Elias Harris of Gonzaga drives to the basket against Ryan Reid of Florida State in the second half of their NCAA tournament game Friday, March 19, 2010.BUFFALO, N.Y. — Matt Bouldin and the eighth-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs showed Florida State it still has a way to…
John Idler and his children, Elizabeth, 13, and Josh, 14, play video games together last week at their Moorestown, N.J., home.Can't get your teen to stop playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare? Are they texting, Facebooking, and World of Warcrafting 'till their eyes glaze over?…
Whew! What a week. The miracle of birth. A compromise reached in the Benewah County/Cda Tribe cross-deputization negotiations. The nation holding its breath to see if Obama's health care legislation will pass. And yesterday, *sniff* I got the warm fuzzies reading the Political Sandbox thread.…
Robert Capron, right, explores the wonders of his belly button, as classmates Zachary Gordon, center, and Karan Brar, left, look on during a scene from “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” 20th Century FoxTop cutlines:#1 Bent comes to realization that his new patented BBQ & Beer…
Amy PoehlerHumor and what makes people laugh in general are very difficult qualities to quantify. Often, the very thing that makes Joe howl makes Jane groan (and maybe re-assess her opinion of Joe). It's that personal. However, the Moviefone staff, never ones to shy away…
Purdue's Chris Kramer, left, battles Siena's Alex Franklin in the first half of their first-round NCAA tournament matchup at the Spokane Arena on Friday, March 19, 2010Keaton Grant ignited the decisive run that rallied fourth-seeded Purdue past No. 13 seed Siena 72-64 on Friday in…
At his website, 1000awesomethings.com Neil Pasricha documents small pleasures. Reader's Digest featured 10 of their favorites here. Among them:Wearing underwear just out of the dryer.Paying with exact change.Fixing electronics by smacking them.High-fiving babies.The other side of the pillowWhat would you add to the list?
A Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction on Wednesday barring local prosecutors from filing felony child-porn charges against a teenage girl who took a partially nude photo of herself with her cellphone.The court said prosecutors were using the threat of charges as retaliation against…
I haven't seen any one complain about the new deal at the motor vehicle when you renew your license on your cars and trucks. The effective july 1, 2009, new law went into effect that now requires legal indentification for the purpose of titling and…
Officers taking down a suspect’s particulars must now ask them for a “personal and family name” in case the word “Christian” offends Muslims, Sikhs or other faiths, according to the new official guidance. Kent Police's prescriptive diversity rulebook also tells officers to refrain from using…
Former Congressman Bill Sali has made his announcement - he’s endorsing Raul Labrador in the GOP primary for the 1st District congressional seat, the seat he formerly held. Sali said he didn’t inform Labrador of his decision in advance - he just asked him to…
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and companies in Nevada in a probe of Sen. John Ensign, who has been under scrutiny for his efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress.One subpoena…
Paul Schopfer pumps gas at the Coeur d'Alene Casino station near WorleyCOEUR d'ALENE - Gas prices moved upward in recent weeks in the Coeur d'Alene area and nationally, and prices are projected to creep higher during at least the next few weeks.In this neck of…
Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport — pigeon racing.The network this week announced a new reality show that will pit Tyson, a novice pigeon racer, against serious competitors.The show is currently titled “Taking on Tyson”…
BILLINGS – A federal judge has approved a first-of-its-kind settlement requiring the government to suspend 38,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana so it can gauge how oil field activities contribute to climate change.At issue are the greenhouse gases emitted by drilling machinery…
Eleven-year-old Marcelas Owens, seen here with his grandmother Gina Owens and Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 10, has come under fire from conservative talk show hosts and columnists who say he’s being exploited. McClatchy TribuneYou know the…
Dan Mulvahill steers his dinghy on Lake Pend Oreille in Bayview.The U.S. Navy Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho, will be participating in a Navy-wide training exercise Wednesday that may affect traffic in town.During the Solid Curtain exercise, multiple emergency responders from local, state and…
Former Congressman Bill Sali addresses the House Health & Welfare Committee on Friday morning, calling for extensive amendments to a child-immunization reminder bill and speaking out for parents who choose not to immunize their kids. Idaho ranks 50th for child immunizations.Former Congressman Bill Sali has…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 12, 2010.WASHINGTON – Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for…
Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, presents HB 667, regarding health district sewage rules, to the House Environment Committee on Thursday afternoon.BOISE - A North Idaho lawmaker’s proposal to eliminate all of the Panhandle Health District’s sewage rules - including those that protect an aquifer that’s…
Can’t beat the price: “I don’t sell these sticks, I give them away,” said Norman Oss, better known as the “Stick Man,” while carving a walking stick at his home in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday. “I want people to know that not everything in life…
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.
