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Micron Technology posts 1Q profit on higher sales
BOISE, Idaho - Semiconductor maker Micron Technology Inc. reported Tuesday it moved to a profit in its fiscal first quarter as sales jumped 24 percent, driven by higher volume and prices.
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Idaho man sues, alleging docs left device in knee
Idaho man sues, alleging docs left device in knee The Associated Press Related: http://www.mtexpress.com More News An Idaho man who says he suffered 10 weeks of pain and stiffness before doctors discovered they'd left a broken device in his knee during
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Wyoming AP members rank top stories of 2009
Wyoming members of The Associated Press voted this month on the state's top news stories of 2009. Here are the results:
1. The economic recession hits Wyoming. Energy companies curtail operations in the state as some fuel prices drop. Wyoming's
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Family pleas for captive US soldier's release
This is an image from video made available by IntelCenter shows a video frame grab from the Taliban propaganda video released Friday Dec. 25, 2009 purportedly showing U.S. soldier Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum Idaho who was captured more than five
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Family pleas for release of soldier from Idaho - Fri, 25 Dec 2009 PST
This is an image from video made available by IntelCenter shows a video frame grab from the Taliban propaganda video released Friday Dec. 25, 2009, purportedly showing U.S. soldier Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, who was captured more than
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BLM struggles against illegal dumping on fed lands
"We can't keep up with it," Ray Kelsey, a BLM outdoor recreation specialist said on a recent trip to an outlaw dump site about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City. "It's happening every day."
The BLM doesn't keep a nationwide tab on the number of illegal
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Controlled explosions topple aging NY-VT bridge
CROWN POINT, N.Y.—The Lake Champlain Bridge linking New York and Vermont crashed into the lake Monday, as controlled explosions brought down the unsafe 80-year-old span that was the first of its kind used for highway traffic and a design that was
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Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV
NEW YORK - For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials.
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APNewsBreak: Idaho Supreme Court says Argentine grandma to keep custody of orphaned Idaho kids
BOISE, Idaho
- The Idaho Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that two orphaned children will remain with their grandmother in Argentina, not with family members in California who also wanted custody.
The ruling means that Alden and Aliana Heiss will stay
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Idaho stuns Bowling Green 43-42 in Humanitarian Bowl
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Max Komar made a sliding 16-yard touchdown catch with 4 seconds left and Nathan Enderle passed to Preston Davis for the 2-point conversion, lifting Idaho to a dramatic 43-42 victory over Bowling Green in Wednesday night's
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If you’re using GPS, say Oregon officers and travel experts, don’t unplug your common sense
PORTLAND, Ore. — In a holiday hurry, Jeramie Griffin piled his family into the car and asked his new GPS for the quickest way from his home in the Willamette Valley across the Cascade Range.
It said he could shave 40 minutes off the time of the
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junqiong: GPS-led travel goes ugg amiss; 3 Ore. parties rescued
GPS-led travel goes ugg amiss; 3 Ore. parties rescued
Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit Stumbuggs outleteUpon Technorati Twitter Yahoo! Bookmarks Print AP – Jeramie Griffin, right, holds his GPS unit while posing for a photo with girlfriend
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State budget pictures bleak as lawmakers head back
ATLANTA (AP) -- If you thought state budgets were in bad shape last year, just wait: 2010 promises to be brutal for lawmakers - many facing re-election - as they scramble to find enough money to keep their states running without raising taxes.
Tax
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PAC to run ad promoting college football playoff
A new political action committee plans to run ads this week touting a college football playoff system in the markets of two undefeated teams who were bypassed for the national championship.
Playoff PAC says it will run the 30-second ads in Dallas-Fort
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Authorities: DNA links Idaho inmate to 1998 slaying of Salt Lake City girl
SALT LAKE CITY
- Salt Lake County prosecutors filed a capital murder charge Monday against an Idaho prison inmate, saying DNA evidence has linked him to the 1998 stabbing death of a 10-year-old Utah girl.
Anna Palmer's mother found her unconscious
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Felons In Prison Should Be Able To Vote In Washington State, Federal Judges Rule
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.
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Tradition-rich Alabama, Texas square off in BCS title game
A quaint gesture, and a great photo op.
But the big prize — the one they really want — is that crystal trophy Brown and Saban posed with Wednesday, and it goes to the winner of the BCS national title game.
