Issue: Democratic Primaries Highlight Divisions On Iraq: Lieberman, Cantwell In Trouble w/Party's Left Wing/ABC7News.comMore Info: Former President Clinton, at a political fundraiser in Indianapolis on Wednesday, bemoaned his party's breaks. Clinton said the Iraq war was a mistake that diverted attention from al-Qaida and Afghanistan,…
The team mascots of the Philadelphia Philies, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Florida Marlins and San Francisco Giants gather on top of a dugout before the baseball All Star Game home run derby in Pittsburgh Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Top…
"I took my son to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest movie today. We loved it. Absolutely loved every minute of it. I had read a few reviews that said the movie was disappointing and confusing. Well, I'm not sure what…
Issue: Rathdrum boom a bust for some: Some yearn for 'cute little town'/Sam Taylor, Spokesman-ReviewDFO (cueing up Joni Mitchell music): Sometimes, I wonder if we're well along the way to killing the golden goose. I enjoy the progress we're making in cleaning up downtown Coeur…
Dennis: I read your rant last weekend about guys with big boats with blonde wives with big you know whats and I was struck by how petty you must be. You implied that you must have a larger male organ than these guys because they…
Commissioner Gus Johnson raced through a description of the appeal process, appearing to read off a script. When (Ed) DePriest offered commissioners his research on the matter, Johnson interrupted him, speaking over DePriest's explanation of the material to ask him whether he had a professional…
Report: Consumer groups blast Fed: Advocates say study on credit-card practices turns blind eye to debt problems/CNN/Money Question: What's your view of the Federal Reserve System? 1. Valuable institution for protecting the stability of the economy 2. Important institution that gets knocked around by conspiracy…
... An Aborted Rescue In FloridaAn Ibis, shot with an 2-foot arrow, sits on a power line in Holly Hill, Fla., and looks down on Bird Rescuers waiting below hoping to capture the injured bird Monday. After hours waiting and several attempts the bird eluded…
Uncle Jack: Have you thought that he (Duane Hagadone) could be hoping that all those poor, backwoods hicks will find out that they can't afford to live here any longer and make way for all the beautiful people that will let him do anything he…
re: This is the second of my now weekdaily column that appears in the Idaho edition.The lame ducks in the Kootenai County commissioners' office quacked everyone up prior to a Board of Equalization hearing Monday. Tongue firmly cheeked, Commish Katie Brodie launched the guffaws as…
Actors June Allyson, left and Jimmy Stewart, who performed together in "The Stratton Story" and "The Glenn Miller Story" pose together in Cap d'Antibes, France, during the Cannes Film Festival in this May 1985 file photo. Allyson, the sunny, cracked-voiced "perfect wife" of James Stewart,…
Stebbijo offers proof that the North Idaho yucca plant is not just an old wive's tale here.*Toad/Synaptic Disunion was surprised when his boys quieted down and began enjoying the 40th anniversary version of "Mary Poppins" here.*Waterford Park Homes is becoming the topic of conversation in…
Shep, a two-year old Border Collie, herds ducks toward a pen during the 51st Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, N.C., Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Top Cutlines:1. Governor Risch readies the Idaho House of Representatives for a special session -- Arpie.2.…
We all sail a cruiserthat we dock down at Duane’sand we spend shipboard hourscounting capital gains.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
This image from ESPN TV of France's Zinedine Zidane head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final Sunday proves French athletes can be as ugly as any American ones. You can see Zidane's cowardly attack here. (ESPN/AP Photo)Question: Does Zidane's attack on the Italian…
Issue: AP: Reparations gain momentum: Wire service claims it's gone from fringe-group to mainstream movement/Associated Press DFO: We've debated this one somewhat in the HBO comments section, with Unbearable Bob supporting reparations and Dave Tolle and other conservatives opposing them. I come down on the…
At 9th & Locust this morning, a Huckleberry Picker out for her morning walk spies two seventysomething grandpas peddlin' side by side on bicycles. One wore a T-shirt with this message: "Grandpas Are Dads Without Rules." The outlaw uber-dad, however, was wearing a helmet. So…
Shep, a two-year old Border Collie, herds ducks toward a pen during the 51st Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, N.C., Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Many of us, particularly in booming areas of North Idaho and resort communities south of us, feel the pain of escalating property taxes. On the plus side, though, our property's value is likewise skyrocketing. That's a dilemma millions of Americans with flat or decreasing property…
IDVandal: In the May 1, 2006 edition of the Capitol Hill newspaper "Roll Call", ("LaRocco Quits D.C. for a Shot at No. 2") LoRocco criticized Risch for only representing Ada County and not representing the rest of the state. Now, after LoRocco returns to Idaho…
Claude de Waalz: It was a glorious day on Tubbs Hill (Saturday). I've never seen so many people there. There is a growing problem, though. There were beer cans, trash and broken beer bottles everywhere. Tubbs is a park. It's time for the PD to…
What do you think of ex-CBS newsman Dan Rather possibly instructing at Harvard? 1. Excellent! An outstanding newsman teaching America's brightest students 2. Rather's reporting experience would certainly help journalist wannabes learn the craft 3. Better to have Rather in the classroom than on the…
With the help of DanG's photoshopping, here's a photo of newby CDA Councilman & long-time HBO presence Mike Kennedy & Clan during the recent Fourth of July parade. Mike's been on the City Council for six months now. And the world hasn't come to an…
'Twas hard to say who was a bigger jerk at Cavanaugh Bay Resort Marina on Priest Lake during the Fourth of July weekend: the Big Boat Driver who cranked up his sound system when others at the dock complained about his engine noise or a…
Spen-sah: Gus and Katie would have lost even if they had voted against the raise. Their refusal to follow the laws or even the county codes found them on the wrong side of the voters. They would not listen to the people, and even some…
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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