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Summer officially begins tonight at 10:04 p.m, Pacific Daylight Time
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from ABC News (& affiliates)
Women Have Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity
(year uncertain)
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from Breitbart
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANTS NEW REGULATIONS ON TRUCKERS' HOURS
OBAMACARE RULE: HHS, IRS CAN SHARE PRIVATE HEALTH INFORMATION
MEDIA IGNORE OBAMA'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL GAFFE IN IRELAND
BOEING HONORS MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH 'STARS AND STRIPES' PUBLICATION
NYPD: CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO 'BLINDFOLD' POLICE OFFICERS
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from Daily Mail
'They watched me in the bath via my laptop': How webcam hackers spy on women in their homes
English student Rachel Hyndman thought police would laugh at her
Called 'ratting', hackers can access computers via an internet virus
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from Fox News
Leftist, Anti-Gun Group Mourning the Death of Boston Bomber?!
"How about a background check against this kind of stupidity?" Michelle Malkin said, blasting the Bloomberg-backed group on tonight's Hannity.
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from KREM 2 News
Oregon investigating deaths of 25,000 bumblebees
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Oregon investigating deaths of 25,000 bumblebees
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from Reuters
Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N.
A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.
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from Space.com
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In this photo by NASA's Cassini orbiter
around Saturn,the planet Earth is visible as the small bright dot.
Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
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New Clues Into Mystery of Mars Meteorites & Rocks Revealed
by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer
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This artist’s impression shows the
surroundings of the supermassive
black hole at the heart of the
active galaxy NGC 3783. |
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from The Spokesman-Review
Obama plans push to combat global warming
Global warming is also happening on Venus and Mars, which suggests that it is not man-caused and probably cannot be controlled by man. - C. S.
New probe of TWA Flight 800 sought
Suspicions persist that rocket or missile brought down plane
Obama plans push to combat global warming
Global warming is also happening on Venus and Mars, which suggests that it is not man-caused and probably cannot be controlled by man. - C. S.
New probe of TWA Flight 800 sought
Suspicions persist that rocket or missile brought down plane
Afghan peace talks delayed
Karzai objects to Taliban office name
Columbia hatchery opening set for today
Dog birth control shots could limit populations
Statue of abolitionist unveiled in CapitolKarzai objects to Taliban office name
Columbia hatchery opening set for today
Dog birth control shots could limit populations
Biden renews call for voting in D.C.
Spy drones used in U.S., but rarely, FBI chief says
House votes to cut food stamps funding
Chamber rejects amendment to farm bill
Vandal hits fire safety House
‘Sopranos’ Gandolfini dies in Italy at 51
Italy hospital: Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest
Bridge collapsed almost a month ago
Fixes promised for waste plant
Energy chief vows solution at Hanford
Supreme Court rules in favor of former Colville man
Court says penalty should not have been so harsh
North Idaho man convicted in girlfriend’s death
New jail solution offered in Kootenai County
Rabid bat incidents prompt warning
Spokane man charged with sending ricin-laced letters
38-year-old accused of sending poison-laced letters
Tests being developed to aid ricin, toxin investigations
Dead bees found in lot
Council members refer to trial parking meters as ‘Big Brother’
HPV infections among girls drop 56% since vaccine released
Transit-fare increases reversed in Brazil
In brief: From Wire Reports:
U.S., Cuba agree to negotiate on migration issues in July
Havana – The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies.
Havana and Washington just wrapped up a round of separate negotiations aimed at restarting direct mail service, which has been suspended since 1963. Both sets of talks have been on hold in recent years in a dispute over the fate of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year jail sentence in Havana after he was caught bringing communications equipment onto the island illegally.
The migration talks will be held in Washington on July 17.
Syrian war pushes number of refugees to record high
Geneva – The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday.
Those are the highest numbers since 1994, when people fled genocide in Rwanda and bloodshed in former Yugoslavia.
By the end of last year, the world had 15.4 million refugees, 937,000 asylum seekers and 28.8 million people who had been forced to flee within the borders of their own countries, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said in a report.
Of those, 17 percent were new to their situations in 2012: 1.1 million new refugees and 6.5 million internally displaced people – many from conflicts in Mali, Congo and Sudan.
Most of the refugees in the world have fled from five war-affected countries: Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Sudan. Of those, Afghanistan has for the past 32 years held the top spot; one of every four of the world’s refugees is an Afghan – and nearly all of them have fled to Pakistan or Iran.
Deal would bolster border security
Washington – Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without jeopardizing a path to citizenship for immigrants.
The proposal would spend substantially more on security than the $6.5 billion now in the bill – adding even more border agents, drones and fencing along the border with Mexico.
Achieving such a deal could be the linchpin to winning the robust Republican support in the Senate that the bill’s authors believe is critical to build momentum in the House, where the GOP majority is more resistant to immigration law changes.
The senators who crafted the new proposal said they hoped to unveil it today and work to round up support.
