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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Idaho</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Idaho Power Co. reports new record for winter power usage during recent cold snap</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho Power reports new record for winter power

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Power Co. officials say the recent rash of subzero temperatures has led to a new record for power usage during the winter season.
The new record was set Dec. 10 when the utility supplied a winter record 2,527 megawatts of power to customers in Idaho  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-power-co-reports-new-record-for-winter-power-usage-during-recent-cold-snap-244357/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A yearly Christmas story: Firefighters rescue Boise boy with tongue stuck to metal fence post</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Christmas Story: Boise boy licks pole, gets stuck

BOISE, Idaho — It&#8217;s become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare.
This year, the scene straight out of the movie &#8220;A Christmas Story&#8221; unfolded Tuesday morning in Boise with a boy of about .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-yearly-christmas-story-firefighters-rescue-boise-boy-with-tongue-stuck-to-metal-fence-post-241645/">Original source &nbsp;: A yearly Christmas story: Firefighters rescue Boise boy with tongue stuck to metal fence post</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto installs water management system at leaking Idaho mine dump cited by EPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Miller</dc:creator>
		
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Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump

BOISE, Idaho — Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River.
The company hopes capturing runoff and underground ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/monsanto-installs-water-management-system-at-leaking-idaho-mine-dump-cited-by-epa-233907/">Monsanto installs water management system at leaking Idaho mine dump cited by EPA</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho gets nearly $115,000 as share of nationwide $95.5 million settlement with Sanofi-Aventis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho gets $115,000 from Sanofi-Aventis settlement

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho&#8217;s Medicaid Division is getting nearly $115,000 as its share from a nationwide settlement with French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis.
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said Thursday the settlement resolves allegations that the company&#8217;s Aventis Pharmaceutical unit knowingly misreported the lowest prices for three nasal sprays, Azmacort, Nasacort and Nasacort .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-gets-nearly-115000-as-share-of-nationwide-955-million-settlement-with-sanofi-aventis-233636/">Source article &nbsp;: Idaho gets nearly $115,000 as share of nationwide $95.5 million settlement with Sanofi-Aventis</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination in 2010 as Otter seeks to balance $52M gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Miller</dc:creator>
		
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Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination

BOISE, Idaho — Two months before the 2010 Idaho Legislature convenes, the session&#8217;s bitter tenor is set: Public education funding is due to be slashed again and state agencies now scraping to get by could be eliminated to help cover a remaining $52 million budget shortfall.
Speaking Wednesday at the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-schools-face-cuts-agencies-face-elimination-in-2010-as-otter-seeks-to-balance-52m-gap-232656/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination in 2010 as Otter seeks to balance $52M gap</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho boy, 11, gets gun and shoots black bear on his family&#8217;s front porch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho boy, 11, shoots black bear on family&#8217;s porch

DRIGGS, Idaho — An 11-year-old boy shot a black bear on his family&#8217;s front porch after he said it wouldn&#8217;t leave. The boy was at his home near Driggs, just west of the Idaho-Wyoming border, with his younger sisters last Wednesday when the bear showed up. The .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-boy-11-gets-gun-and-shoots-black-bear-on-his-familys-front-porch-230722/" title="Idaho boy, 11, gets gun and shoots black bear on his family&#8217;s front porch">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>11-year-old boy from Idaho kills black bear that wouldn&#8217;t leave his family&#8217;s porch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho boy kills bear that wouldn&#8217;t leave porch

DRIGGS, Idaho — An 11-year-old Idaho boy fatally shot a black bear on his family&#8217;s front porch after he said it wouldn&#8217;t leave.
The boy was at his home near Driggs, just west of the Idaho-Wyoming border, with his younger sisters last Wednesday when the bear showed up. He ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/11-year-old-boy-from-idaho-kills-black-bear-that-wouldnt-leave-his-familys-porch-230169/" title="11-year-old boy from Idaho kills black bear that wouldn&#8217;t leave his family&#8217;s porch">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 dead, 14 hurt after van carrying members of Colorado church group crashes in eastern Oregon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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2 dead, 14 hurt in eastern Oregon van rollover

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two people were in critical condition Friday after two others were killed when a van carrying 16 Colorado church group members rolled several times on an icy Oregon freeway.
Joshua John Pischura, 20, of Geneva, Ohio, died shortly after the crash Thursday morning on Interstate .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-dead-14-hurt-after-van-carrying-members-of-colorado-church-group-crashes-in-eastern-oregon-227839/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>1 dead, 15 hurt after van carrying members of Colorado church group crashes in eastern Oregon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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1 dead, 15 hurt in eastern Oregon van rollover

