In fact, one of the most important parts of the pre-diet ritual is the December 31 “last supper.” This year, it was the ultra-classic Paul Bunyan Bacon Double Cheeseburger, a sublime, messy beast known to tear through twenty napkins, and a superb final indulgence before…
Mike Evans, checking on the home of a friend, walks through fog and water two-feet deep earlier today, near Carnation, Wash. Thousands of people are still out of their homes and hundreds of trucks are stranded along highways because of floods, mudslides and avalanches in…
Item: Seattle Post-Intelligencer up for sale/Seattle TimesMore Info: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which first rolled off the presses in 1863 and has been the state's longest-publishing newspaper, is up for sale, according to the paper's Web site. The newspaper's staff was called into a closed meeting…
... That Ron Nilson of Ground Force Manufacturing declared war on the Education Corridor at the weekly meeting of the Pachyderm Club. A Berry Picker reports: "Speaking very passionately, he encouraged all in attendance, whom he referred to as 'the silent majority,' to stand up…
Kudos to Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden for his decision to join with the attorneys general from all 50 states to express their united support – regardless of party affiliation – for the time-honored practice of invocations at presidential inaugurations/IVA. More here. (More links in…
So much for safety first. The Idaho Transportation Board earmarked $94 million Wednesday - but nothing for a bridge dangerous enough to get written up in Popular Mechanics magazine. The Dover Bridge in Bonner County got short shrift in part because board members believed enough…
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at his home in Chicago on Friday. The Illinois House voted 114-1 earlier this morning to impeach Blagojevich, a first in state history. You write the cutline. Story here. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
... Community activist Mary Souza hit a speed bump in her attempt to gain Rotary membership for her OpenCDA.com blog buddy Dan Gookin. Seems some Rotarians told leadership -- and I paraphrase -- "over our dead bodies." Stay tuned.
... Did someone at the Coeur d'Alene Press forget to include an editorial page in today's edition? What's up with that?
As it happens, Eastwood was talking about a fellow for whom sensitivity is not a problem: Walt Kowalski, the retired Detroit auto worker he portrays in his latest film, "Gran Torino." Kowalski is the unlikely hero of a tale of redemption and sacrifice … unlikely…
On Wednesday morning at the crack of dawn I went "onlocation" in the cab of a Post Falls city snowplow on the first day of the warming trend. It had been exactly three weeks since the snow started falling and fell in great huge record-breaking…
In a CDA Press story by Maureen Dolan this morning, Superintendent Hazel Bauman said the Coeur d'Alene School District could cut athletics programs by as much as $800,000. How would you go about trimming the sports budgets?*Eliminate travel to southern Idaho, except for state competition.*Eliminate…
Wow! The fewer qualifications you have the better job you can get! Heck, I ought to be Michelle Obama's Press Secretary! I was browsing around and found this AP headline: Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent. Yep. He's being sent to Israel to cover…
There has been rare, spotty criticism of these magnificent animals by a few disgruntled locals, mostly hunters, who now actually have to get their rather ample derrieres off their over-equipped All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and, you know, actually walk around and stuff when hunting for…
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I've been updating my blog rolls today. You'll notice: 1. The addition of "Bozeman (Mont.) Police Reports" in the Friends blogroll (b/c they're fun to read). 2. That M.E. Vickie Holbrook @ the Idaho Press-Tribune is now flying solo on the blog, which is now…
Children wave flags at the Malecon avenue on the Anniversary of Fidel Castro's triumphant march into Havana when he defeated Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista on 1959 in Havana, Cuba today. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)SR's Today In Photos: Western Washington floodsQuestion: Is it finally time for the…
Item: PETA wants NW Montana high school renamed 'Sea Kitten'/MissoulianMore Info: Meow. Actually, make that, me-OW! The next time you hook into a lunker, and the rod tip bends as line spools out, the folks at PETA want you to look that fishy face square…
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter addresses a group of reporters today in Boise, Idaho. Otter, speaking at the annual AP Legislative preview, addressed topics from transportation to rising unemployment rates. Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise story here. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)*Best of Spokesman.com PM blogs/Andrew ZahlerEye On Boise:…
5:15 p.m. R/P reports a woman has been screaming for 15 minutes in the area of Indiana & 11th. He can't make out what she's saying. But he plans to drive by the site where the screaming seems to be coming from.5:01 p.m. A possible…
Cis/Simple Mind asks: I know the gathering up of the local blogs is a pain, but I got to ask ... How do you decide which ones to grab. Is it a random thing, like whatever is there for the day you decide to take…
The snow mounds were still high surrounding the Coeur d'Alene Resort today. Hotels say snow days hurt, but the season is typically slow anyway. Hagadone Hospitality has lowered salaries and wages. KATHY PLONKA The Spokesman-ReviewQuestion: How much money do you spend at the Coeur d'Alene…
The space would be available to retailers on a need-basis. Dislocated businesses that had been caught completely without insurance coverage could move into the stores located at 9245 N. Government Way free of charge. Fortier said the arrangement would be open-ended, depending on the circumstances…
If you take away the Slumdogs and Benjamin Buttons of December, movies in 2008 were satisfactory at best. The predictably dreary early months ("Jumper," "Untraceable") gave way to a rocky summer ("Dark Knight" yes, "Hancock" no), and even the big fall blockbusters disappointed ("Twilight," "Quantum…
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.
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