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from ACLJ
By Matthew Clark
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OBAMA DUCKS QUESTION ON WARRANT REQUESTS DENIED BY FISA COURT
SEXISM & FOX NEWS: POLITICO CHIEF LOSES COOL ON HOT SEAT
'MAN OF STEEL' DIRECTOR ZACK SNYDER: IT'S OK FOR SUPERMAN TO BE AMERICAN WITH OBAMA IN OFFICE
PENTAGON OPENING NAVY SEALS, ARMY RANGERS TO WOMEN'MAN OF STEEL' DIRECTOR ZACK SNYDER: IT'S OK FOR SUPERMAN TO BE AMERICAN WITH OBAMA IN OFFICE
AMNESTY MOB BUSED TO KANSAS SEC. OF STATE'S HOME FOR IMMIGRATION PROTEST
Out: 'American citizens'. In: 'U.S. persons'
Out: 'American citizens'. In: 'U.S. persons'
STUDY: U.S. TEACHER TRAINING 'DISMAL'
A report released on Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality finds that U.S. teacher training is “an industry of mediocrity” that produces teachers without a clue.
HEALTH INSURER AETNA TO END INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE TO CALIFORNIANS IN 2014A report released on Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality finds that U.S. teacher training is “an industry of mediocrity” that produces teachers without a clue.
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from Daily Mail
Can you top this? Stunning lighthouse picture against a backdrop of pink lightning and calm seas just one of a series of British landscape pictures photographers are challenged to beat
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from Fox News
from KXLY 4 News
Fire department calling Geno's blaze suspicious
Woman leaves job in show of solidarity for sister battling cancer
State superintendent wants school districts to avoid half-days
by CHRIS INGALLS KING 5 News
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from KREM 2 News
by CHRIS INGALLS KING 5 News
US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
by PATRICK QUINN / Associated Press
The 10 Costliest Tornadoes
The cost of the Moore, Okla., tornado last month hasn't been tallied yet, but it will be among the worst in U.S. history.
by PATRICK QUINN / Associated Press
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from Money Talks News
The 10 Costliest Tornadoes
The cost of the Moore, Okla., tornado last month hasn't been tallied yet, but it will be among the worst in U.S. history.
Some reports seem to suggest that the average U.S. family is weighed down by more than $15,000 in outstanding credit card debt. Is it true?
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from Reuters
Special Report: Bad Karma: How Fisker burned through $1.4 billion on a 'green' car
Arab village in Israel targeted in racial attack
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Hunting for Alien Worlds (Part 9): When Exoplanets Make Headlines
Earth Calling E.T.: New Project Begins Beaming Your Messages Into Deep Space
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from The Spokesman-Review
G-8 leaders differ sharply over Syria
Russia still backing Assad
Obama: Data mining ‘transparent’
President sets up privacy, civil liberties board
Farm bill faces vetoG-8 leaders differ sharply over Syria
Russia still backing Assad
Obama: Data mining ‘transparent’
President sets up privacy, civil liberties board
House version cuts food stamps further
House considers anti-abortion bill
White House says it will veto measure
Iran hints at easing tension with America
U.S. officials await any change in policy
U.S., EU to start talks on free-trade pact
Assad warns Europe on arms
Dismisses findings on chemical weapons
Arizona voting law ruled illegal
High court nixes citizenship proof
Army Corps: No broad study of coal trains planned
High court nixes citizenship proof
Army Corps: No broad study of coal trains planned
Study finds state gains in new coal terminals
Opponent says wider research is needed
New revenue forecast could break logjam in Olympia
Judge nixes mining activity along Clearwater River
Massive collection of Watergate clippings on display
Man’s massive collection of news clippings now available to public
NASA selects Spokane native as astronaut trainee
Spokane Valley man nabs intruder at gunpoint
Law student pleads guilty to hit and run that injured toddler
Idaho launches justice reform push
Idaho to auction off 3 bare Priest Lake lots
Idaho GOP wants to void local laws banning sexual orientation discrimination
Firefighters search for blaze’s origin
Colorado Springs wildfire is believed to be human-caused
Report finds U.S. adult smoking rate still falling
Percentage had leveled off for the last several years
Airborne lasers locate city
Opponent says wider research is needed
New revenue forecast could break logjam in Olympia
Judge nixes mining activity along Clearwater River
Massive collection of Watergate clippings on display
Man’s massive collection of news clippings now available to public
NASA selects Spokane native as astronaut trainee
Spokane Valley man nabs intruder at gunpoint
Law student pleads guilty to hit and run that injured toddler
Idaho launches justice reform push
Idaho to auction off 3 bare Priest Lake lots
Idaho GOP wants to void local laws banning sexual orientation discrimination
Firefighters search for blaze’s origin
Colorado Springs wildfire is believed to be human-caused
Report finds U.S. adult smoking rate still falling
Percentage had leveled off for the last several years
Airborne lasers locate city
Angkor Wat temples complex
USNA moves on sex assault case
Midshipman claims three attacked her
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In brief: From Staff and Wire Reports:
Unions side with Turkish protesters
ISTANBUL – Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country’s secular democracy.
