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47-year-old Eagle man charged with lewd conduct for abuse police say lasted 6 years

March 18, 2010 - 2:14pm
Alejandro Maldonado is being held in the Ada County Jail on a felony charge of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16 after Ada County Sheriff’s deputies say he sexually abused a girl over a six-year period.
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New bocce ball courts in Boise's Julia Davis Park are ready

March 18, 2010 - 1:53pm
New bocce ball courts in Julia Davis Park are ready for play thanks to a donation from Louis S. and Anne Marie Piccotti. Lou owns Capitol Schwinn Sports and is the founder and president of the American Italian Culture Foundation.
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Idaho Power customers saved power and money with energy efficiency programs in 2009

March 18, 2010 - 12:49pm
Idaho Power Co. customers saved 132,443,336 kilowatt-hours of electricity through company sponsored programs in 2009.
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Boise police make 9 DUI arrests but say Downtown St. Patrick’s Day partiers were mostly well behaved

March 18, 2010 - 12:42pm
The Boise Police STEP team and other Ada County law enforcement agencies
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Woman arrested in Boisie wallet theft case

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
Christine Abrams, 47, has been charged with felony grand theft.
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Legislative Updates: Day 67

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
A House panel approved a measure that would add an emergency surcharge to infractions, misdemeanors and felonies to help pay for the judicial system in Idaho.
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Idaho's only private prison replaces its 2 leaders just days after ACLU sued

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
The Corrections Corp. of America is replacing the warden and assistant warden at the Idaho Correctional Center near Boise, the state's only private prison.
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Learn about proposed Boise charter school

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
Village Charter School proponents will hold an informal gathering from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton Homewood Suites, 7957 W. Spectrum St.
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0210 Idaho elections: Labrador joins crowded GOP race for U.S. House; Denney to run again

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
As Idaho's campaign-filing period nears Friday's close, state Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, filed as expected for the 1st Congressional District seat held by freshman Democrat Walt Minnick.
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Otter is the first governor to sign a law saying the state will defy a requirement to buy insurance

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
Democrats in Washington, D.C., hope to pass health care reform soon, but Republican state leaders in Idaho are preparing to go to court to fight it.
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2010 Elections: Olson, Luna in race for Idaho schools chief job

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
Boise School District superintendent Stan Olson has his own challenges after he officially kicks off his race Thursday to unseat Tom Luna for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Sandra Forester: Emotional wounds of childhood abuse may take years to heal

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
It can be hard to deal with the emotions resulting from childhood sexual abuse. Reporter Sandra Forester writes about being molested at age 5 and finding healing decades later.
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Idaho inmate gives back through art - and discovers a new passion in the process

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
John Gout, an inmate in the state prison system, has found an unusual way to wait out the last months of his sentence.
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Power in Downtown Boise was out for an hour, but the goose walked away

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
BOISE - Idaho Power crews restored electricity to Downtown Boise by 8 a.m. Wednesday morning after a goose hit a piece of electrical equipment an hour earlier. Traffic signals on Front Street were dark.
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Idaho Legislative Agenda: Day 67

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
ON TODAY'S AGENDA
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Parents fight cuts to public education in Idaho

March 17, 2010 - 10:00pm
Parents at Washington Elementary listen to Nancy Landon, Boise School District budget and finance manager, on Wednesday as she discusses how state budget cuts will impact education — there will be less money for supplies, textbooks, technology, field trips and more. The district also has the option to cut teacher salaries and reduce the school year. Gina Bessire, who has a fifth-grader at Washington, got parents together to sign letters to lawmakers in hopes of reducing some of the proposed cuts to schools.
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Upcoming overnight westbound I-84 closures

March 17, 2010 - 4:16pm
The Idaho Transportation Department has two overnight closures planned this week for Interstate 84 construction.
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Boise officials warn residents about door-to-door salespeople

March 17, 2010 - 3:10pm
With warm weather, door-to-door solicitors and vendors are spreading out across Boise.
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Pioneer Irrigation District canals will fill April 5

March 17, 2010 - 1:14pm
District water managers say the water-supply outlook is uncertain for this season because of a dwindling winter snow pack.
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K-HITS deejay seriously injured in crash last weekend upgraded to fair condition

March 17, 2010 - 1:09pm
Boise deejay Margo Vaughn, who was in intensive care Monday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise after a weekend car crash, has been upgraded to fair condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
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