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It took over five years for Nathaniel Rich to finish his first novel — maybe because he was writing The Mayor's Tongue secretly, first as a college student, and then while writing film criticism during the day.

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Abortion-rights backers want quick action from the president-elect, although they may not press for sweeping changes. Obama has said he is looking to find common ground on reproductive health issues.

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Doug Anderson in West Boise got a nice surprise this fall.

Downtown leaders keep debating the streetcar plans as the city waits for news from the feds

Chief Warrant Officer Mathew C. Heffelfinger is among at least 46 Idahoans, including three civilians, who have died since the start of U.S. military actions after Sept. 11, 2001.

Idaho's new transportation director is being paid $22,000 a year more than fired director Pam Lowe because the department negotiated a salary that's designed to be a substantial increase from Brian Ness' current salary in Michigan, the department said Friday.

Ada County Sheriff's deputies arrest four men and confiscate marijuana from a car and storage shed in Boise and a home in Caldwell

ANSER Charter School Administrator Suzanne Burton sent a letter to parents this week telling them that the man, who had been living within 500 feet of the school, no longer lives in the neighborhood.

Kaitlyn B. Johnson, 19, of Boise is charged with felony grand theft after police say she took a car that was left running outside a Vista Avenue convenience store at about 6 a.m. Oct. 26. The car was found about 2:30 p.m. Thursday near Vista Avenue and Kootenai Street during a traffic stop. As temperatures drop, police say drivers need to remember to turn off their vehicles and lock the doors to prevent theft.

Evan Ratliff eschewed his identity and picked up a new one, challenging Wired readers to find him in 30 days in a contest sponsored by the magazine. Lured by a cash price, readers mobilized online in a mad dash to locate Ratliff — who got a little too cocksure for his own good.

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Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said there may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the alleged Fort Hood shooter before the deadly rampage.

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The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

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Narseal Batiste, who faced a maximum of 70 years in prison, was convicted in May of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida, plotting to blow up buildings and conspiracy to wage war against the U.S. Officials acknowledged the plot never got past the discussion stage and the group never acquired the means to carry it out.

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Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.

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Brazil's ghettos are poverty stricken and violent. But there are people fighting against the odds to turn things around for the poor children of Rio de Janeiro. Among them is an unusual apostle: a Rio socialite who founded a school for slum-dwelling children and views education as an equalizer.

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When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment — and after the loss of a dozen comrades — they see warfare in a different light.

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Based on studies, two panels of medical experts this week recommended fewer screening tests for breast and cervical cancer. But people don't always want to do what the data say to do.

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News from Yemen has been dominated recently by an escalating rebellion along the border with Saudi Arabia. But the country has been making news for decades because of its severe overuse of a rapidly disappearing water supply, the result of natural and political causes.

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Levies on liposuction, breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures would generate billions of dollars to help cover the uninsured.

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