Saturday, December 1, 2012

In the news, Saturday, December 1, 2012


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from Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has announced that the next nuclear aircraft carrier - CVN-80 - will be named USS Enterprise! The name lives on!

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from The Spokesman-Review


Feds propose insurers pay ‘user fee’ in health plan
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar      Associated Press

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U.S. seeks protection for 66 kinds of coral
Kenneth R. Weiss      Los Angeles Times

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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

Morsi opposition continues protests

Cairo – Protesters flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists.

The protests have highlighted an increasingly cohesive opposition leadership of prominent liberal and secular politicians trying to direct public anger against Morsi and the Islamists.

The opposition announced plans for an intensified street campaign of protests and civil disobedience and even a possible march on Morsi’s presidential palace to prevent him from calling a nationwide referendum on the draft, which it must pass to come into effect. Top judges announced Friday they may refuse to monitor any referendum, rendering it invalid.


Native American group buys land

Sioux Falls, S.D. – After months of high-profile fundraising, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota’s Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.

The Indian Land Tenure Foundation President Cris Stainbrook told the Associated Press that the tribes raised enough money to purchase the land from its current owners. The deal was finalized Friday.
The land went up for sale after being privately owned. Members of the Great Sioux Nation have been allowed to gather there every year to perform rituals. The site plays a key role in the tribes’ creation story, and members fear new owners would develop it.


Wonder won’t perform to help Israeli military

Stevie Wonder is calling off a concert for a group that raises money for the Israeli military.

Wonder had been scheduled to perform Thursday for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, which raises money for Israeli soldiers and their families.

Wonder said the United Nations recommended canceling his performance because he is an official “Messenger of Peace” for the organization. The United Nations overwhelmingly voted to recognize a Palestinian state on Thursday over vehement U.S. and Israeli objections as hopes for Mideast peace talks stalled.

Wonder said in a statement he was canceling with a heavy heart but that “I am and have always been against war, any war, anywhere.”

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Israel issues housing plan
Move threatens Palestinian hopes
Aron Heller And Karin Laub      Associated Press

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Eurozone unemployment rises
October’s 11.7 percent rate is highest since 1999
Associated Press

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Windows 8 no help for tablet, PC sales
Andrea Chang      Los Angeles Times

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New Aryan compound dimly run
Shawn Vestal     The Spokesman-Review

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Hood Canal underwater mound study offers theory
Scientists say two domes formed by landslides
Doug Esser      Associated Press

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TV star’s struggle is a lesson for all
Steve Massey

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opinion:

GOP must demand give-and-take
Charles Krauthammer

Care pay thinking backwards
Froma Harrop

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LRS Broncos capture 2B crown
Tyler Hemstreet      Correspondent

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Upon further review, giant sequoia tops a neighbor
Tracie Cone      Associated Press

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West Point chapel hosts its first same-sex wedding
Associated Press

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Marine pioneering effort to move women into combat
Julie Watson      Associated Press

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High Court to decide how logging roads regulatedJeff Barnard      Associated Press

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