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Idaho soared in Economy (3rd place) Fiscal Stability (4th place). Idaho scored 10th for both infrastructure and crime and corrections categories. 12th place for natural environment (clearly they have not explored enough here.) ...

No surprise that Boise didn't make the top ten, but many of the most common names for cities and towns in the U.S. are right here in Idaho. I bet you can name a bunch of them right now before you look at the list.

Maybe we should work on exporting some knock-knock jokes. The US has been named the funniest country in a Badoo.com survey of 30,000 people from 15 nations around the globe, while Germany - long known for its poor sense of humor - kept up the stereotype by finishing at the bottom.

Britney Spears has apparently inspired a group of U.S. Marines stationed in Afghanistan to film a fun, tongue-in-cheek video in which they lip-synch to her hit single 'Hold It Against Me.' The video, which features members of 266 Rein and HMLA 169, reportedly took over three months to shoot, and features everything from dancing to glow sticks.

In what some say is an attempt to make its training more practical, the Army may soon drop the sit-up from its fitness requirements. The army is testing a new fitness regiment that includes running an obstacle course with 40 to 70 pounds of combat gear on and dragging a sled weighing 180 pounds, but none of the iconic stomach-strengthening exercise...