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  • Kindle whiners go short on Michael Lewis

    fortboise.org

    I've got a first edition Kindle, and I bought a book for it, and I have yet to finish that one book, while in the meantime I've bought others, read others. Some day I'll find all the pieces and charge it up and finish that one (but maybe not,' [...]

    Fetched: March 18, 2010, 12:14am EDT
  • Illegitimate means

    fortboise.org

    I've got one Representative and two Senators in Congress, just like everyone else in the country. I've got a larger share of representation with those Senators thanks to our state's relatively small population, but given their politics, a fat lot of good it does me.

    I happen to [...]

    Fetched: March 18, 2010, 12:14am EDT
  • Resume man, issues man

    Ridenbaugh Press

    Denny Heck Craig Pridemore Democratic activists around the country have been about as worked up, in both directions, about their own representatives in Congress as they were about Republicans (in one unilateral direction) before 2009. Are they on board with health care reform (and, notably, a public option) or not? Are they [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 8:53pm EDT
    by Randy Stapilus
  • Does your mail smell funny?

    Huckleberries Online

    Madeline Martinez, executive director of the Oregon chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, smells marijuana buds at the Cannabis Café.

    Marijuana traffickers are taking advantage of our national postal service like never before, according to new statistics from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

    The agency, [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 5:15pm EDT
  • For Bent and Me: The Mysteries of Guinness Explained

    Huckleberries Online

    Just in time for St Patrick's Day! Guinness disobeys the laws of physics. Science has finally figured out just why Guinness is so different. Unlike other brews, the bubbles in Guinness go down rather than up.Lucky members of the Royal Society of Chemistry investigated a selection of pints last week [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 4:48pm EDT
  • I'm Buying In...

    The Stupid Shall Be Punished

    I've decided to buy into the political philosophy frequently expressed by Tea Party types that the Federal Government shouldn't Constitutionally be allowed to do anything not expressly specified in the Constitution. To that end, I'm calling for all previous acts of the Federal Government that were not specifically allowed by' [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 4:34pm EDT
  • Idaho's First

    Huckleberries Online

    Gov. Butch Otter holds his first public bill-signing ceremony of the session Wednesday, for the "Idaho Health Freedom Act."

    BOISE — Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health reforms that force [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 3:51pm EDT
  • WA Lege SpecSess: GOP leaders wait, fume

    Spin Control

    OLYMPIA -- Republican leaders of both house in the Legislature showed clear frustration with the pace -- or lack of it -- thus far in the special session.

    A few minutes after the state Senate recessed for the day, GOP leaders in the House and Senate held their weekly "sit down" [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 2:52pm EDT
  • Benewah County and Cda Tribe reach deal

    Huckleberries Online

    Benewah County Sheriff Bob Kirts, left, greets Rep. Mack Shirley, R-Rexburg, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, after the committee on Wednesday agreed to hold the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's law enforcement legislation due to a new cross-deputization agreement between the tribe and Benewah County

    Benewah County and the [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 1:44pm EDT
  • What about St. Joseph?

    Huckleberries Online

    POST FALLS - After seeing her Italian restaurant come to life during the recession, Tina-Marie Schultz believes it's time to celebrate with those in need.

    She's planning a free meal in honor of St. Joseph's Day on Sunday, March 21, from noon to 3 p.m. at her Rosa's Italian Market and [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 1:15pm EDT
  • Stranded

    Huckleberries Online

    Rogers

    "...Rogers – who has played guitar for big names in the country music business, including Merle Haggard and George Jones – left northwestern Montana’s Flathead region on Thursday to make a trip to Calder, Idaho. He decided to take the remote Gold Creek Road across the Bitterroot Mountains, a route" [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 12:45pm EDT
  • HBO Poll: Gonzaga Seeded Properly

    Huckleberries Online

    Weekend Poll: 67 of 98 respondents (68%) said Gonzaga was seeded properly at No. 8 and send to Buffalo, N.Y., where it could face No. 1 seed Syracuse in the second round. 24 of 98 (24%) said the Zags were seeded too low.Today's Poll: Is former Post Falls police chief [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 12:17pm EDT
  • Phil Hart wants transparency

    Huckleberries Online

    Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, keeps a well-highlighted printout of the U.S. Constitution on his desk in his state Capitol basement cubicle. The third-term Idaho lawmaker has proposed a dozen bills so far this session, his busiest session yet.

