Item: Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience/USA TodayMore Info: The message OMG popped up next to the live webcam broadcast of Abraham Biggs lying motionless on his bed, followed by LOL and "hahahah." But Biggs wasn't joking. The 19-year-old Broward College student really…
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of Phillip R. Cavinder, 57, whose body was found near Wyatt Road, off of Nettleton Gulch Road, just east of Coeur d’Alene. At approximately 12:50 p.m. today, emergency medical personnel and deputies responded to a call…
A moustache is merely a hair smile turned upside down. It is a sad cry to the universe - “if everything wasn’t so topsy-turvy in the world I would be smiling above my mouth with this thick brush, I would have double smiles, that is…
Courtesy: MamaJDMamaJD snapped a picture of the moon last weekend through the lights in a tree in her yard by focusing on the branches and the moon. She's not sure why the lights came out circlular but they did. Can anyone tell her what happened?*I…
But between now and then, it is time to do what we always say we are going to do but never quite get it done, and that is recruit candidates for city elections and school boards. Many of these elections take place in 2009. If…
While President-elect Obama took 36 percent of Idaho’s vote, that was far better than John Kerry’s 30 percent in 2004 and Al Gore’s 28 percent in 2000 and clearly demonstrates a growth trend for Idaho Democrats. Obama’s vote total in Idaho was 55,000 votes greater…
Jake Barber/UI ArgonautFrom left to right, Greg Reince, Tom Norris and Joe Natter fire their trebuchet on the baseball field Wednesday. It was built for a Civil Engineering 115 class project, and the members of the class competed for distance and accuracy. The trebuchets had…
North Idaho College Board of Trustees members Mic Armon and Judy Meyer, who were both reelected to four-year terms on the board in the November general election, were sworn in during the Nov. 19 board meeting. In addition, officers were selected for the coming year…
Psychologists tell us that the holidays are some of the most stressful and depressing times of the year. And for good reason. Packed into a truncated 30-day time frame, we are exposed to some of the most annoying people on planet Earth -- family. You…
This is the video everyone has been discussing. If you don't want to see turkeys slaughtered then don't click play -- Digger.Question: So is Sarah Palin an "SNL skit" waiting to happen at any moment, as some of my Merry Hucksters contend, or a tough…
Item: Ferris High coach cleared/Meghann M. Cuniff, SRMore Info: The Ferris High boys' basketball coach accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was cleared Thursday after the girl said she made the story up, her lawyers said. Don Van Lierop will return to the classroom…
Shawn Gust/CDA Press, APA Kootenai County Fire and Rescue firefighter holds his position on hose Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 while on duty at a structure fire at a Mica Bay home on Lake Coeur d'Alene south of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The cause of the fire…
Like most of us, Deena Moe-Caruso recycles paper and plastic in her curbside bin once a week. But on every other day, she also recycles fashion trends. At Finder’s Keepers Fashion Flashback, one of three retail shops she owns in downtown Spokane, Moe-Caruso sells top-quality…
Item: Defense seeks mistrial in Kathleen Avenue street-race-fatality case: Judge allows trial to continue over objections/Tom Greene, CDA PressMore Info: An Iraq war veteran testified that as he rendered aid to Dominick F. Salois by holding his head in his 2006 yellow Mustang after the…
In the news this evening, Ferris High boys' basketball coach Don Van Lierop has been cleared of sex abuse charges by Spokane police here. Congress has extended jobless benefits to laid-off workers here. The Dow shed another 445 points today here. And I'm going to…
"If the current HBO crowd is the "Laugh In" cast, who is who?" asks JoeB. "Is Cindy or Kendra Goldie? Who's the 'very interesting' Nazi observer? I can't even remember all of their names, and I bet some of our younger fans can't even remember…
re: introducing Shawn Vestal's terrific new blog, Everyday Economy: This is no time to be skipping the fine print on any agreement you have with a bank. Credit card terms are changing. Checking account fees are going up. And the changes are very hard to…
4:27 p.m. CDA woman wants to see an officer re: her teen son testing positive for drugs.4:16 p.m. Officer reports that there's still hunters in the forest, and it's starting to snow on Fernan Saddle. However, the road into Fernan Saddle is still passable.3:15 p.m.…
I've seen many beautiful people, and beautiful . I've stood at the edge of the Rift Valley in East Africa, and taken in the vastness of the plane below. I've stood on Kilimanjaro and watched the sun rise in the east over the Indian Ocean.…
Courtesy: Orangefrog76At Orangefrog76, Granati provides this photograph and another of the graffiti vandalism that has hit the 40 BNSF railroad cars, parked between the old DeArmond Mill site and Riverstone.*Golden Goose/Tumblewords*Beauty/Synaptic Disunion*'Boston Legal' episode made me think/Silver Valley Girl*Bless your heart, Betty/Slight Detour*An interesting Monday/Still…
Item: Idaho soldier claims duct tape title/APMore Info: An Idaho soldier stationed in Iraq has won $5,000 and a year's supply of duct tape after using the adhesive to fix the brake system on a military vehicle. Joshua Roach entered a contest the Henkel Corp.…
Item: Richland teen scratches off 'graduation' from 'bucket list'/Laura Katy Zaichlin, Tri-City HeraldMore Info: Liz Evett was met by nearly 650 cheering peers, relatives and teachers as she was wheeled into the auditorium wearing a purple cap and gown. "When we came in the auditorium…
"Sure," I replied. I mean, how hard could it be? You take the iron thingie and hit the white ball into a tiny hole. Not exactly like running a 40-yard touchdown while being chased by 300-pound linebacker. "Have you ever played before?" Gardner asked. He…
As heavy equipment moves into Sandpoint to build a highway bypass that will separate the resort community from its waterfront, here is a prediction whose value is probably limited to a point of future interest: Sandpoint will live to regret this move. This prediction does…
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