Idaho smokejumper killed in parachuting accident

Idaho smokejumper killed in parachuting accident: The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Officials at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise say a Bureau of Land Management smokejumper has died in a parachuting accident while training. Authorities say 40-year-old Mark T. Urban of Boise died Friday afternoon about 45 miles east of Boise when something went wrong with the deployment of his parachute. BLM spokesman Ken Frederick says Urban was ...