Item: Craig attorneys ask court to let him withdraw guilty plea/Associated PressMore Info: Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Larry Craig are asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to correct a “manifest injustice” by allowing the Idaho Republican to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from an airport…
*Idaho Record/Sherry Adkins, Spokesman-Review*Higher water rates on horizon: Cd'A will decide schedule for implementing changes at March 18 meeting/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene Press -- When it comes to utilities and other public services, what goes up seldom comes back down.*Handle on business: French-Italian eatery to…
Item: Cable Sports Network Apologizes For Mocking Athol's Name In Newspaper Ad/Associated PressMore Info: A cable sports network says it no longer will make Athol the butt of its jokes. Comcast SportsNet said Thursday it would pull a newspaper ad that leaders of the small…
The Nampa library board voted Monday to remove 'The New Joy of Sex' and 'The Joy of Gay Sex' from the library's shelves. Do you think the books should be removed? Story here/Idaho Statesman*Yes*No*No opinion
Item: Idaho House debates Lake CdA docks/Betsy Z. Russell, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Idaho’s House of Representatives voted today to turn back the legal clock to 1953 to help certain North Idaho property owners who want to build docks, despite a public road running between their land…
Having worked as an editor in upstate New York for six years before coming to Spokane, I’m very familiar with the record and campaigns of the Empire State’s politically prominent governor, Eliot Spitzer. Monday’s news that the Democrat paid thousands of dollars for a call…
Despite heavy turbulence earlier in the week, Hump Day is off to a decent start. I appreciate that. I'd also appreciate it if the weatherman was right for a change and good weather actually happened at the end of a week -- this week --…
Seems like everyone has been playing together nicely here for the last 5 days or so. I read Bob's comment re: the need for a sub host here during my vacations. That might be something worth exploring. But I don't know the best way to…
The news looks good from the F-Words blog re: Sara Anderson's condition following brain surgery. Her husband writes: "This isn't a high-grade astrocytoma. In fact, this isn't a tumor. There was a big zone in her forebrain without myelin, but that's fine. Even the frozen…
The town of South Pasadena, Calif., has designated the first week of March as “No Cussing Week.” Could you go without cussing for an entire week?/Idaho Statesman.*Yes*No
Item: Caires, Noble announce commissioner bids/Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Steve Caires and Bruce Noble have only known one another less than two weeks, but it seems like they have been working together for years. They finish one another's sentences. They share similar views…
I've been keeping my eye on Sara Anderson's F-Words blog while I've been on vacation. Hubby Andy has been providing the Idaho blogosphere with updates on her brain surgery and recovery. You can find a link to Sara's blog in the North Idaho blogroll in…
Item: Clinton Wins Texas; McCain Seals GOP Nod/David Espo, Associated PressMore Info: Hillary Rodham Clinton scored comeback primary wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island Tuesday night, denting Barack Obama's delegate lead in a riveting Democratic presidential race. Arizona Sen. John McCain, an unflinching supporter…
I hate to orphan you for the next week, especially with Barack poised to TKO Hillary in Texas and Ohio today. But I have some pressing business that needs my attention for the next week. I'll be out of the office until next Tuesday. Then,…
Al Grillo/AP PhotoOne of Tim Osmar's sled dogs looks out of its pen before the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska, Sunday, March 2, 2008. A record field of 96 mushers are running the 1,100 mile sled dog race to…
Frustrated feminist Clinton supporters see this year is as their one chance to see a woman elected president in their lifetimes. Gloria Steinem isn't getting any younger and finds female Obama supporters a tad traitorous. Read more here. I find this attitude defeatist, especially assuming…
Firefighters Charlie Schmidt, left, and John Stewart, both of Vancouver, Wash., fire dept., pick up their gear and head out after resting following racing up 1,311 stairs in competition Sunday in the Columbia Center tower in Seattle. More than 1,000 firefighters from throughout the U.S.,…
Item: Idaho lawmakers reject day-care bill/Betsy Z. Russell, SR Eye On BoiseMore Info: Legislation to impose at least minimal regulations on all Idaho day cares, including those caring for four or more unrelated children, died in committee today for the fourth straight year. “It’s frustrating,…
Emergency personnel remove a victim of a shooting at a Wendy's restaurant in West Palm Beach, Fla., today from the Trauma Hawk helicopter on the helipad at Delray Community Hospital. A gunman burst into a Wendy's restaurant, killing one person and injuring five others before…
Item: Jilted lover uses eBay to hit back at Wikipedia guru/Philippe Naughton, UK NewsMore Info: As of midday today, $102.50 was the bid for a little piece of internet history: the T-shirt that Jimmy Wales was wearing when he met Rachel Marsden for what he…
I had been picked up and dropped off at airports by my parents so many times over the years I've lost count. One thing was always a constant though. The welling in our eyes upon seeing each other after periods of time, and the sadness…
Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman, APJohn Bertram, poses recently in Boise. Bertram is planning a memorial to the late Gutzon Borglum that will be placed in St. Charles, Idaho, where Borglum was born. Borglum is most famous for carving four presidents into Mount Rushmore.1. U.S. District Court…
Elaine Thompson/AP Photo Firefighters walk past a house still in flames at the scene of where four multimillion dollar homes burned Monday in Woodinville, Wash. Crews battled the fires early Monday in a suburb north of Seattle, and a sign with the initials of a…
Carrie Kralicek sent this to Huckleberries Online. I don't know much about it at this point -- other than its a trailer for what appears to be a longer documentary by Police One that features the former Coeur d'Alene police officer's battle back from the…
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