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Wimbledon's Centre Court, Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros and the Taco Bell Arena, way out west in Boise, Idaho.

Sam Querrey rescued the United States from a humbling Davis Cup upset, defeating Thiago Alves 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) Sunday to lift the Americans over Brazil 3-2 in a first-round tie.

A group opposed to gay marriage has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging Nevada's marriage ban. A group opposed to gay marriage has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging Nevada's marriage ban. The Boise, Idaho-based Coalition for the Protection of Marriage filed the request on Wednesday, the AP reported. Its petition, known as a writ of certiorari, asks the high court to take the case before it moves to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. U.S. District Chief Judge Robert Jones last week ruled against plaintiffs challenging the state's 2002 voter-approved constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union. In Sevick v. Sandoval, Jones, a George W. Bush appointee, found that gay men and lesbians do not qualify for protections under the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause because they have not historically faced discrimination. ?Homosexuals have not historically been denied the right to vote, the right to serve

The Boise City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a gay protections law. The Boise City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a gay protections law. The law, which takes effect on January 1, makes it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation in the areas of employment and housing. The law includes exceptions for religious institutions and some private organizations, CBS affiliate WBOI reported. Supporters cheered passage with a standing ovation. While speaking on the legislation, Councilwoman Maryanne Jordan, a strong supporter of the measure, became emotional. ?If this ordinance can serve to have children in our community to feel valued in our community in a way they may not have before,? she said. ?To go away to school and to come home to a place that they love and know that they can thrive here as adults then I think we have done our civic responsibility.? City officials heard hours of testimony on the proposed law from opponents and supporters during a

Law enforcement officials in Germany and the United States are investigating the theft of a road bike and time trial bike owned by Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong.

BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - Thousands of Micron Technology employees, industry figures and community leaders paid tribute to the chipmaker's late CEO, Steve Appleton, at a memorial in Boise on Thursday.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Rick Santorum has won support from American conservatives for his views on social issues but a habit of hyperbole may lead to stumbles in his White House bid.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Elpida Memory will seek an equity tie-up with U.S. rival Micron Technology, a newspaper said on Wednesday, as the Japanese firm confronts mounting pressure from approaching debt repayments and a deteriorating memory chip market.

(Reuters) - Micron Technology <MU.O> posted quarterly results below expectations and said weak prices for DRAM memory chips are making industry consolidation inevitable.

No major recruiting services found the 2007 and 2008 Boise State classes impressive enough to rank in the top 50 nationally.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Cattle rustlers, casting aside saddle and spurs for modern horsepower, are roaming the West with four-wheel drive and GPS technology in a resurgence of livestock thievery considered a hanging offense on the old frontier.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Cattle rustlers, casting aside saddle and spurs for modern horsepower, are roaming the West with four-wheel drive and GPS technology in a resurgence of livestock thievery considered a hanging offense on the old frontier.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A man convicted of abducting and murdering two Idaho women in 1987 was put to death on Friday by lethal injection in the state's first execution in 17 years, prison officials said.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A man convicted of abducting and murdering two Idaho women in 1987 was put to death on Friday by lethal injection in the state's first execution in 17 years.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Lawyers for an Idaho man sentenced to death for the slayings of two women in the 1980s asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to stay his execution, which if carried out on Friday as planned would be the state's first in 17 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half a million baby strollers in the United States and Canada are being recalled because of a chocking hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Animal rights activists claimed responsibility on Monday for a fire that caused $100,000 in damage to a Boise-area store that sells fur coats and fireworks, authorities said.

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A mountain lion that killed a family's dog and clawed a young boy near Boise, Idaho, has been killed by Idaho wildlife officers, authorities said on Friday.

A third member of an alleged rogue US army unit in Afghanistan pleaded guilty in a plea deal over shock killings of local civilians that embarrassed the US army.

Nearly half of Americans support banning gay marriage, but a majority support its legalization. ?Nearly half of Americans support banning gay marriage, but a majority support its legalization, a new AP poll found. The nationwide poll was released a day after North Carolina lawmakers voted in favor of sending a constitutional amendment that seeks to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples to voters in May. A similar question will appear on the November ballot box in Minnesota. More Americans favor banning gay marriage by constitutional amendment, the survey found. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they favor such amendments, while 40 percent disagreed. Another 8 percent said they did not know. However, pollsters also found that a majority of American support the legalization of gay marriage. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they favor marriage equality, while 44 percent were opposed. And a larger majority (57%) believe gay and lesbian couples are entitled to the same lega