Hump Day Wild Card -- 3/12/08
I'm still in quite a battle with the bug that I brought back from Denver. In the old days, I'd probably have missed a day or two of work -- and then tried to gut out a few days at the desk, propped up with…
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
TUBOB: The Professor And Mary Jane ...
We boys of the sixties were either Mary Ann or Ginger boys, although one could occasionally switch preferences, that was pretty much a demarcation line, in a decade marked by boundaries, compartments and splits. Ginger is now an elderly 74 years old and what about…
New APhoto of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 3/12/08
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces his resignation as wife, Silda, watches during a news conference at his office Wednesday in New York. Spitzer resigned in disgrace after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that shattered his corruption-fighting, straight-arrow image. You write the cutline. (AP…
Weird: Woman Sat On Toilet For 2 Years
Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years — so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police. Ness County (Wichita, Kan.) Sheriff Bryan…
Red State Rebels: Larry Grant Knocked On Doors In '06
Rumors don't just 'go around' as in 'there's a rumor going around...' Rumors are spread, they are fueled. There's a rumor being circulated that in his 2006 campaign for Congress, Larry Grant didn't do any door-knocking, that he didn't do the boots on the ground,…
Washington Settles In Supremacist Parolee's Assault
Buford O'Neal Furrow Jr., a former Eastern Washington supremacist tied to the Aryan Nations, is led out of federal court in Las Vegas, in this, Aug. 11, 1999, file photo, after he waived his right to an extradition hearing. The Washington state Department of Corrections…
Daily Briefing: Chico Story Gave Newsroom Fits
"We've been cracking one-liners for a week now," managing editor Gary Graham said. Is the monkey coverage over yet? Editor Steve Smith doesn't think so. There has been more division over the Chico stories' execution (no pun intended) and placement than for serious and noticeably…
KevinT: Bumpersticker To Eulogize Chico?
OTV! The lead-in rocks. A wonton mystery. At the Inlander we have been dissecting (conversationally at least) the fate of Chico and what is says about Spokane. And can you sum it up on a bumper sticker? Sounds like a contest ti me! So I…
HBO's AM Headlines -- 3/12/08
*Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review*Grace to pay feds $250 million for Libby asbestos work/Spokesman-Review -- This line sums up my thoughts: "Libby advocates said the $250 million is a pittance compared to the suffering that the firm unleashed on this northwestern Montana town."*Macdonald announces run for…
Spitzer Resigns
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer exits his Fifth Avenue residence with his wife Silda this today in New York. Spitzer announced that he would resign effective March 17. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)Item: Spitzer resigns/Associated PressMore Info: Gov. Eliot Spitzer has resigned, completing a stunning fall…
Jorgenson Targets Time-Warner Monopoly
Item: Bill seeks cable parity: Jorgenson introduces legislation to encourage provider competition/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Time Warner Cable is the only cable provider with contracts in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden. Some people say that constitutes a monopoly. Others maintain any cable…
JohnA: 'Gilligan's Island' Revisited
re: Mary Ann from 'Gilligan's Island' busted for pot in IdahoJust sit right back and you'll hear a tale,A tale of a fateful trip.That started with some weed it seemsAnd ended with a nip.Her fate was a mighty Sheriff manShe’d skippered not so sure.He booked…
Study: 1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease
Item: 1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease/Associated PressMore Info: At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group. A virus that…
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