Nevada forward Luke Babbitt (5) releases a 3-point shot over the defense of Idaho forward Luciano de Souza (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday in Moscow. Nevada scored a three-point play with under 3 seconds to go to deny…
At lunch today at Moon Time, SR Editor Gary Graham announced proudly that he'd already purchased a gift for his Valentine. I can't remember what he'd bought. Nor would I ruin his surprise here by mentioning it. I was surprised/envious that he'd taken care of…
An unidentified photographer, right, looks on as models pose for press photographers, reflected on the mirror, inside a small studio during National Underwear Day, an event promoted by Brazilian fashion site Finissimo in Brasilia Tuesday. (AP Phot/Eraldo Peres)
I'm feeling a lot of pressure today. It's CindyH's birthday, and she's demanding a firefighting photo on the HBO front page. I tried to appease her by offering Councilman MikeK in a speedo (not knowing if I could deliver on that promise). But she responded…
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an unattended death at a campsite near the Canfield Trail System located in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest. At about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, two local residents were in the area of the Canfield Trail System, approximately four miles…
Andy Lambert of Hanger Orthopedic Group in Richland shows used artificial limbs Tuesday that local residents have donated for earthquake victims in Haiti. The company is holding a nationwide drive at its nearly 670 patient care centers and has partnered with Physicians for Peace to…
Chayne Hultgren (also know as "The Space Cowboy") put 18 swords in mouth at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. The Space Cowboy, has set a new Guinness World Record by sticking 18 swords (52cm each) at the same time. You write the cutline.…
4:40 p.m. Timberland/Athol resident reports someone cut trees on her property Tuesday. She has a suspect name.3:56 p.m. A male in a vehicle w/a plumbing sign displayed brass knuckles and a chain in a threatening manner to another motorist on w/b I-90 @ Spokane Street/Post…
A Haitian judge has decided to release 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 children and trying to spirit them out of the earthquake- stricken country, a judicial source said on Wednesday. The source said the missionaries, who have been in jail since they were…
Even more of a stretch is Mrs. Obama's suggestion that childhood obesity is a threat to national security! “A recent study put the health care cost of obesity-related diseases at $147 billion a year," Mrs. Obama said. "This epidemic also impacts the nation’s security, as…
As promised, here's a scene from Blogfests past, featuring Digger in the middle and a smiling Gary Ingram on the right. That could be Spencer on the left (which would be a first). Blogfest is a celebration where all political axes are checked at the…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, seated, talks to state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna on Wednesday as the state Land Board considers Luna's request to draw on a reserve fund to benefit public schools in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)The Land Board…
... for those of you looking for some entertaining reading this afternoon, don't miss the latest from OpenCDA.com, where you'll hear Gary (pictured) refer Huckleberries as the "Gossip Blog" (for which he'll lose points b/c he capitalized both words), and Mary say, "I’d be ready…
As most of you commenters and blurkers should know by now, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are the two individuals with the most fans and detractors at Huckleberries Online. I know for certain that HMO and others on the Right Bank willl attack Obama if…
Ken Gjersing wraps lutefisk in the garage behind the First Lutheran Church in Havre, Mont., on Saturday. The annual dinner is a 76-year tradition at the church. Lutefisk has been a dish enjoyed by Norwegians since the 800s. (AP Photo/Havre Daily News, John Kelleher)Question: Have…
Tea Party Boise, Idaho's largest such group with about 2,000 members, is holding its first annual meeting next month in Meridian. The group will meet March 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott, 1789 S. Eagle Road. A $5 donation is…
I never knew where part-time Idahoan Bruce Willis stood on the wolf issue. Until I picked up a copy of the new edition of “Men’s Journal” magazine. Inside, Willis — who can probably see wolves wandering the ridge above his home north of Hailey —…
Chatterbox: I've held off on letting my friends at HBO know this, but here goes. My sister starts chemo tomorrow for the same d@$n cancer that plagued me last year. Until the 2 of us were diagnosed, NO ONE in our family had breast cancer.…
Commuters look at models posing for pictures at a bus station during National Underwear Day, an event organized by Brazilian fashion web site Finissimo in Brasilia, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Question: Boxers or briefs?
Idaho GOP Chairman Norm Semanko says voters will remember that 18 Democrats in the Idaho House "sided with their counterparts in Washington, instead of standing up for the people of Idaho" on a vote requiring the state to sue the United States over any health…
11:27 a.m. W/b pickup is cutting off other vehicles and tailgating in a road rage incident on H54 near Athol.11:22 a.m. A 21YO driver is unconscious after suffering a head wound in a crash into a telephone pole @ i/s of Winch & Church/Rathdrum.11:03 a.m.…
Listen up guys, it’s a new day and age and all those ideas you have in your head of women being damsels in distress are so utterly wrong and senseless. Women are more independent than ever thanks to stereotypes no longer holding us back. So…
Two Democrats contend the House and Senate went too far when members voted overwhelmingly to dump a provision that’s allowed Idaho residents since 1976 to chip in a buck of their taxes to their favorite political party. Reps. Phylis King and Elfreda Higgins want people…
Tuesday Poll: 95 of 117 (81%) of the respondents to Tuesday's poll support legislation that would require voters to show identification before being allowed to cast a ballot in Idaho. Only 18 of 117 (15%) opposed the idea.Today's Question (in lefthand rail): Is the Obama…
A billboard along Interstate 35, taken on Tuesday in Wyoming, Minn., carries an image of former President George W. Bush and reads "Miss me yet?". Office manager Beverly Master of Schubert and Hoey Outdoor Advertising in Minneapolis says the message was purchased by a group…
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.