The undefeated Crimson Tide and Longhorns will
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2 Idaho univ. presidents decry more budget cuts
Leaders at two Idaho public universities say lawmakers have relied on them too much to help make up for shortfalls in state revenue, turning the higher education budget into a bank account.
Boise State University President Bob Kustra and University of
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Fish and Game helicopter with 3 on board crashes in northern Idaho; no serious injuries
BOISE, Idaho
- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says a helicopter carrying two research biologists and a pilot has crashed in northern Idaho.
The agency says the biologists and pilot did not suffer life-threatening injuries during the crash
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Roadshow: Drivers irked by motorists with expired registration tags
$173.6 million last year from California residents driving with expired tags, up $4 million from the previous year. The CHP issues around 255,000 tickets a year for registration violations statewide. There is no state hot line to report them, as there
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Judge: Utah co. can't recruit from Idaho rival
BOISE — A federal judge has temporarily barred a Utah company from recruiting any employees of an Idaho health and home product company.
U.S. District Judge William Downes issued the temporary restraining order last week, barring Max International from
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Wildlife officials to discuss new grizzly bear recovery plan
BILLINGS, Mon. - Wildlife officials from the United States and Canada meet this week in Montana to draft a new grizzly bear recovery plan for the Northern Rockies and North Cascades.
Federal officials will join representatives of Idaho, Montana,
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Idaho lawmakers scrutinize 'Race to the Top' grant
While Luna touted Idaho's application for the "Race to the Top" program, state lawmakers on the Senate and House education committees questioned why they weren't more involved in developing the grant proposal that is due Tuesday.
"I see a flaw in this
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Hot-shooting Trail Blazers roll past Bucks, 120-108
Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:51 AM PST
PORTLAND (AP) — Brandon Roy is hopeful the Trail Blazers have weathered a torrent of injuries.
Roy scored 22 points before sitting much of the second half because of a tight right hamstring and the Portland
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Allenby shares early lead at Sony Open
AUSTRALIAN Robert Allenby shrugged off an ankle injury to be one of six players in a tie for the lead after today's opening day at the Sony Open - the first full-field event of the US PGA Tour season. Allenby was joined by Davis Love III, who has not
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Boise company's high-tech gear catches fish data
BOISE, Idaho – Should dams in the lower Snake River be breached to give Northwest salmon a better shot at thriving?
Is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' practice of carrying fish around dams as they head toward the Pacific Ocean helping them survive?
A
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Davis, Hight win snowboard superpipe finals
OGDEN, Utah—Elena Hight of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., won the women's snowboard superpipe final at the Winter Dew Tour for the first time Saturday night, and Danny Davis of Highland, Mich., won his second consecutive final in the men's event.
Hight, 20,
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Idaho-registered plane crashes in Oregon; 2 killed
Idaho-registered plane crashes in Oregon; 2 killed The Associated Press More News The pilot of a small plane registered in Idaho and a passenger were killed in a crash in eastern Oregon. Benton County sheriff's deputies say they found the wreckage of
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New Idaho House group, Tea Party back same ideals
As 400 Tea Party activists rallied outside the Idaho Capitol on Monday to shout down federal government, more than a dozen lawmakers have quietly formed a smaller but equally conservative new group inside the building to pursue similar goals: promote
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ISU museum may take on fossil oversight from Idaho
BOISE, Idaho - Big energy projects awash in federal stimulus cash could accelerate discoveries of woolly mammoths and other ancient creatures in Idaho, so the state wants to put a different agency in charge.
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No dice: Boise State men can't stop their skid
The Boise State men's basketball team scored the first seven points of Wednesday night's WAC game against Nevada.
It didn't matter - an unlucky seven turned out to be the result.
The Broncos lost their seventh game in a row - an 88-82 setback to the
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Where will Conan O'Brien go?
Still, there are questions about whether Fox affiliates would welcome the pompadoured redhead or not.
While Fox has signaled an interest in O'Brien, there have been no offers or negotiating, said a person familiar with internal discussions O'
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Where will Conan O'Brien go?
NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly before agreeing to the terms of his unpleasant exit from NBC, Conan O'Brien joked on “The Tonight Show” that his plans for next week include making a big move to Fox.
