Courtesy: Dan Of The CountyHere, Dan Of The County's daughter, Mamie, is welcomed home by her family recently. Shown with her are husband Manuel and their kids Charlie and Elsie. "She was in great spirits but very glad to be back home," e-mails DOTC. "We…
According to exit polls, the most volatile swing voter group over the last 20 years hasn't been hockey moms like Sarah Palin, commuter dads like Joe Biden, or soccer parents like Barack and Michelle Obama. Over the last two decades, the swing voters most prone…
... Yes, Sheriff Rocky Watson is selling his Cougar Bay place -- and his Rockford Bay place, tooI can't remember who posted a comment over the weekend that s/he'd seen "for sale" signs at Sheriff Rocky Watson's place. But s/he's right. Rocky told Huckleberries this…
Robin Loznak/AP PhotoWith only his head sticking out of the sand, Samuel Murray, 6, looks out while his brother Jacob, 10, works on building a breakwater for the raising tide on the beach near Winchester Bay, Ore., on Sunday. The brothers were spending the day…
K. Ray Johnson/UI ArgonautAt the University of Idaho, Argonaut cartoonist K. Ray Johnson presents his view of alumna Sarah Palin's rise to international fame. Speaking of alums, Holly Bowen, the former Post Falls High underground newspaper publisher and Huckleberries Online commenter, is now the opinion…
John Locher/AP PoolO.J. Simpson, center, arrives at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on the second day of jury selection for his trial in Las Vegas this morning. Simpson is appearing in court on charges which include burglary, robbery and assault following an attempted robbery…
The Sarah Palin Action Figure site and other are offering a 12-inch superhero doll of the R's favorite VP candidate for $28.95. Quoth: "The 'Sarahnator' comes dressed in a tomb raider outfit and is equipped with a leg holstered .45 handgun'."Question: Besides a bull whip…
Well, I've been complaining that the campaign has strayed from the issues that face our country, but maybe not. Here I have been thinking it has do do with taxes, the economy, the several wars we're engaged in, the price of gas and food, health…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"The first full week of school in northern Idaho deserves another reminder to drive carefully," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. *JD Lumber/Priest River lays off 210 workers/KREM2*Beer leads to attempted murder arrest/Tom Greene, CDA Press*South Hill Rapist lawyer says evidence was mishandled/Karen…
Football season is here. Which gridiron games do you watch the most?/Billings Gazette*High School football*College football*NFL
re: WND Poll: "My Muslim faith"Yes, his father's family was Muslim, but his father was an atheist, and considering his father jumped ship while Obama was two, it is a stretch of the imagination to say that Obama Sr's family was any religious influence. Obama…
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Granati/OrangeFrog76In this OrangeFrog76 photo, Granati captured a recent message on the local Davis Donuts readerboard @ 4th & Appleway.Question: Do you enjoy the pithy messages on the Davis Donuts readerboard? Or ignore them?
Item: Olbermann, Matthews ousted from NBC anchor chairs: David Gregory to host news coverage of coming debates, election night/New York TimesMore Info: After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"A Canada goose," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho ("September Swan Song"), "comes in for a landing in Lake Coeur d'Alene's Cougar Bay on Sunday afternoon while his fellow feathered friends gather near a piling."*Life on Vacation: Dive in to divine weather in…
Oral arguments in Sen. Larry Craig’s appeal to the Minnesota Court of Appeals are scheduled for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Paul, but Craig’s official schedule, released this afternoon, shows he’ll instead be in Washington, D.C., where he has a series of meetings and…
4:27 p.m. Child locked in a 2002 Ford Mustang on North Sapling Street.3:53 p.m. A 17-year-old boy is semi-conscious after hitting his head and chin while skateboarding at the Post Falls skate park, 3rd & Greensferry Road.1:10 p.m. Driver of a light-blue Honda Accord needs…
Cathie Rowand/Journal-Gazette, APFort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, left, walks with other men at "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" Saturday at Headwaters Park West, in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Fort Wayne Women's Bureau sponsored the event to raise funds and awareness for the Rape Awareness…
JeanC's Cat House & Shooting GalleryObviously, JeanC dropped by Effie's during a recent trip to downtown Lewiston. More here.*Seasons/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope*Experience is more than a word/Dogwalk Musings*John McCain/Bay Views*Defenses Down Haiku/Tumblewords*Dryness & updates/Synaptic Disunion*Cute/Notes on a Napkin*My aching back/Slight DetourHBO Number (for week of…
"The collection of quotes cited above, covering typical election year topics, such as religion and environmentalism, apparently struck people enough as sounding like positions that Gov. Palin might actually espouse that they've been sent around with attributions claiming them as genuine excerpts from interviews she…
A man holding a sign demanding OxyContin robbed a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Spokane Valley this morning, the latest in a string of drugstore robberies. The robber did not display a weapon and no one was hurt during the 8:50 a.m. robbery. Officers who happened…
Item: UI marketing profs test negative marketing/Lewiston TribuneMore Info: A pair of University of Idaho business professors are taking aim at marketing that tries to sell people products by turning them against themselves. Jeff Bailey, a marketing professor at the Moscow, Idaho, school, says one…
I will be the first to admit that I like boy bands. I've always liked boy bands. But the return of the trail blazing New Kids on the Block is frightening. I watched them perform on one of the morning shows recently and I wanted…
She became embroiled in personnel challenges, a thwarted attempt to pack the City Council and a standoff with her local newspaper. Her first months were so contentious and polarizing that critics started talking recall. Her first months also exposed threads that would later become patterns…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewBonnie Whiting, left and Jenn Pearce are pictured with rescued dog, Hannah, in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday. The two rescued Hannah and several other dogs from "death-row" shelters in Southern California. Story here.*Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR*Sex offender Fritsche in Shoshone County court today/Ty Hampton,…
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.
