Everyone has a boss. Even if you "work for yourself," you're still an employee to your client.A big part of maintaining the boss-employee relationship is to never allow a boss to think you dislike your work, are incapable of doing it, or--worse--consider it beneath you.These…
I am so glad I didn't pack away my long underwear. Even with them and handwarmers and a blanket, I froze last night at University High School. My suffering wasn't eased by the Wildcat's 0-4 loss. I was amazed to discover my son is the…
One of 22 hot air balloons rises at the start of the Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday.Cutline winners:#1 A dark cloud appears over the county as the Clerk's race is contested for the first time in many years. JohnA.#2 Police were…
Lucinda Kay, former KXLY television anchor, reads with a Jamaican student in November 2009. Courtesy of Chelsea DannenSince 1988, a national nonprofit with local ties has been facilitating humanitarian projects in Jamaica. Former KXLY television news anchor Lucinda Kay said, “I was born into Great…
This Dec. 18, 2008, photo shows a snow-blown sidewalk covered in snow.Local governments, schools and nonprofit agencies in Spokane County have been reimbursed $5.7 million for their costs in responding to record snows that began in mid-December 2008 and continued through early January 2009.Under government…
WASHINGTON – From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology report they were able to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve dozens of charges that he violated state ethics laws with his campaign spending and travel, including a taxpayer-funded rendezvous with his Argentine mistress, the State Ethics Commission said…
Keeping your home warm, toasty, energy-efficient, cost-effective ways to heat the house, caulking windows...Staff illustration by Bridget SawickiFrom the federal stimulus to 'cash for caulkers,' home weatherization has never been hotter. But can it really save the environment and the economy? Drafty doors, floors, walls…
Gosh. I'm mebbe, prolly starting to type like DFO!Cabbage Boy on March 18 at 1:35 p.m.Speaking of sayings, saw a great bumper sticker.Honk if you love Jesus.Text if you want to meet him now.
Rep. Steve Kren, R-Nampa, proposes legislation to ban abortions based on reasons of race or gender.Rep. Steve Kren, R-Nampa, presented legislation to the House State Affairs Committee this morning to ban abortions for reasons of gender or race; the committee voted 12-5 along party lines…
I’ve never visited the Statue of Liberty, but I think I know what inspired Emma Lazarus when she wrote, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. …” She’d probably just spent a Saturday morning at the Department of Motor…
Today's youth are generally not the self-centered, antisocial slackers that previous research has made them out to be, according to a provocative new study co-authored by a Michigan State University psychologist.In a scientific analysis of nearly a half-million high-school seniors spread over three decades, MSU's…
A U.S. Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines walks in a joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers, in Nawa district, Helmand province.In Bill Bonner's article for the Christian Science Monitor he says, "At least there is one area in which the US…
Volunteer J.D. Barker, left, and Max Mendez, communications, fine arts and humanities division chairman at North Idaho College, work to build a community garden in a vacant lot near the college in Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday.About a dozen people gathered on a Coeur d’Alene street…
Members of Rogers High school chess club, clockwise from far left: Alex Sipraseuth, Damon Child, David Tran, James Eckart, Riqi Silva and Klint Minnameier practice before the GSL Chess Tournament March 5 at Gonzaga Prep.It had to be the quietest GSL championship ever. No rowdy…
Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson, right, shoots over MSU’s Delvon Roe. This falls in the category of Things to Worry About Later, certainly.The NCAA basketball tournament games coming our way Friday are version 3.0 of March Madness at the Spokane Arena, and soon enough the din from…
COEUR d'ALENE - If a budding movie maker has his way, the Lake City will become even more iconic than it already is. In the coming days and months, video crews will be downtown and in other parts of the area shooting footage for a…
Sam and Makayla Kiperash wear their Easter baskets on their heads.The folks at the Spokesman Review 7 site are sponsoring an Easter-themed photo contest."This time we’re looking for your favorite Easter-themed pics. Because this holiday means different things to different people, we’re leaving this month’s…
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.If you get sand in your shorts just take them off. Er...you know...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders saw momentum gather behind their sweeping health care legislation Wednesday, as they picked up commitments of support in the House from Democratic quarters where defections were most feared – liberals, abortion opponents and backbenchers.Working into the night…
"Larry Gilman offered to help me out, I accepted.He is not a slum lord in my opinion.I have been responsible for law enforcement of his trailer park for over 20 years. It is well run.I moved in to my homes 28 years ago. Larry's parents…
Shocking news from Washinton:I've always wondered what happens to the shamrock that the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen will present to President Barack Obama at the White House today.According to a report in CNN today, it goes straight to the crusher.Uhuh. That little bowl of…
With a whopping price tag of $14.5 billlion,the 2010 Census is proving to be the most expensive yet. It averages out to be about $46.93 per person. The least you could do is fill out the dang thing. Read here for a breakdown of costs…
Courtesy of SCRAPSPETA's euthanasia rates have critics fuming, according to AOL News, and rightfully so.“In 2009, PETA euthanized 2,301 dogs and cats -- 97 percent of those brought in -- and adopted only eight, according to Virginia state figures. And the rate of these killings…
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.
