Here's the odd thing for me: Celebrities make their careers by living life "out loud". They hire PR firms to advance their name, talent, position or political connections. Face-time on network television is a "must". Magazine covers are needed and wanted. Being seen ... is…
First lady Michelle Obama reads a story to children as she participates in the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with President Barack Obama, not pictured, in Washington this evening. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
On the AP photo wire, I noticed that people are lining up in sleeping bags and blankets to be the first to get to see Sarah Palin in the Hastings at Norman, Okla. I can't imagine the circus that will take place at the local…
When he's not at his job as a faith-based addiction counselor, Chris Anderson sometimes dons flowing robes and a thorny crowns, picks up his cross and walks up and down a busy Coeur d'Alene street. Anderson told The Coeur d'Alene Press that it's part of…
"The Kootenai County Sheriff's Marine Division has added a new boathouse, which will store one patrol boat and a fire department boat in the summer at Red Lion Templin's Resort Marina on the Spokane River," posts KerriT/More Main Street. "Kudos to the Red Lion for…
Ohio State University student Paul Henzlik walks unaware of the giant metal praying mantis sculpture looming over him as he walks to class Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio. You write the cutline. (AP photo/Columbus Dispatch, Chris Russell)Top Cutlines:1. Thinking it was a large vegetable attacking him,…
5:06 p.m. An extended cab pickup was driving w/b in the e/b lanes of I-90 @ M/P 50 (Jackass Creek) before getting off the freeway to go the right way.4:47 p.m. Michael has found a wallet with credit cards near the Y on Hauser Lake…
Dutch farmers are ready to start commercially milking rabbits, pending authorization from European authorities. But that doesn't mean bunny cheese will soon be on store shelves—the genetically engineered rabbits would be milked to churn out a potentially lifesaving drug. Developed by Netherlands-based biotech firm Pharming,…
My phone! My phone! My kingdom for my phone! If I had a kingdom... Or would it be a queendom, if I had one? Yesterday, in the midst of getting from my mom's house to the airport to fly back to Spokane, I forgot to…
Police are asking for help identifying a woman who stole a purse from a hospital waiting room. The woman pictured is thought to have stolen the pursue from the Holy Family Hospital emergency room waiting area, 5633 N. Lidgerwood St., on Nov. 4 from 1…
When you think of the Grammy awards, Grangeville High School's music department is probably not the first thing that pops into your mind. That could change next spring if the rural Idaho school is successful in its bid to bring home a prestigious award associated…
If you’re like most people, you’d list “O Holy Night” as one of your top three Christmas songs. Or at least that’s what the pollsters at Zogby International say. (Campaign season is over, and pollsters have to ask about something.) They asked 2,330 adults last…
A recent e-mail from the Missoula Chamber of Commerce has angered downtown Missoula businesses, prompting many shop owners and community leaders to wonder about the chamber's priorities and loyalties. An e-mail sent to chamber members, titled "Member to Member AdVantage Announcements," featured an advertisement from…
Tim Ruskell, right, looks on as Tod Leiweke, left, CEO of the Seattle Seahawks, talks to reporters during a news conference announcing Ruskell's resignation as general manager of the NFL football team on Thursday in Renton, Wash. Leiweke said that Seahawks vice president for player…
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy of "Going Rogue" during a book signing event at a Sam's Club earlier today in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)Question: A Fred Meyer representative told The Spokesman-Review last week that Sarah Palin won't grant interviews to the…
CindyH: Nothing like starting your day with a hair-raising crisis. I was trying to get 10-year-old Sam out the door to school when I heard him yell, “Mom! I had an accident with the scissors!' Yikes! I ran upstairs and found him in my bedroom…
As many of you know, I attended a luncheon at the Spokane Club Wednesday to be honored with 20 co-workers for 25 years of work for The Spokesman-Review. I never planned to live in Coeur d'Alene that long. Or work for the SR that long.…
I don't know which clever photoshopper first produced this image of Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, after Woods' recent, early-morning crash (mebbe Shabooty.com). But it's all over the Internet. (This could be the original photo here.) I've received copies of it from several…
A retired police officer from Lewiston who was given a $75 speeding ticket two years ago has had the citation thrown out in court. David Estes fought the speeding ticket all the way to the Idaho Court of Appeals. The Lewiston Tribune reports that the…
11:23 a.m. A 18YO female student @ Post Falls High has suffered a drop in blood pressure after giving blood.11:09 a.m. Edward reports that a male is asleep in a sleeping bag @ Burlington & Greensferry/Post Falls.11:07 a.m. A disorderly male is reported on 400…
Ava Swartz, 14 months, of Taylor Mill cries on Santa's lap at the Thomas More College annual Winter Wonderland event in Ky. on Wednesday in Crestview Hills, Ky. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Ernest Coleman)Question: Did your children ever react poorly when you took them to visit…
But the story you did not hear about last week is about the fraud perpetrated by various Global Warming enthusiasts, including scientists whose careers apparently depend on the globe warming. Thousands of documents were hacked from the server used by the University of East Anglia…
Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne made news last year when he built a series of whimsical bike racks for the city of New York. You could chain your steed to a dog, a car, a high-heeled shoe. Now the idea is coming to Coeur…
Getting a $75 speeding ticket thrown out may have taken two years, but it didn't cost David M. Estes a penny. The Lewiston man and retired police officer fought a 2007 conviction for driving 10 mph over the limit all the way to the Idaho…
All-North Idaho Volleyball Team Front row, left to right: St. Maries coach Missy Asbury, Danielle Meehan (Post Falls), Tia Asbury (St. Maries), Post Falls coach Willow Hanna. Back, Brigitte Lowe (Moscow), Koko James (Sandpoint), Jalana White (Post Falls), Pipere Wahlin (Sandpoint). Not pictured: Taylor Stewart…
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.
