Boise fire kills one -hundreds displaced from homes

The Mayor of Boise has made a declaration of disaster for the city of Boise.  A deadly fire that started Monday evening has already claimed the life of one victim.  It has destroyed 10 homes, and...

DJ Sets New Record for Consecutive Hours On-Air

KeKe love is doin' it, man! He's makin' it happen! He's still talkin'...176 hours later. Check the live feed below. That is sheer radio endurance....and madness."Steve Kicklighter, a DJ for Boise, Idaho station...

Meteor Caught on tape in Pacific Northwest

A map of areas the meteor was heard and where it reportedly landed can be seen HERE. (Opens in new window)"By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SPOKANE, Wash. -- An apparent meteor streaked...

Senator Larry Craig in the Spotlight Again

Everyone remembers Larry Craig from the 'foot tapping scandal' but few appreciated that this matter was part of much bigger investigation by the local paper. Yesterday, reports of 8 incidents where Craig allegedly...

Paper: 8 Men Claim Encounters With Craig

Trouble for Larry Craig:"BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Eight men say they either had sex with Sen. Larry Craig or were targets of sexual advances by the Idaho lawmaker at various times during his political career, a newspaper reported Sunday. One of the men is the former escort whose...

How To Feel Better? Cough Up That Pesky Bullet!

In what has to be one of the more amazing stories, a Washington State teen has coughed up a bullet that was lodged near his spine."I feel a lot better," Austin Askins told media.The teen was shot in the face last month during a robbery at a house party in Boise, Idaho. The...

Lil Wayne Busted in Idaho

 You would think with all that money someone else could carry the drugs and guns."Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested early Saturday morning in Boise, Id. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., was...

ACLU Defends Senator Larry Craig--The Republican Perv

Leave it to the ACLU.  Those "uber liberals" never pull any stops when it comes to something this ridiculous in nature.  Who and what will they defend next?  Those poor pedophiles?  Defend...

Craig Update;Ethics Probe Launched

The Idaho Statesman published a lengthy story on Tuesday, a day after the June 11 arrest was first reported, detailing allegations of homosexual behavior by Craig. The senator denied the allegations and contended the paper was engaged in a witch hunt. In a statement, the...

Craig: 'I am SO not gay,'

He's totally the straightest guy around.  It was just the cop outfit that got him excited I guess:"BOISE, Idaho - A defiant Sen. Larry Craig denied any wrongdoing Tuesday despite his guilty plea this summer in a men's room police sting, emphatically adding, "I am not...

Thousands Ordered to Evacuate in Face of Idaho Wildfire

More than 1000 people south of Ketchum, Idaho, have been ordered to flee after a massive wildfire is once again threatening the area. It's 38 percent contained, fire spokespeople say, but still...

No trick plays here: Boise State star marries cheerleader fiancee, prays to e...

Please, no well-meaning but useless commentary about how shocking this is.  For people of colour, this is everyday life in the United States of America.If you really want to stop ethnic bias, admit that it...

Idaho fire nears homes, military range

BOISE, Idaho -- A wildfire grew by an estimated 200 square miles in 24 hours, blackening grazing land Sunday as it threatened thousands of southern Idaho homes and facilities at an Air Force training range, fire officials said Sunday. Two large wildfires along the Nevada...

New Wildfires Threaten Western US

UPDATE: It's getting worse in Utah..."In southwestern Utah, the backcountry of Zion National Park was closed because of the threat of wildfires. Two new large fires were reported in the state, in addition to three...

Suicide exposes squalor in private prisons run by GEO while CEO cashes in

Associated Press reporter John Miller files a masterpiece of investigative journalism, tracking the failures of a private prison operator, GEO Group.Miller documents the suffering of Scot Noble Payne, who spent...

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