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FORMER NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF: I'D BE 'OFFENDED' IF REDSKINS CHANGE NAME
A longtime chief of a major Virginia Native American tribe said he would be offended if the Washington Redskins DID change the team name and said society has gotten too "politically correct" and "touchy" these days.
AP: MANY WILL HAVE INSURANCE CANCELLED DUE TO OBAMACAREA longtime chief of a major Virginia Native American tribe said he would be offended if the Washington Redskins DID change the team name and said society has gotten too "politically correct" and "touchy" these days.
FBI Ran Pedophile Ring to Nab Pedophiles
WHO IS NOT TO TRUST? WHY TED CRUZ IS RIGHT
Backlash Grows Against Eric Holder's Media Meetings
AFTER 'TRANSPARENCY' SPEECH, WH REFUSES TO CONFIRM DRONE STRIKE
Backlash Grows Against Eric Holder's Media Meetings
AFTER 'TRANSPARENCY' SPEECH, WH REFUSES TO CONFIRM DRONE STRIKE
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from Daily Mail
One country, two religions and three very telling pictures: The empty pews at churches just yards from an overcrowded mosque
Two photos show Sunday morning services in churches in East London
The third shows worshippers gathered for Friday midday prayers outside a nearby mosque
The difference in numbers could hardly be more dramatic
Local councillor has said that she was 'irresponsible' to bother casualty
Commented on the additional pressures hospital have been facing
Hospital struggling to cope with extra patients from 111 helpline
Four elephants killed when they are hit by a TRAIN speeding through the jungle
Elephants part of a herd crossing railroad tracks in eastern India
Passenger train hit herd - killing two adult females and one calf instantly
Another died later from its injuries
Commented on the additional pressures hospital have been facing
Hospital struggling to cope with extra patients from 111 helpline
Four elephants killed when they are hit by a TRAIN speeding through the jungle
Elephants part of a herd crossing railroad tracks in eastern India
Passenger train hit herd - killing two adult females and one calf instantly
Another died later from its injuries
Lets 'chute some photos: Bird’s eye view of the world’s most beautiful landscapes, taken by paragliding photographer
Tens of millions of Florida bees mysteriously drop dead in one day, beekeepers blame pesticides
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from The Farmacy (REALfarmacy.com)
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from Fox News
Fox News, other media outlets refuse off-record meeting with Holder
Quincy police chief, captain terminated
Assad: Arab world prepared to join fight against Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF, ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, REUTERS
In interview with Al-Manar TV station in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar Assad says there is "pressure by the people to open a new front in the Golan;" notes Russia remains committed to military deals.
Assad says Syria received first S-300 shipment
By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
Israel speaks with Russia amid reports of S-300 shipment
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Report: Hezbollah orders Hamas out of Lebanon
Nigeria foils latest Hezbollah plot to attack Israelis
By REUTERS
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from Columbia Basin Herald
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from The Jerusalem Post
Assad: Arab world prepared to join fight against Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF, ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, REUTERS
Assad says Syria received first S-300 shipment
By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS
In interview with Al Manar, Assad says he won't stop Syrian groups attacking Israel in order to liberate the Golan.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz holds meeting with Russian Ambassador to Israel Sergey Yakovlev over reports Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces has received a shipment of S-300 missiles from Moscow.
By REUTERS
Authorities arrest three Lebanese in northern Nigeria on suspicion of being members of Hezbollah; Military Spokesman Ikedichi Iweha says arms, ammunition were targeted at facilities of Israeli, Western interest in Nigeria.
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from KREM 2 News
Arena sign concerns some military supporters
Changing the name of the Veterans Memorial Arena, even temporarily, by adding the name of a coming event, even a Bon Jovi concert, is just wrong. - C. S.
