Defense attorneys for convicted Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. filed a motion today claiming everything from judicial error to juror misconduct in their attempt to persuade a federal judge to grant a new trial stemming from the fatal 2006 confrontation with Otto Zehm.…
This may surprise some of you, but I have a hard time saying NO. The consequences of my over-committment are not lovely, so in the New Year I'm going to be working on gracious ways to say "no". A google search turned up this helpful…
SEATTLE — The release of Nike’s new Air Jordan basketball shoes caused a frenzy at stores across the nation early today, with police using pepper spray on a group of rowdy customers near Seattle and officers arresting some shoppers after a crowd broke down a…
BOISE — The gap between how much men and women earn in the Gem State widened in 2010. The salary disparity between men and women increased by 2.2 percent during the previous year, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey…
My cat Milo is 2 and pretty nonchalant about about the Christmas excitement at our house. But Thor is still a baby and beside himself over having a tree in the house. He spends a lot of time trying to slurp down the tree water…
Keithincda sent this pic to Huckleberry Central. He, Bent and Stickman whipped up another batch of Keith's BentStick Beer yesterday. A tasting may be in the works for February. Have you ever brewed your own beer? What's your favorite kind of beer?
COEUR d'ALENE - When the cab driver and newspaper editor found Damon Rowe's unconscious body around 3 a.m. Thursday, it was nearly frozen and bleeding in the snow. Emergency responders would tell Eugene Adkison, the Scott's Taxi driver who spotted Rowe on Lakeside Avenue near…
On his blog, The Johnson Post, Marc offers some bookish gift ideas: Still looking for a last minute gift idea? How about a book? It has been a good year for good books. In no particular order, here are ten that I found memorable during…
In today's S-R, Frank Orzell writes: Coeur d’Alene Mayor Bloem has stated that the recent election has changed nothing about her plan for McEuen Park. She is convinced that she, the City Council, and a select group of developers should make all the decisions for…
Two-year-old Sythia Bowen plays in the lobby at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday. Kathy Plonka, SR A 2-year-old girl’s grin, as she frolicked in the lobby of a Coeur d’Alene hotel Thursday morning, gave no hint that her family…
NEW YORK – A federal judge has signed a default judgment finding Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaida liable in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Judge George Daniels in Manhattan signed the judgment Thursday, a week after hearing testimony in the 10-year-old case. The signed ruling,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A 9-year-old autistic boy who misbehaved at school was stuffed into a duffel bag and the drawstring pulled tight, according to his mother, who said she found him wiggling inside as a teacher’s aide stood by. The mother of fourth-grader Christopher Baker…
COEUR d'ALENE - Coeur d'Alene police have four suspects in custody and are seeking four more after cracking a massive burglary ring. Detectives obtained warrants Thursday for eight suspects believed to be responsible for a rash of daytime burglaries in North Idaho and Spokane in…
Missing: One 1967 Ford Mustang. The classic car was stolen from a Coeur d'Alene auto shop this month, and police are asking for help finding those responsible. Read more here. Meghann Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of a man who tried to rob a Goodwill employee in Coeur d'Alene last month but was thwarted by a witness with a gun. The man attacked the woman with a knife…
Chasing a rebound, Gonzaga center Robert Sacre (00) parts the way between Air Force guard Taylor Stewart (15) and center Taylor Broekhuis (34) during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game Thursday in the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. Jim Meehan's SR story…
I am SOOOOOOO happy that this is the shortest day of the year, because yesterday felt like the longest! I didn't get home until 6:30 and was so tired I couldn't even untie my shoes. But my husband had dinner ready and poured me a…
White House Christmas card for 2011 features Bo the dog. Did you send out Christmas cards this year?
SEATTLE – The Washington state ferry service isn’t going to start turning away hefty passengers, but it has had to reduce the capacity of the nation’s largest ferry system because people have been packing on the pounds. Coast Guard vessel stability rules that took effect…
WASHINGTON — Their isolation complete, House Republican leaders abruptly caved and agreed to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a two-month extension of tax cuts for all workers. The agreement, struck after some of the staunchest House conservatives began to…
There are several books available at Auntie’s Bookstore to explain the belief that the world will end in 2012, at least according to the ancient Mayans. You are held captive in the airplane seat and so the seatback magazines beckon. Page through SkyMall, or any…
Milo and Thor peek over the edge of our bed. You didn't think I'd forget to post a cat pic, did you? Do you let your pets sleep on your bed?
SEATTLE – A new look at test scores by Seattle Public Schools shows American-born black students lag behind black immigrants in academic achievement. African-American students, whose primary language is English, perform significantly worse in math and reading than black students who speak another language at…
Thirty-six years after Donna Claver lost her engagement ring, Terry Claver recovered it from a broken toilet. STANFORD, Mont. – Terry and Donna Claver have the type of marriage that newlyweds imagine for themselves one day. After nearly four decades together, the Clavers’ love and…
Coeur d'Alene police are trying to identify a woman suspected of stealing Botox treatments from a dermatology office. The woman had $1,705 worth of Botox and Juvederm procedures done on Dec. 6 at North Idaho Dermatology, 2288 North Merrit Creek Loop. She began writing a…
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