In the news, Monday, September 17, 2012

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SUN 16      INDEX      TUE 18

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from NASA and NCWTV.com:

Fires in Central Washington StateIn September 2012, lightning sparked numerous wildfires in
central Washington. This natural-color satellite image shows
smoke from the fires streaming east toward Idaho. The image
was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-
radiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite on
September 10, 2012.

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from NCWTV.com:

Wenatchee Complex fire update Monday evening

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from the Columbia Basin Herald:

Holm's train restored

By Dan Bolyard      Special to the Herald

Chuckwagon exhibition comes to Adams County

By Cheryl Schweizer      Herald staff writer 

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from KXLY 4 News:

While we celebrate our independence on July 4, on this date in 1787 the U.S. Constitution was adopted by the Philadelphia Convention, the charter which helped lay the foundation for the United States.

150 years ago today the Battle of Antietam was fought; the battle was the single bloodiest day in American history and the Union victory paved the way for President Abraham Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Older drivers face confusing array of license laws
Lauran Neergaard      Associated Press

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Then and Now: Elks Club

The lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, pictured here in 1928, was located at 1116 W. Riverside Ave. and in its heyday housed the nation’s largest number of Elks with 8,000 members. The cornerstone of the lodge was laid on Oct. 25, 1919, and was Spokane’s finest example of Italian Renaissance architecture. In 1981, North Coast Life Insurance bought the downtown building from the Elks who were struggling financially and membership numbers declining.

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Help battling fires arrives from north
Canada sends firefighters, support crew
Donna Gordon Blankinship      Associated Press

Inversion holds in smoke at central Wash. fires
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS      Associated Press

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opinion:

Adults should know better
Leonard Pitts Jr.

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Pope makes peace appeal in Beirut
Benedict leads open-air Mass before 350,000
Victor L. Simpson      Associated Press

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Netanyahu calls for ‘red line’ on Iran
Israeli leader keeps pressure on Obama
Richard Simon      Los Angeles Times

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