Note to Self: Mondays happen. Just put on your big girl panties and deal with it. No wishing you could have 87 billion paid vacation days like some blogmeisters. Just drink your coffee, ignore the sunshine and focus on the 160 tasks in front of…
Serena Williams has reached the championship match in her fourth tournament since missing a year with injuries and illness. Top Cutlines #1 Serena Williams: ” I wish I never would have married a tennis player, because almost everytime I hit his ball, it makes a…
Members of the Hays High School football team begins their workout as they take to the field shortly before sunrise in Hays, Kan., on the first day of high school football practice, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. First time in 3 years our fall schedules won't…
The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue, which is linked to New Zealand, has announced new coins. The coins will be adorned with some familiar faces, Luke, Leia, Yoda and Darth Vader. In November, the New Zealand mint will offer a limited edition of Star…
This image provided by the Nevada Historical Society shows the famous group portrait taken in Fort Worth, Texas shortly after Butch Cassidy and his gang robbed the Einnemucca, Nev., bank in 1900. CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most…
Nadine Woodward, a former news anchor at KREM, was a fixture on the station’s nightly newscast for 19 years. SPOKANE, Wash. -- The KXLY Broadcast Group and Morgan Murphy Media are pleased to announce that starting Monday, September 12, 2011, Nadine Woodward and Mike Gonzalez…
Pounder on August 15 at 2:23 p.m. Just stopped at the Subway on 95, and as I was getting ready to leave I saw a young lady get out of her small car and head inside. As I’m about to pull forward to leave, her…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is expecting its second year of big budget surpluses when the 2012 fiscal year ends, presenting conservative Idaho with tough choices that could include restoring programs or cutting taxes. Come July, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter's office and the Legislature expect…
In the NY Times Warren Buffett writes: Our leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. While the poor and…
CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's two largest hot dog makers took their legal beefs on Monday to federal court, where a judge will determine whether Oscar Mayer or Ball Park franks broke false-advertising laws in their efforts to become top dog. The long-ranging wiener war…
Idaho's bipartisan citizen redistricting commission is meeting today, and went over three publicly submitted legislative district plans this morning before turning to the latest plan proposed by GOP Commissioner Lou Esposito – his seventh. The newest plan, L-45, is another version of his L-34, this…
Blake Perlingieri measures Finn Logan, 6, for a slightly larger earplug size at Nomad Precision Body Adornment and Tribal Museum in Portland in June. PORTLAND – Jon Guac burned a design into his skin with a candle and fork to prove a point during a…
Even in the increasingly wild world of American politics, it seemed an especially crazy idea: Matt Damon for president? After all, the handsome actor, whose boyish good looks belie the fact that he has just turned 40, is still best known for his early role…
WASHINGTON – As he sets out on a three-day bus tour of the Midwest focused on the economy, President Barack Obama is coming under growing pressure from fellow Democrats to put forward a more aggressive strategy to create jobs than the one he has been…
The wildlife at West Medical Lake on Sunday was maybe a little wilder than the law will allow, deputies said today. A father and two sons reported seeing a naked man fishing along the shore while they boated nearby. Spokane County deputies arrested Dean H.…
Jessica Vowels, left, Ammie Hague, center, and Jennifer Baker display their cyberpunk, fairy and steampunk looks at SpoCon 2011. They’re geeks and nerds and proud of it. Fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror movies, literature, art and gaming checked out of the real world…
nic on August 14 at 1:35 p.m. "If we can take a break from the partisan hackery for a moment - Keep Indianapolis in your thoughts/prayers. I’ve got friends in that area and the city is dealing with tragedy and loss today." INDIANAPOLIS – The…
Chief Allan, chairman of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe COEUR d'ALENE - It has been two years since the Coeur d'Alene Tribe last officially announced it was contributing a percentage of its annual net gaming income to support educational programs and schools in Idaho. It has…
COEUR d'ALENE - One owns the restaurants, resort and myriad other buildings containing thousands of employees. The next two keep your air conditioner rumbling and appliances humming. But that's not all Duane B. Hagadone and your electric and gas companies are up to. They also…
AMES, Iowa – Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won a test vote of Iowans on Saturday, a show of popularity and organizational strength for the tea party favorite five months before the state’s caucuses kick off the GOP presidential nominating season. The result is the first…
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he came to New Hampshire immediately after launching a presidential bid Saturday in South Carolina for one reason. He intends to compete for every vote in every state. He may have a Southern drawl and conservative social…
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Charlie Furbush SEATTLE — When the trade was made that brought Charlie Furbush to Seattle, there wasn’t much background to know if the pitcher could eventually use his long left-handed frame to be a starter. He was mostly used as a…
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.