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Veterans, families and friends came together today to celebrate Veterans Day, throughout the valley.

Running man: He's never been to Idaho, but Bay Ridge gadfly William Bryk is running to represent the state in the United States Senate.

Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued this statement following Committee action today to pass a climate change cap and trade bill.

Four Utah teens are in trouble for doing something they learned on YouTube. It didn't involve fire or bombs or even Britney Spears.

A century ago, most cities of much size had streetcars, electric rail systems running through the populated areas.

A New York City resident plans a long-distance run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat now held by Mike Crapo, a Republican.

Up in the Idaho First Congressional District currently represented by first term Democrat Walt Minnick , there is another "battle for the GOP's soul" brewing.

Campaign finance reports from the Northwest for the cycle ending September 30 showed mostly the expected.

The Air Force will announce Friday at noon that Mountain Home Air Force Base is on the short list for consideration of an operational F-35 Lightning II fighter unit, according to a spokesperson from Sen.

AARP thinks doctors will no longer be able to afford to treat some Medicare patients because the U-S Senate yesterday failed to delay a reimbursement rate cut.

Two years later, Jones sued her ex-employer. But she's been bogged down in a legal morass.

In the Rockies today, the focus is on passenger rail service in the West. On Friday, a report on the feasibility of restarting the North Coast Hiawatha Route across southern Montana was released, and while the cost was high--$1.043 billion--the study also found that interest on using the service was high.

Both Idaho Senators were opposed to the passage of the health care reform bill that made it out of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.

Changing the message? A A Oct. 14: A NBCa TMs Andrea Mitchell talks with a political panel about why some Republicans are trying to change the focus of Congress from health care to the economy.

"My hope is we that can fix the flaws in the bill and come together with a truly bipartisan bill that could garner widespread support," Sen.

Health reform's next hurdle A A Oct. 14: One of the lawmakers who voted against the health care bill, Sen.

Description: Sen. Mike Crapo on why he voted against the Baucus plan. - " gets voted today -- on and -- billion dollar baucus bill.

Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President Barack Obama's signature issue toward votes this fall in both houses of Congress.

Medicare patient Nita Jensen had to switch clinics when her doctor retired and she became a a oenew patient.a Medicare payments Medicare paid physicians nationwide about 80 percent of the amount paid by private insurance for the same services, according to a report released earlier this year by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

In this week's main feature , Project Censored, details the top 25 stories you should have read about in the mainstream media over the last year but didn't. Story number six is "As economy shrinks, D.C. lobbying grows." The short version: even in a bad economy, D.C. lobbyists still netted a $3.2 billion paycheck from special interests.