Singer Slim Whitman dies at age of 90
Miami – Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday at a Florida hospital.
Whitman, 90, died of heart failure at Orange Park Medical Center, his son-in-law Roy Beagle said.
Whitman’s tenor falsetto and ebony mustache and sideburns became global trademarks – and an inspiration for countless jokes – thanks to the TV commercials that pitched his records.
But he was a serious musical influence on early rock, and in the British Isles he was known as a pioneer of country music for popularizing the style there. Whitman recorded more than 65 albums and sold millions of records, including 4 million of “All My Best” that was marketed on TV.
New fire flares in hills southwest of Denver
Evergreen, Colo. – A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread.
The Lime Gulch Fire in Pike National Forest was small but devouring trees about 30 miles southwest of Denver in southern Jefferson County. More than 100 people were told to leave, but no structures appeared to be threatened, Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said.
Harrelson’s paper sees forest for trees
Woody Harrelson is putting his paper where his passions are. The 51-year-old actor is the co-founder of Prairie Pulp & Paper Inc., which launched its brand of environmentally friendly paper Wednesday.
The company spent 15 years researching and developing its Step Forward Paper. It’s made of wheat-straw waste and wood fiber rather than virgin trees.
The company says replacing two packs of traditional copy paper with their product saves one tree. Harrelson says half the world’s forests are cut down to make paper, and his company’s new paper is “going to be great for our future.”
Court says penalty should not have been so harsh
North Idaho man convicted in girlfriend’s death
New jail solution offered in Kootenai County
Rabid bat incidents prompt warning
Spokane man charged with sending ricin-laced letters
38-year-old accused of sending poison-laced letters
Tests being developed to aid ricin, toxin investigations
Dead bees found in lot
Council members refer to trial parking meters as ‘Big Brother’
HPV infections among girls drop 56% since vaccine released
Transit-fare increases reversed in Brazil
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Militant suicide raid kills 13 at U.N. compound in Somalia
Mogadishu, Somalia – Seven al-Qaida-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the U.N. compound Wednesday with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least 13 people before dying in the assault.
At least three foreigners were slain during the raid in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where the United Nations expanded its presence this year, about 18 months after Islamic insurgents were pushed from the seaside city.
The militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, calling the U.N. “a merchant of death.”
Mogadishu, Somalia – Seven al-Qaida-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the U.N. compound Wednesday with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least 13 people before dying in the assault.
At least three foreigners were slain during the raid in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where the United Nations expanded its presence this year, about 18 months after Islamic insurgents were pushed from the seaside city.
The militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, calling the U.N. “a merchant of death.”
U.S., Cuba agree to negotiate on migration issues in July
Havana – The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies.
Havana and Washington just wrapped up a round of separate negotiations aimed at restarting direct mail service, which has been suspended since 1963. Both sets of talks have been on hold in recent years in a dispute over the fate of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year jail sentence in Havana after he was caught bringing communications equipment onto the island illegally.
The migration talks will be held in Washington on July 17.
Syrian war pushes number of refugees to record high
Geneva – The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday.
Those are the highest numbers since 1994, when people fled genocide in Rwanda and bloodshed in former Yugoslavia.
By the end of last year, the world had 15.4 million refugees, 937,000 asylum seekers and 28.8 million people who had been forced to flee within the borders of their own countries, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said in a report.
Of those, 17 percent were new to their situations in 2012: 1.1 million new refugees and 6.5 million internally displaced people – many from conflicts in Mali, Congo and Sudan.
Most of the refugees in the world have fled from five war-affected countries: Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Sudan. Of those, Afghanistan has for the past 32 years held the top spot; one of every four of the world’s refugees is an Afghan – and nearly all of them have fled to Pakistan or Iran.
Deal would bolster border security
Washington – Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without jeopardizing a path to citizenship for immigrants.
The proposal would spend substantially more on security than the $6.5 billion now in the bill – adding even more border agents, drones and fencing along the border with Mexico.
Achieving such a deal could be the linchpin to winning the robust Republican support in the Senate that the bill’s authors believe is critical to build momentum in the House, where the GOP majority is more resistant to immigration law changes.
The senators who crafted the new proposal said they hoped to unveil it today and work to round up support.
Singer Slim Whitman dies at age of 90
Miami – Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday at a Florida hospital.
Whitman, 90, died of heart failure at Orange Park Medical Center, his son-in-law Roy Beagle said.
Whitman’s tenor falsetto and ebony mustache and sideburns became global trademarks – and an inspiration for countless jokes – thanks to the TV commercials that pitched his records.
But he was a serious musical influence on early rock, and in the British Isles he was known as a pioneer of country music for popularizing the style there. Whitman recorded more than 65 albums and sold millions of records, including 4 million of “All My Best” that was marketed on TV.
New fire flares in hills southwest of Denver
Evergreen, Colo. – A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread.
The Lime Gulch Fire in Pike National Forest was small but devouring trees about 30 miles southwest of Denver in southern Jefferson County. More than 100 people were told to leave, but no structures appeared to be threatened, Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said.
