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• C of I recreates historic book brigade, transports books to new library

  15-02-2018 23:45
  
  CALDWELL — On Feb. 1, 1967, College of Idaho students, faculty and staff lined up outside the Terteling Library and grabbed boxes filled with books off a flatbed truck and transported them into the library down a line of volunteers.…
  
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• Sheriff: School shooting suspect fired into 5 classrooms before dropping rifle and blending in with fleeing students

  15-02-2018 23:32
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff: School shooting suspect fired into 5 classrooms before dropping rifle and blending in with fleeing students.
  
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• Nampa Police officer in fatal pursuit placed on paid leave

  15-02-2018 23:25
  
  NAMPA — A Nampa police officer is on paid administrative leave following a fatal police chase through the city early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Sheriff says suspect in Florida high school shooting bought a drink at Subway, stopped at McDonald's after rampage

  15-02-2018 23:15
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff says suspect in Florida high school shooting bought a drink at Subway, stopped at McDonald's after rampage.
  
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• Condolences to demands for action, world reacts to shooting

  15-02-2018 22:26
  
  Victims' relatives and student survivors called for action while the president and congressional leaders offered condolences and condemnation of the crime. Americans with close ties to past school shootings expressed distress at how little has changed. And world leaders, Olympic…
  
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• Police report: Nikolas Cruz confessed to Florida high school shooting, hiding extra ammunition in his backpack

  15-02-2018 22:23
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Police report: Nikolas Cruz confessed to Florida high school shooting, hiding extra ammunition in his backpack.
  
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• Tense times in US-Turkey relations as officials huddle

  15-02-2018 22:15
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The specter of a U.S.-Turkish clash in Syria loomed over Thursday's meeting between the top American diplomat and Turkey's leader as the two NATO allies scrambled to ease some of their worst tensions in years.
  
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• Broadcaster Wolf, 80, sues Imus, alleging age discrimination

  15-02-2018 22:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The sportscaster who popularized the phrase "Let's go to the videotape!" filed an age discrimination lawsuit on Thursday over his firing from shock jock Don Imus' radio show.
  
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• Yellowstone fee proposal wins initial vote in Wyoming House

  15-02-2018 21:45
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House of Representatives has agreed to vet a proposal that advocates for imposing a fee at Yellowstone National Park to help pay for wildlife conservation efforts in the states surrounding the park.
  
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• Old speech, photo used in false FBI Muslim crackdown story

  15-02-2018 21:45
  
  A story that falsely reports President Donald Trump ordered the FBI in all 50 U.S. states to take action immediately against Muslim people is based largely on a speech 10 months ago by the then-head of the Department of Homeland…
  
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• Court received 1.17 million war crimes claims from Afghans

  15-02-2018 21:38
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims.
  
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• Lawsuits challenge US cuts to anti-teen pregnancy grants

  15-02-2018 21:20
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nine organizations covering several states have filed lawsuits seeking to reverse a decision by President Donald Trump's administration to cut short funding for teen pregnancy prevention programs.
  
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• The Latest: Officer: Suspect looked like typical student

  15-02-2018 20:42
  
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly school shooting at a Florida high school (all times local):
  
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• Massive juniper removal project could help Idaho sage grouse

  15-02-2018 20:35
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials have released final plans for one of the largest-ever projects to remove juniper trees to protect habitat for imperiled sage grouse that will also benefit cattle ranchers in southwestern Idaho.
  
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• Florida officer who arrested suspected shooter says he looked like "typical high school student" walking from school

  15-02-2018 20:35
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Florida officer who arrested suspected shooter says he looked like "typical high school student" walking from school.
  
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• 'Unseen' museum exhibit to depict glow-in-the-dark creatures

  15-02-2018 20:33
  NEW YORK (AP) — Feel as though you're in the dark when it comes to the underwater world?
  
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• Huge sinkhole on Rome street swallows half-dozen cars

  15-02-2018 20:25
  
  ROME (AP) — Prosecutors have opened an investigation into a 10-meter (30-foot) -wide sinkhole that swallowed up a half-dozen cars on a residential street in Rome.
  
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• Idaho lawmakers confirm new tax commissioner

  15-02-2018 20:17
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have confirmed a new member to the state tax commission despite raising concerns her marriage to an influential lawmaker may be a conflict of interest.
  
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• Warning signs may have been missed in school shooting case

  15-02-2018 20:15
  
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been missed warning signs he was bent on violence.
  
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• South African limbo ends with new president, Cyril Ramaphosa

  15-02-2018 20:08
  
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cyril Ramaphosa became South Africa's president with a message of clean government and inclusiveness on Thursday, stirring the hopes of many South Africans that he can reverse a corrosive period of decline and division…
  
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• Judge orders suspected Florida school shooter held without bond on 17 counts of murder

  15-02-2018 20:03
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Judge orders suspected Florida school shooter held without bond on 17 counts of murder.
  
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• Russian mother grieves for son killed by US strike in Syria

  15-02-2018 19:55
  
  KEDROVOYE, Russia (AP) — For Russian mother Farkhanur Gavrilova, the blow came a week ago when an acquaintance called her to say that her son was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria that pitted Russian and U.S. combatants against…
  
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• Anti-Sharia law bill advances to Idaho House

  15-02-2018 19:53
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republicans have agreed to advance anti-Sharia law legislation designed to prevent Idaho courts from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes.
  