PORTLAND, Ore. — At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured, some critically, when a van carrying mostly college-age members of a Colorado church overturned on black ice early Thursday in eastern Oregon.
Most of the passengers were ejected when the van rolled several times .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/1-dead-15-hurt-after-van-carrying-members-of-colorado-church-group-crashes-in-eastern-oregon-227697/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 1 dead, 15 hurt after van carrying members of Colorado church group crashes in eastern Oregon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 companies, Idaho city agree to clean up site of former wooden utility pole treatment plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Settlement reached to clean Idaho superfund site

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Justice says two companies and the city of St. Maries, Idaho, have agreed to clean up creosote left at the site of a former wooden utility pole treatment plant.
The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced the deal with St. Maries, Carney ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-companies-idaho-city-agree-to-clean-up-site-of-former-wooden-utility-pole-treatment-plant-224739/">2 companies, Idaho city agree to clean up site of former wooden utility pole treatment plant</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Idaho transportation director sues state, claims firing was part of governor&#8217;s power play</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Miller</dc:creator>
		
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Former Idaho transportation head sues over firing

BOISE, Idaho — The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov. C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter and his big campaign donors.
The lawsuit in 4th District Court claims Pamela Lowe was fired by ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-idaho-transportation-director-sues-state-claims-firing-was-part-of-governors-power-play-221158/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Ex-Idaho transportation director sues state, claims firing was part of governor&#8217;s power play</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US Rep. Minnick from Idaho vows to vote against House version of health care reform bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Minnick to vote against House health care bill

BOISE, Idaho — U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to vote against the health care reform bill coming up for a vote in the U.S. House.
Minnick, Idaho&#8217;s lone Democrat in Congress, says the new House bill fails to meet key goals for reforming the nation&#8217;s health care .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-rep-minnick-from-idaho-vows-to-vote-against-house-version-of-health-care-reform-bill-220966/" title="US Rep. Minnick from Idaho vows to vote against House version of health care reform bill">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Streetcar advocates in Idaho, Ohio and NC fare well election night as critics lose</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. streetcar revival fared well in Tuesday&#8217;s elections, with pro-trolley candidates for mayor in Cincinnati and Charlotte, N.C., winning. A critic of Boise&#8217;s proposal lost.
Streetcars are being considered by as many as 80 U.S. cities, as federal grants are available, and President ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/streetcar-advocates-in-idaho-ohio-and-nc-fare-well-election-night-as-critics-lose-217924/">Streetcar advocates in Idaho, Ohio and NC fare well election night as critics lose</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 get prison time for hate crime beating of black man outside Idaho Wal-Mart</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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3 get prison time for Idaho hate crime beating

BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge says three Idaho men convicted of hate crimes for beating a black man outside a Nampa Wal-Mart will serve time in prison.
U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge on Tuesday sentenced 23-year-old Michael Bullard to more than four years in prison, 24-year-old Richard .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-get-prison-time-for-hate-crime-beating-of-black-man-outside-idaho-wal-mart-216757/">3 get prison time for hate crime beating of black man outside Idaho Wal-Mart</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials promote southwestern Idaho&#8217;s Meridian corridor as health care hub</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho officials plug Meridian as health care hub

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Economic development officials are promoting a corridor in southwestern Idaho as a health care hub, as they count on an existing hospital and a new Idaho State University facility to help attract newcomers.
The area in Meridian, a suburb located west of Boise, is being called .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-promote-southwestern-idahos-meridian-corridor-as-health-care-hub-215447/">Officials promote southwestern Idaho&#8217;s Meridian corridor as health care hub</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chestnut tree sapling from Anne Frank house Idaho-bound</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Sapling from Anne Frank house Idaho-bound
BOISE, Idaho — A human rights memorial in Idaho&#8217;s capital city will receive a sapling grafted from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Holocaust victim Anne Frank hid from the Nazis.

