Cindy: Then, There Was One 43
CindyH: Attention DFO: It is official. You are now the ONLY person in the universe without a Facebook account.Question: C'mon that can't be true. Anyone else out there without a Facebook account?
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010
Parting Shot From KXLY -- 3.23.10 1
You read about that crash @ Orchard & Government way that left a vehicle suspended from a guy-wire on an Avista power pole on PM Scanner Traffic. Now, you can see what the responding gendarmes saw when they responded to the scene. Rob Kauder of…
Wild Card/Tuesday -- 3.23.10 10
The Democrats are celebrating the passage of their health reform package. The Republicans are retrenching in an effort to take advantage of public confusion and concern about the measure. And HBO Nation is left to wonder how the situation in Washington will play out in…
Dogwalk: Who Should Apologize? 5
So things got a little contentious in the House as Bart Stupak was reneging on his promise to vote no on Health Care Reform. Representative Neugebauer shouted "baby killer" according to reports. Mr. Stupak took it personally, Neugebauer contended it was not. Stupak then added,…
PM: Can Few Resist Oregon Again? 5
Gonzaga coach Mark Few speaks during an NCAA college basketball news conference in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday prior to the Zags second-round loss to Syracuse. Columnist Bud Withers contends that Few might be ripe for pickin' by his alma mater, University of Oregon, which is…
APhoto Of The Day -- 3.23.10 10
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California laughs as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland speaks during a press conference after the House passed health care reform in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sunday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Top Cutlines:1. Nancy shows her prize…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 3.23.10 5
5:06 p.m. A Reservoir Road/Rathdrum resident reports hearing automatic gunfire for the last 15 minutes near his home.4:33 p.m. A 15YO male reportedly is suffering muscle spasms and pain all over after falling in the "bull pit" on the Lakeland High football field/Rathdrum. He's on…
CPD Blue Launches CrimeReport.com
The Coeur d'Alene Police Department has launched a registry that shows residents when and where crime occurred in their area. It's called CrimeReports.com. You can find the link here. It's like the registry for sex offenders. You plug in your address and then look for…
Free In Idaho! Forget About Utopia 19
And all complain that the country is all screwed up because it doesn’t look enough like their ideal. Heinlein, Rand, Marx, Mao, Robertson, Dobson, Roosevelt, Obama. … it doesn’t matter whose vision you choose, you will never realize the perfect system or the perfect government.…
Avista Seeks 13% More 18
Item: Avista seeks 13 percent electric rate hike/John Stucke, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Avista is seeking to raise the price of electricity and natural gas through a series of rate filings. For the average Avista ratepayer in Eastern Washington, the request amounts to adding $10.62 to a…
Otter 1st To Sign Anti-Health Care Bill 10
Gov. Butch Otter, flanked by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and a large group of GOP legislators, spoke out against the newly signed national health care reform bill at a press conference in his office today. “If it is a proper role for government to mandate…
Busted Spokaner Sends 'Skanky' Pix 2
"After Spokane police raided her home last month, the deputy heading the case received 61 texts from her phone the next day. In her quest to get cops to back off, she invoked a rare one-two combination of threatening missives -- simultaneously warning that she'd…
Gonzaga Greek Week Touts Homer
Gonzaga University student Bridget Carrick reads aloud from Homer's Odyssey Monday morning, as the buzz of the conversation continues around her at the Crosby Student Center at GU as part of the "Homer-athon", an uninterrupted reading of the story for Greek Week, which includes a…
Blanchette: Zags Concoct Chemistry 2
In dispatching North Carolina and A&M, the Bulldogs affirmed their new place among the college women’s teams of national regard. Opportunities in that department had been missed during the regular season, including one against the Aggies. They would not be lost here. And on Monday…
Crump: 28 Solons Were Idaho Grads 3
Of the 75 Idaho legislators with bachelor’s degrees, only 28 were granted by Idaho institutions. Twenty-three got their sheepskins from private schools. And only Rep. Wendy Jaquet, D-Ketchum, and Rep. Leon Smith, R-Twin Falls, have any reason at all to watch the rest of the…
High Noon: Meatless Lenten Fridays? 12
Item: Good Question: Do Catholics still have to abstain from eating meat on Fridays?/Melissa Luck, KXLY More Info: There are thousands of Catholics in the Spokane Diocese and millions more worldwide. A lot of them are confused about what simple rule: do Catholics still have…
INW: Washington Super Faces DUI 13
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn is shown (in this February 2009 photo) in Olympia, Wash., as he speaks to the House Education Appropriations Committee. State officials said Dorn was arrested early Sunday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence. The Tacoma News…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 3.23.10 7
11:49 a.m. A 67YO female is unconscious at the Rathdrum Senior Center.11:38 a.m. A yellow 2004 Chevy Cavalier, registered to a Coeur d'Alene resident, reportedly is traveling 60 mph in a slower zone @ H41 & Poleline/Post Falls.11:07 a.m. Costco has caught a shoplifter.11:02 a.m.…
Ex-Zag Alexie Wins Fiction Award 2
Seattle author Sherman Alexie has added another award to his groaning shelf of literary trophies — the 2010 Pen/Faulkner award for fiction for his book of short stories, essays and poems, “War Dances” (Grove Press). The prestigious Pen-Faulkner Award is the largest peer-juried prize for…
HBO Poll: Hissong Favored For Coroner
Monday Poll: 65 of 108 respondents (60%) said they would vote for Demo Jody DeLuca Hissong for county coroner to replace retiring Bob West, if the election was held today. In a distant second place was Republicans Tom Cronin with 17 votes, Debbie Wilkey with…
Biden Whispers F-Bomb At Ceremony 24
Vice President Joe Biden let rip another of his legendary gaffes at a crucial moment for the Obama administration Tuesday, whispering a profanity to the president right before Obama signed his $940 billion health care overhaul into law, the New York Post reported on its…
The Political Sandbox 52
Marcelas Owens of Seattle, left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, and others, look on as President Barack Obama signs the heath care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington this morning. Story here. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Wild Card: You can use…
MGR: 'Walt Minnick You Don't Know' 22
"Walt Minnick's venture into Congress has been a case study in building a fiefdom, not a party. He has shown no interest in convincing moderates and independents that Democratic values are Idaho values and can make a difference in their lives. He's simply been trying…
IS: Vote Collides w/Partisan Politics 2
With 219 votes from House Democrats, but no votes from House Republicans, health care reform finally cleared Congress Sunday night. That will not end the debate - the "nearly 100 years of talk and frustration" that Obama described after the vote. The focus now will…
AM Headlines -- 3.23.10 2
At Bayview, Herb e-mails that he was inspired by the spring sun rising over the lake Monday morning.Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRSun returns today with high in the 50s/Mike Prager, SRSpokane River Forum attendees updated on water efforts/Brian Walker, PressDalton Gardens resident runs for Sen. Jorgenson's…
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