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from Wenatchee Outdoors
Good Fire, Bad Fire
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from KXLY 4 News
Historic, Modern Home for sale on the South Hill
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WA license plate fee added to pay for wolf kills
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from KREM 2 News
Dairy industry wants to add artificial sweeteners to flavored milk
by TERESA YUAN KING 5 News
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Nutrition Group Says Chocolate Milk Is OK, No Need For Aspartame
by Allison Aubrey
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Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming?
by Michaeleen Doucleff
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Let's Get Creative And Redefine The Meaning Of Religion
by Adam Frank
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from POLITICO
White House reveals new IRS details
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN and REID J. EPSTEIN
Heads won't roll at the IRS
By DAVID NATHER and RACHAEL BADE
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from The Weekly Standard
IRS Official Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Done Anything Wrong'
By DANIEL HALPER
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Grant County PUD opens an improved recreation area Friday
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Fairchild loses bid to host new tankers
Wichita’s McConnell Air Force Base selected
From staff and wire reports
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Senate panel approves immigration reforms
Bill has path to citizenship, receives bipartisan support
David Espo, Erica Werner Associated Press
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Key IRS official will take the Fifth
House panel bears down on directors
Joseph Tanfani, Richard Simon, Melanie Mason
Rallies protest scrutiny by IRS
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General suspended in sex case
Mcclatchy-Tribune
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4 Americans killed since 2009 in drone strikes
Associated Press
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Doctors save Ohio boy by ‘printing’ an airway tube
Associated Press
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Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
Associated Press
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Brass fire hose hookups stolen from buildings
From staff reports
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Sonnelands say developer mistakenly tried to rezone South Hill land
30-acre rezone request downsized to less than 8 acres
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
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Testing for breast cancer gene can help women take preventive measures
Jennifer Pignolet The Spokesman-Review
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High-tech gun disables remotely
Martha Mendoza Associated Press
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Court strikes down Arizona abortion law
Paul Elias Associated Press
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Arias asks jury for life in prison
Suspect was found guilty of murder
Brian Skoloff Associated Press
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Big cat attacks, kills dogs in fenced Boise back yards
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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Landers: A recipe to de-skunk your dog
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
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Idaho still ranks low on education spending
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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Domini Sandwiches losing a familiar face
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
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Suit tests whether candidate a resident
Occupancy disallowed for Hamilton’s house
Jonathan Brunt The Spokesman-Review
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GOP activists’ grip broken on CdA board
CdA school board sees power shift; group’s candidates also lose hospital board bids
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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Portland voting down water fluoridation
Associated Press
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County to buy acreage near peak
Family in ’11 had allowed parking area for trailhead
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
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In brief: From Staff Reports:
Washington – The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn’t enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.
The men remain at large while the FBI gathers evidence. But the investigation has been slowed by the reduced U.S. intelligence presence in the region since the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks, and by the limited ability to assist by Libya’s post-revolutionary law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which are still in their infancy since the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
The decision not to seize the men militarily underscores the White House aim to move away from hunting terrorists as enemy combatants and holding them at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The preference is toward a process in which most are apprehended and tried by the countries where they are living or arrested by the U.S. with the host country’s cooperation and tried in the U.S. criminal justice system.
Mexico orders troops into troubled state
Mexico City – The Mexican government poured army troops – and high-level delegations – into western Mexico on Tuesday in a bid to take back control of a region long besieged by a deadly drug cartel.
The operation in the Pacific state of Michoacan is the first major military deployment targeting drug traffickers to be ordered by the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto, which is still struggling to publicly define its security strategy six months after assuming leadership of this violent country.
Michoacan probably was chosen because it was fast spiraling into chaos. Parts of the state were awash in lawlessness, crippled by a cartel calling itself the Knights Templar, which in recent weeks blocked roads, torched businesses that refused to pay protection money and killed resisters.
A Deer Park man charged with strangling his ex-wife and sexually violating her remains had wounds on his right hand and forehead, the lead detective in the case told jurors Tuesday.
Spokane County Sheriff’s Detective Mike Ricketts showed the jury 10 photographs documenting small wounds or “defects” on the right hand of 48-year-old Clay D. Starbuck, who is charged with the aggravated first-degree murder of 42-year-old Chanin D. Starbuck.
Ricketts, who did not note those injuries in his report, said he photographed those wounds on Dec. 5, 2011, two days after Chanin Starbuck was found dead inside her Deer Park home. The autopsy revealed that she had bruises all over her body from a prolonged attack.
Starbuck complied with Ricketts’ request to come to the Public Safety Building to be photographed, provided DNA samples and allowed detectives to download information from his cellphone.
