At my house, we generally string lights around the dwarf spruce out front, along the front trim and porch, and around the windows. Fairly basic stuff. Not anywhere near the big displays in the community that attract the drive-by gawkers. This year, however, we may…
Meanwhile, Gov. C. L. Otter of Idaho — furious at a court decision canceling his state’s wolf hunt -- has said he won’t allow a dime of state money to be spent safeguarding Idaho’s wolves. He announced that Idaho won’t do biological surveys, won’t investigate…
Idaho’s newest congressman-elect is a 42-year-old attorney and former state lawmaker, but he’s also still paying off thousands in student loans. “It’s how I got through law school,” said Idaho Rep.-elect Raul Labrador. The Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit research group funded by the…
Boise State Broncos kicker Kyle Brotzman (35) reacts after missing a field goal in overtime against the University of Nevada at Mackay Stadium in Reno, NV on Friday night. The Wolfpack won the game in overtime. Brotzman has been the target of ugly name-calling, jabs,…
Tony Smith isn’t a hobbit, dwarf, elf, or any of the other mythical characters that inhabited Middle Earth and coveted the one ring that ruled them all. Yet he has a gold Air Force Academy ring that took its own sweet time getting back to…
Saba Ahmed, whose brother is a friend of the defendant, speaks to reporters following an appearance in federal court by terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud on Monday in Portland. Authorities say Mohamud and an FBI operative parked a van full of dummy explosives on Southwest…
Mr_Bloggy: Federal workers average 90 quadrillion dollars a year each annual salary and make 80 infinity % more than private workers and they all get their own surgical team and trauma helicopter to follow them wherever they go in case they have a medical issue…
Joe Butler: I used to hate cow/stockyard smell, but after living in Ellensburg, I don't notice it much anymore. And the bile/vomit smell luckily doesn't seem to bug me like it does others. If you've ever wondered what that distinct smell is, it's butyric acid,…
FlorineD: I had occasion to stop in at CDA Tractor late this afternoon. As I was paying for the oil for my snowblower, I overheard a knowledgeable woman saying on the phone, “well, we have that if you want to get it and install it…
On Facebook Nic reports: "I've been walking around with my fly unzipped all morning and no one told me. Either my coworkers are horribly insensitive or incredibly unobservant."Or maybe just timid. What's the best way to tell a fella his fly is unzipped?
An SUV that lost a front wheel sits atop a snow berm on South Regal Street last week. Snowy, slippery conditions call for increased caution.More snow in the forecast. Be careful out there!Now that the weather has our attention, it’s probably a good time to…
Apparently, the Blogfather is still in the grips of a tryptophan coma and is taking today off to recover. After preparing 17 pounds of turkey, 5 pounds of mashed potatoes (with gravy), 2 dozen rolls, 2 pans of stuffing, 2 cans of olives, 1 green…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year freeze of the salaries of some 2 million federal workers, trying to seize the deficit-cutting initiative from Republicans with a sudden, dramatic stroke. Though signaling White House concern over record deficits, the freeze would make…
Idaho is the only state without a suicide crisis hotline and has no clear private or government funding source to restart the program.Kathy Garrett, a former Republican state lawmaker and member of the Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention, is looking for a shared public-private partnership…
AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The manager of a Massachusetts pizzeria said the business is out $3,900 after a man who claimed to be from Bob Dylan's stage crew ordered 178 pizzas.Sean McElligott, manager of Antonio's in Amherst, said the store was "too trusting"…
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the governors of the three Rocky Mountain states met Monday in Denver to try to figure out how to turn management of wolves over to the states — including the possibility that Congress could specify that the wolf population is…
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He’s the leader of the free world, and he’s won a Nobel Peace Prize.But only now, by one measure, is Barack Obama finally truly famous: He’s written a children’s book.With “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters,” a new picture book for readers…
Cincinnati wide receiver Chris Henry had apparently turned his life around when tragedy struck.A berry picker sent me a link to this video that aired on Thanksgiving. A moving tribute to the choice Chris Henry's mother made that forever changed the lives of many people.…
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Steve Johnson dropped an easy, game-winning touchdown pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. After the game, Johnson placed the blame for the flub not on himself nor the pass nor the lights nor the defender nor the pressure of the…
Police officers kneel at the caskets of four slain Lakewood officers during a memorial service Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at the Tacoma Dome.PARKLAND, Wash. – The first of two memorials honoring four Lakewood police officers who were killed by a gunman last year has been…
Roger Federer celebrates his ATP World Tour Finals title.LONDON – Roger Federer turned his high-profile, season-ending match against Rafael Nadal into little more than an exhbition.Federer gave his rival little chance to mount a challenge in the 22nd meeting between two of the greatest players…
WASHINGTON — The release of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents forced the Obama administration into damage control, trying to contain fallout from unflattering assessments of world leaders and revelations about backstage U.S. diplomacy.The publication of the secret cables on Sunday amplified widespread global…
President Barack Obama watches a basketball game in Washington on SaturdayWASHINGTON – A day after it took 12 stitches to patch a busted lip President Barack Obama suffered during a game of pickup basketball, he was back on the hard court Saturday – as a…
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.
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