Dan Torpey chuckles with friends around a poker table at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights. "Joe Cada is on top of the poker world. Tuesday morning, the 21-year-old from Chesterfield Township became the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event…
For the first time in many years, each of my kids has their own room. This weekend we finally finished remodeling the room of our oldest child who left the nest last summer.We've installed our next oldest child in the room. I anticipate the bliss…
Giant dominos placed along the former border in front of the Brandenburg Gate fall Monday during commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Associated Press photos.#1 “Colorful visual aids demonstrate US foreign policy of the 1950's” Steve Sibulsky#2 Dominos symbolizing…
"Tech company Google is providing free airport wireless connections at 47 U.S. airports for the holiday season. Spokane, Seattle, Portland and Bozeman are in that group. The promotion is being provided through a partnership with Boingo Wireless, a nationwide Wi-Fi provider. The service is set…
Just returned from a brisk 3 mile run/walk/jog/stumble. Had to step carefully on some streets due to pumpkin debris. Apparently, instead of disposing of jack-o-latterns in a humane fashion, some folks like to smash 'em. Either that, or disappointed trick-or-treaters are enacting a delayed revenge.I've…
New research says having a poor supervisor can lead to a higher risk for heart attacks. "Still, the research does suggest that what happens at work doesn’t stay at work, said Anna Nyberg, a postgraduate student at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and author of…
Unemployed auto and steel workers picket in front of the White House on Aug. 4, 1982."It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent. Americans have more than triple the debt they had in 1982, and less…
"Jody Matz was your typical, fun-loving 30-year-old young lady when she developed body aches and a bad headache on Saturday, October 17. She went to Bonner General Hospital Immediate Care and was put on intensive ibuprofen. On Tuesday, with fever, congestion and ear aches, she…
A Soldiers Cross, honoring those who lost their lives in last week's shooting, is seen near the podium where President Barack Obama will speak at the memorial service Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Fort Hood, Texas. "Stepping for the first time into the role of…
Boarders for Christ members, from left, Josh Monteith, Zach Black, Josh Tyvan at the Coeur d’Alene Skate Park on Monday."Thousands of Egyptians are expected to watch next week when a group of Coeur d’Alene skateboarders and bikers soar up and down ramps, jumping cars and…
Former NIC president Michael Burke is in the running for a new job. You can read about it here: www.pressconnects.com, the story is on the bottom right: "Three presidential finalists to visit BCC this month."Yes. I know I need to learn how to hyperlink. Sigh.
Roeder"Scott Roeder confessed Monday to killing Wichita, Kan., abortion doctor George Tiller, saying he had no regrets because “preborn children were in imminent danger. In a 20-minute phone call from the Sedgwick County Jail in Kansas, Roeder told McClatchy Newspapers that he believes shooting Tiller…
"Idaho State Police today continued their investigation into a two-car head-on crash that killed a 43-year-old man on U.S. Highway 95 near Athol and blocked traffic for about 2½ hours Monday."http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/10/us-95-fatal-accident-under-investigation/
Idaho state Rep. Ken Roberts announced this morning that he’s withdrawing from the 1st District congressional race, in which he was vying for the GOP nomination for a chance to challenge 1st District Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick. Roberts cited “an unexpected health issue,” and also…
According to the World Health Organization, AIDS is the leading cause of death among women ages 15-44. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/10/aids-is-top-killer-of-women-who-says/"Throughout the world, one in five deaths among women in this age group is linked to unsafe sex, according to the U.N. agency."
"Rami Amaro can tell as soon as she wakes up if it's one of the bad days. Maybe she can't move her right arm, or she can't see out of one eye.The worst days she'll feel the banding -- cruelly nicknamed the "MS hug" --…
A tourist looks between concrete plates of the east side of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial at Bernauer Street in Berlin, Germany Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009.Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the day the wall separating East and West Germany came down.…
Marianne Love gives us a taste of snow here:http://slightdetour.blogspot.com/2009/11/for-snow-lovers.htmlAnd spokelooneh offered a link to her fascinating article about Farragut: http://www.mariannelove.com/Farragut….Keithincda says on Saturday PBS aired a documentary about Farragut “Americas Landlocked Navy.” You can purchase the video online at the KSPS televesion website or at…
Eagles QB Michael Vick’s comeback includes new deal from Nike. I happen to be crazy about my own Mt. Spokane Wildcat, but apparently Michael Vick doesn't aspire to Wildcat status. "I won't be a Wildcat guy. I can't," Vick told NBC."Evidently, he's not thrilled about…
"There is a strong perception that Coeur d'Alene's municipal leaders are intolerant of criticism. The perception is backed up by concrete examples of council members past and present speaking harshly to constituents, reacting angrily to written criticism through written criticism of their own, and by…
Michael Moore, editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, sits with the Doomsday Clock in Chicago in 1998. In case you've been worried about the Mayan Long Count calendar, which will run out on Dec. 21, 2012, just in time to ruin Christmas, the…
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.