Good morning, fellow Hucksters! I spent the weekend relaxing with relatives in anticipation of a fully exciting week "working" here at HBO while Dave is on vacation. This is also the first morning of summer vacation for our area school districts. Personally, I'm adjusting from…
To put in your Couldn't-See-That-Coming file, a toy company is making the Anthony Weiner Action Figure. The toy company known for producing action figures of US political figures was Sunday advertising its latest addition -- the Anthony Weiner doll. Herobuilders.com is offering two versions of…
Looking to set themselves apart, rivals to Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney sharpened their criticism of the former Massachusetts governor before their first presidential campaign debate with him Monday night. The debate in the early primary state of New Hampshire could provide an early test of…
According to The Billings Gazette, an extensive manhunt was under way in the mountains west of Lolo late Sunday for a former anti-government militia leader who allegedly led Missoula County sheriff's deputies on a chase and shot at them earlier in the day. The suspect…
Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Larry Grant is calling on House State Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, to resign from the Legislature, citing Loertscher's killing of a bill proposed by Idaho highway districts to require a public hearing before a public road is vacated, shortly…
The Chronicle of Higher Education is out with new research about the educational attainment of all of the country’s 7,000 state legislators. Key nuggets in the report: while only about 28% of adult Americans have an undergraduate degree, no state has less than 53% of…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. Valerie E. Caproni, the…
The profane and hysterical "The Book of Mormon" took home nine Tony Awards on Sunday including the prize for best musical, a considerable achievement for a pair of first-time Broadway playwrights known more for their raunchy cartoons featuring potty-mouthed kids. Collecting the best musical prize,…
Group Health Cooperative is closing its Coeur d’Alene Medical Center after failing to sustain adequate numbers of patients. IIn a letter to patients, the Seattle-based organization that has earned national accolades as a model for reform said, “organization efforts to grow our enrollment have not…
Alexander Endo is planning what will hopefully be a large scale flash mob dance routine to raise money for the Kooetnai County Boys and Girls Club and the MEB Foundation. According to an article in The Coeur d'Alene Press (sorry -- link can't be provided),…
State schools Superintendent Tom Luna has opened the first meeting of his “Students Come First” Technology Task Force this morning with a speech calling on Idaho to become a “global leader” in education, saying, “Our economic competition is global and it's focused and it's fierce…
As reported in Time.com, a recent Learning & Behavior study indicates that canines may have an innate ability to sense our mental states. This idea of "canine telepathy" has been suggested before - often, pet owners comment on how their dog seems to know what…
Prairie and McGuire will see the addition of a roundabout intersection to handle traffic flow. According to the Coeur d'Alene Press, construction will start today and run through the end of August. More here. Are we used to roundabouts yet? Any concern about a roundabout…
About six months from now, officials from the city of Boise and the World Triathlon Corporation will discuss the future of the Ironman 70.3 Boise race. If a new contract isn't renewed, next year's race will be the last in the Boise area. In addition…
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.
