Read more Idaho stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4536/idaho.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:33:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68670/coach-suspends-oregon-player-for-postgame-punch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Oregon Ducks' football coach has suspended hotheaded running back LeGarrette Blount for punching a Boise State player in the face, the Statesman Journal reports. Head coach Chip Kelly said Blount would retain his scholarship for the year but will not be allowed to play in any regular-season or bowl...http://www.newser.com/story/68670/coach-suspends-oregon-player-for-postgame-punch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 16:32:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67981/gop-hopeful-i-was-kidding-about-hunting-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Republican gubernatorial candidate is under fire tonight for an offhand remark that he’d buy a license to hunt President Obama, the Twin Falls Times-News reports. Asked at a GOP event Tuesday about “Obama tags,” Rex Rammell replied, “Obama tags? We’d buy some of those.” Today, he backpedaled: “I was...http://www.newser.com/story/67981/gop-hopeful-i-was-kidding-about-hunting-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 20:53:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64852/taliban-hostages-hometown-stayed-quiet-on-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Taliban's capture of an American soldier in Afghanistan is old news for some residents of his hometown, but they kept quiet out of concern for his safety, the AP reports. The family of Bowe R. Bergdahl asked neighbors and other community members in Hailey, Idaho, not to discuss his...http://www.newser.com/story/64852/taliban-hostages-hometown-stayed-quiet-on-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 12:43:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63745/at-sun-valley-media-moguls-will-obsess-on-paid-content.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom Rupert Murdoch to Twitter founder Evan Williams, moguls old and young descend on Sun Valley, Idaho, this week for an annual summit on media and technology. This year, reports the Financial Times , the dominant question concerns paid content—a debate that has spread from the troubled newspaper industry to...http://www.newser.com/story/63745/at-sun-valley-media-moguls-will-obsess-on-paid-content.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 8:23:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55431/post-office-will-stop-wilderness-deliveries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNeither rain nor sleet nor snow ... but remote location will keep the US Postal Service from delivering mail to the Idaho wilderness starting June 30, NPR reports. Faced with a $6 billion deficit, the mail carrier is cutting back across the board, and that includes the last airstrip service in...http://www.newser.com/story/55431/post-office-will-stop-wilderness-deliveries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 14:26:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36723/palin-changed-colleges-6-times.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to have switched colleges at least six times in 6 years, including two stints at the University of Idaho before she graduated from there in 1987. Palin and three friends went to the University of Hawaii at Hilo after graduation from high school in...http://www.newser.com/story/36723/palin-changed-colleges-6-times.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 12:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36278/cowboys-ride-with-satphones-at-their-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCowboys are men of spurs and solitude—and satellite phones, too. Federal and state agencies have equipped seven Idaho ranchers with satellite technology so they can make clear, quick calls if a wildfire breaks out, the AP reports. "Minutes count in that country," one cowboy said. "Right now, it's pretty...http://www.newser.com/story/36278/cowboys-ride-with-satphones-at-their-side.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 Aug 2008 18:07:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31727/lawn-chair-balloonist-travels-in-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert today before landing safely in a field in Idaho. "If I had the time and money and people, I'd do this every weekend," said Kent Couch. "Things just look...http://www.newser.com/story/31727/lawn-chair-balloonist-travels-in-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Jul 2008 22:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31636/lawn-chair-pilot-plans-record-300-mile-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Oregon man plans to strap 150 balloons to his lawn chair tomorrow for his third attempt to fly to Idaho, reports the Chicago Tribune . Kent Couch made it 193 miles in last year's effort before landing in scrub land. This year, with corporate sponsorship behind him—and his wife's...http://www.newser.com/story/31636/lawn-chair-pilot-plans-record-300-mile-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jul 2008 12:45:00 CDT