Wednesday, May 21, 2014

In the news, Wednesday, April 30, 2014


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APR 29      INDEX      MAY 01
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from About.com

3 Ways to Share Your Home Wi-Fi Without Giving Up Your Password
Let others use your internet connection, no password-typing needed

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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Supreme Court Refuses Challenge To NDAA Indefinite Detention Of Americans

Obama Wants You to Pay an Interstate Highway Toll
Feds decide states can revenue generate federal militarized highway system

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from Associated Press

from The Blaze

Why Rush Limbaugh Says This ‘Patriot’ Franchise Owner Will Be Targeted by the NBA Next
Following the ouster of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Rush Limbaugh speculated on Wednesday that Rich DeVos, the owner of the Orlando Magic, could be the next person targeted by the NBA because of his views on gay marriage.

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from Breitbart


from CBS News (& affiliates)
New Study Says Divorce Can Be Contagious
Researchers: 'Social Contagion' -- Spread Of Info, Attitudes, Behaviors -- To Blame

Medical Student Auctioning Off Virginity, Highest Bidder At $550,000

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from CNN
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

from The Daily Caller

FEC Attorney Forced To Resign After Pro-Obama Campaigning

White House Briefing Turns Contentious Over Benghazi Lies

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from Daily Mail (UK)

Doling out too many antibiotics 'will make even scratches deadly': WHO warns that crisis could be worse than Aids

Revealed: Millionaire New Jersey GOP congressional hopeful ran insurance company accused of cheating hurricane and wildfire victims
Tom MacArthur, a multi-millionaire former mayor who is battling a prominent tea party challenger for the Republican congressional nomination in a New Jersey district, ran an insurance company accused of cheating disaster victims, MailOnline can reveal. The GOP establishment favorite is fighting a pitched battle with tea-party candidate Steve Lonegan for a chance at a U.S. House seat in November.

Subway removes ham and bacon from nearly 200 stores and offers halal meat only after 'strong demand' from Muslims

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from EarthSky

View from space: Arkansas tornado track
A violent tornado touched down in Arkansas on April 27, 2014, killing as many as 15 people. In an April 28 satellite image, you can see the tornado’s track. Compare it to a satellite image of the same area taken before the tornado.

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from The Federalist

When Does Criticism Of Israel Become Anti-Semitic?

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from Forbes

Texas v. California: This Ain't Over When Toyota Leaves
About the only things they have in common are severe drought and the blessings of high-tech-industry havens in really cool cities. So, long-simmering tensions between Texas and California are breaking into the open over the poaching of Toyota's North American headquarters.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Contractor says ObamaCare website fix will cost $121M
The contractor hired to fix the ObamaCare exchange website announced Tuesday that it would cost $121 million to get the site ready for a second open enrollment period in 2015.

US report finds Al Qaeda affiliates surge, terrorism spikes worldwide
A surge in the number of aggressive Al Qaeda affiliates and like-minded groups the Middle East and North Africa poses a serious threat to U.S. interests and allies, the State Department said Wednesday in reporting a more than 40 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide between 2012 and 2013.

‘Proof the American Press Is Dishonest’: O’Reilly Slams Media for Failure to Cover Benghazi Memo

RPT: China to Surpass U.S. As World’s Largest Economy

White House on defense over new Benghazi emails, claims controversial ‘prep call’ not about attack

New White House Reaction to Benghazi Documents

About time: WWII airmen receive long-overdue POW medals

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)
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from Greatist

Where Do Burpees Come From?
This total-body exercise can transform any fitness routine into a special kind of workout hell (but in a good way). Ever wonder how the Burpee came to be? Allow us to introduce you to Dr. Royal H. Burpee.

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from The Heritage Foundation

Sen. Mike Lee on Fighting for Equal Opportunity
Cronyist policies come in many shapes and sizes—from subsidies and loan guarantees to tax loopholes and protective regulations—but they all work the same way: The elite leaders of big government, big business, and big special interests collude to help each other climb to the highest rungs of success, and then pull up the ladder behind them.

Will: ‘Global Warming Is Socialism by the Back Door’
In an interview with The Daily Caller’s Jamie Weinstein, George Will points out that progressives use warming to rationalize “more and more power in Washington” to “micromanage the lives of the American people—our shower heads, our toilets, our bathtubs, our garden hoses.”

What’s Oprah Got to Do With Opportunity? Mike Lee Knows.
Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan didn’t need government to stack the deck so they could succeed on a grand scale. And that’s what Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah) wants Americans to remember as he challenges policymakers to put an end to decades of Washington-based corporate cronyism under Democrats and Republicans—beginning this year with the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

Chinese Economy Overtakes America’s
With much faster growth rates between 2011 and 2014, China is now being forecast to eclipse the United States as the world’s largest economy sometime this year. The U.S. has been the world’s largest economy since the 1870s when it overtook Great Britain.

