I heard on the evening news last night that one third of America considers itself "very stressed." I don't know if that number describes you. I hope not. However, if it does, mebbe we can do something here at Huckleberries Online to provide some comic…
How is (the stock plunge) affecting me? I will no longer be able to retire at 62 (in only three years). {tears up} My only other solution is to sell my body on the streets. What is a 59-year-old lady going for these days, anyway?/JeanieSpokane.
Jesse Tinsley/SRWashington Gov. Chris Gregoire, left, and Republican challenger Dino Rossi, right, listen as a producer reiterates the rules for their debate in Spokane Thursday. Story here.*Ex-UI QB Nussmeier to square off w/alma mater/Lewiston Tribune*Clark Fork reeling after student death/KXLY*Spokane man busted for buying bear…
Bill Sali's new TV ad called, "Walt's Dance." began airing in the Boise and Spokane markets today.
ThomG/Special to Huckleberries OnlineThomG Blackberries a photo from today's announcement by Congressman Bill Sali at CDA City Hall. Not sure what Sali's saying. But it might have something to do with that press conference in Boise Wednesday in which he tried to link Demo opponent…
Kathy Plonka/SRMatt Harrington/CDA with "Hercules," the 8-foot boa constrictor at his home on Tuesday. He was asked by Kootenai County animal control to keep the snake after someone found it curled up in a back yard in Post Falls. He sold the snake on Craigslist…
When Carla Savalli was 10, growing up in a family subscribing to both Spokane newspapers, she started her own. The first page was news, and gossip about her neighbors. The second page was art from coloring books. The third was a recipe page - This…
Christopher Anderson/SRKathy Coe, sister of "South Hill Rapist" Kevin Coe, enters Superior Court Thursday during his civil commitment trial in Spokane. Kathy Coe said Kevin Coe was a 'great big brother' *here. You can follow the SR's Coe Trial Blog here*Judge labels Montana GOP's voter…
Kathy Plonka/SR File PhotoHercules, the 8-foot python that was found in a Post Falls yard in September, is still looking for a home after the snake's caretaker sold it on eBay. Caretaker Matt Harrington (shown above with Hercules Sept. 23), meanwhile, has been charged with…
Right Mind/Via Jennifer McFarlandDunno if this is legit or if it's a photoshop. But it's sure accurate.
Gerald Herbert/APSupporters listen to Republican vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, legs visible, during a rally with Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., not visible, in Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday. You write the cutline.Top Cutline:1. What you see is Palin closer to the…
With less than four weeks until Election Day, John McCain has launched his most aggressive ad yet against Barack Obama, labeling him a dangerous candidate because of his association with former domestic terrorist William Ayers. Story here. .Related: The problems with the Ayers attack/Chris Cillizza,…
If you followed the popular "Scanner Traffic" feature at Huckleberries Online last week, you'd be the first one in your 'hood to know that a fiftysomething man had local pols edgy. It all started around 11:15 a.m. Thursday when the distraught man entered a local…
Steve Hanks/Lewiston Tribune, APIdaho candidates for U.S. Senate, Democrat Larry LaRocco, Independent Rex Rammmell and Republican Jim Risch, debate the issues Wednesday in the Lewiston Community Center. Lewiston Tribune story here. And: AP story here Red State Rebels carried a live-blog of the debate here.Question:…
Item: Spate of killings strange but coincidental, police say: Three suspects arrested in four recent homicides/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SRMore Info: A shooting victim whose body was found in an SUV. A 29-year-old man stabbed in the throat. An elderly man shot twice in the head, killed…
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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.
