Pollster Scott Rasmussen has new numbers on his website today showing that Obama’s approval rating continues its inexorable downward trend. Today’s disapproval rating is 54%, his biggest negative number yet.
To put that number in perspective, remember that, a year ago, his positive approval was 65%. Now [...]
State Sen. Chris Marr, D-Spokane, will have a challenger in the November election.
Republican Michael J. Baumgartner, 34, filed paperwork last week with the state Public Disclosure Commission indicating that he will run against Marr for the senate seat representing the Sixth Legislative District, one of the most competitive districts in the [...]
The Ada County Highway District (ACHD) is installing the first of several new-design signals with flashing yellow, left-turn arrows at State Street/Bloom Drive/Plantation River Drive Tuesday morning. They replace the traditional green ball with a flashing arrow to tell drivers they can turn left if it is safe to [...]
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 set electrified [...]
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. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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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, it seemed to [...]
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is skeptical about state school superintendent Tom Luna's plan to use $52.8 million in reserves to offset cuts to public education.
But in an interview Monday, Wasden would not say how he will vote on the proposal.
"I don't know what I'm going to do," he said.
Luna has [...]
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. Five of the ten Americans were [...]
OLYMPIA -- Senate Democrats pushed changes to voter-approved tax-raising restrictions out of committee today, moving one of the more contentious issues of the legislative session toward a floor debate.
Democrats on the Senate Ways and Means Committee rejected several amendments proposed by Republicans that would have reduced the amount of time [...]
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 made all of [...]
A detailed feature story from High Country News says so-
Prodigal Dogs. Have gray wolves found a home in Colorado? By Michelle Nijhuis. High Country News. [...] 
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 love used book [...]
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?
' [...]The GUARDIAN has it on good authority the City of Boise has paid off the guy who was Tasered in on or near his bum and threatened by a copper with having an electrical treatment to his family jewels las Valentine’s Day. Gerald Amidon had previously filed a suit against [...]
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 to run for [...]
OLYMPIA -- Some obituaries were written over the weekend for bills that "died" in the Senate last week. That is, they didn't get out of their committee after having a hearing .
It's a list with enough diversity to make everyone shed a tear and heave a sigh. Among the casualties:
SB' [...]
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 type of culture' [...]
In learning that the President is summoning both sides of Congress to a televised discussion of his health care initiative, I suspect the Republicans are being set up.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 critic of the Iraq War [...]
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. Might be time for another visit. [...]
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 human being, she's' [...]
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire says there are too many questions about last week's court ruling on the state's definition of "basic education" to say whether she supports an appeal.
Billions of dollars of state school funding could be at risk in the decision by a King County Superior Court Judge [...]
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 of Utah motorists [...]
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 pushed as 'park' [...]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 Coeur d'Alene resort golf course) or good places" [...]
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 had with your father?
[...]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 prosecutors who know about any [...]
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 LOL ... on saying [...]
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, File)
In a small house in' [...]
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 and appreciation for [...]
The last 8 months of work on my research project into the effect of weather on avian migration has been paying off. I am now in San Diego at the joint conference of the Cooper Ornithological Society, the American Ornithologists' Union, and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, to present my' [...]
The disingenuous debates about deficit spending and the national debt have many recurrent themes (and players). Robert Kuttner describes one of them, the billion-dollar Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which, as he puts it, "has been exaggerating long-term costs of Social Security and Medicare" for a quarter [...]
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 in the next few weeks, [...]
This image provided by E-Trade shows part of a television ad that aired during the 2010 Super Bowl. (AP Photo/E-Trade)
Question: Which Super Bowl ad was your favorite?
[...]On Wednesday afternoon, Tom Luna’s $52.8 million gamble comes before the state Land Board. The state schools superintendent is betting the state can afford to use an endowment reserve to backfill Idaho's K-12 budget. He is also wagering that he can sway a couple of Republican votes on the state's' [...]
OLYMPIA -- The Senate Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote this afternoon on a bill that would suspend supermajorities for tax increases.
If it comes out of committee as expected, it could go to a floor debate on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, the House Ways and Means Committee discusses a proposal [...]
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 fund to protect voters and candidates.'" [...]
Item: Parkside Bistro faces final months: Facility on railroad's right of way set to close/Rick Thomas, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: Once consummated, however, none of the other commercial sites on the right of way will be allowed to continue, Gridley said. That includes the empty building along Northwest Boulevard' [...]
At the Lilac City Regional Cheer and Dance Championships, Spotlight Cheer Studios from Coeur d' alene perform their routine for the judges Saturday in the Spokane Convention Center. Sara Leaming's SR story here. (Colin Mulvany/SR)
Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRFog slowing Spokane traffic today/Mike Prager, SRJogger attacked near' [...]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 emulate Spain's Running of the Bulls' [...]
KeithinCDA: Hey you HBo'ers that have Kindles, give me the low down would you please? Mrs keithincda's BDay is on Valentines Day and we'll be in Mexico so I am thinking of getting one for her and presenting it while there. She loves to read in the warm [...]
Munkynukl: I can assure you that virtually EVERYTHING that comes out of that kitchen is made from scratch. every sauce, every salad dressing, every side dish, every soup, etc. about the only thing we dont do is bake our own bread or make fresh pasta. maybe that is [...]
I’m genuinely concerned for the health of our president. At least his mental health. With increasing frequency, he evinces signs of delusion. Or maybe he thinks we’re too ignorant to recognize it. Either way, there’s ample evidence of a mental separation from reality that should [...]
There is another way that the Tribal officers can handle the stops without calling for backup. They could send all the information on the stop and person stopped to the County Prosecuting Attorney and he can and could file charges against the driver. But then you would have [...]
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