“Megan Fox,” he said to the laughter of fans who have made
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Morrill milestone as Utah State beats Idaho 60-48
MOSCOW, Idaho -- Jared Quayle scored 16 points and Utah State defeated Idaho 60-48 Saturday night, giving Aggies coach Stew Morrill his 500th victory as a Division I coach. Morrill is 500-235 (.680) in 24 seasons as a Division I head coach. This is his 1
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2 teens charged in N. Idaho highway shootings
MOSCOW, Idaho—Authorities say two teens have been charged in the shootings of several vehicles over a three-hour period in northern Idaho.
The Lewiston Tribune reports the 14-year-olds appeared at a closed hearing in juvenile court Monday. Each has
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Idaho-BSU basketball notes: Broncos hope win starts a new streak
MOSCOW The Boise State mens basketball team hopes that Monday nights thrilling overtime victory over rival Idaho is the start of something big.
The Broncos (10-11 overall, 1-7 WAC) play five of their next six games at Taco Bell Arena, starting with
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Jaguars fire DL coach Monachino, hire Cullen
Monachino, who had been with the team the last four seasons, essentially became the scapegoat for a defense that ranked last in the NFL in sacks. The Jaguars finished with a franchise-low 14 sacks in 2009 and got picked apart by experienced
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Use new Fodor's 80 Degrees quiz for spring break
This week, as the weak winter sun did its best to warm my home state of Idaho, my husband and I began looking for a place to go with our kids (ages 9 and 11) and my parents over spring break.
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Fugitive Idaho developer captured in LA
A fugitive lawyer accused of stealing millions of dollars in an Idaho real estate development has been captured in Los Angeles after living for years in Mexico.
Federal agents arrested Claude Irwin Jr. of Spokane as he stepped off a plane in Los
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Idaho ski resort owned by Bruce Willis reopens
FAIRFIELD, Idaho - An Idaho ski resort owned by Bruce Willis has reopened, almost a year after the resort's lodge was destroyed by fire.
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Haiti detains Americans taking kids across border
Haiti detains Americans taking kids across border By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Writer Ramon Espinosa American citizen Laura Silsby, 40, of Boise, Idaho, right, speaks as Nicole Lankford, 18, of Middleton, Idaho, left, and Carla Thompson, 53, of
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Idaho church prays with members in Haiti accused of trying to take children from quake zone
MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — A tearful Idaho congregation heard their pastor warn that church members detained in Haiti after attempting to take 33 children into the Dominican Republic could face child trafficking charges. Then the pastor urged them to pray.
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Tennessee Baptists aware of child-trafficking concerns in Haiti
That's the first lesson Lance Taylor learned after arriving in Haiti.
Taylor and other volunteers from Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville spent most of last week in Haiti, ferrying children who were orphaned or displaced from makeshift
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Baptists from Idaho questioned in Haiti adoption case
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Haitian judge on Tuesday was questioning a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of children they gathered from the disaster zone.
The investigating magistrate queried the five women
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Attorney: Kidnapping Charges For Baptists In Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ―
A Haitian attorney says 10 Americans detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake have been charged with child kidnappinng.
Edwin Coq says the Americans also are
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Baptists' Lawyer Seeks Provisional Release
(CBS/AP) A lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries who tried to take three dozen children out of the country said Friday he would ask a judge to let his clients go free until their trial on kidnapping charges.
The missionaries were taken to a
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Haiti Judge Denies Missionaries Release
(AP) Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of their case, their lawyer said.
The weary looking Americans were
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Tribe marks massacre with burial ground gathering
PRESTON, Idaho (AP) -- Tribal members descend in late January each year to the burial ground near the Bear River where soldiers felled hundreds of their ancestors in one of American history's bloodiest- but little remembered- massacres.
Descendants of
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Haiti aid effort hit by fake coupon scam
THE struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback today as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation.
An agitated crowd of around 100 people continued to wait well into the
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Fake coupon scam hits Haiti
Port-au-Prince - The struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback on Monday as the UN halted deliveries to some 10 000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation.
An agitated crowd of around 100 people continued
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Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip
Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Writer Javier Galeano, file FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Laura Silsby, one of the 10 Americans arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti, is
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Census Bureau Concerned Over GOP Mailings
(AP) Republican groups are raising money under the guise of the U.S. Census Bureau, leaving the government's people-counters worried that a flurry of misleading letters could make some Americans less likely to respond to the real thing.
