Everyone recover from their Election Night hangover (figuratively speaking, of course)? I notice that state Sen. John "Landslide" Goedde is reaching out to the teachers after narrowly escaping the clutches of upstart Steven Foxx here. And Foxx is recovering from having his house vandalized here.…
Item: 150,000 Iraqis killed by insurgents: Health minister gives government's first overall casualty estimate/Associated PressOr, the number of Iraqis killed by their own people who, of course, are "insurgents" rather than "terrorists." Or, one fourth the number of the Iraqis wounded by terrorist, er, insurgent…
Several of you have asked questions about the "boys will be boys" quote, accredited to 1st District Magistrate Debra Heise, and a transcript from the plea-bargain discussion in her chambers. I talked to Bill Morlin this afternoon. He tried to talk to Heise about the…
Candidates for the Miss Earth 2006, some holding tree saplings and displaying placards with environmental messages, pose for photographers during their media presentation Thursday Nov. 9, 2006, at a hotel in Manila, Philippines. You write the cutline. (Bullit Marquez, AP Photo)Top Cutlines1. Proof Big Chestnuts…
President Bush, right, shakes hands with Democratic House Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Complete post hereThere are moments that you doubt yourself as a parent. Like when your toddler won't stop biting her playmates. Like when one of your kids talks back to you or says a bad word. ... And then there are moments that let you…
Ilaura Fleck, right, 17, of Bonners Ferry walks out of the Boundary County Courthouse on Wednesday with her mother Haleema, of Spokane after the lenient sentencing of Brian Todd Davis, the man who was accused of throwing Ilaura Fleck into a bon fire after saying…
Issue: Light sentence angers family: Judge says girl tossed into fire wasn't victim of hate crime/Bill Morlin, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: A Spokane man whose stepfather works in law enforcement was sentenced Wednesday to 20 days on a work detail by a judge who brokered a plea…
Complete editorial hereTuesday's Democratic election victory was by any measure decisive, yet in the perspective of history also unsurprising. In the sixth year of a two-term Presidency, Americans rebuked Republicans on Capitol Hill who had forgotten their principles and a President who hasn't won the…
It was easy to pick winners and losers on the national level Tuesday. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the Demos are certainly in the first category. President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and a whole gaggle of defeated Repub incumbents fill the…
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.
