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Idaho stories: 30 news summaries

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Craig's Kids Say He Was 'Victim of Circumstance'

Son insists ex-senator's actions in bathroom were misinterpreted

Sep 4, 07 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Idaho senator Larry Craig was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was arrested in a bathroom sex sting in June, his children told Good Morning America today. “He was a victim of circumstance,” said his son, who, with his sister, believes his father's... More »

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Senate • sex scandal • Idaho • guilty plea • infidelity • Larry Craig

Sen. Larry Craig Resigns

Apologizes for 'what I have caused'; thanks governor for support

Sep 1, 07 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig held a press conference this morning to announce his resignation at the end of September. Noting the presence of his family and Gov. Butch Otter behind him, he said, "For any public official at this moment in time to be standing with Larry Craig is,... More »

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Craig Will Resign

Idaho senator to step down September 30

Aug 31, 07 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days after the revelation that he was caught in a police sting operation in an airport men's room, Larry Craig will resign from the US Senate, state GOP officials tell the AP and NBC News. The conservative Republican has called a news conference for tomorrow morning in Boise, where he... More »

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Craig May Resign Today

Senator’s resignation said to pre-empt
RNC request

Aug 31, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig will resign his Senate seat as soon as today, in an effort to pre-empt an official GOP call for him to step down, party sources tell CNN. Following the Idaho conservative’s guilty plea in a bathroom-stall sex sting, the Republican National Committee was preparing to call for... More »

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RNC • Senate • resignation • Idaho • Larry Craig • disorderly conduct

Craig’s Seat
Up for Grabs,
but Not
for Dems

Idaho is one of nation's most Republican states

Aug 29, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s unlikely that Larry Craig will stand for re-election to the Senate next year—but don’t even think about chalking up another seat for the Democrats. Pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in an airport bathroom will probably end Craig’s career, but Politico says Idaho’s one of... More »

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Democrats • Republican • Senate • Idaho • Larry Craig • Jim Risch • political scandal

Craig: 'I Am Not Gay'

Senator addresses media in attempt to set the record ... straight

Aug 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig apologized this afternoon—for "the cloud placed over Idaho," not for the disorderly conduct to which he pleaded guilty after being busted in a Minneapolis airport men's room. "I did nothing wrong," said the Republican Senator, who addressed the media in Boise with his... More »

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Idaho • homosexuality • Larry Craig • Idaho Statesman • political scandal • gays

Idaho Paper Spills Years of Dirt on Craig

Some question why story wasn't released earlier

Aug 28, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Idaho Statesman today released the results of a five-month investigation into charges of sexual improprieties against Sen. Larry Craig—including an encounter in a Washington, D.C., train station described to the paper by the other man. The paper held the story for months after Craig denied the allegations.... More »

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Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

Pled guilty in return for suspended jail term

Aug 27, 07 10:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from a male plainclothes police officer in a men's room at Minneapolis airport June 11. The incident is  spelled out in graphic detail in Roll Call, which obtained the arrest report. August 8th, Craig appeared in the Hennepin County... More »

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Idaho Blaze Threatens AF Base

Wildfire threatens thousands of homes and an Air Force base

Jul 23, 07 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A monster wildfire in Idaho threatens 7,500 homes and and an Air Force training range. The 880-square-mile blaze was formed when two other large wildfires combined, and has grown by 200 square miles in the last 24 hours. No one has been seriously hurt, but evacuations are still in... More »

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Record Highs Scorch West

Sizzling towns open swelter shelters for elderly as heat goes on

Jul 6, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A searing heat wave is likely to continue barbecuing the western U.S. today after record temperatures soared to 127 in Death Valley, 125 in nearby Baker and 116 in Phoenix yesterday. Las Vegas sizzled at 116 degrees with humidity in the single digits, and even northeastern Oregon cracked 107... More »

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