After the
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Idaho and US sign deal giving landowners incentive to protect chicken-sized sage grouse
BOISE, Idaho
- Federal wildlife officials are hailing an agreement between the U.S. and the state of Idaho as the first of its kind for a bird being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
The accord signed Friday gives landowners an
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Detained Americans seek distance from adviser
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A man who provided legal assistance to 10 jailed U.S. missionaries and who may be wanted for human trafficking in El Salvador was not known to the Americans' church group before their arrest, a relative said Saturday.
For
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Baptists distance themselves from adviser
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A man who provided legal assistance to 10 jailed U.S. missionaries and who may be wanted for human trafficking in El Salvador was not known to the Americans' church group before their
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Idaho unemployment tax squeezes businesses
Ultra Clean Cleaning and Restoration of Meridian employees Penny Mausline, right, and Allison Canter carefully clean furniture and other contents from a recent house fire. The unemployment tax rate has more than doubled for many businesses and many are
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Fresh questions complicate Haiti missionaries case
The questions surrounding Jorge Puello, a Dominican Republic national who was acting as adviser to the missionaries after their arrest last month following Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake, appeared to be complicating the case against the Americans, despite
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Haiti judge says 8 of 10 missionaries to be freed
Corinna Lankford, right, of Meridian, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, reacts to a reporter's question while being taking back to jail with the
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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US
MIAMI —
Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti returned to the U.S. aboard a military cargo plane early Thursday after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail. But two others remained detained in an ordeal sparked by the group'
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Tea party planner says she made 'hanging' remarks
SPOKANE, Wash. An organizer of a weekend "tea party" gathering in eastern Washington said Thursday she was the speaker who drew applause from the crowd by calling for one of the state's Democratic U.S. senators to be hanged.
But Dianne Capps of
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Mystery holes and angry ants: another Afghan day
U.S. Army Staff Sgt Van Forbes,29, from Decatur, AL, of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, uses a M-2 50mm machine gun to engage fire with Taliban fighters in the Badula Qulp area, West of Lashkar Gah in
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All Haitian 'orphans' with Baptists had parents
FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press Writer | - AP American missionary Charisa Coulter,24, of Meridian, Idaho, is escorted by police towards the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A Haitian judge has quizzed two U.S. Baptist missionaries who
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Veteran coach Henderson will tutor Cardinals' defensive backs
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals announced the hiring of Donnie Henderson as their new defensive backs coach Monday.
Henderson also was an assistant coach at Arizona State from 1992 to 1997 and at California (1990-91), Houston (1998), Idaho (1989)
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Julia Mancuso Savors Silvers, To Sit Out Slalom
WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Content with her two silver medals, Julia Mancuso has decided not to enter Friday's Olympic slalom.
"They asked if I wanted to race and it's my decision," Mancuso told The Associated Press on Tuesday of her discussions
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6 Haitian orphans who had been detained land in US
MIAMI - Six Haitian orphans arrived in the United States on Wednesday, four days after Haitian police seized them out of fear they were being kidnapped.
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US Ski Team says Vonn will race slalom Friday
WHISTLER, British Columbia -- The U.S. Ski Team says Lindsey Vonn will race in Friday's Olympic slalom, despite her broken right pinkie.
Team spokesman Doug Haney wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Thursday that Vonn will compete in the
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Weeklong extension on sage grouse finding granted
A judge in Boise, Idaho, has extended the deadline for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to submit an endangered species finding for the greater sage grouse.
A judge in Boise, Idaho, has extended the deadline for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
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Oregon is 6th state to OK Frontier, Verizon deal
Oregon became the sixth state to approve Frontier Communications Corp.'s purchase of the local fixed-line phone business of Verizon Communications Inc.
The deal, expected to close in the April-June quarter, now requires the approval of the Federal
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Louisiana Tech defeats Idaho 60-49
Olu Ashaolu added a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs (22-7, 9-5 Western Athletic Conference), who swept the season series against Idaho after beating them 77-71 on Jan. 9.
Louisiana Tech held a 29-23 halftime lead, but led
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Senate impasse puts federal employees out of work
WASHINGTON: Two thousand federal transportation workers are being furloughed without pay today, and the Obama administration said they have a Kentucky senator to blame for it.
