AP PhotosItem: Huckabee, Obama projected as Iowa caucus winners/Robert Schroder, MarketWatch More Info: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won upset victories in Iowa's Republican and Democratic caucuses on Thursday night, U.S. television networks projected, sealing important wins in the first…
Item: In Iowa, flurry of activity as candidates bring out the vote/Chris Cilliza, Washington PostFrom A Simple Mind: Give me a dark-horse candidateQuestion: Will Iowa's caucuses affect how you vote this year?
Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographics"One willing dog. One set of skates. One ice rink. Happy Holidays" -- Chris Peterson.*Parakeets, sez Atmospheric Ruminations, love two things -- broccoli and to be sprayed with water. At least his four do. Click here.*Chronic Discontent shares his thoughts about that controversial…
*I just added the SR's popular Sportslink to the Uber Blogs roll, for your easy reading pleasure.*There's a local angle to that deputy involved shooting in Spokane last week. A Berry Picker tells Huckleberries that she attended Coeur d'Alene High School with Deputy Jeff Thurman.…
Asked if he’s seen a bill yet to close Idaho’s primaries to non-party members, House Speaker Lawerence Denney said, “I have not seen one. The state Republican Party chairman said he will have one, but I have not seen anything”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise.
... and a couple who fell off a roof while having sex and later died leads the list of those who weren't fit enough to survive.Hat Tip: Right Mind
The Iowa caucuses are in full swing today with some of the candidates offering child care so that people can get out and vote. Do you, as a parent, let strangers take care of your children?/Lisa P, Parents Council
Item: Area motorists prep for winter weather: State troopers debunk 'California driver' myth/Erica F. Curless, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Northwest natives often disdain newcomers, especially those with California plates. There are jokes and bumper stickers about praying for a heavy snow year to drive transplants back to…
Toe-tapping U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was a shoo-in for Mad magazine's "20 Dumbest People, Events & Things of 2007." Story here. 1. The Jesuits have agreed to pay $4.8 million to 16 people who where sexually abused as schoolchildren in the 1960s and early…
Item: Iowa caucuses: Five not-so-unlikely surprises/Rolling StoneMore Info: The smart money — not to mention the latest polls — gives an edge to Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee in tonight’s Iowa caucuses. But take a couple hundred thousand Midwesterners, pack them into gyms and libraries…
Nearly two years ago, a few students at the University of Washington ignited a controversy by objecting to a proposed monument meant to honor UW alumnus and decorated World War II fighter pilot Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. Now a student group on the Seattle campus is…
There once was a guy named Mike, ridin' high on the Iowa turnpike, then along came Super Tuesday, that would become his blues day, as he couldn't plug the hole in the dike. His team became frantic, but Mike said don't panic ... as he…
You know, we are all partially to blame for these deaths. We watch alcohol companies - and states like Idaho - sell their intoxicants to anyone and everyone with a few dollars to lay on the table, and most of us never say anything about…
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.
