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The wreckage of a Lancair aircraft that crashed at the Boise Airport is seen Friday morning, Feb. 3, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Steve Appleton, the head of Idaho memory chip maker Micron died Friday morning when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport, the company said. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)

Micron CEO dies in Idaho plane crash

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 4:15pm

BOISE, Idaho -- The head of Idaho memory chip maker Micron died Friday morning when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport, the company said.

Steve Appleton, 51, was the chief executive and chairman of Micron and a professional stunt pilot who escaped a similar plane crash in 2004 with serious injuries.

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Owners warned after outbreak of fatal horse virus

Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 11:23pm

BOISE -- Horse owners and organizations nationwide are watching anxiously and shutting down shows and other events in an effort to keep a deadly horse virus outbreak that began in Utah from spreading beyond a handful of Western states and Canada.

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Owners warned after outbreak of fatal horse virus

Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 11:05pm

BOISE -- Horse owners and organizations nationwide are watching anxiously and shutting down shows and other events in an effort to keep a deadly horse virus outbreak that began in Utah from spreading beyond a handful of Western states and Canada.

So far, at least 17 horses in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, California, Washington and Canada have been infected with the highly contagious Equine Herpes Virus-1, and at least three have died.

The disease poses no threat to people but is easily spread among horses, alpacas and llamas because it can be airborne and transmitted by touch or by sharing feed, brushes, bits and other equipment.

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In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attacks fellow inmate Hanni Elabed at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. Elabed suffered brain damage and persistent short-term memory loss after he was beaten by inmate James Haver while multiple guards watched at the Idaho prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America.

Guards shown watching inmate attack

Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 11:38am

BOISE, Idaho -- The surveillance video from the overhead cameras shows Hanni Elabed being beaten by a fellow inmate in an Idaho prison, managing to bang on a prison guard station window, pleading for help. Behind the glass, correctional officers look on, but no one intervenes when Elabed is knocked unconscious.

No one steps into the cellblock when the attacker sits down to rest, and no one stops him when he resumes the beating.

Videos of the attack obtained by The Associated Press show officers watching the beating for several minutes. The footage is a key piece of evidence for critics who claim the privately run Idaho Correctional Center uses inmate-on-inmate violence to force prisoners to snitch on their cellmates or risk being moved to extremely violent units.

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Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip

Rebecca Boone The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 5:49pm

BOISE, Idaho -- In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Laura Silsby made a series of calls around the country to mobilize a trip to rescue orphaned children from the disaster.

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