But for all the worldwide jokes about Craig, I never fully realized until recently how totally newsworthy Idaho's senator had become. People had been coming up to me here and there around town asking if I knew where to find Obama buttons. So I was…
AP File PhotoIn this 1970 file photo, author Alexander Solzhenitsyn speaks to reporters in Stockholm, Sweden, after collecting the 1970 Nobel Prize in literature. Russian news agencies report that Solzhenitsyn died late Sunday. Story here.Question: Have you read any of Solzhenitsyn's works?
Originally posted 11:27 p.m. FridayItem: Ex-UI researcher faces deportation/Shawn Vestal, SR.More Info: Katarzyna Dziewanowska grew up in the "gray communist life" of Poland. But it was in America where she found a truly nightmarish experience with a bureaucracy. After nearly 14 years as a researcher…
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A two-car collision temproarily blocked eastbound traffic and slowed westbound traffic on I-90 near the Stateline Sunday evening. Idaho State Police say a westbound car crossed the median and was hit by a car heading eastbound. Officials say the collision may have been a result…
I spoke with experts from around the country about what changes now that admitted killer Joseph Duncan will be representing himself in court, acting as his own attorney in his federal death penalty sentencing trial. The consensus: He’ll be more likely to get the death…
Original 12:01 p.m. 9/3/08; spambotsWe are instructed that Mrs. Palin isn't qualified, because she lacks Washington experience. But until recently that was said to be a virtue in Mr. Obama, who is at the top of his ticket. Meanwhile, there's hardly a peep of media…
My sweetheart went to Art on the Green, and all s/he bought me was this ...
North Idaho Fair spokeswoman Laura Umthum didn't want me to publish this one yet b/c there's "carnival" is misspelled in part of the print text. But it's pretty good. And you now know that we know there's a misspelling. So, enjoy.
Item: Easy on the ears and the gas tank: Smokey Robinson heads star-packed lineup at nearby Festival at Sandpoint/Jim Kershner, SRMore Info: Everybody's talking about "stay-cations" – well, the Festival at Sandpoint may be the classic Inland Northwest stay-cation. The festival, in its 26th year,…
RE: Lawyers: Kootenai County prosecutors tampered w/juryMeghann Cuniff: In the spirit of openness, I feel it best to share my family ties to the legal community in case any other questions arise. My father, who died about five years ago, was a defense lawyer with…
Wildlife Conservation Society, APA young fruit bat is hand fed by a WCS staffer at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Health Center in New York, Thursday, July 31, 2008. The little female drinks a special milk replacement formula designed to duplicate the mother bat's milk. She…
Here's another one of the TV spots for the North Idaho Fair, provided by manager Chris Holloway and spokeswoman Laura Umthum.*How to speak pig*How to speak sheepQuestion: Now that you've seen 3 North Idaho Fair You Tubes ... do you like them?
Acie Henley purchased the business that has been Oz Fitness at 208 Coeur d'Alene Ave. and is changing it to 360 Fitness and moving it to the former Tidyman's building at 410 W. Neider Ave., just west of U.S. Highway 95. He is using 15,000…
Fluorescent overhead lighting, personality-free gray carpet and black banquet chairs combine to give the Paupau’s Kitchen dining room an ambience that’s like a cross between trigonometry class and the urgent care waiting room. The wooden tables add a tiny spec of faux nature and the…
Car accidents are blocking eastbound Intestate 90 in Post Falls. The accidents occurred between mile posts 5 and 6. Another accident is blocking parts of westbound Interstate 90 near mile post 11. No other information was available. Detail on one accident below
You might want to check back in tonight to see a "talk point" story that Meghann Cuniff has produced re: the prosecutor's office. Nah, it has nothing to do with e-mails. In other news, HBO registered another first Thursday when it registered 11,000 page-views on…
5 p.m. Car accidents are blocking eastbound Intestate 90 in Post Falls. The accidents occurred between mile posts 5 and 6, including one in the eastbound lanes in front of the Hot Rod Cafe. Another accident is blocking parts of westbound Interstate 90 near mile…
Hidajet Delic/APActivists of international animal rights organisation PETA wearing mock fur hats, protest in front of the British embassy in Sarajevo earlier today, holding a banner reading 'Bare Skin, Not Bear Skin'. PETA activists launched the campaign to protests over the British armed forces using…
Courtesy: LaRocco for Senate campaignDemo U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco displays that Obama-Craig button that was causing all the commotion earlier this week. Shoulda been Obama-LaRocco. Story here.
Attorneys for The Spokesman-Review and an array of news media organizations in Idaho and eastern Washington filed arguments in federal court today in favor of keeping court proceedings in the Joseph Duncan case open. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge is considering closing the courtroom for…
In his must-read News Is A Conversation post below, Editor Steve Smith stated that, he is among the last of a dying breed: A newspaperman. Steve and I are the same age, 58. We both cut our teeth in the early '70s in newsrooms with…
Coeur d'Alene's Wine Cellar isn't what it used to be. Neither bad, nor good, just different, even if it's only barely perceptible and fleeting, like the taste-memory that lingers well after the meal is over. Maybe it's nostalgia. In the '90s, it was one of…
Scott Threlkeld/Times-Picayune, APSt. Tammany Parish Sheriff's deputies and wildlife agents capture an 11-foot long alligator that bit the arm off an 11-year-old boy on Wednesday in a small lake south of Slidell, La. The boy, Devin Funck, and two girls were playing in a body…
Unequivocal Notion has posted this old thread from Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise:Sali said, "The answer clearly is that we've got to get the value off of the land if we're going to have a sustainable system, and what that means, most people would say that…
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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