The 3-foot-tall sapling is to be quarantined at a Boise tree nursery for two .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chestnut-tree-sapling-from-anne-frank-house-idaho-bound-215170/">Chestnut tree sapling from Anne Frank house Idaho-bound</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sparks fly from US city halls as streetcars become objects of desire, scorn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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BOISE, Idaho — A streetcar revival in American cities isn&#8217;t just kicking up sparks from the tracks, they&#8217;re flying down at city hall, too.
In Idaho&#8217;s capital, a proposed $60 million trolley plan has become a major theme of local elections Nov. 3. Likewise, mayoral races ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sparks-fly-from-us-city-halls-as-streetcars-become-objects-of-desire-scorn-214624/" title="Sparks fly from US city halls as streetcars become objects of desire, scorn">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Falls area is state&#8217;s biggest recipient of federal stimulus funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho Falls projects biggest stimulus winners

BOISE, Idaho — The region surrounding Idaho Falls, with its energy laboratory and hazardous waste clean-up project, has been the biggest recipient of federal stimulus money.
According to the latest reporting figures, the ZIP code that includes the Idaho National Laboratory received more than $427 million, accounting for about a third .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-falls-area-is-states-biggest-recipient-of-federal-stimulus-funding-213223/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Idaho Falls area is state&#8217;s biggest recipient of federal stimulus funding</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Yorker has never been to Idaho, but says he wants to be Gem State&#8217;s next US senator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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New Yorker plans US Senate run in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo (KRAY&#8217;-poh), a Republican.

William Bryk (BRYK) hasn&#8217;t raised a nickel for the May 2010 primary and the Spokesman-Review in Boise .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-yorker-has-never-been-to-idaho-but-says-he-wants-to-be-gem-states-next-us-senator-211560/">Original source &nbsp;: New Yorker has never been to Idaho, but says he wants to be Gem State&#8217;s next US senator</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>University of Idaho study says recession in dairy counties not as bad as other rural areas</title>
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Study: Idaho dairy counties weathering recession

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The communities found in the heart of the Idaho dairy industry are, amid falling milk prices, weathering the recession better than other rural regions of the state, a new industry-funded University of Idaho study says.
The university released the findings of a two-year study, &#8220;Community Level Impacts .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/university-of-idaho-study-says-recession-in-dairy-counties-not-as-bad-as-other-rural-areas-208799/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Power and Avista in line to get federal funds to modernize grid, create new jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Idaho Power, Avista to get energy grants
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Power Co. and Avista Corp. are in line to get millions in federal dollars to modernize transmission lines, make the power grid more efficient and create new jobs to do it.

The Obama administration is making about $3.4 billion available in government support for 100 projects ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-power-and-avista-in-line-to-get-federal-funds-to-modernize-grid-create-new-jobs-208652/" title="Idaho Power and Avista in line to get federal funds to modernize grid, create new jobs">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors say Buhl motorist intentionally drove pickup into 2 Idaho State Police troopers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors say an Idaho man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia was traveling at high speed when he intentionally smashed his pickup truck into a pair of Idaho State Police motorcycle troopers parked along an interstate median.

Records show 29-year-old David Turnovec (Turn-oh-vitch) was cited hours before the crash by a Boise motorcycle police officer ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-say-buhl-motorist-intentionally-drove-pickup-into-2-idaho-state-police-troopers-205305/">Read more : Prosecutors say Buhl motorist intentionally drove pickup into 2 Idaho State Police troopers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Supreme Court vacates judgment in lawsuit between MRI company, Boise hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a ruling in a lawsuit that resulted in one of the largest jury verdicts in Idaho history, essentially sending the case between MRI Associates and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center back for a new trial.

The Idaho Supreme Court said that Saint Alphonsus did not violate .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-supreme-court-vacates-judgment-in-lawsuit-between-mri-company-boise-hospital-204138/">Original article &nbsp;: Idaho Supreme Court vacates judgment in lawsuit between MRI company, Boise hospital</a>.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — At his current injury rate, Idaho Gov. C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter could leave office with a bevy of new parts and scars.

He plans to spend several days at home recovering from his third surgery in office, this one to repair a rotator cuff injury in his left shoulder suffered recently while clearing brush .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idahos-governor-undergoes-third-operation-in-office-this-time-for-brush-cutting-injury-203968/">Original source &nbsp;: Idaho&#8217;s governor undergoes third operation in office, this time for brush-cutting injury</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In bad economy, sniper victim&#8217;s dad is broke, needs financial help to travel to execution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Miller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — If Marion Lewis had his way, he&#8217;d take Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad into the Idaho desert near his home and kill him slowly, over three days.

