Huckleberries Best of Idaho Online — 9/11/07
AP Photo/University of Idaho via The Spokesman Review, File
This undated photo provided by the University of Idaho shows part of a giant Palouse earthworm, Driloleirus americanus. The federal government is dragging its heels on protecting the giant Palouse earthworm, so environmental groups said Monday they will sue to speed up the process here.
Spotlight: Idahogie/43rd State Blues has created Larry Craig Seal of Approval Certificates for public restrooms here.
1. Breaking! Sen. Larry Craig’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard Sept. 26, just four days before he has said he will step down from his Senate seat here.
2. Wildlife officials remain unsure if a Tennessee man will be charged with killing a grizzly bear in the remote Kelly Creek Drainage of the Clearwater National Forest last week here.
3. Online Poll: More than a half century ago, President Harry Truman dubbed the Spokesman-Review as one of the two worst newspapers in the country, as a result of its pro-Republican editorial pages. The SR ranked second to the Coeur d'Alene Press as the "worst newspaper" in a Huckleberries Online poll Monday, attracting 49% of the 449 votes cast. Twenty-five percent thought the SR was worst. The Idaho Statesman finished third of 10 choices with 13%.
4. News Roundup: Coeur d'Alene father held after baby's skull fractured, Idahoan killed on 9/11 to be remembered, Morgan teaching others about space exploration, BASE jumper gets stuck on Perrine Bridge, and North Idaho loses bid for vet cemetery here.
5. Blogosphere: IdaBlue (More Craig fallout), Adam's Blog (Remembering 9/11), Bubblehead (A submariner in Afghanistan), Clayton Cramer (Never forget), and Free In Idaho (Osama's challenge).
6. IMHO-Idaho: Spokesman-Review (Replacement politics), Idaho Statesman (Bin Laden's reappearance helps us refocus), David Frey/New West Boise (Resignation or not, Craig's power over West is gone), Editors/UI Argonaut (Off the Cuff), and T.J. Tranchell/UI Argonaut (Remember first rule of fight club).
