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View ArticleThe Celebration You May Not Know About: Japanese Obon Festival
This is America, land of the free and home of the borrowed traditions. In Boise alone, we have the Greek Food Festival, the Basque Festival, Deli Days and the Soul Food Extravaganza.… [ Read more ] [...
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Bad Food Review Lands Critic In Slammer
There's a reason that Citydesk doesn't get involved in restaurant reviews ... it's too dangerous. According to the Taipei Times, a blogger has been sentenced to 30 day behind bars, two years of...
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Horsepower and Ponies at High Desert Harley Davidson
If you’ve ever dreamed of finding motorcycles, ponies, poker hands and music all in one place, your dreams have come true. On June 25, High Desert Harley-Davidson is hosting Horsepower and Ponies, a...
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Gowalla First
It's time to give credit where credit is due. Last year, BW created a Gowalla trip following the Culture Cruise we published in the first edition of Annual Manual, and just yesterday, Chris Gallagher...
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Dax Riggs Shuns Sub-Genre at Red Room
Indie, surf, electro, garage, punk ... there’s not a lot of sub-genre-less rock around lately, and the term rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t really mean much anymore. From the moment Dax Riggs stepped on to the...
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Slideshow: Hawks Season Opener
Tonight, the Boise Hawks take on the Tri City Dust Devils at Memorial Stadium. Boise Weekly's Man About Town Stan Jackson—who, as a former ballplayer himself, knows his way around a ball field better...
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Slideshow: Deli Days 2011
The annual Deli Days celebration at Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel (11 N. Latah St., Boise) opened for business yesterday, and if you missed it, the clock is ticking. You have until 7 p.m. tonight...
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Slideshow: Alive After Five, June 22
San Francisco band Brothers Comatose took the stage on June 22 at Alive After Five with local opener Sarah Sample. Click here to see a slideshow of the night. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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EPA Fracking Study to Focus on Five States - But Not Wyoming
Study will investigate alleged water contamination from drilling. by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica The Environmental Protection Agency will focus its national study of hydraulic fracturing on seven...
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Americans Divided on Debt Ceiling
A new poll by the Associated Press reflects what BW reported last week: that while most people are deeply concerned about the fast-looming debt crisis, they're also divided on what to do about it. The...
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Asteroid Heading Near Earth
NASA, which is not as busy scheduling space launches anymore, is focusing a great deal of energy on an asteroid about the size of a tour bus that is expected to make an extremely close pass by the...
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Micron Stock Plummets
Micron stock plunged Friday, less than a day after analysts said its third-quarter sales didn't meet expectations. Net income was $75 million, or 7 cents a share, compared with $93 million, or 92...
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Motojournal No. 6: High Valley
This little four-county jaunt is an easy way to see what Idaho has to offer geographically: from the Payette River Basin and rolling agriculture, to high mountain peaks and lakes. It also happens to...
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Totally Bogus Hill Climb on Sunday, June 26
Who wants to jump out of bed on Sunday morning and ride a bike uphill along a notoriously narrow and twisting road for fun? If you rolled your eyes, lifted one corner of your mouth in a sneer and...
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After Break-In, Boise Bike Project Rolls On
The Boise Bicycle Project headquarters is almost patched up, a week after someone kicked in the back door and stole $1,000 worth of donations and merchandise. Ron Friedli, a frequent visitor to BBP,...
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UPDATE: Slideshow of Vigil at Hollwood Market
UPDATEDFriends, neighbors and past customers gathered outside the Hollywood Market Saturday evening to share stories, hugs, tears and laughter in remembrance of Margaret Lawrence. The North End market...
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Chief Justice: Keep Blackout in High Court
With a handful of exceptions (some family court cases and child custody arguments) cameras are allowed in almost every courtroom in the nation, except one: the United States Supreme Court. The court...
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Montana Gov.: "Build Mega-Loads Here"
Following a full year of legal wrangling over mega-loads, the governor of Montana wants to take the debate concerning oversized shipments back to where it started. Why, said Gov. Brian Schweitzer,...
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