Federal reimbursements to states for highway programs will also be halted,
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Seventeen states- including Indiana - to fight dismal college completion rates
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow
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Idaho plan would pay kids to graduate early
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Every high school has at least a handful of them, gifted students who blow through Faulkner as if it were a comic book, teenagers who catch on to calculus as if it were checkers.
These students are often just marking time in high
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Info On The Go For Travelers Without Smart Phones
(AP) Here is how my in-laws use the Internet to get a hotel room when they're traveling the 650 miles between their home in Canada and their cabin in Idaho: They call us from the road, and we book the room online for them.
The in-laws are
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Energy groups relieved sage grouse won't be listed
An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries.
Those industries will still face scrutiny in
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Gays in military ruling creates dilemma for brass
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FILE - In this June 30, 2006 file photo shows U.S. Air Force Reservist Maj. Margaret Witt after a hearing of a case challenging her dismissal from the Air Force for being a lesbian in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash. A pressing
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3 in Coast Guard helicopter crash back at NC base
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SALT LAKE CITY Three crew members aboard a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed in Utah last week have returned to their home base in Elizabeth City, N.C.
The helicopter with five aboard went down Wednesday in the Uinta mountains as
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Haiti frees US missionary; group leader still held
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US Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby, 40, right and Charisa Coulter, 24, both of Meridian, Idaho, who were arrested on child kidnapping charges, leave the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 5, 2010. The Idaho missionaries
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Freed missionary arrives in US from Haiti jail
TODD DVORAK, Associated Press Writer | - AP US missionary Laura Silsby, 40, of Meridian, Idaho, arrested on child kidnapping charges, is escorted by police officers upon her arrival to the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Monday, March 8, 2010. The Idaho
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Man allegedly robs Idaho pharmacy, then throws cash on the counter before leaving
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. Kootenai County Sheriff Lt. Stu Miller said a 39-year-old man was arrested
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
WASHINGTON: The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.
RealtyTrac Inc. said today that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from a year ago, the smallest annual
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Babbitt,
Wolf Pack
top Idaho
RENO -- Luke Babbitt scored 21 points to lead five UNR players in double figures, and the Wolf Pack poured in seven 3-pointers in the first half en route to an 87-71 win over Idaho on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic
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Called from the suburbs to a Haitian mountaintop
Over six years, the girls of Coq Chante had come to feel like family. Now, after trips by dozens to Haiti, thousands of dollars raised and spent, and countless hours poring over adoption paperwork, the bond between the congregation and 19 children from
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US missionary detained in Haiti returns to Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. missionary released from a Haiti jail last week has returned to her home in Idaho.
Twenty-four-year-old Charisa Coulter arrived at the Boise Airport Saturday night where her father, several other Idaho missionaries who had
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Idaho agrees to new contract with Akey
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho has agreed in principle to give head coach Robb Akey a new contract.
Athletic Director Rob Spear says details are still being worked out on a new deal for Akey, who led the Vandals to a 9-5 record last season. Akey has told
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Man rescued after spending 4 days in car stuck in snowbank on drive from Montana to Idaho
KALISPELL, Mont.
- A 67-year-old Montana man spent four days in his car stuck in a snowbank on a remote mountain road and even wrote a goodbye letter before he was rescued.
Louis Rogers says he left Montana's Flathead region Thursday to make a trip
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Idaho first to sign law against health care reform
BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho Gov. C.L. "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 residents to buy insurance. Similar legislation is
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House Dems on track for vote on $940B health bill
View full sizeAPHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about health reform and student aid at a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday. House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would
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'Lawyer' for US missionaries in Haiti is arrested
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday.
Jorge Puello, 32, was detained as he
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No. 10 Seed Saint Mary's Upsets Villanova 75-68
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
Omar Samhan was an unstoppable Gael force.
His career isn't over yet -- and neither is Saint Mary's NCAA tournament run as the Gaels are improbably headed to the round of 16.
Samhan played the game of his career on basketball's
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Samhan shines as Gaels soar
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Omar Samhan, left, led Saint Mary's to victory over Villanova on Saturday, scoring 32 points. The Moraga school now advances to the South Regional's Sweet 16 round.
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