In the news this evening, a study shows that older women are disappointed in multi-vitamins here. Analysts say that TVs will be fitted in contact lenses within 10 years here. The Senate moved forward with the $838B porkulus bill here. Barack Obama hit his head…
A woman smiles at a pair of male mannequin's legs sticking out of the snow drift outside the Shelby Floral Shop in Shelby, Ohio, Monday, a few days before Valentine's Day. (AP Photo/Mansfield News Journal, Dave Polcyn)SR Today In PhotosQuestion: Just how much trouble would…
Yesterday we were walking through the toy aisles at Target when all of a sudden I exclaimed, "Smurfs!" The boys thought I was crazy, which is nothing new, until I pointed out the little blue plush Smurfs on the shelf. I then explained to them…
"Dozens of family members and friends turned out at Cabela's in Post Falls on Saturday," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "Our own North Idaho hometown hero Kyle Miller was surprised by Weston Clark, host with his wife, Jodi, of Higher Ground Outdoor Adventure show. Kyle's…
Camrin Jackson holds up his signed size 17 Kevin Durant shoe he won in a raffle at the Nike Clinic at the Salvation Army Boy and Girls Club Saturday in Oklahoma City. Power 103.5 disc jockey J-Swick, left, and Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant…
5:36 p.m. A moose that was spotted on the east end of Sherman Avenue this morning is still hanging out on Mullan Avenue. CPD Blue is keeping tabs on it.5:05 p.m. R/P reports a dead dog laying in the roadway on Highway 41, M/P 17.5,…
In this video frame grab, Alex Rodriguez is interviewed by ESPN's Peter Gammons today. Rodriguez admitted during the interview that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-03, saying he did so because of the pressures of being baseball's highest-paid player. Story here. (AP Photo/ESPN)Question: Does this…
I love books. I have many. My husband thinks I have an addiction problem with my books. When it is suggested to me to get rid of a few because 'you only read them once,' I am offended. I remember when we moved three years…
In Priest Lake over the weekend, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns was on hand for the 40th annual running of the U.S. Pacific Coast Championship Races. She has an interview with seventysomething musher Joe Hawley, who returned to the races after a 25-year hiatus, here.Late…
In this photo provided by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp, people participate in the 96th Annual Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival, one of the oldest continuing Winter Carnivals in the country, in Steamboat Springs, Colo. on Saturday. (AP Photo/Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp, Larry Pierce)…
People see an older man with a much younger woman and they sniff, "trophy wife." To them, it looks like another old goat marrying appearance rather than substance. But having said that, I admit I am personally a bit of an age bigot. During my…
The author of the Lundberg Survey says prices at the pump have been creeping back up after bottoming out about seven weeks ago. He says the increase is due, in part, to demand. People are starting to buy more gas due to the low prices,…
As a mother who lost her daughter in a vehicular homicide crash almost seven years ago, I continue to be sickened by the "justice system." My daughter's killer served 44 weeks and has been re-arrested for drugging and driving. The two recent cases out of…
Nineteen-day-old ox "Heart," born with a heart-shaped marking on his forehead, relaxes at Yamakun farm in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Japan, Sunday. Kazunori Yamazaki, 51-year-old farm owner, said, "Good timing for Valentine's Day." (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)Question: Have you figured out what you're getting your Valentine yet?
The authors boil down "Idaho traditions" with two curious paragraphs: "The United States Constitution allows every citizen the right to own firearms. Hunting and shooting sports are a proud tradition in Idaho. There is a chance that you will see a person with a firearm,…
Item: Spokane officer gets his job back after being accused of improper conduct: Mediator: Sex with woman in unmarked car doesn't warrant firing/KXLYMore Info: An arbitrator assigned to the case ruled that his behavior was conduct unbecoming of an office, but did not warrant termination.…
Participants in the Polar Bear Float at Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, hit the waters of the Portneuf River running on Saturday afternoon. The float was part of the Fire & Ice Fest this weekend. (AP Photo/Idaho State Journal, Bill Schaefer)Folksy Montanan at center of Bolivia's…
11:40 a.m. A janitor is wanted after someone dropped a bottle of pop near the reception desk @ North Idaho College Library.11:19 a.m. Workers at Jimbo Seamless Raingutters report a man sleeping in a Chevy Blazer at a nearby pocket park.10:44 a.m. A mother on…
I grew up in barbershops. 1950 and 60-style barbershops...the ones with fake wood siding and barbers who wore smocks. I grew up with the smell of man-lotions and the sight of combs in a naturally-unnatural blue liquid. Barbers didn't ask how you were doing. They…
This image provided by NBC shows Nadya Suleman, left, speaking with Ann Curry in New York on Thursday in Suleman's first interview since giving birth to octuplets last week. The interview is planned to be broadcast on the "Today" show today and "Dateline" on Tuesday.…
Have the Special Olympics changed your perspective of the intellectually disabled?/Idaho StatesmanYesNoNot sure
And even he never did anything as dopey as giving Avista fourth place in customer satisfaction. That’s like making Joan Rivers a runner-up in the Miss America pageant. That’s like giving Britney Spears an honorable mention in parenting. That’s like the Boy Scouts handing Bernie…
BSU has been ignoring this constitutional standard for 14 years now, despite repeated appeals on the part of faith-based student clubs for fairness and equality in student funding. In other words, a university that prides itself on its inclusiveness has systematically been excluding people of…
Lake City High School basketball players Nate and Ben Frisbie at the school recently. The brothers are leading T-Wolves on the court. Greg Lee's SR story here. (Kathy Plonka/SR) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRIdaho man gets hunt of a lifetime/KREM2Huckleberries: 'The Boss' still deserves some glory/DFO,…
Singer Jewel and real-life hubby Ty Murray are set to duke it out against each other on the dance floor. Also, quick-footed cutie Julianne Hough is pairing up with her beau, country crooner Chuck Wicks, to battle their competitors. The newly engaged pro-dancers Maksim Chmerkovskiy…
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.
