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5:56am

Thu August 2, 2012
Participation Nation

They Take The Cake in Boise, Idaho

Originally published on Thu August 2, 2012 12:02 pm

Credit Emilie Ritter Saunders for NPR

This month we are collecting your stories about the good things Americans are doing to make their community a better place. Some of your contributions will become blog posts and the project will end with a story that weaves together submissions to make a story of Americans by Americans for Americans.

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11:58am

Thu June 7, 2012
The Two-Way

Drink Up! 'Five Wives' Vodka Will Be Sold In Idaho

Originally published on Thu June 7, 2012 3:54 pm

Credit Brian Skoloff / AP

The state of Idaho's Liquor Division has changed its mind about Five Wives vodka.

The vodka, which as we said last week had been banned from Idaho's liquor stores because its name and label might offend women and Mormons, is going to be allowed to be sold in the state.

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1:55pm

Wed May 30, 2012
The Two-Way

Banned In Idaho, 'Five Wives' Vodka Says It Meant No Offense

Originally published on Wed May 30, 2012 3:47 pm

Credit Brian Skoloff / AP

They're "five wives who just like to get together and have a cocktail."

They're not meant to be a direct reference to polygamy and those kittens they're holding in their laps are ... just part of a photograph that's reflective of the 1890s to early 1900s.

For all anyone knows, they might be lesbians.

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5:47am

Wed May 30, 2012
Around the Nation

Suspected Bomb Forces Courthouse Evacuation

In Pocatello, Idaho, mail screeners at the federal courthouse were suspicious of a device they found in a magazine. The building was evacuated and the bomb squad came in. It wasn't a bomb. It was a magazine insert that played music.

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