Parting Shot -- 11/19/08
Jerome A. Pollos/CDA PressKayakers paddle their way across the reflection of a shimmering sunset Tuesday on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Coeur d'Alene.SR Photo Department World Snapshots
Jerome A. Pollos/CDA PressKayakers paddle their way across the reflection of a shimmering sunset Tuesday on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Coeur d'Alene.SR Photo Department World Snapshots
For years, for as long as I can remember, my family has had at least one night a week where we all have dinner together. It started out as just the four of us. Mom, dad, my sister, and I. Then it turned into a…
Report: NCAA student-athletes 'beating the system,' former Bronco calls system 'a joke'/USA Today, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Forty-eight percent of players on the 2007 Boise State football team majored in communications, according to a USA Today investigation on how toughening academic requirements for athletes has helped…
Killer Joseph Duncan has filed a letter with the federal District Court in Boise addressed to Judge Edward Lodge, regarding the notice of appeal filed for him Monday by his standby attorneys. “Dear Sir,” Duncan wrote. “This is to inform the court that if any…
Item: On a mission for 'true chocolate': Scientist says most of what we eat is far from real thing/Tom Paulson, Seattle PIMore Info: Andy McShea (pictured) is a Harvard-trained molecular biologist using his scientific talent in Seattle to promote "true chocolate" and steer consumers away…
Here’s this little guy, seven-year-old Charlie Beckett, perched on the verge of national recognition for his Holy-Peno hamburger that just might be featured across the nation in all Red Robin restaurants. It seems Charlie’s culinary delight was selected from 14,000 offerings as one of 10…
1:26 p.m. Suicide threat reported at Sherman Avenue motel.1:13 p.m. R/P reports smoke on Potlatch hill above The Terraces condos.12:36 p.m. Someone is suffering a seizure at the Flying J restaurant.9:25 a.m. R/P reports that young men throw a CD out the window of a…
Item: Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new message: Zawahiri uses derogatory term to imply president-elect does bidding of whites/Associated PressMore Info: Al-Zawahri also called Obama—along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice—"house negroes." Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit,"…
Non-tribal hunters on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation must purchase a tribal hunting license even if they hunt on private land. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s interpretation of a 1988 compact between the state and the tribe requires non-tribal hunters on the reservation to…
George W. Bush was no Conservative -- not by a long shot, but Conservatives were awkwardly duped by their profit seeking leaders into thinking that he was, and they graciously awarded him two terms as one of the worst presidents this country has ever seen.…
At the Statesman, we are exercising restraint in covering these racist incidents (Bonner County Hang-Obama sign, Rexburg kids chanting "assassinate Obama). We will report on legitimate threats and incidents as they are investigated by authorities. Covering all incidents, however, is akin to reporting on bomb…
First, the invasion from the Golden State that you imagine isn't quite as overwhelming as it seems. According to recent research from J.P. Stravens -- some of the most reliable information on local demographics -- about a third of our new arrivals come from Washington…
Anil Dayal/AP Tibetan Buddhist monks play a game outside a Buddhist Monastery in Shimla, India, earlier today. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. Later, while playing poker, Singh sees his buddy is nearly out of chips, so he hands him one of his, saying "Here's a…
Item: Apple Cup not alone in quest for 'worst' title/John Blanchette, SRMore Info: It can’t get any worse, can it? Oh, sure it can. It will. It has. What may seem in our corner of the college football world to be unprecedented suckage this season…
This election was already certain to boost the state's reputation simply because Larry Craig was no longer on the ballot. Idaho also got a short-lived boost from voters in Alaska, where convicted incumbent Ted Stevens came close to taking Craig's place as chairman of the…
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.