AP PhotoParis Hilton escorted by Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies reacts as she walks out of the Angeles County Sheriff Department's Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif. in Lynwood, Calif., with her lawyer lawyer, Richard Hutton, left, earlier today. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1.…
Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographics, Muse You Can Use"Every once in awhile I find it relaxing to hang out with something that's bigger and furrier than myself and the big furry things I hung out with this week were bighorn sheep," writes Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographics. "The sheep…
Looks like the film "Teenage Dirtbag", which was directed by one-time Coeur d'Alene resident Rebecca Crosby and was filmed right here in town several summers ago, is finally about ready to see some kind of release, although I was unable to locate much info on…
The frenzy of international media today will tell the world that Paris Hilton left jail "with a smile"...in fact, MSN even has a beaming photo of her as she departed. And many of the consumers of this media will believe that somehow Paris Hilton had…
One of the locals sent this photo to Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns. Pecky sez that the sign (which reads "Critical Habitat for Endangered Fur Spiders") is in a field near the Priest Lake Airport. Anyone ever seen an endangered "fur spider"? Or is that…
A 49-year-old Coeur d’Alene woman is missing after making comments that she might hang herself on Tubbs Hill or swim into the lake and drown. Catherine Jeannine Gunn (pictured) was reported missing Monday night by her boyfriend, Richard Snell. He said that Gunn had attempted…
Item: "Die Hard" franchise is alive and well/Ted Fry, Seattle TimesQuestion: The best role Bruce Willis has played so far in his career is:1. John McClane in "Die Hard" series2. Demi Moore's husband3. David Addison Jr. in TV series "Moonlighting"4. "The Return of Bruno" album…
Item: Hayden official arrested at festival: Public Works director argued with vendor in Young Marines uniform/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Witnesses gave conflicting accounts of what happened. Some said (Hayden Public Works Director Kevin) Clement poked his finger in Jeff Ball's face during an…
Summer has finally arrived in the Northwest. Now begins our idyllic season of splendor amidst the glorious mountains, forests and lakes of this lovely spot on earth. Those of us who have chosen to live here for decades, or were most fortunate to have been…
Chip Roos (former Bonner County sheriff): I worked and fought with Dave for many years as Bonner County Sheriff, After he settled his cub phase and really started to write, he was, by far, Hagadone's best when working at the PR Times, then with the…
re: crash involving two Ironman competitors hereI talked to the officer who wrote the report this morning. He read the newspaper account and thought the reporter did a good job of telling the story. He was surprised by the "story comments" in the CDA Press…
In a post last week, Granati/Orange Frog 76 mentions that he was celebrating his second blogiversary (Saturday). In terms of dog years, he figured his blog was now 14 years old. He went on to wonder what that sez about his blog and his blogging…
Kerri Thoreson/fyinorthidaho.comIronman Coeur d'Alene was the main event over the recent weekend. But it wasn't the only event. Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho turned her camera to the 3rd Annual Dukes of Hauser Freeride Wakeboard Contest, which drew novice, intermediate and expert boarders to the shores…
AP PhotoDouglas Mertz a attorney for former Juneau-Douglas High School student Joe Frederick, stands next to his client "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner Monday in Juneau, Alaska. The banner got slapped down by the Supreme Court in a decision Monday that restricts student speech rights…
I'm still wobbly from my weekend in bed fighting off an energy-sapping head cold. I tried Air Borne (sp?) for the first time, along with vitamin C, and sinus tablets. The combination seemed to have done the trick in that I'm 80-85% today. Basically, the…
Charles Lindberg, the last surviving Marine who raised the initial U.S. flag at Iwo Jima, acknowledges a standing ovation from the Senate gallery following a floor session in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, March 2, 2006. Lindberg died Sunday at age 86 here.
Sara Anderson/F-Words selected these three books as the finalists to begin our Huckleberries Online Book Club. Now, it's up to you to choose which book is read first. The selection will be announced tomorrow morning. And we can begin our reading.Life of Pi by Yann…
Scott G. Winterton/AP Photo, Deseret Morning NewsCurtis Allgier is loaded into a police car after he escaped from and killed a corrections officer today in Salt Lake City. After shooting the officer, Allgier, 27, fled the University of Utah medical center on foot, carjacked a…
Originally posted on A Matter of Opinion hereThis summer I'm continuing a project I began last summer to swim in municipal rural pools within 90 minutes of Spokane. It's for a Web site data base project of all regional municipal pools that will eventually be…
... that Brand X gave veteran police reporter Dave Turner the boot today, as he returned from his vacation. He's packing his desk as I type this. Dunno why he got the old Brand X heave ho. He was loyal to the company without a…
A leading council of the nation's largest doctors' group wants to have video game addiction officially classified as a psychiatric disorder. Do you think excessive video-game playing is a psychiatric disorder? -- Idaho Statesman. *Yes*No*No opinion
Item: After years of hard times, Silver Valley shines again: Thanks to record metal prices, mining is booming, and so are recreation, real estate and retail ‘Where we sit now ... we've certainly turned the corner'/Ken Dey, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: But today the Silver Valley…
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