3 killed as helicopter crashes, breaks apart on downtown street in Idaho town

3 killed when copter crashes in Idaho downtown

2 killed, 1 injured as helicopter crashes, breaks apart in downtown of Idaho town

2 killed when copter crashes in Idaho downtown

Wildfire brings overnight evacuations in Mont.; cool, calm weather helps control Wash. blazes

Homes evacuated overnight near Montana wildfire

High winds whip fires in Idaho, Montana, Washington; fire threat looms in California

High winds whip fires in several Western states

Authorities order evacuations in Idaho and Montana because of wildfires whipped by wind

Idaho town prepares for wildfire evacuations

Evacuations ordered near Idaho resort as wildfire advances on subdivisions with 100 homes

Idaho residents face fire risk, told to evacuate

Homeless man arrested after fire burns 11 houses in southern Oregon

Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes

Wildfires burn 11 homes in Oregon as dry weather, hot temperatures aid fires in Idaho, Calif.

Hot weather aids fires in Oregon, Calif., Idaho

Crews working to get southern Idaho wildfire larger than city of Los Angeles under control

Crews working to battle southern Idaho wildfire

A century later, Great Fire of 1910 still resonates in Forest Service policy

Giant fire set pace for Forest Service

WALLACE, Idaho — Each year major wildfires in the West are fought like military battles, with firefighters deploying by ground and air, bombers dropping retardant on flames, and incident commanders plotting strategy behind the lines. These often epic campaigns are largely the result of the Great Fire of 1910.

US judicial panel asked to consolidate more than 300 oil spill lawsuits before single court

US panel asked to consolidate oil spill lawsuits

SW Idaho fires destroy 3 homes, threaten others as wind fans flames

Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fans flames

SW Idaho fires damage at least 3 homes, threaten others as wind fan flames

SW Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fan flames

19-year-old ‘Barefoot Bandit’ makes 1st federal court appearance in Seattle, doesn’t seek bail

‘Barefoot Bandit’ doesn’t seek bail, stays jailed

Crews make progress containing 170-square-mile fire at Idaho National Laboratory nuclear site

Crews make progress on fast-growing SE Idaho fire

Crews battle fast-growing range fire at Idaho National Laboratory

Crews battle fast-growing range fire in SE Idaho

Crews battle range fire at Idaho National Laboratory; fire burns ‘critical infrastructure’

Crews battle 170-square-mile fire in Idaho

Idaho police arrest transgender woman in bomb plot after she waged identity fight

Police: Transgender woman arrested in ID bomb plot

BP buys devices designed at Idaho National Lab to help clean up oil mess in Gulf of Mexico

BP to use Idaho lab’s technology in gulf oil spill

Snowmelt-swollen rivers plague Wyoming, Colorado; National Guard called in to fill sandbags

Snowmelt-swollen rivers plague Wyoming, Colorado

Lightning strike in Yellowstone National Park injures 9 people waiting to see Old Faithful

9 injured when lightning hits Old Faithful viewers

AP Enterprise: Toyota waited to issue steering recall despite complaints, problems in Japan

Toyota waited months to issue ‘05 steering recall

4.9 quake rumbles parts of Utah, Wyo., Idaho; no immediate reports of damage, injuries

4.9 quake shakes Utah, Wyo., Idaho

SALT LAKE CITY — A magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattled parts of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho on Thursday evening. There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.

Freed missionary arrives in US after release from Haiti jail

Freed missionary arrives in US from Haiti jail

Missionaries released from Haiti describe jail, say they’re worried about quake-ravaged nation

Missionaries worry about Haitians, describe jail

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Mother Mary MacKillop becomes 1st Australian saint

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Mother Mary MacKillop becomes 1st Australian saint

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Mother Mary MacKillop becomes 1st Australian saint

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Mother Mary MacKillop becomes 1st Australian saint

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Premiums jump 14 percent on Medicare private plans

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Premiums jump 14 percent on Medicare private plans

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US

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Chile assesses damage from mammoth earthquake

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8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US

8 Americans accused of trying to take kids out of Haiti return to US; 2 others remain in jail

8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US

8 Americans freed in adoption scandal and return to US, 2 others remain in Haitian jail

Missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — American missionaries accused of child trafficking in the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake returned home Thursday and urged the safe release of the two women left behind in a Port-au-Prince jail.

8 American missionaries freed by Haiti judge back in US, spend night in Miami airport hotel

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge back in US

8 American missionaries arrested in Haiti land in Miami hours after judge frees them

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US

8 US Baptists board cargo plane for Miami after judge frees them

8 jailed American missionaries leave Haiti for US

Haitian judge frees 8 US Baptists after talks with parents who gave them children

Haiti judge frees 8 of 10 American missionaries

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

Dominican lawyer for Americans jailed in Haiti has no license to practice in native country

DR lawyer for Americans in Haiti has no license

US missionaries may spend weekend in jail as Haiti marks one month since quake

US missionaries may spend weekend in Haiti lockup

Haitian judge poised to free 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping children; timing unclear

Haitian judge poised to release US missionaries