Riot police again deployed in Turkey’s two main cities, and authorities kept up their unyielding stance against the street demonstrations centering on Istanbul’s Taksim Square. But Monday’s police sweep was less forceful than in recent days.
After activists were ousted from their sit-in in adjacent Gezi Park during the weekend, two labor confederations that represent some 330,000 workers picked up the slack Monday by calling a strike and demonstrations nationwide.
In a sign that authorities were increasingly impatient, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc floated the prospect that authorities could call in troops to quash the protests.
USNA moves on sex assault case
Midshipman claims three attacked her
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In brief: From Staff and Wire Reports:
Unions side with Turkish protesters
ISTANBUL – Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country’s secular democracy.
Riot police again deployed in Turkey’s two main cities, and authorities kept up their unyielding stance against the street demonstrations centering on Istanbul’s Taksim Square. But Monday’s police sweep was less forceful than in recent days.
After activists were ousted from their sit-in in adjacent Gezi Park during the weekend, two labor confederations that represent some 330,000 workers picked up the slack Monday by calling a strike and demonstrations nationwide.
In a sign that authorities were increasingly impatient, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc floated the prospect that authorities could call in troops to quash the protests.
U.S., Cuba to resume talks on direct mail
WASHINGTON – The United States and Cuba will resume talks this week on restarting direct mail service despite a deadlock between Washington and Havana over detainees that has largely stalled most rapprochement efforts, a U.S. official said Monday.
U.S. and Cuban diplomats and postal representatives will meet in Washington today and Wednesday for technical talks aimed at ending a 50-year suspension in direct mail between the United States and the communist island. Cuba and the U.S. have had no direct mail service since 1963.
Officials identify indefinite detainees
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – A list released by the U.S. government Monday identifies several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been designated as too dangerous to release but who can’t be prosecuted.
Those on the list are prisoners who have been held without charge under the Authorized Use of Military Force act passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush in 2001, said a spokesman for the Pentagon, Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale.
The names of all Guantanamo prisoners have been public for years. But the administration of President Barack Obama had declined to disclose which detainees had been designated for indefinite detention in 2010 by an inter-agency review panel.
The government released the list after the Miami Herald sued for the document under the Freedom of Information Act.
Breast cancer charity names new president
DALLAS – Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research will become the breast cancer charity’s new president and CEO.
Judith A. Salerno will replace Nancy Brinker as CEO of the Dallas-based organization. Brinker, whose promise to her dying sister begat a fundraising powerhouse that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in cancer research, announced last summer she would step down following an onslaught of criticism for Komen’s decision – quickly reversed – to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings.
Salerno, 61, is executive director and chief operating officer of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a prestigious independent group that advises the government and private sector about health and science.
Feds charge 7-Eleven owners, managers
NEW YORK – Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia were charged on Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan and the Philippines, in part by paying them using the stolen Social Security numbers of a child and three dead people while stealing most of their wages.
Most of the defendants were arrested early Monday as federal authorities raided 14 franchise stores. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were executing search warrants at more than 40 other stores across the country suspected of similar infractions, authorities said at a news conference in Brooklyn.
Four defendants hold both U.S. and Pakistani citizenship, prosecutors said in court papers. Another defendant is a citizen of the Philippines. The government said the defendants pocketed tens of millions of dollars in the scheme, hiding some of the money.
Barbra chides Israel on segregating sexes
Entertainer Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel’s touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country: Jewish religious practices that separate men and women.
Speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday, where she received an honorary doctorate, she took aim at cases of ultra-Orthodox Jews targeting women, even as she warmly praised the country.
“I realize it’s not easy to fully grasp the dynamics of what happens in a foreign land,” she said.
But “it’s distressing to read about women in Israel being forced to sit in the back of the bus or when we hear about ‘Women of the Wall’ having metal chairs thrown at them when they attempt to peacefully and legally pray.”
She was referring to isolated incidents in which ultra-Orthodox men tried to force women to sit separately at the rear of buses that go through their neighborhoods as well as more serious clashes in which ultra-Orthodox Jews tried to prevent women donning prayer shawls and carrying Torah scrolls from praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest site where Jews can worship.
According to traditional Orthodox Jewish practice, only men wear prayer shawls and handle Torah scrolls, though that is slowly changing in some places. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, who cut themselves off from the rest of society but wield disproportionate power in government and religious affairs, fear that allowing women to make such inroads will erode their authority.
Officials: Geno’s fire did not start inside
A fire that caused $100,000 worth of damage to Geno’s restaurant and nearby low-income housing started outside the building, officials said Monday.
The investigation into the Saturday afternoon fire that displaced at least 14 residents at the Sinto Apartments, 907 E. Sinto Ave., is continuing.
