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The somewhat-forgotten genre of silent film garnered some new attention with The Artist's Best Picture, Director and Actor wins at the Oscars. If you're craving more quiet-movie action, today is your...
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Glass Recycling Rates May Be Cut By Half
When Boise City council members meet this Tuesday evening, they're exected to approve a drop in fees for curbside glass collection. If Boise lawmakers approve, the original subscription cost - $9.95 -...
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Sixteen Student Teams Compete in 'App-athon'
Some of the best and brightest of Boise State have spent a part of their weekend competing in the university's first-of-its-kind "app-athon." “We wanted to provide students with an experience that...
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Add the Words Expected to Resurface in House
Advocates behind the effort to update Idaho's Human Rights Act say they're hopeful that another Add the Words measure will soon surface at the Idaho Legislature. After months of gaining momentum...
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Academy of Dermatologists: Hoffman Tanning-Bed Email 'Absurd' and 'Ludicrous'
The nation's largest association of dermatologists is pushing back against what it called "absurd questions" about indoor tanning from some Idaho lawmakers and Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation...
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Continental Takes Off Forever, United Experiences Conversion Glitches
Continental Airlines flew off into history this weekend, leaving hundreds of airports across the nation as United Airlines put the finishing touches on its takeover of Continental. Even visitors to...
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25 Days of Treefort: Blitzen Trapper
The rainy urban ecotopia of Portland, Ore., is not the Old West. The state’s capital, Salem, is even less so.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Polls Offer Good News For Gingrich, Romney and Santorum
A string of new polls released Sunday morning indicate that Super Tuesday should live up to its hype. In fact, the polls offered good news to each of the campaigns for Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and...
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A Seasonal Disguise Drops New Album Amid a Sea of Balloons and Stuffed Animals
The Visual Arts Collective was packed on Saturday, March 3, in anticipation of a long-awaited album release from the local orchestral collective A Seasonal Disguise. Between 100-200 people came to...
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BP Settlement Still Leaves Most Complex Claims Unresolved
$7.8 billion agreement doesn't include state lawsuits and federal claims. by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica BP's announcement that it will pay $7.8 billion to compensate thousands of Gulf Coast...
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The Week Ahead: Super Tuesday and Barack Meets Bibi
US and Israeli leaders meet over the threat of Iran's nukes. Republican fight for Super Tuesday. by Andrew Meldrum, GlobalPost This week, US President Barack Obama meets Israeli Prime Minister...
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Gay Marriage: Poll Says Support up 17 Percent in Eight Years
But most Americans do not appear to care whether candidates for office support or oppose same-sex marriage. by News Editors, GlobalPost One in two Americans now support same-sex marriage, a 17 percent...
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McCain: Bomb Syria to Stop Slaughter of Civilians
Canada shuts its embassy and the former 2008 presidential candor says the people of Syria need US military protection. by News Editors, GlobalPost US Senator John McCain Monday called on the US to...
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Remember Rugrats—Nickelodeon's animated show about mischievous babies that featured a Godzilla-like monster called Reptar? Good.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Report: Romney Not a 'Favorite Son' in Massachusetts
While presidential hopeful Mitt Romney dukes it out for delegates tomorrow night in the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, one would think that the former Massachusetts governor would find a little...
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Nobel-Winning Climate Scientist in Boise This Week
One of the world's eminent climate scientists comes to Boise today to participate in a two-day examination of climate change policy. Nobel Peace Prize-winning Dr. Susan Solomon's research helped...
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U.S. Silver's Galena Mine Cited for Health and Safety Violations
The U.S. Silver Galena Mine in Idaho's Panhandle has been slapped with 27 enforcement actions as a result of recent inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration....
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25 Days of Treefort: Owlright
Boise’s “blip-step” phenomenon Owlright is comprised of Geoff Belcher and Eric Haven, a pair of dub fans who are fond of diddling MIDI controllers serendipitously in pop-up tents. (This is the same...
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JFAC Approves $1.56 Billion for K-12 Education
The Idaho Legislature's budget-writing committee has approved a package of six spending plans which together make up the Gem State's K-12 public school budget—a total of $1.56 billion, including $1.27...
View ArticleSockeye Launches Facebook Scavenger Hunt
Sockeye Brewing launched a scavenger hunt today on its Facebook page. Every day this week around noon-ish, Sockeye will post a different item to be collected.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...
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