A woman fatally stabbed a man who she says raped her early today near Hayden Lake in Kootenai County, a sheriff's official said. The woman had managed to fight off her attacker, who had stabbed her, and flee in his car before calling deputies, sheriff's…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden today announced an agreement between Facebook and Idaho, along with 48 other states and the District of Columbia, to provide new safeguards to protect children on the popular social networking site from sexual predators and inappropriate content. It’s similar to…
An editorial by Jim Fisher in the Lewiston Tribune today faults Lt. Gov. Jim Risch for his claim that skipping a live statewide debate in his race for the U.S. Senate is what the voters want. Click below for the full editorial.Question: What do voters…
Elise Amendola/AP PhotoLittle girls show off their hands signed with a Sharpie by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., after she spoke at a rally in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Wednesday. You write the cutline.
Item: Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: A high school student in Rupert, Idaho, says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put…
Does Oklahoma City want a professional(?)baseball team, too? Maybe the Sonics could take the Mariners with them when they leave/IwantmyfoxTV.Question: Yeah, the Mariners are frustrating this year, but would you really want to see them leave the region?
Am I the only one who had a good laugh over the headline deck "School district trustees make commitment to use money for stated purpose" in today's Press? I can't decide which is worse - the parade of people who restlessly hammer away at the…
Michael Becker/FOX, AP PhotoIn this 2008 image released by FOX prior to Wednesday night, the remaining "American Idol" contestants, from left, David Archuleta, Syesha Mercado, David Cook and Jason Castro are shown in Los Angeles. Castro was voted off the program Wednesday night after rough…
Law enforcement officers gathering information about a young anarchist accused of vandalizing military recruiting offices began videotaping the July 4, 2007, protest in Riverfront Park before police received complaints the demonstrators were causing a disturbance. Read more at S-R.comPolice video: 1 | 2 | 3Related…
Rising health care costs undermine the ability of U.S. firms to compete internationally and threaten good American jobs, according to a report released today by the New America Foundation. The New America report, "Employer Health Costs in a Global Economy: A Competitive Disadvantage for U.S.…
The Boise Weekly reports today that former President Bill Clinton is using Idaho as part of a laugh line in his stump speeches, suggesting the Gem State has more elk than Democrats: "From a story in The New York Times, Clinton was savoring the laughs…
Item: Obama wins North Carolina, Clinton leads in Indiana/Associated PressMore Info: Returns from 99 percent of North Carolina precincts showed Obama winning 56 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Clinton, a triumph that mirrored his earlier wins in Southern states with large black…
Item: Areva picks E. Idaho for $2 billion uranium enrichment plant: Facility will make fuel for power plants and may help revive the nuclear industry/Rocky Barker, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: A uranium enrichment plant near Idaho Falls will be one of the largest construction projects in…
Item: Is Wikipedia wicked porn? Online encyclopedia proudly posts graphic sexual images kids can see/WorldNetDailyQuestion: What do you think of Wikipedia's policy allowing graphic sexual imagery?1. It's the right thing to do for a site championing freedom of information and expression2. It doesn't offend my…
We made it back to town today from Portland with Amy Dearest, two of my siblings and their spouses in tow. We plan to hang out with them through Sunday morning when they all board planes for return trips to Portland and California, respectively. This…
Cars started lining up at 8:30 this morning for what may be the most popular stunt of the campaign season: Congressional candidate Walt Minnick’s $2.26-a-gallon gas sale. From 10 to 11 a.m. Boise time, Minnick made up the difference between the sale price of $2.26…
Elise Amendola/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., grimaces as Helen Matta of New Bern, N.C., kisses her while she snaps their picture at a rally in Greenville, N.C. Monday. You write the cutline.
Item: Kempthorne holds on to his records: Two years after he left office, the ex-governor still hasn't sent his files to Idaho's archives, as state law requires/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Two years ago, the Idaho Attorney General's office told Dirk Kempthorne to give his gubernatorial records…
I can’t tell you how excited I was to open the newspaper the other day and see that the Spokane Police Department had finally rid the city of crime. No more dope dealers. No more murderers. No more burglars. No more East Sprague women of…
Question: What do you think about fluoride?/WorldNetDaily1. The CDC is right, water fluoridation is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century2. After 50 years of fluoridation, if there were ill effects, we'd know about them3. The government wouldn't put dangerous levels of…
Four more out-of-state residents were arrested in the Boise area Saturday for illegal solicitation as local police agencies say they plan to actively enforce licensing requirements for door-to-door salespeople this summer./The Idaho Statesman - More hereQuestion: How do you react when sales people come to…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco’s campaign headquarters in Boise was broken into over the weekend, but apparently nothing was stolen. The campaign reported that Boise Police are investigating the break-in, which occurred mid-day, just past noon on Saturday. “We will not know whether this…
ST. MARIES, Idaho (AP) _ She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but.Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers is working to attach an…
Former IACI head and former Idaho Statesman political editor Steve Ahrens, in a column in the Idaho Business Review today, takes on the closed primary election issue. “Republicans have dominated state politics for so long, they’ve come to take for granted their “majority” (compared to…
Item: CdA trailblazer Louise Shadduck dies at 92/Karen Dorn Steele/SRMore Info: Louise Shadduck, a politically well-connected descendant of one of Coeur d’Alene’s pioneer families who wrote several books on Idaho history, blazed trails for women and was inducted into Idaho’s Hall of Fame, died Sunday…
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