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Challenge to Obamacare on contraceptives rejected

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a path devised by the Obama administration that allows religious nonprofit groups to avoid paying for contraception under the president's health care law.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

DEA paid for confidential Amtrak passenger lists

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blackwater guards finally go on trial

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Government lets banks, marijuana sellers do business

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers so these new businesses can stash away savings, make payroll and pay taxes like any other enterprise. It's not clear banks will get on board.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO