Huckleberries is about 13,000 page-views away from 2 million for the year as I type this. At 5 p.m., HBO had registered 1,986,840 page-views for the year. Typically, it gets 7000-8000 on weekends. So, we should be registering page-view No. 2,000,000 Monday afternoon. As always,…
Item: It's a pirate's life for UIdaho students: New history class about real Jack Sparrows fills seats/Lianna Shepherd, UI ArgonautMore Info: Dotted across the campus, neon colored flyers bearing the image of Captain Jack Sparrow have started a buzz among students.“Pirates of the Caribbean and…
Paul Sakuma/AP Photo Birds sit on a closed pier in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Thursday.Top Cutlines:1. The Half Moon Bay SPS (Seagull Positioning System) was temporarily malfunctioning early Thursday, leading to long delays in takeoff and landing from the busy dock -- Pia.2. A gully…
J. Scott Applewhite/AP PhotoCountry music artist Rodney Atkins, right, and his son Elijah, left, take the stage during a celebration of National Adoption Day Friday in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Rodney Atkins, who was adopted, is a spokesperson for the…
Damn Yankee posted this outtake earlier today from the Coeur d'Alene City Council agenda for Tuesday:C. EXECUTIVE SESSIONI.C. 67-2345Subsection B: To consider the evaluation, dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent…
Paul Turner has a modest proposal in this morning's Slice:What if this coming Christmas season, the Spokane area did without outdoor holiday lights?Then each family could estimate the savings on their November and December electricity bills and donate that amount to a deserving charity. Question:…
Enrollment is down at the University of Idaho. Oh no! What do we do? Isn't it obvious? You change the school's slogan of course. The fact that it didn't work last year when they changed the slogan -- and spent $900,000 marketing it -- is…
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... is captured in photos in the Sailing Anarchy blog here. The blog's motto sez it all: "Where the status quo blows."
*Ex-lawmaker's Spokane visits cost thousands: Taxpayers picked up $77 Davenport tab for Curtis's sex romp/Rich Roesler, Spokesman-Review -- Hot Potato: In this instance, the taxpayers got the old scroogie and paid for it, too.*Idaho dock rules sent to Legislature/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review -- Hot Potato: Commercial…
MF was really very good when he was talking crime or police issues. That is when he could be riveting. However when he tried to cross over into politics he really did come off as political neanderthal with no real moral or philosophical compass. Yet…
Taryn Hecker/The Skinny On North IdahoCareywood artist Glenice Moore is raising money for the Dian Fossey Mountain Gorilla Fund. Story by Taryn Hecker/The Skinny On North Idaho here.
This week's column pokes fun at the possibility Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas consulted a dead attorney for advice on a case--but then details some potential advantages of the practice. And (Thursday night) comes word via Huckleberries Online that Douglas has filed his promised correction…
Former Idaho guv Cecil Andrus was in top form this week when he introduced Demo congressional wannabe Walt Minnick to a group of about 40 partisans at CdA's Harding Family Center. Spotting former state Sen. Mary Lou Reed in the audience, Andrus exclaimed, "my favorite…
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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.
