| March 18, 2008 | - Marvin Richardson, an organic strawberry farmer in Idaho who is challenging Senator Larry Craig for his Senate seat, had his name legally changed to Pro-Life.
| Source:
CBS News
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| October 7, 2007 | -
Republican Senator Larry Craig was selected for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame and announced that he would not resign from the Senate, despite being denied his request to withdraw his guilty plea of disorderly conduct resulting from a sex sting at an airport men's room.
| Source 1:
CNN
Source 2:
AP
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| June 22, 2007 | - In Idaho, a black Labrador drove his owner's Chevy Impala into a river.
- In Idaho, a black Labrador drove his owner's Chevy Impala into a river.
| Source:
AP via Philly.com
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| January 13, 2007 | - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney attended a gun show. “As a boy, I worked on a ranch in Idaho and shot
rabbits with a single shot .22 rifle,” Romney said. “After a while my cousin said, 'You're not very good at that. Try using this semiautomatic.'”
| Source:
NewsMax
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| November 16, 2006 | - The city council of Greenleaf, Idaho, passed an ordinance that makes it mandatory for most residents to own a gun so that the town will be able to protect itself from refugees from natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
| Source:
MSNBC
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| March 17, 2006 | - President Bush nominated Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, who raised $86,000 from the timber, mining, and energy industries during his last campaign, to oversee the Department of the Interior.
| Source:
Democracy Now
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| January 9, 2006 | - A fuel truck in Boise, Idaho, ran into a jet.
| Source:
SeattlePI.com
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| August 23, 2005 | - President George W. Bush defended his policy in Iraq against the criticism of anti-war protesters like Cindy Sheehan. "Democracy is unfolding," he said. "We cannot tolerate the status quo." Bush, whose 36 percent approval rating is lower than Richard Nixon's during Watergate, spoke in praise of the war while visiting Donnelly, Idaho, which has a population of 130, as 200 anti-war protesters rallied outside. Bush also promoted his plan for a prescription drug benefit for Medicare while visiting a golf resort in El Mirage, Arizona.
| Source 1:
Democracy Now!
Source 2:
CNN
Source 3:
The Guardian
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| May 15, 2005 | - The governor of Idaho was bouncing checks.
| Source:
AP News
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| March 10, 2005 | - An Idaho teenager was in trouble for frosting
brownies with his semen.
| Source:
Sun-Sentinel.com
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| October 10, 2004 | - Congress agreed to permit the Energy Department to redefine some highly radioactive nuclear waste in South Carolina and Idaho so that it can be left in tanks rather than being pumped out for deep burial.
| Source: New York Times
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