The Who, led by rock legends Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, transformed the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime Show into the most exciting 12 minutes in rock and sport, Sunday evening on CBS, unleashing a riveting live halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIV. The band's exhilarating…
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy as he leaves the airport Monday in Kenner, La., after the Saints returned from the NFL football Super Bowl. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17, attaining their first championship in franchise history.…
The entertaining Super Bowl is now in our rear-view mirrors to be replaced by the Winter Olympics this weekend -- and Blogfest VI at the Fort Ground Grill a week from Saturday. Some of you, meanwhile, are waiting anxiously for spring training and/or March Madness…
That is said in a whiny, double syllable wail. O, Mo-om!!! After I have done something, anything to embarrass my poor sons. Now that they have become well into their 30s, I don’t hear it at all, but when they were teens and young adults,…
Laura Silsby, 40, of Meridian, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, is escorted by a Haitian police officer upon her arrival to the court building in Port-au-Prince on Monday.…
Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing banderillas, or barbed darts, protest bullfighting in Mexico City on Saturday. The sign reads in Spanish "No to bullfighting!" You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Top Cutlines:1. Tourist Minister Hernandez resigned shortly after his proposal to…
5:52 p.m. 2 small children are wandering by themselves on I-90 @ M/P 11 (west of Northwest Boulevard exit).5:40 p.m. Runaway alert given for 11YO girl named Samantha of Osburn who had a fight with her older sister and threatened to hitchhike away from home.5:26…
After Idaho hosted the Special Olympics World Winter Games last year, Sen. Les Bock (pictured), D-Boise, said he was startled when reading through an Idaho statute to see outmoded terminology like “mentally retarded,” “mentally deficient” and even “lunatic” and “idiot.” Bock said, “I think it…
Anyone planning to attend the fund-raiser for losing candidate Jim Brannon at the Greenbriar Inn @ 5 o'clock? Seems Brannon guardian angel Mary Souza sent out a reminder to her circle of friends to be there. And I quote: "All donations go for the legal…
I love used books. I love to go to used book stores wherever I visit. I love St. Vinnies book section in CdA. I love to dig deep at the bottom of a shelf and find some title nobody else knew was there. I especially…
Frank Griffin and his wife Loretta of Asheville, N.C., laugh during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C., Monday after claiming their Powerball jackpot winnings of $141 million. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)Question: Aren't you happy for the lucky couple?
I'm beginning to understand Palin's immense popularity. I see a woman who is just enough politician to be canny. I see a woman who has taken her lumps and has come to realize she isn't quite where she needs to be to have the credibility…
How great is this: Tim Tebow's ad with his Mom was a fun, tender ad about the quality of life...and the hard early years...and it NEVER mentioned Abortion. NEVER! And all the pro-abortion people panicked this week and HAD TO show their hand, anticipating some…
In this March 24, 2008, file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D- N.Y, left, addresses the crowd with Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell at the Fayette Campus of Penn State University in Uniontown, Pa. Murtha, an influential…
Nosworthy won out over Syringa this morning (in HBO poll, 24-17) to become the second restaurant designated for review by the new HBO Grub Club. Eagle Keeper suggested Nosworthy. I don't think I've been in Nosworthy since it was called Ground Round way back when.…
In a mother's eyes, every newborn is the most beautiful child ever born. But from the viewpoint of one generation removed, you might see some things you would rather not see. Such as: Yes, this new granddaughter is beautiful just because she's a brand new…
There’s only one acceptable prejudice left to Idahoans, and that’s making fun of Utah drivers. They’re terrible, they think they own our roads and they’re pretty sure they own Idaho. So join me, please, in pointing and laughing. I encounter more than my fair share…
Dan Nash and his cat Kali enjoy a Cultural Olympiad art exhibit downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics begin Friday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)Anxious pastor tells congregation to keep praying for Haiti detainees/Bethann Stewart, Statesman, And: American missionaries go before judge again/NBCWolves…
In Portland, Ore., an acquaintance w/the Portland Homebuilders Association is "putting a golf weekend together for my "old" 40-year-old friends" in Coeur d'Alene at the end of September. And was "wondering if (Huckleberries Online readers) have any hints as to houses to rent near (The…
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) kisses his son Baylen after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami Sunday. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Question: Can you describe a particularly close or poignant moment you…
11:56 a.m. Martha has a muskrat problem.11:43 a.m. CPR is under way for an unconscious female in 7400 block of Rude/Hayden.11:10 a.m. Elizabeth lost wallet at the Alpine Store/Garwood, and it wasn't there when she returned for it.11:01 a.m. Julie allowed someone into residence that…
There was just one “no” vote - from Rep. JoAn Wood, R-Rigby - as the House voted just now to pass HB 422, the bill from Rep. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, to eliminate what he called an “archaic law” that now requires law enforcement officers and…
ok, dont hate me ... but ... I found it wellabit boring ... all that stopping and starting and stopping and a couple of throws and tackles then stopping again ... and, I couldnt make head nor tail of the rules or what was what…
In this Oct. 28, 2000, file photo, white supremacist Richard Butler, speaks through a megaphone at an Aryan Nations rally in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The Aryan Nations is long gone from northern Idaho, but its reputation lingers to the chagrin of locals. (AP Photo/Tom Davenport,…
When she was in her 20s, North Idaho College Health Professions and Nursing Division Senior Administrative Assistant Cindy Ingalls modeled for Dredzen Modeling Agency, doing runway fashion shows for companies such as the Bon Marche and Nordstrom. It was during that time that her love…
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.
