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For 2nd straight year, heat greets marathoners
It won't be as hot and humid as last year's heat-shortened race, where readings soared to the middle 80s before noon. But runners competing in Sunday's 31st Chicago Marathon will still have to contend with late-morning temperatures in the 70s as warm...Tags: Wyoming, Montana, Chicago Marathon
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Wounded vets get help at U. Idaho, Adrian College
Associated Press WriterThe demons don't visit nearly as often as they did when Bart Gutke was sent home from the Iraq in 2006, a 21-year-old with a traumatic brain injury. He was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps a year later. To look at Gutke now is to see a 23-year-...Tags: People, Behavioral Conditions, National Government, Depression, Injuries
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Micron plans job cuts of 15%
Micron Technology Inc. will cut about 15 percent of its global workforce as part of a restructuring of its computer memory chip operations, the company said Thursday. The bulk of the job losses will be in Boise, Idaho, where the semiconductor firm is...Tags: Intel Corp., Computer Hardware, Micron Technology Incorporated, Semiconductors and Active Components
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Micron Tech reducing global work force by 15 percent, most jobs to be cut in Idaho
Associated Press WriterBOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Micron Technology Inc. will cut about 15 percent of its global work force as part of a restructuring of its computer memory chip operations, the company said Thursday. The bulk of the job losses will be in Boise, where the...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Computer Hardware, Semiconductors and Active Components, Employers, Intel Corp.
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Idaho potato growers to produce 11 billion pounds of spuds during this year's harvest
BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Aided by favorable summer growing conditions, Idaho potato farmers expect to harvest more than 11 billion pounds of spuds by the end of the month, according to Idaho Potato Commission estimates. That overall total is down from the...Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Farms
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Jobless claims drop from seven-year high
From the Associated PressNew applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week from a seven-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, although claims remain at elevated levels that indicate recession. And new job cuts announced after the report was released...Tags: Computer Hardware, Kraft Foods Inc., MetLife Incorporated, Brunswick Corporation, Oregon
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Idaho woman plans to find another route to work after having 2 accidents at same intersection
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) _ An intersection in southeastern Idaho has proven unlucky for a woman who's been in two car accidents at the same crossroads since August. Kris Payne was driving at the intersection of Pole Line and Eldredge roads on Thursday when... -
Qwest, union to resume contract talks Thursday
The largest union at Qwest Communications International Inc. says it plans to resume contract talks with the company on Thursday. The Communications Workers of America says a contract covering roughly 20,000 Qwest workers in 13 states has been...Tags: New Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, Colorado
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Mormon leaders ask members in 4 states to step up efforts to ban gay marriage in California
Associated Press WriterSALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ Mormons are being asked by their church leaders to step up their already considerable efforts to pass a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California. Senior elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...Tags: Family, Christianity, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Minority Groups, California
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Chew on prices, coverage when considering pet insurance
Tribune Media ServicesJustin and Brandy Besemer were newly married and trying to pay off their wedding debt when they decided their family needed a dog -- an American bulldog named Kaila. Thus started one of their first arguments. Brandy, who had never had a dog before,...Tags: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Genetics, Animals, Dogs
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The man who saved the peregrines
Of The Morning CallRemember the mated peregrine pair and their four fuzzy falcon chicks that nested atop Allentown's PPL skyscraper this year? Thank Tom Cade for that. Cade played a major role in reviving the nearly extinct peregrine falcon in the 1970s. As a graduate...Tags: Pennsylvania, Environmental Politics, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Lehigh County, Ceremonies
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