Defense attorney Derek Reid asked Ricketts why he didn’t note Starbuck’s hand injuries in his report; Ricketts replied that he didn’t write it down.
Boater drowns at Sprague Lake
A man drowned in a boating accident Tuesday on Sprague Lake, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The man and a female companion, both unidentified, were in a boat that apparently capsized around 3 p.m., Sheriff Wade Magers said. Both began swimming to shore, according to witnesses nearby.
By the time rescuers got to the lake, both were washed ashore. The woman was alive but her companion was dead, Magers said.
“With 20 mph winds and whitecaps and cold water, it was a hard situation for anyone swimming to shore,” Magers said.
The woman was transported to a Spokane hospital. Her condition was not known, Magers said. Details were still being gathered, Magers said.
Initial reports said a hang glider spotted the boaters having difficulty and contacted a Lincoln County resident who called 911.
‘Facebook bill,’ now law, shields workers
OLYMPIA – Employers can’t ask their current workers or job applicants for access to their social media accounts under a law signed Tuesday.
Sometimes called the “Facebook bill,” Senate Bill 5211 makes it illegal for an employer to request a worker or applicant for the login information to a social media account or to make the person access the account with the employer present. An employee or applicant can’t be required to add someone to a contact list or change the settings to give a third party access to the account.
Sen. Steven Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, said Washington is the eighth state to have such a bill: “Privacy shouldn’t be a thing of the past that we are forced to sacrifice every time technology moves forward.”
Fund established for losses to wolves
OLYMPIA – Washington will set up a special fund to pay for losses of livestock because of the state’s growing wolf population, under a bill signed Tuesday.
The new law sets aside up to $50,000 each year to cover losses for wolves, raising the money from fees for personalized license plates. It also allows farmers and ranchers to be compensated for all animal losses, not just those being raised for commercial purposes, as the previous law specified.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Smith of Colville, was a key to expansion of Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations that allow property owners to shoot a wolf that is attacking livestock or pets. The Legislature debated several plans to control wolves in Eastern Washington because of the rapid growth in the formerly endangered animals’ population.
“This is something where Washington state can really lead the nation in figuring out how to deal with the recovery process,” Gov. Jay Inslee said.
Powell case still open, lawyer says
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case – a claim that was denied by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City.
Anne Bremner made the announcement at a Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their investigation into the Susan Powell case.
“This is not over,” Bremner said.
Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh Powell likely killed his wife in late 2009, and that his brother, Michael Powell, helped dispose of the body, but authorities felt they didn’t have enough evidence to prove that theory in court.
Last year, as the investigation continued, Josh Powell killed himself and his two young sons in an explosive house fire, leaving nearly all of his life insurance proceeds to his brother, Michael, who later jumped to his death from a parking garage in Minnesota.
Bremner, who was joined at the news conference by Chuck Cox, Susan Powell’s father, said she and Cox were apprised earlier in the day of the federal investigation by an agent who has been directly involved in the case. She said she requested permission to announce the development, and the agent granted it. Bremner said the scope involved looking into what Josh Powell’s father, Steve, knew about his daughter-in-law’s disappearance.
In response, Melodie Rydalch, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Utah, issued a statement saying that federal agencies in Utah had assisted in the investigation.
“However, we do not have plans to conduct any further investigation,” she said.
Bottles in CdA parking lot were explosive, police say
Suspicious bottles found Tuesday morning in a Coeur d’Alene parking lot were intended to be an explosive, police say.
Police received reports of suspicious objects around 8:15 a.m. at Fourth Street and Indiana Avenue, according to Sgt. Christie Wood. Coeur d’Alene firefighters and Kootenai County hazardous materials workers responded, and a Spokane bomb squad also was called to assist.
The bomb squad “rendered the objects safe” and recovered two bottles filled with unidentified substances, Wood said in a news release. The bottles were sent to a state lab for testing.
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Medical school plan will work, Inslee says
Governor dismisses WSU-UW friction
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Priest Lake cabin owners can request new appraisals
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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Cubans free to import appliances
Associated Press
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Spokane County unemployment decreases in April
From Staff Reports
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Apple faces questions on tax strategy
The company is accused of sheltering $9 billion in 2012
Marcy Gordon, Peter Svensson Associated Press
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opinion:
frida ghitis
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food:
Arrival of fresh seafood a great chance to start grilling healthier
Lorie Hutson The Spokesman-Review
Elizabeth Karmel Associated Press
Summer perfect time for signature cocktail
J.M. Hirsch Associated Press
Alison Ladman Associated Press
Sharon K. Ghag McClatchy-Tribune
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