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• Flu shot only 36 percent effective, making bad year worse

  15-02-2018 19:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The flu vaccine is doing a poor job protecting older Americans and others against the bug that's causing most illnesses.
  
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• Otter defends Little's involvement in state health care plan

  15-02-2018 19:41
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter defended Lt. Gov. Brad Little's involvement in a plan to reduce health care coverage for Idahoans.
  
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• English ex-soccer coach convicted of 43 sex-abuse charges

  15-02-2018 19:39
  
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Barry Bennell shook his head and muttered to himself as the final guilty verdicts were read out, seemingly unrepentant until the end.
  
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• School shooting indiscriminate, killed students and staffers

  15-02-2018 19:35
  
  When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, the 17 dead included students and school workers, young and old. Here is a look at some of some of those who lost their…
  
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• School shooting suspect belonged to white nationalist group

  15-02-2018 19:33
  
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group was charged with murder Thursday in the deaths of 17 people who were fatally shot at a huge Florida high school in the…
  
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• Blue Cross submits plans to comply with new requirements

  15-02-2018 19:32
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Blue Cross of Idaho submitted to Idaho insurance regulators a set of health insurance plans that it hopes to sell under Gov. Butch Otter's executive order.
  
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• From Washington to Olympics, world reacts to school shooting

  15-02-2018 19:28
  
  From the surrounding community of Parkland, Florida, to the White House and the Winter Olympics, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead drew reactions of horror, condemnation of the 19-year-old former student charged as…
  
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• McDonald's moves cheeseburgers off Happy Meal menu

  15-02-2018 19:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's is taking cheeseburgers and chocolate milk off its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.
  
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• A talkative Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflects on becoming himself

  15-02-2018 19:05
  
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been a best-selling author, civil-rights activist, actor, historian and one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived.
  
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• Trump letter from 2005 cites Pamuk, Philip Roth

  15-02-2018 18:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The letter to the editor was published Sept. 11, 2005, in The New York Times. Its author, responding to a recent book review, cites John Updike, Philip Roth and Orhan Pamuk among those he has read.
  
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• Topless Tongan set to ski but not dressed for success

  15-02-2018 18:48
  
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Tongan cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua joked that he has two immediate goals when he competes in his first Winter Olympic event on Friday: Don't hit a tree and finish before they turn off the lights.
  
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• The Latest: UN says Syria envoy overstated fatalities

  15-02-2018 18:14
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Scott: Leaders will address mental illness

  15-02-2018 16:58
  
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly school shooting at a Florida high school (all times local):
  
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• FBI investigated 2017 YouTube comment "I'm going to be a professional school shooter"; agency couldn't ID person

  15-02-2018 16:56
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — FBI investigated 2017 YouTube comment "I'm going to be a professional school shooter"; agency couldn't ID person.
  
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• Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will work to make sure people with mental illness do not get guns

  15-02-2018 16:52
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will work to make sure people with mental illness do not get guns.
  
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• Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa's new president

  15-02-2018 16:47
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday was sworn in as South Africa's new president after the resignation of Jacob Zuma, whose scandals brought the storied African National Congress to its weakest point since taking power at the end of…
  
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• After Florida massacre, a look at some past school shootings

  15-02-2018 16:44
  
  Authorities say a former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing 17 people. Fourteen wounded survivors were hospitalized. Here's a look at some recent U.S. school shootings, and some of the deadliest of years past:
  
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• Sessions wants to study mental health in school shootings

  15-02-2018 16:42
  
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and his own AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years.
  
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• Tillerson in Beirut wades into Lebanon-Israel border dispute

  15-02-2018 16:26
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said there are "constructive" discussions underway on how to break a "stalemate" between Lebanon and Israel over gas drilling rights along the countries' disputed maritime border and maintain calm…
  
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• The Latest: Ramaphosa takes oath as South Africa's president

  15-02-2018 16:25
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on South Africa's leadership transition (all times local):
  
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• US stocks keep gaining as tech, industrial companies rise

  15-02-2018 16:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Thursday as investors continue to snap up shares of companies that do better in times of faster economic growth, such as industrial and technology companies and banks. A round of solid results…
  
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• The Latest: Shiffrin finally gets her gold on Olympics Day 6

  15-02-2018 16:17
  
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
  
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• British ex-soccer coach convicted of 43 sex-abuse charges

  15-02-2018 16:03
  
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A former English youth soccer coach was convicted of 43 charges of sex abuse against 11 young players in a trial that detailed how he shattered the trust of boys who dreamed of becoming professionals.
  
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• Students: Shooting suspect harassed peers, bragged about gun

  15-02-2018 15:55
  
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and neighbors describe the suspect in the deadly rampage at a Florida high school as a troubled teenager who threatened and harassed peers, talked about killing animals, posed with guns in disturbing photos on social…
  
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• Coach who shielded students among shooting victims

  15-02-2018 15:29
  
  A football coach who also worked as a security guard is among the dead in a school shooting that claimed 17 lives in Parkland, Florida.
  
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• German officials decry nationalist's anti-Turkish speech

  15-02-2018 15:23
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Top German officials and the head of a Turkish immigrant group on Thursday sharply condemned a speech by a prominent member of Germany's nationalist party who insulted Turks as "camel drivers" and immigrants with dual passports as…
  
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• Russia says 30 athletes approved for Paralympics

  15-02-2018 15:07
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Paralympic Committee says 30 of its athletes have been approved to compete as neutrals at next month's Pyeongchang Games.
  
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