In a post that segues into a comment about his son's birthday Wednesday, Bob writes:I'm watching Imus in the morning on MSNBC right now. They run a promo with a shot of John Mellencamp. God, he's grown old. Apparently I've not seen Johnny Cougar in…
Wearing traditional dress for a symbolic wedding two-years-old Nikos, center, as groom, kisses his bride Katja, right, while the kids celebrate the story of so-called "Bird's Marriage" in Panschwitz, eastern Germany, earlier today. Benno, left, looks on. You write the cutline/AP Photo.Top Cutlines1. The devestated…
Original story along with comments hereJust thought I'd let you know that the black firefighter story has reached our newsroom. And I wasn't the one who brought it up, either. Mainly it seems that what people are discussing isn't the fact that it's a stupid…
Full post hereThree teachers from each legislative district in the state are at the capitol today, to educate lawmakers and state officials about what they do and to press for “adequate, stable funding” for public schools. Playing on the words of the No Child Left…
Miss Montana, Christie Hageman, fixes her hair in her hotel room as she gets ready for an evening event at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Tuesday/Jae C. Hong, Associated Press.Doug Clark: Anti-gay protesters at national figure skate championships in Spokane whip up hatred…
*Spokane called a great place for kids/Spokesman-Review -- Anyone see how the Idaho towns did? Even if Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls isn't ranked, I'd still prefer to live out here.*This is just what we don't need: another classification/Greg Lee, Spokesman-Review -- Greg's right. Send this one…
A state lawmaker in California is seeking to make spanking, hitting and slapping a child under 4 years a misdemeanor. Adults could face up to a year in jail and $1,000 fine. Do you agree or disagree? -- Idaho Statesman. *Agree*Disagree*No opinionDFO: Not only no,…
Issue: Bill targets renewal districts: Lawmakers seek limits, shift in control/Parker Howell, Spokesman-ReviewPro Bill: "You have tax burden or taxation without representation, and that's a concern," (state Sen. Mike) Jorgenson told members of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee Wednesday.Con Bill: "I just think it's…
Coming Tomorrow in the SR: Two North Idaho reps are launching an attack on how urban renewal districts operate in Idaho, contending in part that they do taxation without representation. Sen. Mike Jorgenson and Rep. Jim Clark (in absentia) introduced two bills this morning to…
Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez talks to reporters earlier today in Seattle. Mariners officials praised Hernandez' work in the MLB baseball off-season, saying he will arrive at Spring Training in better shape than he was last year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
I have got it ... an great idea of a show on television. It would combine the best of two boring shows. Or exciting depending on how you look at them. It would be showed for 6 months, every 4 years. It would be a…
*The city of Post Falls has a super-cool Web site showing the work that's taking place at the future site of Cabela's here....*Christie Wood, PRmistress of CPD Blue, sez the individual who discovered Kenny Young's body floating off Tubbs Hill is embarrassed that the Coeur…
... wants 'em to pay up for the overtime incurred during Veep Dick Cheney's political visit last fall. No kidding. Get your photoshops ready, Thom George ...
*Axels – Pawn shop where Spokane skating fans took their stereos, silverware and first-born sons for the cash to afford a season ticket to the championships.*Double Axel – Return trip to hock the plasma screen for a second season ticket when your wife refuses to…
Full story here (click on play for video)Photoshop: Thom GeorgeEarly Wednesday morning, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS showed video of Rep. Michele Bachmann's exchange with President Bush Tuesday night. The video shows Bachmann grabbing onto and holding the president for almost 30 seconds. Within hours, that video…
At $1,000 per square foot, The Terraces in Coeur d’Alene will be among the Inland Northwest’s most expensive condos. The units, advertised for $5.6 million, include retractable glass walls in the living room and master bedrooms. Each condo also comes with a covered boat slip…
*Duncan confessed, feds say: Three other killings were in 1996, 1997/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review -- Can't we cut out the middlemen -- the courts, prosecutor and public defender -- and hand him over to the Iraqis. I hear they did a good, quick job with Saddam…
Issue: So, this dog walks into a bar ... Bill would let masters take pooches in pubs/Rachel La Corte, Associated PressWashington Sen. Ken Jacobsen, D-Seattle (who doesn't own a dog): "I was sitting at the Fish Bowl looking at all the dogs outside sitting in…
Issue: The president's address: Entire text of Bush speech to America/WorldNetDaily; and: The Democrats' response: Delivered by newly elected Sen. Jim Webb/WSLS-TV, Roanoke, Virginia Question: What do you think of Bush's address to America? 1. Fantastic, Bush said precisely what the country needed to hear…
Ben Agosto, second left, and skating partner Tanith Belbin, second right, wave from the Kiss and Cry area as they sit with coaches Marina Zoueva, left, and Igor Shpilbrand following their performance in the compulsory dance event, Tuesday at the US figure skating championships in…
Idaho Escapee provides the confessions of an Egg McMuffin Maniac and the above photoshop of an HBO APhoto of the Day here.*"Mr. Gore presented a witty and very informative mulit-hour information and education monologue. And quite frankly, it was great. His passion and growing stature…
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.