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TAX INCENTIVE SENATE

AG opinion could undo Senate tax incentive vote

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Senators voted Monday to send a tax incentive measure to the governor's office for signing — but it's not a done deal yet.

An Attorney General's Office opinion issued shortly after the vote says the bill could leave Idaho in a "constitutionally vulnerable" spot.

That's because the bill — which would give up to 30 percent in tax incentives to job-creating businesses — gives a seven-member board the final word on who gets those breaks, with no option to appeal the decisions.

According to Deputy Attorney General Chelsea Kidney, that means identical applicants could receive different rates based on their ability to negotiate.

Majority Leader Sen. Bart Davis made a notice of reconsideration that allows him to call for a do-over of the vote in the Senate Tuesday.

ATTORNEY DROWNS

Coeur d'Alene attorney drowns

BAYVIEW, Idaho (AP) — Officials in northern Idaho say longtime Coeur d'Alene defense attorney Sam Eismann has drowned in Lake Pend Oreille.

Kootenai County Sheriff's Lt. Stu Miller says it appears Eismann accidentally fell into the cold lake on Monday, but it was unclear if a medical event caused him to end up in the water.

Eismann, who was 70, owned a float home in Bayview.

Eismann was known for defending former Shoshone County Sheriff Frank Crnkovich against federal racketeering charges that alleged he ignored illegal gambling and prostitution in the county. Crnkovich was acquitted after his second trial in 1993.

Eismann served one term in the Idaho state legislature representing Canyon County and two years as an assistant U.S. attorney before going into private practice as a defense attorney.

UI SUPERCOMPUTER

UI acquires supercomputer

(Information in the following story is from: Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com)

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Researchers at the University of Idaho have a new gadget to work with, a supercomputer.

The supercomputer is only about the size of a microwave, but it has four terabytes of memory and 160 different processors. That's according to Jim Alves-Foss, director of UI's Center for Secure and Dependable Systems.

The Lewiston Tribune reports the supercomputer has 1,000 times more memory than a standard computer, with about eight times as many processors. A typical desktop computer will have about two gigabytes of memory and two or three processors running on it.

Alves-Foss says UI started looking at computers with larger memories when several faculty members mentioned the computers on campus couldn't handle the work they were doing.

HYDROS-RETURN

Hydro races to return to Coeur d'Alene

(Information in the following story is from: Coeur d'Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com)

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Hydroplane races will return to Lake Coeur d'Alene this summer.

H1 Unlimited chairman Sam Cole says the organization is delighted to be returning to Coeur d'Alene.

He says the 2013 race was well received by the fans and the community.

The Coeur d'Alene Press reports the races are scheduled for Aug. 29-31, with 30 to 32 race teams expected.

Organizers say some 50,000 people attended last year's races, although only about 15,000 were paying customers. They hope to double the paying customers this time, to avoid the financial difficulties that followed last year's races.

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