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  • Goons Spray-Paint Duck Orange

    Huckleberries Online

    An unknown amount of swine were slaughtered in order to produce the footballs used during the Oregon Ducks versus Oregon State Beavers football game Thursday night.  And while the Ducks emerged victorious, an unknown perpetrator in Albany came out as the biggest swine of them all. An unknown goon and/or [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:07pm EST
  • 'World' To Stop Turning In 2010

    Huckleberries Online

    In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 1981, picture, Zsa Zsa Gabor goes through her lines with Anthony Herrera in New York as they prepared to shoot a segment for the soap opera "As the World Turns." The network announced the show's cancellation today - the day "As the World Turns" broadcast [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:05pm EST
  • Pick a party

    Ridenbaugh Press

    Wilson’s logo The Oregon governor’s race now has six contenders officially filed, though one (Democrat Steve Shields) has dropped. There are also Democrats John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury, and Republicans Chris Dudley and Allen Alley. And there’s Jerry Wilson. Wilson, of Hillsboro, launched the Soloflex exercise business and evidently made a [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:48pm EST
    by Randy Stapilus
  • Should Idaho Unload Guv's Mansion?

    Huckleberries Online

    After spending $310,000 in private donations to remodel and furnish the governor’s mansion, a five-member panel is now investigating whether to unload the vacant hilltop home. The Governor’s Housing Committee decided late Monday to spend two months gathering information about the advantages of keeping the place — or putting it [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:37pm EST
  • Triple-dog dare

    Idaho Falls Today

    One of the newer features of Idaho Falls Today is the local news feeds on the mid to lower left side of the page. Skimming through, I noticed a story titled “Boise boy licks metal pole, gets stuck.” Instantly, I recalled the scene from “A Christmas Story” where one boy [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:17pm EST
    by Joe Plumber
  • Your Vote Counts

    Idaho Nature Notes

    Don't forget to vote for Idaho conservationist John French for the Budweiser Conservationist of the Year.Vote here: http://budweiserconservationist.young-america.com/Register.aspxJohn has worked tirelessly on behalf of Silver Creek and other natural areas in Idaho and around the world. Voting takes just a minute. Recognize a great Idaho conservationist and help the Conservancy' [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  • In The News: Memorial Service

    Huckleberries Online

    Officers move into position to stand watch at the caskets of four slain Lakewood police officers before a memorial service Tuesday at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash. The memorial is being held a week after the officers were gunned down in a coffee shop before the start of their [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:02pm EST
  • Thunderbirds at Fairchild next July

    Spin Control

    The Air Force's top aerial act, the Thunderbirds, will perform at Fairchild Air Force Base next July.

    Fairchild announced today the Thunderbirds put the Skyfest 2010 event on their schedule, which was released yesterday at a convention in Las Vegas.

    Maj. Angela Oconnell, a base spokeswoman, said this may be the earliest [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  • Playing the lottery…

    Idaho Falls Today

    There is a pretty obvious reason why buying lottery tickets is a bad idea. You will lose money. The odds are usually just awful. Casino gambling is, in comparison, a comparatively sound investment. And, of course, casino gambling is not a wise thing to do with your savings. You would have [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:38pm EST
    by Guest Writer
  • HBO Poll: Global Warming

    Huckleberries Online

    Representatives of about 190 nations, including 105 presidents and prime ministers, began to gather in the Danish capital yesterday to set a framework for a treaty to curb emissions blamed for global warming. Talks have been slowed by differences between industrialized nations and developing countries over emissions-reduction targets and how [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:16am EST
  • Transgender Student Not Biased

    Huckleberries Online

    Meet the most non-discriminatory person in North Idaho: Hayden Stern. A first-year general studies student from Santa Cruz, Calif., Stern is the vice president of the Gay Straight Alliance. Stern's story can be summed up in one sentence - and notice we don't use a sex-oriented pronoun such' [...]

    Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:25am EST
  • What's Lost In Compromising

    The Political Game

    The latest conversation taking place in the halls of the United States Senate about health care reform seems to center around a compromise that would allow more Americans to enroll in Medicare. Democrats struggling to reach the sixty vote threshold required for passage are open to the idea of changing [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:59am EST
  • The Conspiracy Club

    The Political Game

    Honestly, when I read the recent opinion column of Richard Larsen in the Idaho State Journal, I thought his theory that climate change directly affects American sovereignty was outlandish and completely disconnected from mainstream thought. It may be disconnected from national mainstream conservatism, but it is certainly not disconnected [...]
    Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:11am EST

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