In this photo released by New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission, a Teddy bear is shown in Milford, N.H. The teddy clogged a drain blocking oxygen flow in a pool killing 2,500 trout at a state hatchery. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/New Hampshire Fish…
Bree: Uh ... in regards to #5, Idaho drivers being #4 in the nation, did they just take accident stastics or did they actually drive the Idaho streets? Just driving to go get lunch today I had 3 stupid driver run-ins. Come on people it's…
Alison Atwell didn't get a honeymoon period to adjust to her new role as editor-in-chief of the North Idaho College Sentinel this fall. Before the first issue of the student newspaper hit the streets Monday, she had to decide whether to publish a story that…
I was slammed today, so I didn't get a chance to put together HBO's Best of the Local Blogs. Sorry. I'll try to make it up to you tomorrow. (I've been considering moving BOLB to Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I can get out of here…
Issue: Crossing border? Passports needed soon/Amy Cannata, Spokesman-Review More Info: New regulations will require returning Americans to have passports for all air and sea travel from Mexico, the Caribbean and Canada to the U.S. starting Jan. 8, 2007. Americans traveling over the Canadian and Mexican…
Dunno how I missed this one, but ... the Kootenai County commissioners proclaimed today "Family Day: A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children." Here's the skinny: "Family dinners are a natural, effective way to reduce teen substance abuse risk and Family Day is meant…
Track and field line judge Lia Mara Lourenco is helped after a javelin hit her in her foot during "Brazil Trophy," a national track and field competition, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday. (AP Photo/Jonne Roriz, Agencia Estado)
Pretend you had $900,000 to spend at the University of Idaho.Maybe you’d give scholarships to 900 low-income Idaho students. Or you could fund the recently axed Community Programs for the next 20 years. Or revamp run-down residence halls. Or put air conditioning in buildings in…
As you know, attorney John Magnuson announced plans to file a tort claim against the city for bringing the suit against East Lakeshore Drive owners to settle the high-water mark. He plans to sue for "not less than $8 million," according to the Coeur d'Alene…
The Washington State Grange's never-ending quest to remove political party sway from election primaries has reached its absurd conclusion: all races should be nonpartisan. This is like removing labels from beer bottles. Sure, you'd figure out your favorite eventually, but you're going to end up…
Brides wait to take part in a mass wedding ceremony in Nanjing, China, earlier today. A total of 138 newly-wed couples from across the country attended the ceremony, held on the sidelines of the Forum of Historical and Cultural Cities. You write the cutline/AP photo.
Nils Rosdahl, adviser for the North Idaho College Sentinel, just dropped off the first copy of the newspaper this year. It was published without a photo of one candidate for student government -- who was wearing nothing but a tree leaf. Over his, ah, privates.…
Gordon Crow: Does it seem awkward to anyone that the Post Falls Eagles grouse in a Letter to the Editor that the raid of Sept. 10 will greatly curtail their ability to donate to the many organizations that they support? Should any organization be given…
If you're expecting your first baby, you should click on the Notes On A Napkin blog written by talented Katrina Swaim/CdA for chuckles and common sense. Last week, she posted that there's no need to hurry to the hospital when contractions begin a la "I…
I got half of the garage re-roofing project done today, thanks to my brother-in-law, Tom. My neighbor poked his head out of his garage long enough to say that I was out of place. My reputation for being mechanically inept and anything but a handyman…
This has been a busy week. And I'm going to top it off today by replacing my garage roof. Fun. My brother-in-law will be helping me. So there's a chance we'll do it right. He's quite a handy-man. While we're up on the roof (almost…
Beach Girl: I am sputtering furious over the news of Hagadone's decision to build his 33,000 sg. ft. castle ANYWHERE, let along in that gorgeous desert !!!! Who in the heck does he think he is to go ahead with his plans, blocking views of…
Mike Kennedy: You will hear "officially" that it's good that we now have certainty in the lake level debate and that we can now define that point and move forward with some clarity. And on its face that position is correct.But what I will say…
Evelyn Johnson, 19 months, of Tulsa, Okla., samples snow for the first time while visiting Vail, Colo., with her parents today. A fast-moving winter storm covered the Vail Valley floor with six inches of snow, with an additional six inches predicted by Saturday morning/Peter M.…
Whether a matter of intention or slippage we do not know, but the one extended report of the Lewiston debate between 1st congressional district candidates Bill Sali and Larry Grant appear to have sounded a little different note. We weren’t there, and it wasn’t televised…
The racing sausages make their way around the field between innings at a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday in Milwaukee. You write the cutline.(AP Photo/Morry Gash) 1. Announcers at the Sausage Olympics: "Hey, Bob, this race is closer than…
I don't know how CDADave did this, but it made me chuckle.
Cis Gors/From A Simple Mind has come up with another Easter Egg to test your mettle as you watch the clock count down to the weekend. In this one, you have 60 seconds to park a car in a crowded lot. Cis made it on…
Seattle PI Question: Researchers have found that there are more TVs than people in the average American home. Is this true for your household? (See related article.) YesNoNot sureDFO: Dunno how you can be "not sure" on this question. But I have one TV and…
Gas prices are falling in the South and the Midwest. So why do they remain so stubbornly high in the Intermountain West? That's what Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal wants to know. On Wednesday, Freudenthal sent a letter to refineries asking for information about why gas…
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