Daren Palmer plead guilty, in a Federal court in Pocatello, Idaho, to running a ponzi scheme which cost investors $76 million.
The FBI spent two years investigating, and last month criminal charges were filed against Palmer. He will be sentenced in August.
The SEC, and CFTC filed civil cases against Palmer, which resulted in an order […] Continue Reading…
“The people who are doing it, I guess they wouldn’t consider themselves a criminal. They are just trying to save money.”-Matt Davidson, publisher
The Idaho Statesman reporting a trend making an appearance in Idaho; people stealing newspaper coupons from newspaper vending machines.
“It is becoming a real problem on Sundays because of the value of […] Continue Reading…
There’s been more news about the continued falling home prices in the U.S. One company that tracks those prices says Idaho is the biggest loser.
Corelogic reports that for April 2011, Idaho home prices fell 15.2% compared to April 2010. It’s also twice the current average for the entire United States.
According to the Center of […] Continue Reading…
Researchers in Japan have discovered that snow on mountains near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are contaminated with cesium.
Meteorology students from Fukushima University took 31 samples of snow. 14 samples showed high levels of cesium. The average level of contamination exceeds the safe limit of 200 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium. One sample, […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson, from Idaho’s 2nd District, admitted that the Republican party will get beat up in future elections, for Medicare reforms: “We knew that the first person that threw something on the table was going to get the living crap beat out of them, we might be beat up in the […] Continue Reading…
Buhl Middle School, in Buhl, Idaho, is using model car kits to help students with reading and researching.
6th graders are not just putting together models, they’re spending time doing historical research about the cars they’re building. They’re also learning about different styles of customizing cars.
The building of model kits has made some huge progress […] Continue Reading…
According to the National Weather Service, Idaho is going through the coolest spring since 1984.
High temperatures for Idaho have been as much as 17 degrees (Fahrenheit) below average.
Even though there’ve been lots of rainy days for Idaho (and rivers are flooding, mainly due to snow melt), the Weather Service says the actual amount of […] Continue Reading…
“This was not a normal case. The government was deciding who was going to be taken care of and who was not.”-David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania Law School
The recent bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, did not just include money, it included legal liability for defective vehicles that caused injuries and deaths.
The […] Continue Reading…
Reports saying Tokyo Electric Power Company now saying it is likely the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi will not be stabilized by the end of the year, as first hoped.
Problems range from TEPCo’s own faulty assessments, to the Typhoon season now hitting Japan.
This means highly radioactive isotopes will continue to be emitted into the […] Continue Reading…
“NATO must learn that air strikes on Afghan homes are not allowed and that Afghan people have no tolerance for that anymore. If they don’t stop air strikes on Afghan homes, their presence in Afghanistan will be considered as an occupying force and against the will of the Afghani people.”-President of Afghanistan […] Continue Reading…