Dunno if the mainstream media have picked up on the ruckus created when Reuters published a photo of a note being written by President Bush at a UN meeting, which said: "I think I may need a bathroom break" here. But Reuters is now admitting…
...throughout the US here and five sites in Kootenai County via the IdahoGasPrices.com site here. Looks like we're settling back to the $2.68.9 to $2.75.9 range locally.Hat Tip: Stebbijo
I often wonder if I could sneak into a highschool or something and pretend to be a student for a day or go to some sort of high schooler function (a prom, a party, some sort of event) and have people think I really belonged…
Gimlet-eyed Cis Gors/From A Simple Mind spotted that announcement by BankCDA about the appointment of a new senior veep/loan officer on Page B3 today, below Doug Clark's column:Richard A. NixonE-mails Cis: "I hope he has a sense of humor." A banker? A sense of humor?…
Above: Another of Doug Fredericks'/Hayden terrific photographs of North Idaho's Palouse country. Doug calls this one: "Broken Down." You can find Doug's Web site here.1. Supreme Court chief justice nominee John Roberts is making U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy look bad, according to David Horsey/PI, here.2.…
Question: Who's the best candidate for the Post Falls City Council seat now held by Joe Bodman? Why?1. Joe Bodman2. Jackie McAvoy3. Joe Doellefeld4. Who cares?Who will win?
Greenpeace protesters wearing penguin costumes demand that the national government deter farmers from destroying Argentina's native forest known as "Pizarro reserve" in front of the government house in Buenos Aires, Thursday. You write the cutline.
Issue: Letters part of Duncan evidence: Investigators report they found wallet from slain man/Dave Turner, Coeur d'Alene Press (link is finicky); and: Evidence paints a chilling picture/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review.DFO: This is heart-breaking stuff.Question: What would you say to suspected killer/registered sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan…
*Justices told schools were once unsafe: Court weighs constitutionality of Idaho school-funding system/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review -- Deputy AG Carlson such a nice tap dance before the state Supremes that he could probably perform the role of Billy Flynn in "Chicago."*One of country's top guards commits…
Rather than a "PS" question to close the day's blogging, I'm leaving you with some Kootenai County Courthouse scuttlebutt. If you saw the story about Linda Payne quitting the public defender's office (by Marc Stewart/Coeur d'Alene Press here), you may have noticed the statement about…
Since we're dog owners, the only place to cool off after a hot August day is down at Dog Beach! Since we're dorky dog owners, we took our camera. Jorge (George) may be classified as a golden retriever, but we believe he's part dolphin. The…
Huckleberries hears that ... the latest saying on the Starbucks "The Way I See It" series, Cup No. 43 by gay S.F. writer Armistead Maupin, is causing a stir at the CDA Starbucks. Quoth Maupin: "My only regret about being gay is that I repressed…
This last weekend my hubby and I rented the movie Monster-in-Law starring Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez. Well it is difficult for me to imagine myself as the Monster-in-Law, so I just don't grasp the behavior of some of them. ... They are like still…
Bicyclists make their way up East Scenic Drive in The Dalles, Ore., earlier this week, during the Cycle Oregon race. Thousands of participants stayed overnight at Rooster Rock State Park visited Troutdale and nearby communities on their bicycle tour to the coast/APhoto. 1. Freelancer Milt…
A federal judge has declared it unconstitutional to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools/David Kravets, Associated Press ... DFO: A single glorified lawyer interprets the Constitution through the filter of his own prejudice, and we have to abide by his decision? Bozo the…
Issues: Roberts: Congress can trump court decision: Nominee responds to questions about eminent-domain ruling/Associated Press, and: Roberts dodges abortion issue: Declines to say if he would reverse Roe v. Wade/The Scotsman Supreme Court nominee John Roberts: "The Constitution is the court's taskmaster and it's Congress'…
Defender upset over pay snafu to resign from county position: Payne sent Vaseline, lipstick to express her dissatisfaction/Marc Stewart, Spokesman-Review.DFO: A little birdie told me that Linda Payne's resignation could be a first step toward her suing the county. And that she has a good…
*Former Idaho resident killed in Tempe, Ariz.: Georgia Thompson moved to Arizona from Coeur d'Alene 6 to 8 weeks ago/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review -- Sad.*Dover Bay home won't come cheap: Waterfront community to sell 61 properties as part of 285-acre plan/RJ Cohn, Coeur d'Alene Press --…
Don't look now, but PETA is planning another outrage -- this time comparing what it considers animal cruelty to black civil rights abuses. It'll be airing this billboard in the Seattle area tomorrow and Thursday, with plans for other West Coast stops afterward. I'm still…
Phil's cutline from Tall Trees blog: This statue of an old-time photographer at Higgens Point is forever taking pictures of Lake Coeur d'Alene. (I didn't know this statue was out there.)*Stebbijo/Your Views had a close encounter with a fascinating world-traveling woman at a laundromat and…
Tell them: *Chevy Yukons are banned*Double Parking at Starbucks is banned*Your kids have to play Parks & Rec soccer, no Sting Elite Soccer allowed*You can't play all day on your out of state equity, you have to work for N Idaho wages*We salt the roads…
Former Spokane Renegade Councilman Steve Eugster is challenging the Mayor Jim West recall campaign? I understand that already, that 17,000 signatures have been collected, and the petition drive hasn't even been underway that long. Is this Eugster's way of stretching his 15-minutes of fame into…
After a hard morning of play at The Cottage Day Care in Post Falls, Faith Brodwater, 1, crashes and burnzzzz. You can suggest a cutline here, too.Feedback: Breaktime at the Nike shoe factory -- Idawa.
"Let's face it," sez one coffee sipper to another as they sat outside CDA's Starbucks watching the girls go by, "Pam Anderson isn't exactly an Academy Award winning actress."
Negotiators for the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear crisis join hands. You write the cutline.
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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