Bellevue city council member John Chelminiak describes the injuries to his back and arm when he was mauled by a black  bear  last month during a news conference along with Dr. Matthew Klein, his plastic surgeon and his wife, Lynn Semler at Harborview Hospital in Seattle on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Steve Ringman, Pool)

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• Steele pipe-bomb suspect changes plea/Mike Perry, Good Day North Idaho
  
• Idaho's largest police union endorses Minnick/Walt Minnick press release
  
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• How 1 Idaho couple plans to solve big oil's big rigs/Steve Bunk, New West
• UM scientists may have discovered Colony Collapse Disorder cause/Missoulian
• Wandering bears make way into residential areas near Butte/Nick Gevok, Standard
  
• Orbusmax Special: Dead man's billboard sign likely breaks the law here
  

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