Krauthammer: ‘Mainstream Media’ Won’t Be Interested in Benghazi ‘Cover-up of a Cover-up’

How Taxpayers Will Be Hurt by New School Lunch Standards
Instead of fixing the underlying problems by reducing or eliminating the overly burdensome and costly standards, the USDA wants to spend more taxpayer money to try and put a bandage on the problems that it has created. $25 million is likely only the beginning.

‘Gosnell’ Beats Spike Lee Film in Funding, but Fails to Thrill Media
Acclaimed director Spike Lee’s movie about “human beings who are addicted to blood” received substantial mainstream media attention last year. A new fact-based independent film exploring “the most prolific serial killer in American history” has attracted relatively little.

The Robin Hood Fallacy: Piketty Would Take from the Rich to Give to the Poor
In public policy, bad ideas—no matter how many times they have been discredited—never completely go away. They seem to pop up over and over. Enter the hot new book that has captured the imagination and attention of the left because it endorses an 80 percent tax rate on the rich in the name of “leveling” incomes. The book is entitled “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by French economist Thomas Piketty, and in addition to 1970s-style tax rates, he wants a new wealth tax on the rich and more money for social welfare programs.

Will Taxpayers Recoup the Estimated $305 Million Spent on Oregon’s Failed Obamacare Exchange?

Palestinian Intent to Accede to 15 Treaties and U.S. Response

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from The Hill

Freedom of religion or belief is a foreign policy priority

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from History

Remembering the First Presidential Inauguration, 225 Years Ago
On April 30, 1789, George Washington climbed to the second-floor balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, then the nation’s capital, and bowed several times to the enthusiastic crowd below. For the occasion, he had powdered his hair and worn an American-made brown suit, along with white silk stockings, silver shoe buckles and a ceremonial sword sheathed at his hip. Placing his hand on a Bible provided by a Masonic lodge, Washington took the oath of office in which he swore to faithfully execute his duties and to uphold the newly enacted Constitution. He then headed inside to deliver his inaugural address to Congress. And with that, the United States had its first president.

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from Huffington Post

from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Ephrata business owner recounts experience with Fall of Saigon

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Africa Receives Special Emphasis in 2013 Report on Global Terrorism
ICC Note: The U.S. State Department's 2013 Annual Report on Global Terrorism, submitted this afternoon to the Congress, highlighted a 43% increase in terrorist activity globally, with  major nods to growing levels of terrorism throughout the Africa, including in Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. Documenting attacks by Nigeria's Boko Haram and Somalia's al-Shabaab, the report places these relatively local Islamic insurgencies into a greater global terror context. That said, both groups' targeting of Christian populations, as evidenced by continuous lethal attacks on churches and Christian communities by Boko Haram and the assassination of two Somali lawmakers for allowing the "Christian invasion of Somalia" and the recent public execution of an innocent Christian woman by al-Shabaab militants, cannot and should not be ignored.

Nigerians Call for a Million Woman March to Demand the Release of 234 School Girls Abducted by Islamic Militants
ICC Note: Women for Peace and Justice have called for a million-woman march, drawing activists to Abuja to march on the Nigerian capital in demand of greater resource allocation to finding and releasing 234 girls still reported as abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants. Following reports released yesterday that their captors were forcefully marrying the kidnapped school girls and ferrying them across Lake Chad into Chad and Cameroon, an added sense of immediacy has shaped the voice of the protest as parents', advocates', and vigilantes' angst grows restless. An Islamic insurgency considered a terrorist network by the U.S. and other Western governments, Boko Haram is responsible for more than 1,500 deaths this year alone in Nigeria and continues to wreak havoc on the nation's northern Christian populations.

Should US Become Haven for Persecuted Homeschooling Families?
ICC Note: For seven years the Romeike family from Germany fought for the right to remain in the United States. They had fled their native Germany were they faced possible prosecution and the loss of their children after making the decision, based on their Christian beliefs, to educate their children at home. Homeschooling remains illegal in Germany, thanks to legislation passed under the National Socialists in 1938. Their case raises a major Christian on the role the United States should play in providing sanctuary to Christian families who are persecuted for homeschooling their children.

Maryland College Blocks Admission to Student Because of Christian Faith
ICC Note: The Community College of Baltimore County is being taken to court this month after blatantly rejecting a potential students application on the basis of the students religious belief. During an interview with a five-person admissions panel Brandon Jenkens was asked "What is the most important thing to you?" to which he responded "my God." After being rejected for admission into the radiation therapy program, Brandon inquired into why he was rejected, and received this response from the director of the program: "I understand that religion is a major part of your life and that was evident in your recommendation letters, however, this field is not the place for religion."

