My buddy (I don't know if he wants his name spread around) and I were just past Arrow Junction down by Potlatch Creek and there was a little side-stream next to Potlatch Creek and my buddy broke off...

The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.

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Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.

The University of Idaho has enrolled the highest number of new National Merit Scholars in the Northwest.

Actor Jason Segel can add a Hasty Pudding pot award to his career highlights.

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Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn't harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn't do the kind of damage tobacco does.