Natural gas meters between the restaurant and apartment building fueled the fire. No one was hurt.
Investigators have not ruled out arson. Geno’s sustained smoke and water damage. Damage to the apartment building was concentrated on the second floor and roof.
Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs is helping displaced people find new housing, spokeswoman Tricia Webster said. SNAP is asking for donations of gently used household items to The Spokane Community Warehouse at 919 E. Trent Ave. to help victims.
Alison Boggs
Netflix inks deal to air Dreamworks programs
LOS ANGELES – Netflix announced a deal on Monday to air television programming from Dreamworks Animation in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content.
Though financial details were not disclosed, Netflix Inc. said the agreement includes more than 300 hours of new TV episodes in a multiyear deal starting in 2014.
The transaction is a major coup for both companies. It helps Netflix compete with pay TV channels such as HBO and Showtime, and it gives Dreamworks a potentially lucrative outlet for its shows as it tries to shed its reliance on two or three big-budget movies each year.
While concerns remain about how much the deal will cost Netflix in the end, the company said it is a global deal that will allow it to debut the original series in the 40 countries where Netflix operates. That could help spread the costs over more territories and more subscribers if Netflix continues to grow overseas.
Smithfield shareholder analyzes Chinese offer
RICHMOND, Va. – One of Smithfield Foods Inc.’s largest shareholders says a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China’s largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece.
In a letter to the Smithfield, Va.-based pork producer’s board of directors on Monday, the New York-based investment firm Starboard Value LP estimated the company’s value at $9 billion to $10.8 billion, or about $44 to $55 per share. Starboard owns about 5.7 percent of Smithfield’s common stock.
Under the deal struck last month with Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., Smithfield will sell itself for $34 per share. The deal, which remains subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, would be the largest takeover of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm, valued at about $7.1 billion, including debt. Smithfield’s stock will no longer be publicly traded once the deal closes, which is expected in the second half of the year.
Homebuilders’ optimism hits seven-year high
For the first time in seven years, most U.S. homebuilders are optimistic about home sales, a sign that construction could help drive stronger economic growth in coming months.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Monday leaped to 52 this month from 44 in May. It was the largest monthly increase since 2002.
A reading above 50 indicates more builders view sales conditions as good, rather than poor. The index hasn’t been that high since April 2006, just before the housing market collapsed.
Measures of customer traffic, current sales conditions and builders’ outlook for single-family home sales over the next six months also soared to their highest levels in seven years.
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Heavy rain expected in area over next few days
Inland NW thunderstorms could fire up again this afternoon
Council approves funds to design WSU Spokane pedestrian bridge
Former Coeur d’Alene Mayor Ray Stone dies
Businessman stirs the pot
Bridge may open this weekHeavy rain expected in area over next few days
Inland NW thunderstorms could fire up again this afternoon
Council approves funds to design WSU Spokane pedestrian bridge
Former Coeur d’Alene Mayor Ray Stone dies
Businessman stirs the pot
Divers must inspect piers under I-5 span
Solar-powered plane will have down-to-earth energy benefits
Companies work to make processed food look homemade
World waits on Bernanke
Fed chairman expected to clarify stimulus plans
Companies work to make processed food look homemade
World waits on Bernanke
Fed chairman expected to clarify stimulus plans
Google settles lawsuit over splitting stock
Sale of nonvoting shares could happen within weeks
Ruling could lower generic drug costs
Court: ‘Pay-for-delay’ deals can be challenged
Editorial: Lodging tax needs better oversight, accounting
The paradox of preferences
Mona Charen
Sale of nonvoting shares could happen within weeks
Ruling could lower generic drug costs
Court: ‘Pay-for-delay’ deals can be challenged
Editorial: Lodging tax needs better oversight, accounting
The paradox of preferences
Mona Charen
Sedation eases dental procedures for panicky patients
Using drugs to ease anxiety, dentists say sedation allows panicky patients to get the care they need
Calling attention to PTSD sufferers
Using drugs to ease anxiety, dentists say sedation allows panicky patients to get the care they need
Calling attention to PTSD sufferers
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Also: NSAID alternatives; hemoragic stroke & cholesterol; Monistat 7 for toenail fungus.
People’s Pharmacy
Study connects sleep apnea, memory loss
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from USA Today
Pentagon opening front-line combat roles to women
The goal is to have women in these positions by 2016.
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from The Wall Street Journal
New Views of Motion Sickness
Travel-Related Nausea Puzzles Scientists Amid Search for a Better Remedy; Ginger Root or a Nasal Spray?
Travel-Related Nausea Puzzles Scientists Amid Search for a Better Remedy; Ginger Root or a Nasal Spray?
from The Washington Times
The left’s outrage over the IRS turns to a plea to ‘move on’
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from The Weekly Standard
Ryan’s Hope
A high-profile role in the immigration debate in the House.
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