St. Mary's Patrick Mills, center, dribbles past Washington State's Taylor Rochestie, right, in the first half of an NIT college basketball game in Moraga, Calif., Tuesday. ESPN game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)North Idaho College 63, Trinity Valley CC 53
In the news this evening: The national debt hits a record $11 trillion here. Pope Benedict says that condoms worsen AIDS epidemic here. Actress Natasha Richardson is near death after skiing accident here. Oxford experts: Obesity danger 'rivals smoking' here. Study: Pious 'fight death the…
Rielly Weathers watches a band pass by during the St. Patrick's Day parade Tuesday in Savannah, Ga. Celebrated here since 1824, this coastal city's sprawling parade and street party have become its most lucrative tourist attraction, drawing up to 400,000 revelers every March 17. (AP…
Item: Outcry builds in Washington for recovery of A.I.G. bonuses/New York TimesMore Info: Senate Democratic leaders demanded on Tuesday that the insurance giant American International Group reverse the $165 million in bonuses that the firm had paid to executives after receiving more than $170 billion…
Rep. Marge Chadderdon, R-Coeur d’Alene, persuaded the House State Affairs Committee to introduce legislation today to require that whenever any Idaho state agency, college or university, or local government agency in Idaho purchases a U.S. flag or an Idaho state flag, it must be one…
Idaho State Police officer Holly Branch shares a laugh during the annual awards luncheon recently at transportation headquarters in Coeur d'Alene to honor the officers who have made the most DUI arrests. Branch has won the award 4 years in a row, this year with…
Byclists, some of them naked, ride through the streets of Lima during the World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday. Cyclists demonstrated to promote the use of bicycles and to highlight the damage caused by car dependency. You write the cutline.(AP Photo/Karel Navarro)Top Cutlines:1. There once…
4:42 p.m. R/P reports that boys have built a bike ramp on Montana Avenue/CDA.3:26 p.m. The Holiday gas station on Cornerstone/Hayden reports a gas drive-off.3:23 p.m. R/P reports there's a large puddle @ the corner of Atlas & Seltice Way, which might be caused by…
At Priest Lake, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns has created a Google map that contains pretty much everything you need to know about her neck of the woods, from resorts to campgrounds. She tells Huckleberries that she created the useful map after getting beaucoup maps…
Good stinking grief. A comment featuring a WNTube link to a vile racist song has been sitting for hours like a pile of merde among the Coeur d'Alene Press online story comments re: Nontombi Naomi Tutu's speech to the Human Rights banquet last night. You…
Three-term Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander won't make it official for a coupla weeks, but she will run for re-election this fall. Goodlander, who sits on the LCDC board, believes she's facing a nasty campaign from opponents of urban renewal. But she wants to continue working on…
In the "Some Things Never Change" category, Louis' Drive-In Hamburgers offered a landmark that is with us still a half century later -- the giant Paul Bunyan that fronts Northwest Boulevard. You can see OrangeTV's latest posting of vintage photos on his Remember The Roxy…
I don't like it when people mess with my routine. For the past several weeks the owners of my grocery store of choice have been remodeling. I don't like it. I don't like it that every time I go in there things are moved around.…
Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin told Huckleberries moments ago that he plans to announce his decision re: another election bid Friday. Larkin said he's surprised that incumbents and possible opponents in Coeur d'Alene have announced their re-election intentions so early. Post Falls City Council incumbents…
In the March 23 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday): "I Want You to Start Spending!" Daniel Gross writes about how we, as consumers, need to start taking risks again in the economy and start spending to help the recovery. (PRNewsFoto/Newsweek)Question: What would it take…
Legislators were treated to St. Patrick's Day bagpiping by a Senate page from North Idaho, who admitted to pining for the pubs of Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene. Mallory Triplett's heart will be with St. Joseph's Pipe and Drum Corps tonight, though she'll be in her…
Smoking is a nasty habit. I think that's a pretty widely accepted statement that few folks would disagree with. I smoked heavily for many years - sometimes consuming upwards of a carton per week. My New Year's resolution in 2007 was to quit, so at…
Brian Ringle from Seaport Janitorial washes a third floor window at the Inn America in Monday in Lewiston. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills)Cartoon: Goodbye, P-I/David Horsey, Seattle P-IRoll Call: Idaho ranks last in congressional clout/Idaho Statesman; Washington 14th/APMiscarriage death certificate vote moves forward/Eye On BoisePharmacist…
When Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain took the stage for the presidential debates in November, viewers may notice both candidates scribbling notes with their left hands. Such a curiosity has occurred before: In 1992, all three contenders — George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and…
City Attorney Mike Gridley told Huckleberries moments ago that the city is close to a settlement with Kathy Sims and Tom Macy over alleged campaign finance violations that occurred during the 2007 municipal elections. In the closing days of that campaign, Sims & Macy were…
A Berry Picker tells Huckleberries that he fielded a recorded message from an organization -- he couldn't remember the name -- that was unhappy that U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick had voted against President Barack Obama's stimulus package and a large omnibus proposal. He was encouraged…
The nudity versus violence battle raged on in America last weekend with the opening of the brutal superhero epic/soft-core porno “Watchmen.” Teenage boys and their unsuspecting girlfriends showed up in droves to the film’s opening, oblivious to what they were about to see – and…
This image provided by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer shows the cover this morning, last edition's commemorative section. (AP Photo/Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Related: Farewell to the Seattle P-I/David Laird, Community Comment
In Monday's HBO Poll (also posted on Sportslink), 46 percent of 342 respondents said they expected Gonzaga to reach the Sweet 16 round this year. Another 17 percent (58) expect the Zags to reach the Elite Eight, while 16 percent (54) say they will fall…
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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.
