http://www.eastidahonews.com Live, Local and more than just politics | Idaho News | Idaho Falls News | Pocatello News Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:41:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © East Idaho News 2012 web@eiradio.com (East Idaho News) web@eiradio.com (East Idaho News) 1440 http://www.eastidahonews.com/wp-content/themes/eastidahonews/images/news-Icon-trans.png http://www.eastidahonews.com 144 144 Live, Local and more than just politics | Idaho News | Idaho Falls News | Pocatello News East Idaho News East Idaho News web@eiradio.com no no http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/live-blog-republican-debate-in-arizona/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-blog-republican-debate-in-arizona http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/live-blog-republican-debate-in-arizona/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:41:00 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=20eb96e119dbab3ef48ff5c4d445e4c4 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(MESA, Ariz.) -- See live coverage and commentary from ABC News and Yahoo of the Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz. The Republican presidential debate in Arizona, sponsored by CNN Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/live-blog-republican-debate-in-arizona/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/thirty-minutes-in-any-direction-and-you-find-beautiful-outdoors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thirty-minutes-in-any-direction-and-you-find-beautiful-outdoors http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/thirty-minutes-in-any-direction-and-you-find-beautiful-outdoors/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:37:59 +0000 Tim http://www.eastidahonews.com/?p=20375   (IDAHO FALLS, ID)   One of the BEST Outdoor Journalists in the business joined Tim Lewis for her usual Wednesday banter on Idaho’s Morning News.  Kris Millgate told us about...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/thirty-minutes-in-any-direction-and-you-find-beautiful-outdoors/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/federal-judge-in-california-strikes-down-key-provision-of-doma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-judge-in-california-strikes-down-key-provision-of-doma http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/federal-judge-in-california-strikes-down-key-provision-of-doma/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:36:45 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=b962b46d59e12f8129b0d649e0360510 Hemera/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A federal judge in California Wednesday night struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as applied to a federal employee who sought benefits for her same-sex spouse.While this is not the first...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/federal-judge-in-california-strikes-down-key-provision-of-doma/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/house-democrats-protest-californias-proposition-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-democrats-protest-californias-proposition-8 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/house-democrats-protest-californias-proposition-8/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:28:09 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=8c0bd7fd7c998856f0c110f0fc1ca4d7 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A collection of House Democrats are protesting silently against Proposition 8 Wednesday, participating in a photo shoot to draw attention to California’s state law banning same-sex marriage.Wednesday the NOH8...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/house-democrats-protest-californias-proposition-8/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-stolen-valor-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-stolen-valor-act http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-stolen-valor-act/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:10:55 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=84593b284328b557a7e349475ac8f66d Comstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Maj. David McCombs, a U.S. Marine who has served four tours overseas, stood out in the cold early Wednesday morning waiting for one of the few public seats in the Supreme Court hearing room.McCombs came to the court t...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/supreme-court-hears-challenge-to-stolen-valor-act/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/jury-finds-george-huguely-guilty-of-second-degree-murder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jury-finds-george-huguely-guilty-of-second-degree-murder http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/jury-finds-george-huguely-guilty-of-second-degree-murder/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=ea970f0d522995a9d496ca9667f42abd Comstock/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A jury found George Huguely V guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love.The Charlottesville, Va., jury of five women and seven men re...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/jury-finds-george-huguely-guilty-of-second-degree-murder/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/woods-advances-in-the-match-play-championship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woods-advances-in-the-match-play-championship http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/woods-advances-in-the-match-play-championship/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:51 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=19ecaa8763ff0b0f0a756cba0d64b438 Scott Halleran/Getty Images(MARANA, Arizona) -- Tiger Woods defeated Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Wednesday, 1 up. The 14-time major champion took the lead for good on the 16th hole ...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/woods-advances-in-the-match-play-championship/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/ruutu-and-hurricanes-agree-to-contract-extension/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruutu-and-hurricanes-agree-to-contract-extension http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/ruutu-and-hurricanes-agree-to-contract-extension/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:49:43 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=a5e6472279b818eb0ca919444aca26e4 Carolina Hurricanes/NHL(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- Carolina Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu has agreed to a four-year, $19 million contract extension with the club.Under the new deal, which runs through the 2015-16 season, the 29-year-old Ruutu will earn $4 mill...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/ruutu-and-hurricanes-agree-to-contract-extension/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/santorum-highlights-immigration-in-tucson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santorum-highlights-immigration-in-tucson http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/santorum-highlights-immigration-in-tucson/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:00:45 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=0ce988a0aec29f2f6685395874876f4f Jay LaPrete/Getty Images(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- Campaigning at a Tea Party rally Wednesday, Rick Santorum zeroed in on immigration in this southern Arizona city as he promised to “secure the southern border” and make illegal immigration a focal ...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/santorum-highlights-immigration-in-tucson/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/pete-hoekstra-scrubs-racially-tinged-super-bowl-ad-from-internet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pete-hoekstra-scrubs-racially-tinged-super-bowl-ad-from-internet http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/pete-hoekstra-scrubs-racially-tinged-super-bowl-ad-from-internet/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:47:54 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=be27fcbc38b50ce7b3f68d682da33ba1 Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While it aired on television only in the state of Michigan, Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra’s racially charged Super Bowl ad soon became the perceived slur heard round the country.Now, after a deluge of crit...