Three Arson Suspects in India Set Free After Burning Down Christian Home
ICC Note: In the district of Kandhamal, located in northeastern India, local police released three individuals suspected of burning down a Christian home. According to Christian leader in Kandhamal, no reason or explanation was given for their release. The Christian home owner, Praful Digal, has rebuilt his home three times. Each time he builds, anti-Christian Hindu radicals destroy it. In 2008, mobs of Hindu radicals swept across the Kandhamal district, located in Orissa, attacking Christians and destroying their properties following the murder of a Hindu religious leader. Please pray for justice in this case.

Nepal Asks Christians to “Reconsider Their Faith” Before Receiving National ID Cards
ICC Note: The Nepali government has announced that all citizens will be provided with national ID cards which will include an individual's religion. Before receiving these cards, the Nepali government has asked Christians and other religious minorities to "reconsider their faith." Many leaders in the Christian community in Nepal have expressed outrage over the government's clear preference for Hinduism despite the fact that the Nepali constitution clearly states the government is supposed to be secular. Is this a sign of darker days ahead for Christians in Nepal?

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from Money Talks News

When Should You Check Your Child’s Credit Report?
One in 40 households with children under age 18 had at least one child whose personal information was compromised by identity fraud.

The Best and Worst Things to Buy in May

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from Mother Nature Network

Can you identify these animal patterns?
The animal kingdom is filled with rich colorations and dizzying patterns. Given a close-up photo of an animal's skin or fur, can you identify what creature it is?

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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

The 15 Cleanest and 12 Most Pesticide-Laden Produce of 2014

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from Nature News and Comment

Infectious diseases: Smallpox watch
Frozen mummies and envelopes of scabs could contain remnants of one of history's most prolific killers.

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from New York Daily News

The Bloomberg anti-gun backlash has just begun
His latest 'Everytown' push will make more enemies than converts

'Little House on the Prairie' cast gets emotional at 40th anniversary reunion
Eight members of the original cast, including Melissa Gilbert and Karen Grassle, joined to mark the occasion.

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from New York Post

GOP foolish to think ObamaCare is fixable
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the No. 4 House Republican, is walking back comments attributed to her that ObamaCare can’t be repealed.

Shaq apologizes for mocking disabled fan’s selfie

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from Northwest Watchdog

Thurston County Dems accept money from JZ Knight again
Two years after the Washington State Democratic Party was shamed into declining a $70,000 donation from the Yelm-based cult leader, the Thurston County Democratic Central Committee has accepted a pair of donations amounting to almost as much.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Portland doesn't flush reservoir water after all
The City of Portland has decided not to completely flush millions of gallons of drinking water down the drain after a teenager allegedly urinated in it. At least, they won’t flush it for now.

Magma in Mount St. Helens is on the rise, according to the Longview Daily News.

Native Americans want Nike to ax Chief Wahoo
A Native American group is calling on Nike Inc. to stop producing and selling products that feature the Cleveland Indians' mascot Chief Wahoo, which it calls a "grotesque caricature" of modern Indians.

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from Personal Liberty

NRA Commentator Explains Why Supporting 2nd Amendment Isn’t Partisan

Judge Rules In Government’s Favor On Confiscating Widow’s Home Over $6.30 Tax Debt

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Slams Media Culture Of Racial Sanctimony
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is, like many famous people, plenty mad at Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for saying some pretty inflammatory things about black people and the sport he loves. But he’s equally angry at the mainstream media for dive-bombing Sterling’s racist remarks like vultures, eager to gorge themselves on more of their own false sanctimony.

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from POLITICO

Rand Paul to plunge into North Carolina Senate race
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is making an 11th hour plunge into the North Carolina Senate race, aiming to boost his preferred candidate and block the GOP establishment’s favorite, state House Speaker Thom Tillis, from scoring a clean win in Tuesday’s primary.

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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Strategies to Protect and Detoxify Yourself From Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation
The levels of radiation that we are constantly exposed to have risen dramatically over the last half century. Ambient fallout from nuclear catastrophes is impacting our environment, and ultimately our health, as we all come in contact with radioactive materials. Here's how to protect yourself.

The 5 Ingredients that Go in Almost Every Meal I Make
Throw these 5 in every stir-fry, soup, baked meal or even on top of a salad and I guarantee, it will taste delicious. Use your individual tastes to guide how much to put of each one...but other than that, you can’t go wrong!

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from The Right Scoop


from ScienceDaily

European seafloor survey reveals depth of marine litter problem
A major new survey of the seafloor has found that even in the deepest ocean depths you can find bottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and other types of human litter. The litter was found throughout the Mediterranean, and all the way from the continental shelf of Europe to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2,000 kilometers from land. Litter is a problem in the marine environment as it can be mistaken for food and eaten by some animals or can entangle coral and fish -- a process known as "ghost fishing."