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from KHQ Local News
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from KIRO 7 Eyewitness News
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from Money Talks News
Even though it's barbecue season, June will be a bad time to buy a grill or the steaks to throw on it. It's some consolation that June 7 is National Doughnut Day.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Manslaughter charge filed against Gerlach
Choices made leave two families forever altered
Soldier to admit Afghan massacre
Bales’ guilty plea omits death penalty
Monroe Street Bridge closure worries businesses
Railroad accidents continue steady decline
Feathered fossil found by scientists
Mail to Bloomberg had traces of ricin
Conservative groups file suit against IRS
Complaint alleges political motivations
Obama’s pick for FBI held firm on wiretaps
Comey is expected to be the nominee
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In brief; From Wire Reports:
WASHINGTON – Students are getting a new weapon to fight back against bullies: their cellphones.
A leading education technology company on Wednesday announced it would give schools a free and confidential way for students to tell school officials via text that they are being bullied or are witnessing bullying. Blackboard’s TipTxt program could change the school climate – or reveal just how pervasive student-on-student harassment has become.
Texts sent through the confidential program will be routed to school officials, who then will determine how to investigate.
Students will be able to text a number posted in school hallways or in handbooks with details of an incident.
The system would send an automated reply to the student texter that someone is looking into it and then alert a designated school official who monitors the text feeds.
TSA finds record number of guns
LOS ANGELES – Airport security officers uncovered a record 65 firearms on passengers boarding planes last week, surpassing the previous record high of 50 guns.
The Transportation Security Administration reported 54 of the guns found at airport security checkpoints around the country were loaded and 19 of those had rounds chambered.
The guns ranged from a snub-nosed revolver uncovered at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, to a 9 mm handgun at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and a musket at Orlando International Airport. The guns were uncovered from May 17 to May 23, the TSA said.
Passengers are allowed to travel with guns under certain conditions, such as packing the weapon in checked luggage and declaring it to the airline. When TSA officers uncover guns on passengers or in their carry-on bags, they contact local authorities to investigate.
France televises its first gay marriage
MONTPELLIER, France – In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said “oui,” then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss.
Hundreds of invited guests including a government minister gathered for the ceremony Wednesday inside city hall in southern French city of Montpellier. Hundreds more flocked to the square outside the building as Vincent Autin, 40, and his 30-year-old partner, Bruno Boileau, were wed.
The politically charged ceremony was held under tight police surveillance – a stark reminder of the months of bruising opposition to the new gay marriage law that French lawmakers passed earlier this month.
Police used tear gas to push back a small group of demonstrators who gathered behind the city hall.
France is the 14th country to recognize gay marriage.
Police charge London suspect
LONDON – Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight on a London street.
Michael Adebowale, 22, was charged late Wednesday by counterterrorism officers and will appear in court today, police said. He is one of two main suspects in the killing of Lee Rigby, 25, who was struck by a car and stabbed to death last week near his barracks in southeast London’s Woolwich district.
Suspect Michael Adebolajo, 28, remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Ben & Jerry’s to back I-522
One of the founders of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream said Wednesday that his Vermont-based company will back a Washington initiative to require all foods to be labeled if they contain genetically modified ingredients.
Jerry Greenfield said Wednesday that the company would give away “tons” of ice cream, send its “Scoop Truck” to Seattle and put up billboards in support of Initiative 522.
Greenfield also plans to come to the state in September to campaign.
During a telephone news conference arranged by the I-522 campaign, Greenfield said his company is moving away from genetically modified ingredients, and he expects all of their ice cream products to be free of those substances by 2014.
Although some opponents of I-522 say it would be too expensive or complicated to locate and verify all the ingredients in their products, Ben & Jerry’s hasn’t found that to be true, he said.
“This can be done. It won’t materially affect the company’s profit margins,” he said.
One of the founders of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream said Wednesday that his Vermont-based company will back a Washington initiative to require all foods to be labeled if they contain genetically modified ingredients.
Jerry Greenfield said Wednesday that the company would give away “tons” of ice cream, send its “Scoop Truck” to Seattle and put up billboards in support of Initiative 522.
Greenfield also plans to come to the state in September to campaign.
During a telephone news conference arranged by the I-522 campaign, Greenfield said his company is moving away from genetically modified ingredients, and he expects all of their ice cream products to be free of those substances by 2014.
