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My interest is in Kootenai County and what is happening in our neighborhoods and at our courts. It seems that there is very little coverage of our area by your paper anymore, not what I am wanting to purchase daily. I have conferred with others and they are upset also. Please advise if this is a permanent change and if it is, all I have spoken with will be canceling their subscriptions too.
Sad for all/Jacqui.

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He wraps it in a piece of white paper and slides it across the counter to an elderly Navajo man.

Hunt's home and slaughterhouse sit on the bank of the Shumway Arroyo here in northwest New Mexico, about 15 miles west of Farmington. Just a few miles upstream, the smokestacks of the San Juan Generating Station, one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the United States, tower over the barren desert.

"They'll completely destroy your whole goddamned life," he says, gesturing in the direction of the power plant.

Hunt hardly fits the profile of an environmentalist. After all, he kills sheep for a living (he specializes in mutton) and spouts politically incorrect aphorisms - he once compared divorcing his wife to shooting his dog. But when he's not supplying his customers with meat, he and a handful of allies are locked in fierce battle with the power plant and its owner.

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Disciples of Discipline

Watch TV, Get Rich.

Although people might not like "Cramer the disciplinarian," he said his new book, which has 20 brand-new rules, should prevent market players from losing money. And because Cramer's aim is to help make people rich, he went on to explain five of those new rules.

Cramer's first new rule is, "There's a market for everything; pay attention to how it works." Investors need to remember that there are lots of different reasons why stocks are traded in a stock market and that there are submarkets, he said.

Although it makes "total intuitive sense," most people rarely keep in mind when investing that there's a market for oil stocks, a market for newly public stocks and a market for small-cap value stocks, all of which are governed by supply and demand, Cramer said.

N.J. searches for way to make teen drivers safer

Joe Bartonek, 16, hopped into the white Chevrolet Cobalt and gripped the wheel at 10 and 2.

It was a rainy weekday afternoon, and the Edison teen settled in for a lesson with his driving instructor on rights of way, lane changes and how to avoid hydroplaning. Bartonek hopes the practice will not only help him earn a license but also aid him in becoming a more complete driver, too.

"I just want to be alert and do better," he said.

Do better is exactly what experts and state officials want for all young motorists these days. Data has not painted a flattering picture of that demographic: According to the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens.

And while the state in 2001 enacted a graduated driver's license program restricting when and with whom 16- and 17-year-old teens can drive in an effort to reduce the number of tragedies, fatality figures have gone skyward.

Buzz Briefs: Gwen Stefani, Tom Cruise

Singer Gwen Stefani, is pregnant with her second child with her British rocker husband Gavin Rossdale, according to several news reports Tuesday.

Celebrity Web site People.com quoted Douglas Rossdale, Gavin's father, as saying, "the whole family are delighted."

"We are very much looking forward to another grandchild," he said.

Stefani, 38, and Rossdale, 40, who gained fame in British rock band Bush, have one other child, a son named Kingston who was born in 2006. Stefani and Rossdale were married in 2002.

California native Stefani rose to record stardom singing for the band No Doubt in the 1980s and 1990s. "Love. Angel. Music. Baby" was her first solo album. In 2006, she released another solo effort, "Sweet Escape."


Tom Cruise Getting 1st Ducati 200 Horsepower Superbike

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Tradition underpins 'best' school

The school's score of 1090.5 meant they typically scored one and a half grades better than had been expected from their previous test results, compared with other pupils nationally.

Head teacher Tony Leach said it had all been down to hard work by pupils and staff.

He said Moreton was known locally as "the zoo on the hill" and was under threat of closure by Ofsted when he arrived seven years ago.

As part of the transformation he got pupils themselves to choose a motto and crest.

They adopted a highly traditional grammar school style, complete with a Latin motto: labor omnia vincit - hard work conquers all.

This is likely to be music to the ears of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, who started something of a trend for recalling old school mottos after he took office citing his own, "I will try my utmost".

Snipes' Attorney Calls Actor "Product Of America"

OCALA, Fla. -- An all-white jury, made up of 11 women and five men, was seated Tuesday in actor Wesley Snipes' tax evasion trial. Snipes' lead attorney revealed his strategy in the case only to Eyewitness News. The attorney also tried to clear up what he calls misconceptions in the case.

UBS hit by further $4bn writedown

The surprise announcement, coming ahead of the Swiss bank's annual results on February 14, means UBS will report a net group loss of about SFr4.4bn ($4bn) for 2007.

The bank, once renowned for its caution and rigorous controls, surprised investors last year after it emerged that it held more than $40bn in subprime-related paper through positions taken by Dillon Read Capital Management, its now-closed internal hedge fund, and its conventional fixed income trading activities.