Opinion

12/18/2018 - 12:00am
Why Americans need Mueller’s verdict on Trump
GUEST EDITORIAL In May 2017 when special counsel Robert Mueller began his investigation of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the country strapped in for a long, strange trip. Destination? We’d know when we got there. Mueller was tasked with...
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Sports

AP

New Orleans Saints’ Alvin Kamara (41) is tackled by Carolina Panthers’ Kawann Short (99) in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Monday.

12/18/2018 - 12:00am
Saints clamp down in win over Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints still have one of the league’s top-scoring offenses, but lately it’s the defense that’s been carrying the NFL’s most complete team. On a night when Brees and the offense couldn’t get much...
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Griz take control in 2nd half for 60-53 win over ND State
Harden’s 47 points lead Rockets over Jazz
Henrique, Getzlaf help Ducks win again, beat Penguins 4-2

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Student Andrew Hollingshead demonstrates how a potato infected with Pythium Leak got it’s name, Dec. 7, at the University of Idaho Research Extension Center in Kimberly.

12/18/2018 - 12:00am
Ruining potatoes to find fungus fix
KIMBERLY, Idaho (AP) — Andrew Hollingshead estimates he’s ruined 10 to 12 tons of potatoes. Now in the third year of his research project, the Ph.D. student will continue bruising, battering and dissecting tubers throughout the winter. But these...
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STATE SHORTS
REGION BRIEFS
Idaho must give transgender inmate gender surgery

Nation

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In this Sunday photo, former “A Prairie Home Companion” host Garrison Keillor talks to fans after his performances at Crooners lounge in Fridley, Minn.

12/18/2018 - 12:00am
Garrison Keillor back in spotlight
FRIDLEY, Minn. (AP) — Garrison Keillor looked comfortable on the small stage as he sang Christmas lullabies, told off-color limericks and spun a tale about a lutefisk dinner at the fictitious Lake Wobegon. Starting off with his familiar opener “...
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NASA’s 1st flight to moon marks 50th anniversary
Trump Foundation reaches deal to dissolve
Flynn sentencing abruptly postponed; judge expresses disgust

World

12/18/2018 - 12:00am
World news
Scary statistic: 90.5 percent of plastic is not recycled LONDON (AP) — The world’s burgeoning plastic waste crisis has won the attention of Britain’s Royal Statistical Society, which chose 90.5 percent — the proportion of plastic waste that has...
Saudi spending to hit record high as oil prices resume slide
Vatican committee: Church credibility at risk
WORLD NEWS
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