Associated Press - November 20, 2009 8:54 AM ET

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A Boise man accused of killing a friend with a punch to the face has been charged with second-degree murder. Ada County Prosecutors amended the criminal charge this week against 26-year-old Joshua Luman. Police say Luman punched 26-year-old Noah Hopper while they were drinking near a bandshell at a Boise city park on Sept. 7.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's Medicaid Division is getting a nearly $115,000 share from a nationwide settlement with French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said yesterday that the settlement resolves allegations that the company's Aventis Pharmaceutical unit knowingly misreported the lowest prices for three nasal sprays.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A district judge has ordered a southwestern Idaho couple to file state tax returns for two years in which their reported incomes totaled more than $475,000. A 3rd District judge gave Trent Beattie and his wife, Pamela, a Dec. 11 deadline. Court records show the couple earned $133,800 in 2006 and about $342,000 in 2007.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (AP) - U.S. Air Force officials and representatives of the Republic of Singapore have marked their cooperation in the Idaho desert, where the Asian nation's pilots train at the Mountain Home Air Force base in their F-15 fighter jets. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said during a ceremony yesterday that it's the latest step in a long and fruitful relationship between the two militaries.

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