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Judge: Duncan competent

BOISE - A man convicted of murder and kidnapping in a 2005 attack on a North Idaho family was mentally competent when he waived the right to appeal his death sentence, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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Plane search suspended

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Take the long way

BOISE - A trucking company hired by a subsidiary of General Electric Co. to ship massive oil refinery equipment to the tar sands project in western Canada hopes to begin moving the oversized loads along highways in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho, officials in both states say.

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Mediation ordered in Idaho execution policy suit

BOISE (AP) — A federal judge has ordered mediation talks between Idaho prison officials and more than a dozen news organizations that are challenging a policy that limits public access to lethal injection executions.

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