I've been so distracted by recent events (royal wedding, my dog's near death experience, & Osama bin Laden's overdue demise) that I forgot the events dead ahead: Cinco de Mayo, Kentucky Derby, & Mother's Day. (Yeah, yeah, I've heard your taunts re: originally naming this…
Industrial artist Ries Niemi of Edison, top, and Whatcom Museum staff Curt Mahle, left, and Scott Wallin install handles onto Niemi's stainless steel sculpture " World's Largest Walk Thru Handbag," in the courtyard of the museum's Lightcatcher building, in Bellingham, Wash., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The…
The images are bloody, grotesque and convincing: Osama bin Laden lies dead, the left side of his head blasted away. But the pictures are fakes. Doctored photos purporting to show bin Laden's corpse rocketed around the world on television, online via social media and in…
5:54 p.m. Someone is choking at Chili's restaurant, 482 W. Sunset/CdA. 5:30 p.m. Auto fire is reported @ Harvest Moon & Wheatfield/CdA. 5:20 p.m. Two drivers are arguing over a parking situation @ 2013 Wagon Trail/Post Falls. 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report…
Some of the Nubian goats at Heron Pond Farms produce milk for the cheese-making operation. Increasingly, people are becoming willing to try goat milk and cheese. More here. BLM closes Killarney Lake boat launch/Rich Landers, Outdoors Local hero being considered for Medal of Honor/Mike Weland,…
Sisters Lindsey Train, left, and Krista Train, from Seattle, show off their "WINNING!" stickers Tuesday night before the Charlie Sheen show at Comcast Arena in Everett, Wash. The Trains were trying to sell enough stickers to pay for tickets to the show. You write the…
"Kootenai County Assessor Mike McDowell, left, and Residential Appraiser Manager Darin Krier took one for the team Tuesday morning, following through with the pledge to shave their heads, mustaches and beard if $1,500 was raised for a good cause'" posts Kerri Thoreson/More Main Street. You…
Actor Jackie Cooper admires photos from his 1931 film "Skippy" prior to a screening of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., in this June 2004 AP file photo. The film was featured as part of the…
My husband I now have a rule that when we're in conversation over coffee and we can't find the right word, person, book title, movie title, we don't pause at the forgetting but move on. So instead of saying, “You know, that guy who played…
Though Edgar Steele's fingerprints are not on pipe bomb that was trapped under his wife's car, Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Haws told jurors in his closing argument that the 65-year-old North Idaho lawyer's “legal fingerprints” are all over it. Haws played portions of the recordings…
He lived by the sword and earned what he got -- Osama Bin Laden bin very much shot. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
"I would submit that his body reacted and told more truth than his mouth did," Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Haws said in the closing arguments of the Edgar Steele murder-for-hire case today (from Meghann Cuniff/SR, who's in the courtroom).
With levy elections scheduled in Helena, Mont., a levy supporter couldn't help herself when she spotted this handwritten sign posted by opponents. On its Facebook wall, the Montana Public Employee Association writes: "She couldn't help herself, had to go back and add the correction sign…
A group of attorneys using children and young adults as plaintiffs plans to file legal actions in every state and the District of Columbia on Wednesday in an effort to force government intervention on climate change. The courtroom ploy is backed by high-profile activists looking…
Item: Report: 1 in 10 Idaho drivers uninsured/Bradley Guire, Twin Falls Times-News More Info: Law-enforcement agencies and insurance industry analysts say that nearly 10 percent of Idaho motorists are uninsured, a notion reinforced recently during a campaign to curb speeding by the Idaho State Police.…
Wayne Hoffman thumbs his nose at this thought, despite touting transparency and the public’s right to know in a post-legislative report. He says some of his donors prefer anonymity, and under our tax code they have that right. Touting transparency for government, but refusing to…
A group of people in a large canoe head upriver into scores of fishing boats during the Spring Chin Salmon run on the Willamette River in Oregon City, Ore., Wednesday. The peak time for salmon fishing on the Willamette River runs April-May. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)…
In Wikipedia, Cinco de Mayo ("fifth of May") is described as "a Mexican civic holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. It is celebrated…
On her Facebook wall, Christa Hazel writes: "Hey Cycling Friends: Beware of a cracked frost heave on Bennett Bay Hill on the Centennial Trail (approx. milepost 18). Coming down the hill, the exposed edge could pop a tire or worse, cause an accident. Hopefully, they…
12:06 p.m. Someone may have suffered a broken bone in a fall in 1000 block of Boyd/CdA. 12:02 p.m. 2 horses are loose & on the road @ Lancaster & Deer Park/Hayden. 11:59 p.m. 2 suspicious vehicles are reported in 1300 block of E. Garden/CdA.…
On his Facebook wall, OrangeTV says the Runge's sign is his "favorite retro-tastic signage" in Coeur d'Alene. Question: Can you think of any area signage that fits OTV's description as "retro-tastic"?
"We’ve got the Truthers, the Birthers and now the Deathers," comments Poolman. "I’ve got a few less popular, yet very resolute groups that deserve also some pub … Paliners – those who believe Sarah Palin CAN see Russia from her front porch Trumpers – those…
Tuesday Poll: 150 of 193 respondents (77.72%) agreed with the Obama administration decision to dispose of terrorist Obama bin Laden's body by dumping it in the sea. 30 of 193 (15.5%) voted that we should have held onto it. 13 of 193 (6.74%) were undecided.…
Three people were injured, including two German visitors this morning on Interstate 90 near the state line, when their vehicle drifted off the highway, hit rumble strips, and then rolled when the driver overcorrected. Germans Herbert K. Ruttkies, 47, and Elke G. Hoffman, 46, were…
A Pakistani child seen in front of the compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Wednesday. The residents of Abbottabad, Pakistan, were still confused and suspicious on Wednesday about the killing of Osama bin Laden, which took place in their midst before…
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.
