Am I the only one who's never bought a lottery ticket? A Bay Area bartender is flying high after he won $1 million with a $20 bill he found outside San Francisco International Airport. California lottery officials say the man, Hubert Tang, was outside the airport Wednesday when he found the bill, which he used to buy a pair of scratchers at a market in Millbrae
MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and the clerk will arrive at work this morning to face her moment of truth. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will have to choose whether to issue marriage licenses, defying her Christian conviction, or continue to refuse them, defying a federal judge who could punish her with fines or order that she be hauled off to jail.
Idaho 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador announced today that he’ll oppose the nuclear agreement that President Obama negotiated with Iran. In mid-July, when the deal first was announced, Idaho Sen. Jim Risch immediately came out against it, calling it “horribly flawed,” while Labrador, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson expressed deep skepticism, but said they’d scrutinize it.
September is here and with it brings DFO's return to the blog, tomorrow. Yes, that means he's facing another grueling 3-day work week. Must be nice. I think I'll look for some kitty photos to post to welcome him back to the blog.
PULLMAN – Three Washington State University instructors are being accused of violating students’ First Amendment rights by banning terms like “illegal alien,” “male” and “female” in the classroom. Students were told they would risk losing points or failing a class if they repeatedly use terms deemed oppressive or hateful in discussions or assignments.
The Cda Press reports Tony Berns, the executive director of ignite cda, the city of Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency, responded to Sen. Mary Souza's Aug. 19 questions about the agency's new name and its public relations campaign. Berns repeatedly says, "ignite cda views this initiative as a communication outreach effort not a public relations campaign...." Do you see a major difference between "communications outreach effort" and PR campaign?
WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Monday sided with an anti-abortion group in its challenge of a key birth control provision of the Obama administration’s health care overhaul. The decision from U.S. District Judge Richard Leon adds to the legal debate surrounding the law’s requirement that contraceptives for women be included among a range of cost-free, preventive benefits offered to employees.
BURLEY, Idaho – The death of any child warrants a closer look to search for ways to keep Idaho’s children safer. And there are many, the new Idaho Child Fatality Review Team concluded this spring.
COEUR d'ALENE - A wheelchair to the beach? Down to the shoreline? Yes, actually, at City Beach. Such access had been requested over the years in Coeur d'Alene, and it finally became a reality Monday.
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.
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