Although some opponents of I-522 say it would be too expensive or complicated to locate and verify all the ingredients in their products, Ben & Jerry’s hasn’t found that to be true, he said.
“This can be done. It won’t materially affect the company’s profit margins,” he said.
Nasdaq to pay for disruption
WASHINGTON – Nasdaq has agreed to pay a $10 million penalty to settle federal civil charges after regulators said its systems and decisions disrupted Facebook’s public stock offering last year.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that the penalty is the largest ever imposed against an exchange. Nasdaq also has had to pay $62 million in reimbursements to investment firms that lost money because of the problems.
Facebook launched its initial public offering on May 18, 2012 amid great fanfare. But computer glitches at Nasdaq delayed the start of trading and threw the launch into chaos. The technical problems kept many investors from buying shares that morning, selling them later in the day or even knowing whether their orders went through. Some said they were left holding shares they didn’t want.
The SEC says a design flaw in Nasdaq’s systems was to blame and Nasdaq officials then made a series of “ill-fated decisions.”
Nasdaq neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
On Wednesday, Facebook shares fell 78 cents, or 3.2 percent, to close at $23.32
Motorola opens Texas factory
AUSTIN, Texas – Cellphone pioneer Motorola is opening a Texas manufacturing facility that will create 2,000 new jobs and produce the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S.
Motorola Mobility announced late Wednesday it will produce its new flagship device, Moto X, in Fort Worth.
The factory will be owned and run by Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based contract electronics manufacturer that has had a long relationship with Motorola.
Motorola spokesman Will Moss said the Fort Worth location was once occupied by Nokia and is ideal because it was already designed for mobile device production. Motorola is owned by Google.
Banks report record earnings
WASHINGTON – U.S. banks earned more from January through March than during any quarter on record, buoyed by greater income from fees and fewer losses from bad loans.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says the banking industry earned $40.3 billion in the first quarter, up 15.8 percent from the $34.8 billion earned in the first quarter of 2012.
Despite record earnings, the report sketched a mixed picture for an industry that is still finding its way five years after the peak of the 2008 financial crisis.
Only about half of U.S. banks reported improved earnings from a year earlier, the lowest proportion since 2009. Bank lending declined after several quarters of increases. And bank profits from interest charged fell to the lowest level in nearly seven years.
Imports ease drug shortage
WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators will allow overseas imports of a critical intravenous drug formula used to nourish premature infants, amid a shortage that has impacted hospitals nationwide.
The Food and Drug Administration says new supplies of the injectable drug, total parenteral nutrition, will be available to U.S. patients this week. The agency is temporarily allowing imports from a plant in Norway to ease shortages triggered by the shutdown of American Regent, the drug’s primary U.S. manufacturer.
American Regent halted operations late last year to fix contamination issues uncovered by FDA inspectors. Regulators found a number of problems at the company’s facility, including specs of matter floating in injectable drugs.
Hospitals across the U.S. use parenteral nutrition formula to feed infants who are unable to eat or drink.
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Bachmann won’t seek fifth term in House
Top Pakistani militant killed by drone strike, officials say
Chemicals, UN told, used in Syrian attacks
Farragut shooting range to reopen Saturday
House group OKs estate tax rewrite
Unapproved wheat found in Oregon field
Modified wheat safe to eat but has not been OK’d by USDA for farming
Hospice of Spokane expanding to North Side
Smithfield, Chinese firm agree to sale
U.S. pork producer to be acquired for $4.72 billion
Key Tronic buying sheet metal firm
Editorial: Nation must prioritize maintaining bridges
Dana Milbank
Doctor K: Reducing upper blood pressure number helps
Five Mile Prairie Grange hall hits the century mark
Topped trees near Indian Canyon Golf Course frustrate city
Parks Department may decide to seek restitution
Gardening: Show explores the variety of clematis
Local burn victim struggles to afford her recovery
Woman, 31, didn’t have job, insurance
Tornadoes rarely hit Northwest
Front Porch: Holiday runs emotional spectrum
Thousands converge at farm for Civil War re-enactment
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