Tuesday, November 6, 2012

In the news, Tuesday, November 6, 2012


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from CNSNews.com

John Fund: U.S. Has 'Sloppiest Elections Systems of Any Industrialized Democracy'

Israeli Paper: Obama Adviser Valerie Jarrett Holding Secret Talks With Iran

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from KXLY.com

Fun facts about U.S. elections

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from The Spokesman-Review

Housing the displaced will not be a simple task
Napolitano: FEMA trailers, hotels, pre-fab homes possible solutions

Sandy slams Haitian farms
Recovering nation’s food crisis worsens

Good news for coast: Nor’easter to weaken

Voters in NY, NJ not deterred by storm’s effects

NY, NJ officials help displaced residents vote

WTC memorial reopens to public after storm

Fort Hood shooting victims sue
Lawsuit claims government is not taking responsibility

Details in Afghan massacre emerge

Details emerge in Afghan village massacre

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In brief: From Wire Reports:

Violence in Syria leaves scores dead

BEIRUT – New chaos engulfed Syria’s civil war as Palestinian supporters and opponents of the embattled regime were swept up Monday in intense fighting in Damascus, while rival rebel groups clashed over control of a Turkish border crossing.

The rare infighting – accompanied by car bombs, airstrikes and artillery shells that killed or maimed dozens of people – heightened fears that if Syrian President Bashar Assad falls, the disparate factions battling the regime will turn on each other.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near an army checkpoint in Hama province, killing 50 soldiers in one of the deadliest single attacks targeting pro-Assad troops in the 19-month uprising, according to activists. Eleven civilians died when a bomb exploded in a central Damascus neighborhood, state media said, and activists reported at least 20 rebels killed in an air raid on the northern town of Harem.

“It’s the worst-case scenario many feared in Syria,” said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics. “It’s an all-out war.”


Sandinistas win most mayoral races

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – The ruling Sandinista Front has won at least 134 of the 153 mayoral races in local elections the opposition and the U.S. government say lacked transparency, according to results released Monday.

At least three people have died and dozens more have been injured in clashes between rival political groups since Sunday’s elections, authorities said.

With more than 91 percent of the Sunday vote counted, the Sandinistas had 76 percent of the vote, said Roberto Rivas, president of Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council.

Led by President Daniel Ortega, who was re-elected for another five-year term last year, the Sandinistas have made major advances in municipal elections. The party currently governs 109 municipalities, including the capital, Managua, where journalist Daysi Torres was re-elected.

But the opposition argues there was widespread fraud.

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Netanyahu, military split over possible Iran attack
Documentary gives details of meeting in late 2010

U.N. sets Haqqani sanctions

Hillyard allowed new mode of transportation
Use of electric golf carts approved by City Council

State asks for cuts in adoption support
Letters to families requests voluntary reduction

Leak in tank a problem for Hanford
Plant to treat waste still long way off

Employers seek options to costlier health plans
Higher deductibles help keep bottom line down

Japanese rejecting careers

Stem cell heart study promising
Donations from strangers prove just as effective
Marilynn Marchione      Associated Press

Pocket protector
Keeping a list of your medications in your wallet can prove lifesaving

Ask Dr. K: See physician if concerned about addiction

Listerine eases shingles pain
Joe Graedon And Teresa Graedon      PeoplesPharmacy.com

Even without sun, redheads may be at higher risk of melanoma

Study: Looking old may be a sign of heart risks

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from The Weatchee World

Metal thieves leave Grant PUD customers in the dark
Christine Pratt      World staff writer

COULEE CITY — Thieves apparently stole non-energized wire from a pole Oct. 27, leaving 1,038 Grant County PUD customers in the Coulee City area in the dark for more than an hour.

Police found dangling wires at the pole with the missing wire, PUD spokesman Tom Stredwick said this morning.

The utility is usually victim to metal thieves a few times a year, he said. In 2011, thieves made off with $15,000 in conductor wire from a substation construction site.

Thieves who steal wire from poles not only break the law, but risk electrocution death and endanger crews making repairs, he said.

The PUD is urging its customers to report signs of potential theft, including:

  • Missing sections of power lines or ground wires.
  • Dangling power lines or line lying on the ground.
  • Missing or misaligned covers to underground vaults.
  • Cut fences or locks near substations or holes dug under fences.
  • Suspicious people hanging around utility equipment.
Utilities across the country have seen a rise in wire theft over the past few years as prices for copper and other metals have risen.

Ken Jones, field operations chief deputy for the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, said that thieves steal wire and sell it to scrap-metal dealers for cash.

Dealers caught with stolen metal can be subject to fines or loss of license, he said.

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City proposes easing of historic district rules
By Michelle McNiel      World staff writer

Crossing arm installed on Highway 2 at Tumwater Canyon
By Michelle McNiel      World staff writer

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Briefly:  From World news services:

Israel moves ahead building of 1,200 settler homes

JERUSALEM – Israel said today that it was pushing forward with construction of more than 1,2-- new homes in Jewish settlements, in an apparent warning to the Palestinians to rethink their plan to ask the United Nations to recognize an independent state of Palestine.

The government announced late Monday that it was accepting bids from contractors to build the homes in two Jewish enclaves in east Jerusalem, Ramot and Pisgat Zeev.  The homes were among 1,200 whose construction Israel ordered fast-tracked in November 2011 after a key U.N. body granted full membership to palestine.

While construction would take months to begin, officials indicated that the timing of the tenders was meant to signal to the Palestinians that they should consider the possible consequences of their plan to ask the U.N. General Assembly later this month to upgrade their status to non-member observer state.

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