Today is the 166th day of 2009. There are 199 days left in the year. On this day in history: On June 15, 1215, England's King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") at Runnymede. In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M.…
Paul McCartney, center, poses for photographs with his daughter Mary, top, right, gesturing behind his head, and Yoko Ono, left, to launch a new food campaign entitled 'Meat Free Monday' in London Monday. The campaign encourages people to try and help slow climate change by…
JeanieS: I have a cousin on the Mormon side of the family with ten children and the oldest have reached graduation age - and therefore, marriage, babies, showers, etc., etc., etc. I have met these children once - seven years ago at our grandmother's funeral.…
At OnLocation North Idaho, Councilwoman KerriT posts: The Car d'Lane Cruise and Car Show is one of the biggest and best in the region, kicking off with the Friday night cruise down Sherman Avenue. Nearly 1,000 cars, from polished perfection to fresh from the junkyard,…
A rooster, right, crows at a peacock in the yard of a horse ranch just west of Pittsville, Wis., Friday. Both birds are pets of the owners of the ranch. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Marshfield News-Herald, Dan Young)Top Cutline:1. Peacock: “New York is where…
5:03 p.m. Hayden Lake Road resident reports that 3 males and a female vandalized a neighbor's dock and are now floating on Hayden Lake toward Dike Road.4:51 p.m. Parent w/injured 15MO girl flags down Rathdrum officer @ Lakeland High School. The infant was injured when…
A bold thief or two tried to make off with two bicycles ridden by Coeur d'Alene police officers while they were filling out reports early Sunday morning at the City Hall substation. Officer Ed Richardson reports that he heard a loud noise outside the substation…
Austin Daye took the deadline clock down to the final hour before announcing he will keep his name in the NBA Draft. About an hour before Monday’s 2 p.m. (PST) deadline, Daye informed Gonzaga’s coaching staff by telephone that he will forgo his last two…
David Harms and Gary Paschke of American Legion Post 149 prepare a flag for disposal during a flag retirement ceremony on Flat Day Sunday at the post in Athol. More than 25 people attended a flag retirement ceremony at the Post 149 on Sunday afternoon.…
My dad's been sick pretty much my whole life. He first grew ill when I was nine months old, and has been on death's door several times since. As I type this, thanks to 2007's transplant he is fortunately in the best health of my…
From time to time, it is frustrating to try to get the King to do honey-do's. Some times it takes years. And even then, they sit. So what to do? Well, one thing is start the project yourself. And then when you get over your…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns snapped this photo of a bird that she said appeared to be posing for her Saturday on Lakeshore Road. She'd like to know what kind of bird it is?
An Associated Press-Brides.com poll released Monday shows that the rituals of attending weddings and giving the couple gifts, while not totally recession-proof, are still deeply important to family and friends, and somewhat resistant to the economic meltdown. Story here. <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1709085/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1709085/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1709085/">Which part of…
Item: Coeur d'Alenes to build $75M expansion of Bingo Casino/Examiner.comMore Info: This will be the resort's largest expansion yet and will see the addition of 105 hotels rooms, bringing the total to 307. Two new wings will be built housing not only the extra rooms…
Item: Marysville schools bar volunteers from advocating religion/Kaitln Manry & Krista Kapralos/Everett HeraldMore Info: Pastors and youth group leaders will no longer be able to talk with students at length about religion in Marysville schools. Superintendent Larry Nyland issued new guidelines last week that limit…
"South of Coeur d'Alene, just off Mica Bay Road, are two alpaca ranches I've driven past many times. But today the creatures in the field were looking a bit different," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "A lot like a herd of space alien Q-Tips, actually.…
Eagle Eye: Why do some people insist on bringing their gigantic dogs into a crowded area? I saw two people dragging big dogs thru people on a crowded sidewalk. These two dogs didnt like each other and atacked each other with snarling teeth. The bigger…
12:01 p.m. A male customer who arrived in a gray Chevy p/u is getting belligerent bordering on a physical confrontation @ Fasteners Inc. on 4th/CdA.11:43 a.m. A man has fallen on Aisle 11 of the Super One store on Kathleen/CdA.10:33 a.m. A child in Vacation…
At about 10:30 (Sunday), the men of the fire engine came to our rescue. Maybe not in a huge way for them, but in the biggest way for us. Myself and my two sons, ages 3 and 5, stopped in the parking lot of the…
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the victim of the fatality personal watercraft accident from last Friday on Coeur d’Alene Lake. Alicia Edgell, 14 of Coeur d’Alene was killed when she was involved in a personal watercraft accident on Coeur d’Alene…
I’m resurrecting a recipe today from a Cookbook Corner column I wrote a couple of years ago about a cookbook titled, “seduced by Bacon: Recipes & Lore About America’s Favorite Indulgence.” I have been a bacon addict all my life, but I never got too…
Craig Alexander, of Boulder, Colo., right, collapses along side Chris Lieto, of Danville, Calif., left, at the finish line of the Ironman 70.3 Boise Saturday in Boise. Alexander came from behind to edge out Lieto at the finish line to win the race. (AP Photo/Idaho…
MamaJD: On Friday night, attended a birthday party held at the Kroc. While eating cake and getting ready to swim, the leisure pool was closed due to a Code Brown incident. According to a staff member, this is about the 5th such incident. When a…
Haidari claims that his place is the only spot in the Inland Northwest where one can procure real-deal Persian cooking, and as far as I can tell, there’s no reason to argue. While the quality and authenticity of the food served at Babak Kabab is…
Though it’s academically accurate, according to standard political ideology scales, to call people like von Brunn “extreme right-wing” - the SLPC (Southern Law Poverty Center) calls them “radical right” – I propose that we called them what they are: hate terrorists. Not only does 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.