&#8220;He would be screaming the whole time. That&#8217;s why I can&#8217;t claim to be a good Christian,&#8221; said Lewis, whose 25-year-old daughter was killed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-bad-economy-sniper-victims-dad-is-broke-needs-financial-help-to-travel-to-execution-203912/">Read the original article &nbsp;: In bad economy, sniper victim&#8217;s dad is broke, needs financial help to travel to execution</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In tough economy, sniper victim&#8217;s dad finds justice has price</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Miller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — If Marion Lewis had his way, he&#8217;d take Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad into the Idaho desert near his home and kill him slowly, over three days.

&#8220;He would be screaming the whole time. That&#8217;s why I can&#8217;t claim to be a good Christian,&#8221; said Lewis, whose 25-year-old daughter was killed ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-tough-economy-sniper-victims-dad-finds-justice-has-price-203870/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : In tough economy, sniper victim&#8217;s dad finds justice has price</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ashcroft asks panel to reconsider lawsuit brought by man held as material witness after 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Boone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held personally responsible for wrongfully detaining people as material witnesses after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Abdullah al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen, sued Ashcroft and other federal officials after he was arrested and jailed as a .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ashcroft-asks-panel-to-reconsider-lawsuit-brought-by-man-held-as-material-witness-after-911-201492/">Ashcroft asks panel to reconsider lawsuit brought by man held as material witness after 9/11</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho woman crushed by paramedic station door made phony 911 call to station before accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALDWELL, Idaho — Police say an Idaho woman who made a false 911 call to lure paramedics out of their station made a real emergency call minutes later when she got trapped under the station&#8217;s garage door.

Melissa R. Farris died Oct. 2 of injuries suffered when she was crushed by the closing garage door at ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-woman-crushed-by-paramedic-station-door-made-phony-911-call-to-station-before-accident-201425/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Idaho woman crushed by paramedic station door made phony 911 call to station before accident</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ashcroft asks full 9th Circuit court to rehear appeal in material witness lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Boone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held personally responsible for misuse of the material witness statute after the Sept. 11 attacks.

U.S. citizen Abdullah al-Kidd sued Ashcroft and other federal officials after he was arrested and jailed as a material ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ashcroft-asks-full-9th-circuit-court-to-rehear-appeal-in-material-witness-lawsuit-201201/" title="Ashcroft asks full 9th Circuit court to rehear appeal in material witness lawsuit">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Small company pursues yet another Idaho site for possible nuclear power plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — A small company that&#8217;s pushing a billion-dollar nuclear power plant in Idaho now says it wants to build another one at a different location.

Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. says it&#8217;s asking Payette County to amend a plan that governs land use, so it can build a nuclear power plant on approximately 5,100 acres ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-company-pursues-yet-another-idaho-site-for-possible-nuclear-power-plant-201153/">Small company pursues yet another Idaho site for possible nuclear power plant</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge shutters Idaho grazing allotment to protect wild bighorns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge has ordered a western Idaho rancher to keep his sheep off his family&#8217;s traditional grazing ground on public land to protect wild native bighorns. Federal land managers on Monday opted not to fight the ruling.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill ruled last week that a pact between a Salmon River  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-shutters-idaho-grazing-allotment-to-protect-wild-bighorns-199508/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq veterans use fly fishing as therapy, finding comfort on the water</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod.

The surface rippled under a sweeping wind. The line as thin as dental floss billowed down to the water, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-veterans-use-fly-fishing-as-therapy-finding-comfort-on-the-water-199343/">Iraq veterans use fly fishing as therapy, finding comfort on the water</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Utah music teacher who died in crash of bus carrying students recalled as heroine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Miller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — A Utah music teacher killed while trying to prevent the crash of a bus carrying dozens of her students was hailed as a heroine.

Heather Christensen, 33, a woodwind instructor at American Fork High School, was killed Saturday night when the bus veered from Interstate 15 and rolled south of Pocatello, where the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/utah-music-teacher-who-died-in-crash-of-bus-carrying-students-recalled-as-heroine-193970/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Utah music teacher who died in crash of bus carrying students recalled as heroine</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho police piece together clues from tragic bus crash that killed Utah band teacher</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — State Police say they are piecing together information to understand just how a bus carrying a Utah high school band veered off a southeastern Idaho interstate, killing a 33-year-old band teacher and injuring dozens of student musicians who hours earlier had swept a competition.