    COEUR d'ALENE - By next year, Idaho taxpayers might be able to go' [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 12:15pm EDT
  • Ex-PFPD Chief Hayes Files Vs. English

    Huckleberries Online

    Former Post Falls police chief Cliff Hayes has filed as a Republican to take on long-time Demo County Clerk Dan English. Hayes, of Post Falls, filed today. Fred Ostermeyer is his treasurer. Clerk English has filed for e-election. In other county courthouse filings today, Commissioner Rick Currie filed for re-election. [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 12:05pm EDT
  • The census roadshow

    Huckleberries Online

    Mountain View Elementary third-grader Jenna Whitfield listens to her teacher explain the importance of the 2010 census during a field trip to visit the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour.

    Ryan Eaton visited the Coeur d’Alene Public Library on Tuesday afternoon during a school field trip to learn more about [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 11:32am EDT
  • Prison populations decline, but not in Idaho

    Huckleberries Online

    Shown from the entrance, the Idaho Correctional Center is a privately run but state-owned prison south of Boise.

    Inmate numbers rose in Idaho, 22 other states

    NEW YORK – Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 11:16am EDT
  • APhoto of the Day

    Huckleberries Online

    Shanna Michel, center, piles out of Carol Yamamoto's 1960 Buick to help push it in the St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 in downtown Spokane.  The car was carrying members of the "Red Hat Honeys".

    You write the cutline.

    [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 11:00am EDT
  • Reed scheduled for cancer surgery

    Spin Control

    OLYMPIA -- Secretary of State Sam Reed will have cancer surgery Monday in Seattle, his office announced this morning. He's expected to return to work after a brief recovery period.

    Reed, 69, was diagnosed recently with the early stages of kidney cancer: "Thanks to early detection and diagnosis, my doctors" [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 10:51am EDT
  • Foxy Conan?

    Huckleberries Online

    LOS ANGELES – Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O’Brien back to late night.

    Key Fox executives, including Rupert Murdoch, are on board with the plan and would like to finalize a deal in coming weeks so they can make a splash on May 17 when the network unveils its [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 10:15am EDT
  • Just one slightly confusing instruction

    fortboise.org

    Our letter saying the Census was coming (my goodness, was that really necessary?) arrived last week, and yesterday, the actual document. The cover page is dated March 15, 2010, so the delivery was smooth as silk. In bold letters, end of first paragraph, Please complete and mail back the [...]

    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 10:14am EDT
  • St. Patricks Day Wild Card

    Huckleberries Online

    I hate being pinched so don't even think about it. I planned ahead and had shamrocks painted on my fingernails. I'm good.

    My 4th-grader will be jigging and having scones and tea at school today. But I'll celebrate by watching my 17-year-old play in Mt. Spokane's first league soccer game of [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 10:00am EDT
  • Hormonal on the Range

    Huckleberries Online

    Bison, including these shown Friday on Ted Turner's Flying D Ranch south of Bozeman,  are back in demand as a beef alternative.Associated Press

    Adult female bison don’t take kindly to traditional pregnancy tests.

    The test, known as “rectal palpation,” involves a veterinarian inserting a gloved arm to feel for thickening in the [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 9:55am EDT
  • Jobs Bill Passes in U.S. Senate

    Huckleberries Online

    WASHINGTON — Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday.

    The bipartisan 68-29 vote in the Senate sends the legislation to the White House, where President Barack Obama has promised to sign it into law.

    It will be [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 9:51am EDT
  • Lance Mackey wins Iditarod

    Huckleberries Online

    Iditarod winner Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after reaching the finish in Nome, Alaska, on Wednesday.

    NOME, Alaska – Lance Mackey won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday to become the first musher in the event's 38-year history to win four [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 9:30am EDT

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