I'm currently on a conference call listening to discussion by Editor Steve Smith and the Spokane newsroom re: the new assignments announced Tuesday. Interesting stuff. Pretty civil so far. Now, they're talking about the push to online journalism. Editor Smith is sold on the idea…
Do you have a nickname? I do (duh), I have been called Sparky off and on for a couple of decades by old friends who should be old enough to forget something once in a while. I use to grumble about being called Sparky. Once,…
AP PhotoThis photo provided by the Smithsonian's National Zoo, taken last week shows four baby Solomon Island leaf frogs. born Nov. 20 at the zoo in Washington. They skipped the tadpole phase emerging from their eggs as fully-formed frogs known as froglets. The Solomon Island…
Item: Divorce bad for planet, study says: Break-ups result in more land, material use/Dallas Morning NewsMore Info: An analysis of data on domestic relations and resource use in the U.S. and 11 other countries shows that divorce leads to more households – so more land…
10. Dusting9. Clearing clutter8. Folding laundry7. Cleaning bathtubs and showers6. Clearing out fridge5. Cat barf4. Pots & pans3. Bleaching underwear2. Cat litter boxTo find out Phil's #1 worst household chore and to read his full post, click here.Question: What do you consider to be the…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter sat down for an interview with AP reporter John Miller yesterday, and said he’s ready to ask for higher fees for car owners to fund needed road improvements, now that the ITD has supplied him with detail on how it can…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewFormer tug boat captain Forrest Schmeling is seen through the condensation on a window of the Florence Lee tug boat while docked at North Idaho Maritime in Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday. He retired on November 8 after working at the job since 1975. Story…
Consumers decide if the product provides enough value to justify that price. No one is compelled to buy a newspaper that doesn’t meet their needs. Because we’re a mass market product, each individual brings a different calculation to the price/value equation. We provide a vastly…
The S-R's post-layoff newsroom reorganization was announced last night. The sad revelation from where I sit is that Jim Kershner no longer will be writing his weekly column. Quite often, Jim's column is the flat-out funniest piece in the paper all week. I believe he's…
Item: Crosses to be removed from police chaplain badges/Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Crosses will be removed from badges worn by Spokane Police chaplains under terms of an out-of-court settlement between the city and a former Lutheran pastor-turned-atheist who sued over the government agency’s use…
Jim Cole/AP PhotoLeeland Eisenberg talks about strapping a fake bomb to himself and taking people hostage at the Rochester, N.H. campaign office of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, during an interview from the Strafford County Jail in Dover, N.H., Tuesday.
Idaho Escapee: I'm not saying these two religions are wrong. This country advocates freedom of religion, and I don't care what someone believes. But, when either Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses come to my door, trying to recruit me into their religion, I just tell them,…
Dennis Hinrichsen: I have Googled the 'Gang of Four' with little success. Were you ridinghigh as a Press reporter at that time? I wonder what Sander's beach bathers think of Fromm's Save Our Shoreline ticket. I did locate two sites of interest, thought I admit…
Shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, a car went through the front window of the (50% Off Card Shop near Hastings on the 100 block of (Appleway) after a teen driver forgot to put the vehicle in park. Police say the driver pulled into a parking…
Karen Pulfer Focht/AP, Commercial AppealWild Oats, a cat who lives outside is seen recently in Bartlett, Tenn. Tabitha Cain has fed Wild Oats for several years, but now she's thinking of changing the feline's name to Survivor. She says the cat survived for 19 days…
Looks like this intelligence estimate ruins the plans of hawks itching to fight to have others fight a war in Iran.Question: Is this good news or bad news? Are you surprised that the president would green-light this report?
: Bela Szandelszky/AP PhotoUSA's Teresa Seknickova from New York, NY poses in front of a mirror after winning the World Top Model 2007 contest in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. "I don't get it, everyone is asking me 'Is Bud a pest'…
CDA Councilman Al Hassell and Oak Ridge Boy Duane Allen?Hat Tip: Erica Curless
Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographics"If you hang around long enough," writes Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographics, Muse You Can Use, "every once in a awhile you'll catch one of those cool moments. Makes all the crappy days, hours and minutes worth it." He snapped this lamb and ewe at…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review"This just keeps on getting bigger and bigger," said Mike Kostur of Coeur d'Alene as he sorted through huge amounts of items for Toys for Tots at the Post Falls National Guard Armory on Monday. He is a volunteer from the Pappy Boyington Detachment…
Sheriff Rocky Watson didn't lock up the tools in his barn, and it didn't take thieves long to take advantage. They pilfered his stuff for the second time. I figured Watson would have an elaborate security system with lasers, chainsaws and machine guns guarding his…
Huckleberries hears ... that one of the Brand X bloggers/anti-LCDCers (sorry for the redundancy) will ask the City Council tonight to give long-time Councilwoman Dixie Reid the boot. Dennis Hinrichsen'll claim that she shouldn't have worked as an interior designer for the Mill River project…
A newly formed nuclear energy company is considering building a nuclear power plant in northern Payette County. Should Idaho accept new nuclear plants?/Idaho Statesman. *Yes*No*No opinion
Jim Meehan/Sportslink brings you lots of Zags stuff here.Get the Flash Player to see this video.Several dozen die-hard Gonzaga fans started camping in front of McCarthey Athletic Center more than a week before the Bulldogs' basketball game versus Washington State on Wednesday. The Spokesman-Review talked…
Here’s a link to my full story today on suspected serial killer Joseph Duncan’s guilty plea to the 10 federal charges against him, and what’s next. Instead of facing a federal trial on the 10 felony counts on Jan. 28, that date now will mark…
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