Parting Shot -- 12/11/08
Winslow Townson/APA pedestrian shields herself from the rain as she walks past a Christmas ornament decorating the street in downtown Boston Thursday.SR World Snapshots
THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 2008
Movies & More: Great Sci-Fi Lines
If the command “Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!” is one of the all-time memorable taglines for a sci-fi film, it’s hardly the only one. Following are few of my favorites. See if you can guess the origins of each. 1. “A long time ago in a…
Scanner Traffic -- 12/11/08
5:49 p.m. A woman's voice on the scanner: "Can I have my clothes back?"1:39 p.m. A man crushed his arm between the boat and a dock, according to EMT reports. (But I couldn't catch where accident occurred.)1:15 p.m. Utility line down @ Ramsey & Hayden.
Libertarians Celebrate 37th Birthday
The Libertarian Party is celebrating its 37th birthday today, having been founded on Dec. 11, 1971, and ranking as America's third-largest political party. So what to get the birthday celebrant? Here's what Idaho gave the party's presidential candidate this year, Bob Barr: 3,658 votes. That's…
Otter Lukewarm To Obama Bailout Offer
Item: Obama wants to offer states help, Gov. Otter isn’t sure he wants the handout/Idaho Statesman More Info: President-elect Barack Obama is offering states their share of federal economic recovery dollars to start rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure. While other states are throwing out their wish…
Evergreen: WSU am good riting 1
Americans don’t need to write good ether it’s all about the internet now … the only dictionary that matters now is urban dictionary now. Now, its more important to know whats going on than being able to describe it. And if we do have to…
Spin Control: Craig Remains Butt Of Jokes
There's one thing Sen. Larry Craig needs to consider in deciding whether he'll ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to review his airport bathroom case. Well there are several things, like cost, and precedents, and the law. But beyond that. How long does he want to…
Bush Opens Up About His Booze Battle
Item: Bush opens up on struggle with alcohol abuse/CNNMore Info: President Bush reflected on his own struggle with alcohol in a White House meeting Thursday that touted gains in the war on drug abuse. CNN was the only media outlet invited to attend the entire…
Survey: Less Than Third Get Flu Shots
Item: Just a third of U.S. adults got flu shots/ReutersMore Info: Fewer than a third of U.S. adults have received a flu vaccine so far this year and only about half said they intended to get one, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The…
Otter Lukewarm To Obama Bailout Offer
Item: Obama wants to offer states help, Gov. Otter isn’t sure he wants the handout/Idaho Statesman More Info: President-elect Barack Obama is offering states their share of federal economic recovery dollars to start rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure. While other states are throwing out their wish…
HBO @ Noon: Family Doctors Are Unhappy
Item: Unhappy primary care doctors could be bad news for Idaho: Low pay, long hours and piles of paperwork have many nationwide looking to quit/Idaho Statesman More Info: Many classmates of Dr. Chip Roser ended their medical training ready to practice a specialty. They morphed…
APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 12/11/08
Alex Brandon/APNew Orleans Hornets center Tyson Chandler falls on a photographer after saving a rebound in the first half of their NBA basketball game with the Charlotte Bobcats in New Orleans Wednesday. Neither person was injured. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. "The bald eagles had…
Mickey D's Targets Starbucks Prices
Item: Starbucks won't slug it out in ad wars: Coffee chain says it'll take high road/Seattle PIMore Info: McDonald's has erected a billboard in sight of Starbucks headquarters declaring, "four bucks is dumb." If Dunkin' Donuts' taste test commercials were the schoolyard equivalent of blowing…
HBO's AM Headlines -- 12/11/08
Jesse Tinsley/SRRusty Marsh, playing Santa Claus, hands out candy canes to the kids of Spirit Lake Elementary recently. At the annual event, the kids walk from their school to the downtown area, listen to the Timberlake High jazz band play carols and then meet Santa.…
Major Storm Headed Our Way This Weekend
Item: Arctic blast: Weekend forecast calls for snow, frigid temps/Tom Hasslinger, CDA PressMore Info: The storm should hit in three phases in Couer d'Alene, the first of which should touch down Friday, when a cold blast from the north hits a moisture patch coming up…
WND Poll: Senate-Seat Sale Scandal
Who do you think will be the next indicted in the Senate-seat sale scandal?/WorldNetDaily 1. David Axelrod, Obama political consultant 2. First lady Patti Blagojevich 3. Mayor Richard Daily 4. Rahm Emanuel, incoming White House chief of staff 5. Illinois Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee
Gonzaga 74, WSU 52
Christopher Anderson/SRTaylor Rochestie drives down the lane to try and score against Gonzaga in Pullman Wednesday. Rochestie scored 6 points in the game, going 0 for 5 from 3 point range. ESPN game story & boxscore here.South Carolina St 66, Idaho 59
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