Cutting cancer to pieces: New research on bleomycin
Bleomycin's ability to cut through double-stranded DNA in cancerous cells, like a pair of scissors, has been described in a new article. Such DNA cleavage often leads to cell death in particular types of cancer cells. Bleomycin is part of a family of structurally related antibiotics produced by the bacterium, Streptomyces verticillus. Three potent versions of the drug, labeled A2 , A5 and B2 are the primary forms in clinical use against cancer.

Stem cells from teeth can make brain-like cells
Researchers have discovered that stem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells, suggesting they could one day be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke.

Neanderthals were not inferior to modern humans, study finds
If you think Neanderthals were stupid and primitive, it's time to think again. The widely held notion that Neanderthals were dimwitted and that their inferior intelligence allowed them to be driven to extinction by the much brighter ancestors of modern humans is not supported by scientific evidence.

Stem cell therapy regenerates heart muscle damaged from heart attacks in primates
Heart cells created from human embryonic stem cells successfully restored damaged heart muscles in monkeys, researchers report. Stem-cell derived heart muscle cells infiltrated into damaged heart tissue, assembled muscle fibers and began to beat in synchrony with macaque heart cells. Scientists are working to reduce the risk of heart rhythm problems and to see if pumping action improves.

Predators predict longevity of birds, study concludes
Aging inevitably occurs both in humans and in other animals. However, life-span varies widely across species. Researchers have now found a possible general mechanism explaining differences in longevity. They investigated life history data of nearly 1400 bird species and found that avian life span varies considerably across the entire Earth, and that much of this variation can be explained by the species' body mass and clutch size and by the local diversity of predator species. The researchers were able to confirm a key prediction of the classical evolutionary theory of aging that had been proposed more than 50 years ago.

Engineers grow functional human cartilage in lab
Engineers have successfully grown -- for the first time -- fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem cells derived from bone marrow tissue. Their study demonstrates new ways to better mimic the enormous complexity of tissue development, regeneration, and disease.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Asteroid-Capture Mission Will Pave Way for Manned Flight to Mars, NASA Says

Sedna: Dwarf Planet Far From the Sun

Solar Eclipse: What is a Total Solar Eclipse & When is the Next One?  The next solar eclipse will be a partial eclipse on Oct. 23, 2014. It will be widely visible from the United States and Canada.

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

Obituary: Risinger, Ronald “Ron”
RISINGER, Ronald “Ron” (Age 61) Went to be with the Lord, April 21, 2014. Ron resided in Spokane 50 years. Ron worked at Kaiser Aluminum (Mead) for 12 years. Ron graduated from North Central High School in 1971. Ron loved playing pool, and his pool family. Ron is survived by his mother, Jean; his daughter, Rachelle; grandkids: Reggie, Ramon, Trinity, Akayla and Raven; brothers, Randall, Richard and Roger; sisters, Kathy and Jena; several nephews and nieces. Ron was a wonderful son and best friend to his siblings. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date.

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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)

Video taken of fisherman's arrest
A video has been posted on Youtube of a Wilbur man being arrested after fishing in a restricted area near the Left Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam. The man gave an officer responding for dam security a bad time and caused damage to the officer's equipment and abrasions to his shins and swelling to his thigh. The man will be charged with third-degree assault, obstructing an officer, resisting arrest and criminal trespass. The suspect, who also received minor injuries, had an email from a Bureau of Reclamation official about a recently opened fishing area.

Geeky interest turns into real business
A group of friends trying to scratch their own itch for faster Internet connections have been almost forced into opening a new business to answer the same growing need for the local community. Coulee Internet Services Company is adding connections every week with wireless-to-fiber technology that extends the reach of faster Internet speeds to places too remote for fast access wires to reach.

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from The Telegraph (UK)

Antibiotic crisis bigger than Aids as common infections will kill, WHO warns
Common infections and minor scratches could soon kill because antibiotics are becoming useless against new superbugs, World Health Organisation warns

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from The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Economy Starts Year With a Whimper
GDP Growth Stalls as Frigid Weather, Weak Exports Curtail Activity

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from The Washington Post (DC)

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from The Weekly Standard

Craigslist Criminality
If you sell at a yard sale or on Craigslist a lamp you bought 20 years ago that is subject to recall, you could be fined up to $100,000 per infraction, thanks to a 2008 law primarily authored by Arkansas senator Mark Pryor, which substantially increased penalties for selling recalled goods. While the Consumer Product Safety Commission says they’re not interested in targeting those selling goods at yard sales, their website’s guidance clearly states: "CPSC's laws and regulations apply to anyone who sells or distributes consumer products. This includes thrift stores, consignment stores, charities and people holding yard sales and flea markets."

Price Tag for Healthcare.gov Repairs Jumps to $121 Million; 'Back End' Still a Mess
Obama administration soliciting 2015 contractors based on race and gender.

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