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This could be the end of  Gadhafi's 42 year-long regime. It seems like it is just a matter of time.

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This is the second year in a row Ron Paul has won CPAC's straw poll, but will he be the Republican Candidate in 2012?

"I think this poll is really a popularity poll and it probably isn't directly a good measure of fitness for the presidency," Steven Smith, a political science professor at Washington University in St. Louis, told Minnesota Public Radio. "But it's a place where conservatives seek to send a message to the party." 

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This week Idaho political expert Randy Stapilus talks about the nullification bill, The education reform bill, cutting the kindergarten budget and offers a preview of what's in store for lawmakers this week.

Randy Stapilus has been a journalist, analyst and author in the region since 1974. An award-winning reporter an

When I first read this article, I had to shake my head.... a few times! This does not make any sense at all! "Tens of thousands of the nation's war widows find it perplexing and downright disrespectful to their late military husbands: In order to fully collect on insurance their husbands bought for them when alive, they must marry another man."

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A House committee has approved a plan to bar residents from filing ethics complaints against state lawmakers.  The House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved the new restriction that's part of a series of proposed changes awaiting final vote befor

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More than 200 people flocked to the Idaho Capitol this morning for a hearing on a bill to void President Obama's health care overhaul.  Dozens at the House State Affairs Committee wore yellow "Yes Nullify" stickers on their shirts or jackets.  Many wer

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Jill says:  I was very disappointed the Patriot Act was enacted in the first place and I am glad this has been defeated...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/house-rejects-extensions-patriot-act_n_820554.html

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"Idaho residents came in droves to testify Friday before state lawmakers who are considering the governor's proposed cuts to public health programs next year. "The stress on us has been incredible," said Scott Burpee, an operator of assisted-living homes in southea

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Many thousands of protestors took to the streets of Cairo on Friday to protest the long rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who they claim has undermined freedoms of Egyptian citizens while neglecting issues like the nation's suffering economy. The recent ousting of a similarly authoritarian Tunisian leader inspired the revolt.

Military enforcement has been called in by the government to deal with the demonstrators, firing water cannons and tear gas to into the crowds as seen in the below video footage:

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