton as he hosts a garden party at Buckingham Palace London to celebrate the Prince's Trust 30th anniversary today. Standing at right is former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jonathan Buckmaster/Daily Express, Pool)
... Bulls Win AgainIn this zoomed picture runners are chased by a fighting bull during a bullrun through the streets of Pamplona, northern Spain earlier today. Several people were treated by medical teams following falls in the last bull run of the San Fermin festival…
Any Mouse: The most recent GU commencements ceremonies included a decent percentage of folks who wore Class A uniforms, butter bars and berets instead of caps and gowns. Impressive young soldiers. They'd take old haight-ashbury types apart like a cat with a dead pigeon if…
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.
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