Police identified the person killed in the Saturday wreck ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-police-piece-together-clues-from-tragic-bus-crash-that-killed-utah-band-teacher-193499/">Read more : Idaho police piece together clues from tragic bus crash that killed Utah band teacher</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho police confirm 33-year-old teacher killed, several students hurt when bus rolls over</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INKOM, Idaho — A bus carrying a celebrated Utah high school band swerved off an Idaho interstate and crashed on its side, killing an instructor and injuring multiple students.

Police identified the person killed in the Saturday wreck as 33-year-old Heather Christensen of Spanish Fork, Utah, a woodwind instructor for the American Fork High School band.
The ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-police-confirm-33-year-old-teacher-killed-several-students-hurt-when-bus-rolls-over-193214/">Idaho police confirm 33-year-old teacher killed, several students hurt when bus rolls over</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Band director says 1 adult killed, several students hurt when bus rolls over in Idaho</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INKOM, Idaho — A bus carrying a celebrated Utah high school band swerved off an Idaho interstate and crashed on its side, killing an instructor and injuring some students, police and a school official said.

Two students were rushed by helicopter ambulance Saturday night to a hospital in Pocatello, John Miller, director of the American Fork, ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/band-director-says-1-adult-killed-several-students-hurt-when-bus-rolls-over-in-idaho-192880/">Band director says 1 adult killed, several students hurt when bus rolls over in Idaho</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Bus carrying high school marching band tips over on Idaho highway, killing 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INKOM, Idaho — An Idaho television station is reporting that a bus carrying members of a high school marching band has tipped over on an Idaho highway, killing one adult.

KPVI-TV says that at least three people remained trapped inside the bus Saturday evening. The crash took place on Interstate 15, about 50 miles north of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-bus-carrying-high-school-marching-band-tips-over-on-idaho-highway-killing-1-192876/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Report: Bus carrying high school marching band tips over on Idaho highway, killing 1</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cockpit windshield cracks during flight on Idaho governor&#8217;s twin-engine state plane</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter was aboard a twin-engine state plane when one of the outer windshields of the cockpit cracked.

Otter told a group in southeast Idaho during a speech about the state&#8217;s economy that a second, inner windshield remained intact after the incident Friday morning, the Idaho State Journal reported.
Otter spokesman .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cockpit-windshield-cracks-during-flight-on-idaho-governors-twin-engine-state-plane-192029/">Source article &nbsp;: Cockpit windshield cracks during flight on Idaho governor&#8217;s twin-engine state plane</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor says Idaho dad accused of letting girl trek miles in snow risked children&#8217;s lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHOSHONE, Idaho — A father accused of allowing his 11-year-old daughter to walk to her death along a cold, rural highway on Christmas Day failed to do what he needed to protect her, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Robert Aragon put his children at risk &#8220;and one of them died,&#8221; Lincoln County Attorney E. Scott Paul said .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-says-idaho-dad-accused-of-letting-girl-trek-miles-in-snow-risked-childrens-lives-189717/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>ID woman killed by garage door at paramedics building lured workers away with fake 9-1-1 call</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho woman who died after being pinned under a garage door at the paramedic building where she used to work first lured emergency workers away with a fake 9-1-1 call.

KTVB-TV reports that 35-year-old Melissa Farris of Caldwell told dispatchers late last Thursday that a car had driven off a road. As ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/id-woman-killed-by-garage-door-at-paramedics-building-lured-workers-away-with-fake-9-1-1-call-188833/">Original article on  : ID woman killed by garage door at paramedics building lured workers away with fake 9-1-1 call</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Supreme Court sides with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson in dispute with high-end home builder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson can take the contractor of their high-end Sun Valley home back to arbitration over claims of shoddy workmanship.

The unanimous high court ruling handed down Wednesday came in a long-running battle between the couple and Storey Construction, the company they hired ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-supreme-court-sides-with-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-in-dispute-with-high-end-home-builder-184418/" title="Idaho Supreme Court sides with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson in dispute with high-end home builder">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-sheriff&#8217;s deputy admits he posted doctored images of Obama in Nazi uniform at 3 schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANDPOINT, Idaho — A former sheriff&#8217;s deputy is claiming responsibility for posting manipulated images of President Barack Obama wearing a Nazi uniform on the doors of three northern Idaho schools.

