Monday, June 10, 2013

In the news, Saturday, June 8, 2013


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FRI 07      INDEX      SUN 09
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from Daily Mail


How Facebook can ruin your relationship: 'Site induced jealousy' increases risk of divorce and break-up
Excessive Facebook use increases risk of cheating, break-up and divorce
People jealously monitor their partner's activities and reconnect with their ex
The younger the relationship, the greater the risk of Facebook problems
By EMMA INNES

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from The Guardian


Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows
Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras

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from POLITICO


Lawmakers rebut President Obama's data defense
By REID J. EPSTEIN

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Reporters say there's a chill in the air
By DYLAN BYERS

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Feds: 4 years in prison for ex-Rep. Jackson Jr.
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JOSH GERSTEIN

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from Breitbart


NSA DIRECTOR MAY ALSO HAVE MISLED CONGRESS ABOUT DATA COLLECTION
by TONY LEE

'FALSE': CONGRESS DENIES OBAMA CLAIM 'EVERY MEMBER' BRIEFED ON SURVEILLANCE
by BEN SHAPIRO

NSA WHISTLEBLOWER VINDICATED: SAID MONTHS AGO EVERYONE IN US UNDER VIRTUAL SURVEILLANCE

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BETTE MIDLER BLASTS PLASTIC BAG BAN COLLAPSE IN CALIF.
Bette Midler didn't get her way when the California senate voted down a possible ban on plastic bags from supermarkets.
by BREITBART NEWS
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from The Oregonian


Precision Castparts Portland workers vote not to unionize, but the union will try again
By Richard Read, The Oregonian


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from NPR


United States Of Outrage: NSA, IRS Overreaches Spark Bipartisan Ire
by Frank James

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So Single Black Men Want Commitment. Really?
by Gene Demby

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from Money Talks News


You’re Buying Expensive Things the Wrong Way
Think a budget is all you need to make smart decisions on big purchases? Research says you're wrong. Here's how to do it right
By Angela Colley

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from Natural Society


Over 650,000 Meals in Hospitals Will Now Be Served Without Antibiotic-Infested Meat Due to Super-Bugs
by Christina Sarich

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from Facecrooks


NSA Revealed to be Collecting data from Facebook, Other Popular Websites
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from Fox News


Zettabytes!? You Won't Believe How Much Data Can Be Stored at New NSA Facility
We got a preview of Catherine Herridge's report on just how much data the NSA can collect.
FROM AMERICA'S NEWSROOM

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Texas woman who told FBI her husband sent ricin-tainted letters is arrested
Associated Press

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from KREM 2 News


Tased man linked to similar outburst in North Spokane
by HONORA SWANSON & KREM.com



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from KXLY 4 News


Homeless campers move into homeowners' backyards
Author: Colleen O'Brien      Reporter / Weekend Anchor

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from The Spokesman-Review


Senate passes budget in Olympia
Rachel La Corte      Associated Press

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Experts say online tracking is almost impossible to avoid
Lindsay Wise      McClatchy-Tribune

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‘They’re just waiting for all of us to die’
Plaintiffs still seeking compensation for exposure to emissions from Hanford weigh modest settlement offers as they get older and their case drags on
Karen Dorn Steele      Senior Correspondent

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Subdued by Taser, man dies next day
Deputies respond to complaint of disorderly person
Thomas Clouse      The Spokesman-Review

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Obama talks of ‘trade-offs’
President says U.S. can’t have 100 percent privacy, security
Lara Jakes      Associated Press

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U.S. reviews cyber targets
Directive calls for upgrading plan for disabling foreign computer networks
David S. Cloud      McClatchy-Tribune

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Obama: Prosperous China benefits rest of the world
Christi Parsons McClatchy-Tribune

Missing Michelle miffs China

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North, South Korea to meet Sunday
Sam Kim      Associated Press

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Insider attack kills 3 US troops in Afghanistan
Kay Johnson Associated Press

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‘Put the knife away’ heard on 911 recording
Jennifer Pignolet      The Spokesman-Review

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Fifth letter in Spokane ricin case recovered; none hurt
Associated Press

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California man kills 4 before police kill him
Shooter was shot to death at Santa Monica College
Tami Abdollah      Associated Press

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Bounty hunter gets time served after guilty plea
Thomas Clouse      The Spokesman-Review

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Pregnant actress charged in ricin case
Woman tried to blame her husband, officials say
Associated Press

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In brief:  From Staff and Wire Reports:

Suspect charged in building collapse

Philadelphia – An ex-convict who was allegedly high while operating demolition equipment when a downtown building collapsed and killed six people will be charged with involuntary manslaughter, a top city official said Friday.

Sean Benschop, 42, faces six manslaughter counts along with six counts of risking a catastrophe, six counts of reckless endangerment and other charges, Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison told the Associated Press.

Authorities believe Benschop had been using an excavator Wednesday when what was left of the four-story building gave way and fell on top of a neighboring Salvation Army thrift store, killing two employees and four customers, and injuring 13 others.

A toxicology report showed “evidence that he was high” on marijuana, Gillison said.

Benschop has been arrested at least 11 times since 1994 on charges ranging from drugs to theft to weapons possession, according to court records. He was twice sentenced to prison in the 1990s after being convicted on drug trafficking charges. Benschop’s last arrest, for aggravated assault, came in January 2012, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence.


Alleged kidnapper faces 329 charges

Columbus, Ohio – A man accused of holding three women captive in his run-down home in Cleveland for a decade and fathering a child with one of them has been indicted on 329 charges including murder, kidnapping and rape, prosecutors said.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury returned the indictment Friday against Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver fired last fall.

