My goodness, what a weekend! What with HBO figuring promimently in breaking news and all. OTV witnessed the aftermath of the Sherman Avenue shooting. Bpoole played a role in connecting Meghann Cuniff to the Facebook sources. And all Sunday evening the blog buzzed as Hucksters…
Joker says: "Are reporters even necessary? This story proves we have lots of little news gatherers out there in cyberspace and they work for FREE. Sure they have unconventional names and they mix in their opinion with what happened, but news is a conversation (shameless…
The CDA press offers a few additional details.Spokelooneh says "The witness also said Johnson was thrown through a window at Tito Macaroni's. Anybody notice if that window was broken or boarded up, or notice it getting replaced?" Full comment.Well?
Where do you rank as a taxpayer? You may not feel rich earning $35,000 a year, but you're in the top half of taxpayers. Make $70,000, and you earn more than 75 percent of fellow taxpayers.....More than 40 million Americans are officially living in poverty.…
Bent's Beautiful Black Bay Day: Bent's Beer GardenLoveability And Ability Do Not Equate: Dogwalk MusingsThree Simple Pleasures: Church, Birthday Celebration, Facebook 101: Gathering Around the TableKerri T is looking for photos of you in your Snuggie: More Main StreetOn pink fishing poles and not hyperventilating…
Lakewood police officers listen during a Nov. 30 news conference about the shooting of four of their colleagues in nearby Parkland, Wash. WASHINGTON – Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the…
TMZ has obtained a never-before published photograph which appears to show John F. Kennedy on a boat filled with naked women -- it's a photo that could have altered world events. Story here.I'm not a fan of TMZ's breathless hyperbole. What do you think the…
Idaho coach Robb Akey cheers his team against Hawaii during their game at the Kibbie Dome in October.I have a feeling that this is the Bowl game that most Hucksters are interested in. Tonight Rocky Bleier will give the keynote address at the US Bank…
If you've got an artificial tree perhaps it doesn't matter so much, but today's the day many of us with real trees start to ponder just how long to leave the tree up. Is it losing needles or in the way?Some folks don't take their…
Because outdoor burning has been banned in North Idaho until Wednesday.Of course, I guess you could burn them inside, but It's probably not a good idea.
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks with reporters.Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- Last month, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a strong defender of the public option for health care, warned: "I don't want four Democratic senators dictating to the other 56 of us and to the…
NIC women win tourney opener: CDA PressHumanitarian Bowl: Bowling for Beef: Idaho StatesmanCouncil adopts ban on text messaging while driving: Bonner County Daily BeeState lawmakers to look at easing marijuana laws: Seattle TimesOptimism and spin: Idaho's (really) pro-Micron governor: Kevin Richert
Especially when late last night I decided to recheck my fitness age and the stupid game said I was 62! I aged 13 years over the weekend. That's what happens when all your kids are home for Christmas break and you have to sample everything…
OTV raises an interesting point: "Certainly these guys should have taken advantage of Facebook's privacy settings, but to me, picking on them because they didn't is no better than the OpenCDA creeps picking on Christie for a couple of grammar errors. Yes, these pages were…
This photo shows Associated Press photo editor Liz Schultz trying on a pair of 2010 glasses in New York. Associated Press photos.You write the cutline.
"I spent many hours at 24-hour diners in my late teens and early twenties, drinking oceans of coffee, chain smoking and filling notebooks with pretentious poetry. At the time, they were pretty much the only places for the under-21 crowd to meet and socialize without…
Zan Jafry, left, helps his father Syed Jafry with his coat after arriving on a Northwest Flight from Amsterdam at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich. on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions,…
Adam M. Johnson, 25, was arrested early Sunday, accused of shooting in downtown Coeur d'Alene that left one person in critical condition.Information provided by Huckster bpoole was instrumental in helping Meghann Cuniff break the story of last night's shooting in downtown Cda. Says Cuniff: "It…
Headed out early to take advantage of the post-Christmas sales. I always find great buys for the winter birthday folks in my family.I'm saddened to report that according to the Wii Fit, I'm 49. Since that birthday is still five years away, I'm either go…
Color me freaked out. Watched two people get shot in what appeared to be a random drive by on Sherman Ave. tonight in front of Titos, half a block from where I was standing. No details, sorry. Story here.Meghann Cuniiff's story here.Hat tip MKS.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers leads the sixth-ranked offense in the NFL.It has been a chorus of this Seahawks' season, but even by Seattle's standards Sunday's loss was enormous and that's saying something given the number of double-digit whuppings Seattle has been subjected to this season.Seattle lost…
A Spokane man has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the state of Idaho for injuries he says resulted from a crash caused by potholes on Interstate 90 in North Idaho.Kasey Crick, 22, filed the lawsuit Dec. 18 after the state denied any wrongdoing in response…
Forbes reports retailers aren't slashing prices as much as last year, but there's still good deals to be found.By Tom Van Riper, Forbes.comMajor retailers won't be panicked into slashing post-Christmas prices as severely as they did last year, when they were caught off-guard by the…
Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie hangs onto Titans receiver Kenny Britt in the second quarter. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The San Diego Chargers have their first-round bye, and Philip Rivers is still perfect in December.Tennessee’s bid for NFL history? The Titans lost that along with their postseason…
This frame from the video released Friday purportedly shows Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, 23. KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban released a video Friday of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the U.S. military operation.In Idaho, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl’s…
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