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/pete-hoekstra-scrubs-racially-tinged-super-bowl-ad-from-internet/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/eight-bodies-recovered-from-costa-concordia-cruise-ship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eight-bodies-recovered-from-costa-concordia-cruise-ship http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/eight-bodies-recovered-from-costa-concordia-cruise-ship/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:34:43 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=36545de5a155e21258392c83a1b3be36 STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images(ROME) -- Teams searching the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner have found another eight bodies, more than a month after the ship capsized off the coast of Italy.Italian officials had previously put the number of those kill...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/eight-bodies-recovered-from-costa-concordia-cruise-ship/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/new-drug-promising-against-deadly-melanoma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-drug-promising-against-deadly-melanoma http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/new-drug-promising-against-deadly-melanoma/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:08:23 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=9b7b1567cc67f2a42e09605e9e6a8559 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- When Richard Kaminski had an unusual mole removed from his cheek in 1998, he thought it was the end of his experience with melanoma.But more than 10 years later, Kaminski developed a cough that didn't go away. Medica...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/new-drug-promising-against-deadly-melanoma/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/fda-panel-recommends-approval-of-diet-drug-qnexa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fda-panel-recommends-approval-of-diet-drug-qnexa http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/fda-panel-recommends-approval-of-diet-drug-qnexa/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:04:04 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=301433f4ad8933f52356aa96c4b4d8ef FDA/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee Wednesday recommended approval of the weight loss drug Qnexa, a treatment many hope will help millions of Americans who struggle with obesity.In voting 20-...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/fda-panel-recommends-approval-of-diet-drug-qnexa/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/seinfeld-star-daniel-von-bargen-hospitalized-after-suicide-attempt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seinfeld-star-daniel-von-bargen-hospitalized-after-suicide-attempt http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/seinfeld-star-daniel-von-bargen-hospitalized-after-suicide-attempt/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:56:48 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=71416c2558c91901091807e113f1052d iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MONTGOMERY, Ohio) -- Daniel von Bargen, perhaps best known as Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, was hospitalized this week after shooting himself in the head in a botched suicide attempt.The Montgomery, Ohio, resident shot himself in the t...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/seinfeld-star-daniel-von-bargen-hospitalized-after-suicide-attempt/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/surgeon-gave-teen-daughter-breast-implants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surgeon-gave-teen-daughter-breast-implants http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/surgeon-gave-teen-daughter-breast-implants/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:37:26 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=7555b4d7b5cd99ff9a8f8554d1875788 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) -- A California plastic surgeon is keeping it in the family by performing multiple cosmetic procedures on his own young daughters.Dr. Michael Niccole, founder of the CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Center in Ne...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/surgeon-gave-teen-daughter-breast-implants/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/migraines-linked-to-depression-in-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=migraines-linked-to-depression-in-women http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/migraines-linked-to-depression-in-women/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:04:38 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=bcfa090a57ec47e5d5b631ca5b142ff9 Hemera/Thinkstock(BOSTON) -- According to a new study, women with a history of migraines are 41 percent more likely to develop depression than their migraine-free counterparts. "Our study shows that migraine is a potential risk factor for depression," ...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/migraines-linked-to-depression-in-women/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/worlds-biggest-mortars-weapon-of-choice-against-homs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worlds-biggest-mortars-weapon-of-choice-against-homs http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/worlds-biggest-mortars-weapon-of-choice-against-homs/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:52:46 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=0df39c3a2d61500c5d6c9658eb461349 JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) -- For almost three weeks, Syria’s central city of Homs has been pounded by shelling from the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, leaving hundreds dead, according to opposition activists. Judging from a video ...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/worlds-biggest-mortars-weapon-of-choice-against-homs/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/would-be-capitol-bomber-waives-right-to-detention-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-be-capitol-bomber-waives-right-to-detention-hearing http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/would-be-capitol-bomber-waives-right-to-detention-hearing/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:48:35 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=38dfc7168ceef167607444afe96f82e9 iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Amine El Khalifi, the 29-year-old Moroccan man charged last Friday in an FBI sting in a plot to bomb the Capitol made a brief court appearance Wednesday afternoon and waived his right to a detention hearing. The co...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/would-be-capitol-bomber-waives-right-to-detention-hearing/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/candidates-set-to-square-off-in-pivotal-arizona-debate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=candidates-set-to-square-off-in-pivotal-arizona-debate http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/candidates-set-to-square-off-in-pivotal-arizona-debate/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:31:57 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=03240d3b3a0d17bff681cf705b0f89b8 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the Republican presidential nomination still up for grabs after nearly two months of voting, the four remaining candidates will gather for another debate Wednesday night, this time in Arizona.Mitt Romne...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/candidates-set-to-square-off-in-pivotal-arizona-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/obama-breaks-ground-on-african-american-history-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=obama-breaks-ground-on-african-american-history-museum http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/obama-breaks-ground-on-african-american-history-museum/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:25:06 +0000 ABC Digital http://www.eastidahonews.com/?guid=a1aadd9edd1f2af86def57c9f92a1305 SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Breaking ground on the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, President Obama said Wednesday he hopes the museum will remind future generations of the, “sometimes difficu...]]> http://www.eastidahonews.com/2012/02/obama-breaks-ground-on-african-american-history-museum/feed/ 0