Headlines @ 5 — Starbucks Shutting 600 Stores

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Former Microsoft executive and Democratic congressional candidate Darcy Burner stands in front of her destroyed home, east of Redmond, Wash. on Tuesday morning. The democratic candidate is running against incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., in the state’s 8th District. Story here .

Idaho N-pact: The U.S. Department of Energy will unearth three additional Olympic-size swimming pools worth of transuranic radioactive waste from the Idaho National Laboratory site. A new agreement will add billions to cleanup costs but settles a dispute between Idaho and the federal government over just how much waste a 1995 agreement forces DOE to remove/Idaho Statesman. More here . Current, former guvs praise pact /Eye On Boise.

* Deal: High gas prices could lead to insurance savings /Eye On Boise
* Only eastern Idaho charter school shuts doors /IStatesman
* Boisean lands in Olympics with last-to-first finish /KTVB
* Spokane police ticket 15 for ignoring crash scene /KREM2
* Starbucks closing 600 stores in US /KXLY
* Felon caught stealing checks for 85-year-old mother /SR
* Ex-US marshal supervisor sentenced for lying on job promotion application /SR