FRUITLAND - Idaho State police have released two names from the U.S. Highway 95 crash that killed two pedestrians Wednesday in Fruitland. Jason Verwer, 37, is in custody and is being held for a mental health evaluation, according to a release from IS [...]
Noun. 1. ellipse-a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant. oval. conic, conic section - (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone.
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