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Eye On Boise archive for Oct. 6, 2009

TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 2009

Idaho author wins PEN award 

Kim Barnes, author and University of Idaho professor of creative writing, has been awarded the PEN USA award for fiction for her second novel, "A Country Called Home." That's a prestigious award, putting her in the company of such other winners this year as creative…

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More Idaho kids insured 

While the number of Americans without health insurance has been rising for the past decade, the picture is different in Idaho, where the percentage who lack insurance has stayed roughly the same - except when it comes to children. Far more of Idaho's children were…

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