It took over five years for Nathaniel Rich to finish his first novel — maybe because he was writing The Mayor's Tongue secretly, first as a college student, and then while writing film criticism during the day.

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Abortion-rights backers want quick action from the president-elect, although they may not press for sweeping changes. Obama has said he is looking to find common ground on reproductive health issues.

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Associated Press - November 20, 2009 9:54 AM ET JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has set an antler and horn gathering season for public land west of the Continental...

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Associated Press - November 20, 2009 8:04 AM ET MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (AP) - U.S. Air Force officials and representatives of the Republic of Singapore marked their cooperation in the Idaho...

Associated Press - November 20, 2009 8:04 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's Medicaid Division is getting a nearly $115,000 share from a nationwide settlement with French drug giant...

Associated Press - November 20, 2009 8:04 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A district judge has ordered a southwestern Idaho couple to file state tax returns for two years in which their reported...

If you're a member of Costco, the nation's largest wholesale club, you may be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola's products are no longer on the shelves. The two companies are locked in a rare public dispute over the price consumers pay for beverages.

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Associated Press - November 20, 2009 7:54 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A Boise man accused of killing a friend with a punch to the face has been charged with second-degree murder.

UC regents, meeting at UCLA, approved a two-phase increase that will boost the average undergraduate fee $2,500 by next fall. That would bring the average annual cost to about $10,300 — a threefold increase in a decade.

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Two children and a policeman were among those killed in the blast, which wounded at least 23 others when the motorcyclist detonated the explosives in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.

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America's Finest News Source has released a book celebrating its 21 years of satire (with a wink). Onion editors Joe Randazzo and Joe Garden talk with Renee Montagne about the serious business of being funny.

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The Pocatello Fire Department quickly put out a fire that had engulfed a mobile home off Griffith Road Thursday night.

Thousands of University of California students converged on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles Thursday, as regents adopted a 30 percent fee hike. It's one of the latest signs of California's continuing economic crisis. UC officials say, faced with a huge deficit of their own, they have no choice but to raise the fees. Many students say they can't afford to pay more.

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is offering new guidelines for cervical cancer screening — delaying the start of pap smears for young women and cutting back on the frequency of the tests. These guidelines were released just days after a different group caused a furor by recommending that most women wait until they're 50 to start getting mammograms.

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The fight over health care has moved to the Senate, and that means the fight over abortion is there as well. Earlier this month, the House passed legislation that would ban federal funding of abortion, but most Democrats say it went too far. Can the Senate's version find a compromise?

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she believes a health-care bill will pass, despite fierce debate over language about abortion. She tells Renee Montagne that when it comes to Afghanistan, she doesn't sense wide support among House members for a significant troop increase. Pelosi says she's asked members to give President Obama room to decide his Afghan strategy.

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The Pocatello Fire Department quickly put out a fire that had engulfed a mobile home off Griffith Road Thursday night.