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Dr. Brent James Could Be Health Care's Saving Grace

New York Times | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Debate, Brent James, Health Insurance, Idaho, Utah, Fee-for-Service Payment, Advanced Training Program, Health Care Reform, Salt Lake City, Doctors, Dr. Donald Berwick, Intermountain Healthcare, Dr. Mark McClellan, Living News

The health care debate of 2009 has had so many moving parts that it has sometimes seemed impossible to follow. The crisis behind the debate, though, i...

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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Nps, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, America's Best Idea, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Burns, Pbs, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, The National Parks America's Best Idea, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, Denali, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Ken Burns, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Documentary, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Politics News

I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

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Michelle Childers: Impaled By Tree Limb, Now Recovering

AP | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Montana, Survives, Neck, Through Neck, Michelle Childers Recovery, Idaho, Tree Limb, Woman Empaled Recovering, Woman Impaled, Michelle Childers, Tree Branch, Michelle Childers Recovering, Throat, Michelle Childers Impaled, Spruce Tree, Green News

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 a...

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Woman Impaled By Tree: Michelle Childers Survives Terrifying Accident (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Montana, Michelle Childers, Survives, Tree Branch, Through Neck, Neck, Throat, Idaho, Tree Limb, Woman Impaled, Spruce Tree, Green News

Michelle Childers, 20, survived after being impaled by a falling tree limb. It happened while Childers was riding in the front passenger seat during a...

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That Glass is Pretty Full: Why Yesterday's Wolf Ruling is (Mostly) Good News

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Montana, Wolf Hunting, Northern Rockies, Idaho, Fish and Wildlife Service, Nrdc, Wolf, Gray Wolves, Wolves, Endangered Species, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Natural Resources Defense Council, Endangered Species Act, Green News

Yesterday, a judge gave the Obama Administration a chance to start over in protecting wolves. I hope the president seizes it.

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Melissa Sue Robinson, Transgender Activist, Runs For Mayor Of Idaho Town

AP | JESSIE L. BONNER | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transgender Candidate, Melissa Sue Robinson, Melissa Sue Robinson Transgender, Idaho, Nampa Idaho, Politics News

NAMPA, Idaho — About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop &ndash...

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Rex Rammell: Joking About Hunting Obama Has Been Good For My Campaign

AP | JESSIE L. BONNER | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rex Rammell, Hunting Obama Joke, Rex Rammell Idaho, Obama Tags, Idaho, Obama Tags Joke, Politics News

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Republican Rex Rammell said Tuesday the hoopla over his remarks about hunting President Barack Obama has been a boon to his...

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Best Government Dollar Spent -- The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Nps, Denali, Green News

Seeing President Obama and his family take in two of the western parks prompted me to strongly encourage everyone -- yes, even you! -- to plan on a trip like this at some point.

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Obama's View from Yellowstone: Pines Killed by Climate-Fueled Beetles

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Montana, Yellowstone, Extinction, Whitebark Pine, Wyoming, Idaho, Forests, Global Warming, Obama, Climate Change, Green News

When the Obamas visit Yellowstone National Park, they will witness the beauty for which it is known. Sadly, though, they'll also witness firsthand the domestic ravages of global warming.

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Idaho Senators Share Hobbies, Donors

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Mike Crapo, Jim Risch, Fundraising, Political Parties, Idaho, Home News

Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Jim Risch (R-ID) have more in common than a love for their home state. The Idahoan Senators, who have been friends sinc...

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Peter McDermott, Idaho Judge, Orders Defendant's Mouth Taped Shut

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Idaho Court, Nicklas Frasure, Peter McDermott, Idaho, Home News

POCATELLO, Idaho — An eastern Idaho judge who lost patience with the disruptive behavior of a defendant ordered court officials to tape the man'...

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Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Ronald Reagan, Chicago, Economy, National Journal, Rahm Emmanuel, George W. Bush, Vermont, Gun Control, Colorado, Same-Sex Marriage, Dccc, Howard Dean, Virginia, Gay Rights, Rnc, Bailout, New Mexico, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Stimulus Package, Mississippi, Republican Party, Bobby Bright, Tarp, North Carolina, Abortion, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Appalachia, David Paterson, Alabama, Congress, Democratic National Committee, Soviet Union, Jon Kyl, New York, Idaho, Recession, Barack Obama, Religion, Log Cabin, South, Marxism, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Moderate Republicans, Dnc, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Indiana, Stalin, Late Night Shows, Politics News

The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.

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Bush Administration to Strip Wolves of Federal Protection... Except for Wyoming

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Montana, Environmental Protections, Earthjustice, Wyoming, Esa, Wolves, Northern Rockies, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Bush Endangered Species, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Idaho, Wolf, Green News

With a viable population of this American icon so close to being a reality, we simply cannot allow the Bush Administration to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as they slink out the door.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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Idaho Turns A Little Bit Blue

Daily Kos | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Sali, House Races, Idaho, Walt Minnick, Politics News

Congratulations to Walt Minnick, flipping a seat that has been in Republican hands for the past 14 years in a state that has been as unfriendly to Dem...

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Facing Democratic Wave, Idaho Rep. Uses Congressional Staff On Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 House Races, Bill Sali, Idaho House Race, Idaho, Politics News

Three members of Idaho Rep. Bill Sali's congressional staff are also now campaigning for his reelection, with at least two of them still drawing some ...

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Democracies Are Driven By Positive Language Skills

John Rember | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Idaho Politics, English Language Skills, Hillary Clinton, OffTheBus News @Y:Politics, Obama's Positive Language, Barack Obama, Idaho, Home News

Language really is a tool for creating a better world and Obama has already used it to brighten up things in this country. If he becomes president, he will inspire people to change their lives for the better.

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The Patron Saint For Missing Kids

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Special Ops, Missing Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Tradecraft, Lily Snyder, Former CIA Agent, Associaton for the Recovery of Children, Bazzel Baz, Idaho, Terrorism, Ketchum, Living News

Bazzel Baz is a former CIA agent who takes on the most impossible cases. And he doesn't charge the heartsick family of the missing a penny.

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Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nebraska, George W. Bush, Colorado, General Election, Media, Electoral College, China, South Dakota, Nevada, Virginia, Ohio, Superdelegates, West, Racism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Alaska, John McCain, Rural Voters, Presidential Election, Clintons, Texas, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Idaho, Japan, Midwest, Religion, Urban Issues, Muslims, South, Iowa, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News

Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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Watch: Inside The Idaho Caucus

University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Caucus, Students for a Democratic Society, Edwards, Buell, Kootenai County, Clinton, Obama, Idaho, Journalism, Offthebus, Home News

SEATTLE, WA- With channel upon channel of commentators and experts talking about exit poles, coverage was immense for Super Tuesday. CNN even ran cove...

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Craig To Be Inducted In Idaho Hall Of Fame

AP via ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Gop, Republicans, Larry Craig, Senate Republicans, Bathroom Sting, Minneapolis Airport, Idaho, Home News

Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting...

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Scientists Hope To Fatten Trout With Maggot-Based Feed

AP | John Miller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Animale Feed, Rainbow Trout, Idaho, Business News

Cow manure and fish guts and maggots. It could all soon be dinner -- if you're an Idaho rainbow trout. University of Idaho and Idaho State University...

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