In a variation on the assertion that if you're not paying for a product, you are the product being sold, Facebook's Instagram image-sharing service plans to implement new terms of service next month that allow it to sell users' digital photographs for use in social…
In its first comment following the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association today said it is "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." The NRA went silent in the wake of the tragedy last Friday: The…
On her Facebook wall Dec. 14, Kerri Thoreson posted: "Today's edition of I Love Where I Live: At RedLion Templin's on the Spokane River for two functions today and treated to the sight of a pair of bald eagles searching for salmon from their perch…
On Friday the New York Times had a Headline, “Most Governors Refuse to Set Up Health Exchanges”. I thought to myself, Not my Governor. And then there it was in the article for the whole country to see, “Administration officials said they were delighted this…
A federal bankruptcy judge has dismissed former Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s second bankruptcy filing, opening the way for federal authorities to go after his log home in Athol for back federal income taxes, and for the state to launch collection efforts over his state…
“Maybe you got a point there,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seemed to say today as it annouced its response to a petition questioning whether the Southern Selkirk Mountains Population of Woodland Caribou deserves status as an endangered species. The petition to remove the…
Tis the season to turn crisis and tragedy into tyranny. When former White House Chief of Staff (and now Chicago Mayor) Rahm Emanuel said "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do…
A young girl waves as her school bus pulls into Hawley School today in Newtown, Conn. Classes resumed Tuesday for Newtown, schools except those at Sandy Hook, following Friday's mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Buses ferrying students to schools were festooned with…
11:56 a.m. White RV w/b on I-90/MP 19 (Yellowstone Trail) almost hit rocks off road, possible DUI. 11:30 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Dec. 17-18 here. 11:15 a.m. Crimestoppers issue reward for Justin Brite Glenn, 23, of Coeur d'Alene, for probation violation…
Boise comedian Pete Peterson said his third attempt to gather 158,000 signatures and force a recall vote depends on whether Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna and Gov. Butch Otter attempt to re-enact the laws widely rejected by voters in November. "If Butch and Luna…
“Jingle bells, jingle bells, I can’t feel my fingers …” Strange things can happen to a guy after six hours of singing and playing guitar for the Salvation Army in the winter cold outside a Fred Meyer store. The brain shuts down. Extremities freeze ……
Patrons make their way to State Line Liquor Store in State Line, Idaho on Friday.Idaho has experienced a boost in sales from Washingtonians since privatization. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Foes try to stop Lake City high-rise project/AP North Idaho caribou may…
Mourners arrive for the funeral service of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim, Jack Pinto, 6, Monday, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
On her Facebook page, Cindy writes: "Things my husband wants for Christmas: A whiskey making kit and a humidor. Apparently, the closer you get to 50 the more you embrace your vices." Question: What do you want for Christmas?
The after massacre reports speculate that the mass murder of 20 six and seven year olds may prompt a serious national discussion of what a “civilized” society can do to reduce the epidemic of gun violence in the United States. Most of the discussion so…
If anybody has an upside-down, inside-out and backwards view of recent Idaho history, it's got to be state Sen. Steve Vick, pictured. The two-term Dalton Gardens Republican insists Idahoans need protection from tax increases. He wants a constitutional amendment requiring any new tax to win…
Also: City Council will discuss Person Field purchase tonight (see agenda here) Mayor Sandi Bloem supports the city's decision not to reprimand anyone in the finance department in light of an embezzlement case that netted a former employee $365,000. Not everybody at City Hall agrees.…
Brent Regan (middle), shown during a demonstration against Kootenai County's land-use code by United Conservatives of North Idaho, was selected to fill a vacancy on the Coeur d'Alene School Board Monday night. School board members in Coeur d'Alene selected Brent Regan Monday for appointment to…
Item: Cd'A bests Spokane - again: $5,000 donation puts Lake City over the top in mayor ring off/Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Thanks to a $5,000 donation from the Huckabay Foundation, Coeur d'Alene out-raised Spokane for the second year in a row Saturday during the…
Gay couples from Idaho, and anywhere else in the world, are also now legally allowed to marry in Washington, Dalton said. Marriage licenses for a gay couple can be obtained in all 39 Washington counties, with the same requirements for gay and different gender couples.…
In this digital composite, a photo circa 1930 shows the south side of the 300 block of West Riverside Avenue. From left in the current portion are the Robertson Building, home of the Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design, and the Morgan Block, better known…
DFO had already planned to take today off before Friday's horrific events in Newtown Conn. But a day off from blog duties doesn't mean he gets a day off from the ongoing coverage surrounding the brutal murders of 20 innocent children and six adults. I…
In Saturday's Slice column, Paul Turner asked, At what Spokane area retail store would you elicit the loudest laughter from employees by saying, “And I would like to have that gift-wrapped”? What's the most difficult thing you've ever tried to gift wrap?
Kerri Thoreson snapped this pic and wrote, "A rather unique way to express displeasure with a customer service experience ... as seen on Appleway and Ramsey Road." How do you express your displeasure with a business or service provider?
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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