Castro, 52, is accused of kidnapping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight and holding them captive along with a 6-year-old girl he fathered with Berry.

The grand jury charged Castro with two counts of aggravated murder related to one act, saying he purposely caused the unlawful termination of one of the women’s pregnancies. Castro also was indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools.

Castro’s attorneys have said he would plead not guilty to any indictment.


Xbox One will be able to play used games


NEW YORK – Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One gaming console will be able to play used games, clearing up a worry among gamers and video game retailers such as GameStop, which trade in used games.

That means video game discs users buy will not be limited to one Xbox One device and players can share or trade in the games they have bought for other used games, just as they have been able to do in the past.

Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post Thursday that it will not charge a fee to retailers, publishers or gamers for transferring their old games.

The Xbox One, which goes on sale later this year, will need to be connected online at least once every 24 hours to work. Some players had been concerned that the console was going to require a constant Internet connection.

Users will be able to access their games from other consoles through an online library after installing them on their primary device, but they will need to connect to the Internet at least every hour. They will be able to watch live TV and Blu-ray and DVD movies on the Xbox One without an Internet connection, Microsoft said.

Microsoft will give more details about the Xbox One next week at the E3 video game conference in Los Angeles.


Tennessee bank closed by federal regulators

WASHINGTON – Regulators closed a small bank in Tennessee, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 16 this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday that it seized Mountain National Bank, based in Sevierville, Tenn.

The lender, which operated 12 branches, had about $437.3 million in assets and $373.4 million in deposits as of March 31.

First Tennessee Bank, NA, based in Memphis, Tenn., agreed to assume all of the failed bank’s deposits and to buy essentially all its assets.

The failure of Mountain National Bank is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $33.5 million.

U.S. bank failures have been declining since they peaked in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

In 2007, only three banks went under. That number jumped to 25 in 2008, after the financial meltdown, and ballooned to 140 in 2009.

In 2010, regulators seized 157 banks, the most in any year since the savings and loan crisis two decades ago.


J.C. Penney promotes new home departments

J.C. Penney wants you to come home.

The struggling department store this week launched its newly revamped home departments in 500 of its 1,100 stores, which feature splashy displays of new lines by designers and celebrities like Jonathan Adler, Michael Graves and Martha Stewart. The aim is to use the new home lines – which will each be displayed in a store-within-a store format grouped together in the center of the store – to attract customers back into its stores after a bold attempt to remake the department store chain failed.

But it won’t be easy. CEO Mike Ullman, who took over in April, told the Associated Press that the company has let its home department slip in recent years as it stopped offering catalogs in favor of online sales.


WSU cross-breeding bees from Europe, U.S.

Washington State University researchers are creating a sperm bank for honeybees.

The liquid nitrogen storage unit will collect frozen genetic bee material from select U.S. and European honeybee colonies, a release from the WSU Department of Entomology said.

Researchers will also work to cross-breed different kinds of honeybees to “produce more diverse, resilient honeybee subspecies that could help thwart the nation’s current colony collapse crisis.”

In 2008, the United States Department of Agriculture issued WSU a permit to import honeybee semen for breeding purposes. The importation of honeybees is otherwise banned in the United States.

“The semen will be collected from the strongest and best stock in Europe, then injected into the strongest and best queen bee stock from the United States, thereby helping to strengthen and diversify U.S. bee colonies,” the release said.

The sperm is gathered by applying a small amount of pressure on an adult bee’s abdomen.

Jennifer Pignolet


Pride Parade at noon today

Spokane’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community today hosts its first Pride Parade since state voters approved same-sex marriage last November.

The parade steps off at noon from Wall Street and Main Avenue in downtown Spokane. The OutSpokane group has chosen “Equality Marches On” as the parade’s theme this year.

The parade will follow Main, Stevens Street, Riverside Avenue, Post Street, Howard Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard, ending in Gondola Meadows in Riverfront Park.

OutSpokane’s Rainbow Festival in the park will immediately follow the parade, offering entertainment as well as displays from community organizations and vendors supporting the GLBT community.

Bounce houses, face painting, a climbing wall and sumo wrestling will be available for children. For more information, visit www.outspokane.com.

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Business growth propels markets
Kate Gibson      MarketWatch

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Wal-Mart announces stock buyback
Anne D’Innocenzio      Associated Press

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Utility closes faulty nuclear power plant
Michael R. Blood      Associated Press

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TiVo settles patent lawsuits
Company said DVRs used its technology
Bree Fowler Associated Press

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Job market inches up
Rise in openings, seekers encourages investors
Christopher S. Rugaber      Associated Press

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Vestal: Lunchrooms reflect classroom realities
Lower-income students start off with educational disadvantage
Shawn Vestal      The Spokesman-Review

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Wolf ban could be lifted
Conservationists claim federal restrictions are still needed
Becky Kramer      The Spokesman-Review

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State rejects pesticide restraint
Beekeepers claim the chemical kills honeybees
Associated Press

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WSU names leader of safety task force
Group will focus on race issues after instructor’s March assault
Kaitlin Gillespie      The Spokesman-Review

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Truth and grace go hand in hand
Steve Massey

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Doctor who facilitated ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ dies
Associated Press

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opinion: 

Editorial: Moniz must solve the Hanford problem


Intervention turned tide in Syria
Charles Krauthammer

Gentrification by authority
Froma Harrop

Reforms, not taxes, needed
Sen. John Smith

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Stirring the melting pot
General Mills stands behind Cheerios ad with biracial couple
Leanne Italie      Associated Press

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Delusions may persist or be short term
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

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Hard to cope with common greeting
Jill Barville      The Spokesman-Review

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