Harrelson’s paper sees forest for trees
Woody Harrelson is putting his paper where his passions are. The 51-year-old actor is the co-founder of Prairie Pulp & Paper Inc., which launched its brand of environmentally friendly paper Wednesday.
The company spent 15 years researching and developing its Step Forward Paper. It’s made of wheat-straw waste and wood fiber rather than virgin trees.
The company says replacing two packs of traditional copy paper with their product saves one tree. Harrelson says half the world’s forests are cut down to make paper, and his company’s new paper is “going to be great for our future.”
Labrador opted out of Boehner event
Idaho GOP Congressman Raul Labrador is disputing published reports that he wasn’t invited to a fundraiser for House Speaker John Boehner set for Friday in Coeur d’Alene. “I was invited four weeks ago,” Labrador said. “They keep inviting me, they keep wanting me to go, but just, for me it was a bad weekend.”
He said he made a flight reservation just in case he was able to make it to the event in his district with the country’s top Republican.
The fundraiser had originally been planned for Pullman but was moved to Coeur d’Alene.
Eastern Washington’s U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the third-ranking Republican in the House, is attending to help raise funds for GOP candidates.
The law enforcement officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Montana motorist near Lookout Pass last week have been identified as Shoshone County Deputy Adam Durflinger and Idaho State Trooper Todd McDevitt.
Both men have been interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation. McDevitt has been with the Idaho State Police for a decade. Durflinger has been with Shoshone County for a year.
Alexander L. Mandarino, 26, of Whitefish, Mont., was shot and killed during a struggle over a gun June 12, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, which is handling the investigation.
Around noon that day, Durflinger went to check on the welfare of a motorist parked in an eastbound turnout about 2 miles west of the Idaho-Montana border. McDevitt stopped to assist.
Banks slow to help struggling homeowners
WASHINGTON – A new report says homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure must wait too long for their loan modification applications to be reviewed by some of the nation’s top mortgage servicers. Such delays can plunge borrowers deeper in debt.
Joseph A. Smith, the independent monitor of last year’s national mortgage settlement, said Wednesday that while the banks are doing a better job complying with new mortgage servicing rules, more needs to be done.
The settlement between 49 states, federal government agencies and lenders JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial set new rules for how banks handle troubled home loans.
The settlement helped close a difficult chapter of the financial crisis when home values sank and millions edged toward foreclosure. Many firms had processed foreclosures without verifying documents.
Improved signature to appear on currency
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew won’t win any prizes in penmanship, but his official signature which will go on the nation’s currency is at least a slight improvement over the loopy scrawl he had a few months ago.
The Treasury Department unveiled the new signature on Tuesday, via Twitter. It takes the Bureau of Engraving and Printing about 18 weeks to put the new engraving plates into production. That means Lew’s signature will not show up on the various currency denominations until sometime this fall.
Lew’s signature had been so bad that President Barack Obama joked that unless it improved it would “debase our currency.”
Men’s Wearhouse fires founder Zimmer
NEW YORK – Men’s Wearhouse doesn’t like the way its founder looks anymore.
The men’s clothier said Wednesday that it fired executive chairman and face of the company George Zimmer, 64, who has appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.”
The company announced the move in a terse statement that gave no reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men’s Wearhouse Inc. from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to one of North America’s largest men’s clothing sellers with 1,143 locations.
Zimmer said in a written statement that over the past several months he and the board of directors disagreed about the company’s direction.
“Over the last 40 years, I have built The Men’s Wearhouse into a multi-billion dollar company with amazing employees and loyal customers who value the products and service they receive at The Men’s Wearhouse,” he said in a statement. But he noted that “instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has, in part, contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns by terminating me as an executive officer.”
The firing comes a week after Men’s Wearhouse reported that its fiscal first-quarter profit increased 23 percent.
State’s jobless rate dips to 6.8 percent
Perry Street craft brewery expected to open in fall
Technology taking swipe at old point-of-sale devices
Dana Milbank
Doctor K: After 4 months, try solid foods with baby
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Our Place director Sister Ann Pizelo retires after serving since 1990
Randy Mann: Here in Northwest, summer starts tonight
Artist’s work has place for almost everything
Lisa Maddux makes jewelry out of bullet casings, ceramic and metal sculptures, papier-mâché and mixed media pieces to hang on a wall or put in the garden.
Front Porch: Looking is OK, staring – not so much
‘Family’ of St. Mary’s to observe 100 years
Current church dedicated in 1973, remodeled in ’95
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from The Wall Street Journal
Eleven Endangered American Historical Sites
The National Trust for Historic Preservation released its 2013 list of 11 most endangered historic places in the U.S. See what's on the list.
Eleven Endangered American Historical Sites
The National Trust for Historic Preservation released its 2013 list of 11 most endangered historic places in the U.S. See what's on the list.
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