The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force this week called on the Lake Pend Oreille School District to bring charges against 33-year-old Matt Hathaway.
Sandpoint Police Chief ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-sheriffs-deputy-admits-he-posted-doctored-images-of-obama-in-nazi-uniform-at-3-schools-182930/" title="Ex-sheriff&#8217;s deputy admits he posted doctored images of Obama in Nazi uniform at 3 schools">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Micron Technology reports narrower-than-expected 4Q loss, says market beginning to improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — Semiconductor maker Micron Technology Inc. on Tuesday posted a narrower-than-expected loss for its fiscal fourth quarter and the market is beginning to improve.

Micron reported a loss of $88 million, or 10 cents per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 3, compared with a loss of $344 million, or 45 cents per share, ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/micron-technology-reports-narrower-than-expected-4q-loss-says-market-beginning-to-improve-181206/">Micron Technology reports narrower-than-expected 4Q loss, says market beginning to improve</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Idaho human rights activist finds noose on front porch of Spokane home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COEUR D&#8217;ALENE, Idaho — The education director of a Human Rights Education Institute in Idaho said someone left a noose on the porch of her home in an apparent threat against the black family.

Rachel Dolezal said she found the noose Sunday morning just outside her front door in Spokane, Wash.
&#8220;I spent a lot of time ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/northern-idaho-human-rights-activist-finds-noose-on-front-porch-of-spokane-home-176889/">Northern Idaho human rights activist finds noose on front porch of Spokane home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Potato farmers work hard to get their products looked at by McDonald&#8217;s for french fries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KIMBERLY, Idaho — From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: finding a new spud for McDonald&#8217;s french fries.

Seven years have passed since the fast-food giant last added a new U.S. potato variety to three previously approved for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/potato-farmers-work-hard-to-get-their-products-looked-at-by-mcdonalds-for-french-fries-176244/">Source article &nbsp;: Potato farmers work hard to get their products looked at by McDonald&#8217;s for french fries</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Idaho woman speared in neck by tree limb survives, recovering at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMIAH, Idaho — An Idaho woman who was skewered in the neck by a tree limb while driving with her husband along the Lochsa River is recovering at home.

KHQ-TV reports 20-year-old Michelle Childers and her husband, Daniel, were taking a recreational drive on a rural road Sept. 5 when a spruce tree crashed through the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/northern-idaho-woman-speared-in-neck-by-tree-limb-survives-recovering-at-home-171569/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Northern Idaho woman speared in neck by tree limb survives, recovering at home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>90-year-old Idaho Falls man begins pursuit of master&#8217;s degree in business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Clyde Wagnon retired 25 years ago and decided he didn&#8217;t like it.

So the 90-year-old Idaho Falls resident is going back to school, pursuing a master&#8217;s degree in business administration.
Wagnon&#8217;s first day of classes at Stevens-Henager College was Monday, the Post Register reported. Felicia Little, manager at the school&#8217;s College Education Center, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/90-year-old-idaho-falls-man-begins-pursuit-of-masters-degree-in-business-170412/">90-year-old Idaho Falls man begins pursuit of master&#8217;s degree in business</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Syringes and sidearms: Police add venipuncture to arsenal of drunk driving tools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — When police officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he&#8217;ll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, his eyes will also focus on the driver&#8217;s arms, as he tries to search for a plump, bouncy vein.

&#8220;I was looking at people&#8217;s arms ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/syringes-and-sidearms-police-add-venipuncture-to-arsenal-of-drunk-driving-tools-167369/">Read more : Syringes and sidearms: Police add venipuncture to arsenal of drunk driving tools</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho transgender activist runs for mayor in Nampa, townspeople forecast uphill battle</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-transgender-activist-runs-for-mayor-in-nampa-townspeople-forecast-uphill-battle-160760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessie L. Bonner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAMPA, Idaho — About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop — the unofficial liberal embassy of this sprawling Republican stronghold in southwest Idaho.

Dressed in a cream-colored pantsuit, a political flier clutched in one hand, a soft brown leather purse in the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-transgender-activist-runs-for-mayor-in-nampa-townspeople-forecast-uphill-battle-160760/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Idaho transgender activist runs for mayor in Nampa, townspeople forecast uphill battle</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court says Ashcroft may be liable for witnesses wrongly detained after Sept. 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — A federal appeals court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued by people who claim they were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11, and called the government practice &#8220;repugnant to the Constitution.&#8221;

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruled Friday that the claims of .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-says-ashcroft-may-be-liable-for-witnesses-wrongly-detained-after-sept-11-160073/">Appeals court says Ashcroft may be liable for witnesses wrongly detained after Sept. 11</a>.]]></description>
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