Monday, August 25, 2014

In the news, Wednesday, August 6, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)

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*from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

from The Blaze
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from Bloomberg

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from Breitbart
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from Business Insider

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from CBC News (Canada)

Password hack affects 1.2 billion accounts, more at risk
'Companies that rely on ... passwords have to develop a sense of urgency,' analyst says
Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a Milwaukee firm that specializes in uncovering online security breaches. Hold Security CEO Alex Holden said more accounts could be compromised if the hackers sell the information they have gathered.

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from CBS News (& affiliates)

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from Charisma News

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from Christian News Network

Overland Park, Kansas has payed $50,000 in attorney’s fees to the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) after a court ruled that it had violated the First Amendment rights of Christians who sought to distribute materials about their soccer camp outside of a city-owned soccer complex.

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from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism

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

Reporter Nearly Killed By Hamas Rocket Reports on Use of Human Shields

MSNBC.com Reader Poll: 88 Percent Agree 'People Should Be Allowed to Carry Guns in Public'

Biden Calls Continent of Africa a 'Nation'
This May Be Biden's Must Ridiculous Gaffe Yet. And He Said It To A Room Full Of African Leaders. Only Vice President Joe Biden is capable of this.

Actor Rob Lowe Slams Obama: 'Waiting to Hear POTUS Explain the Disaster the World Has Become'

S.E. Cupp and Whoopi Goldberg Battle It Out Over Religion on 'The View'
On August 6 the ladies of The View tackled the perpetually thorny hot topic of religion in the public square and moderator Whoopi Goldberg let slip her vehement disgust with religious Americans, but particularly it seems Christians, who pray in public over their food.

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from Columbia Basin Herald

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from Conservative Post

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*from Conservative Tribune

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from Creators Syndicate

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from The Daily Beast

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from The Daily Caller

Jindal Admin: Common Core Is Illegal Federal ‘Scheme’

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from Daily Mail (UK)

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from The D.C. Clothesline
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

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from Discovery News

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from Downtrend.com

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from EarthSky

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from East Oregonian

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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)

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from FactCheck.org

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*from The Federalist

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*from The Federalist Papers

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from Forbes

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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from FOX 12 Oregon (KPTV)

Rowena Fire moves closer to The Dalles, but no homes lost

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)

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from Freedom Outpost

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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

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from The Heritage Foundation

Why One Critic Is Trashing Jimmy Carter’s Latest Mideast Peace Proposal
President Carter continues to have a perfect record for decades of being consistently wrong on U.S.-Israeli relations.

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from The Hill

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from History

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from Hoax-Slayer

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from HowStuffWorks.com

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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Russians Mock Obama With Racist Laser Projection On Former U.S. Embassy In Moscow
President Barack Obama received birthday greetings from around the world when he turned 53 years old on Monday, but some of those wishes weren't exactly well.

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from Human Events

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

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from IFL Science

Weak Supernova Leaves Behind a Zombie Star

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from The Independent (UK)

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from Independent Journal Review

MSNBC Host Gives Misinformed Explanation of Gaza Crisis, Promptly Buried By Democratic Congressman

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from International Business Times

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*from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

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*from Jen Kuznicki

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from The Jerusalem Post
from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)

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from KING 5 (NBC Seattle)

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from KIRO 7 Eyewitness News (CBS Seattle)

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from KOMO News (ABC Seattle)

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from KREM 2 News (CBS Spokane)

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from KXLY 4 News (ABC Spokane)

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from Legal Insurrection

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from LiveScience

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from Los Angeles Times
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from MEDIAite

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from Media Matters for America

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from The Minority Report

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from Money Talks News
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from Mother Nature Network

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from National Journal

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from National Review
from Nature News and Comment

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

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from Newsmax

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from New York Daily News

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from The New Yorker

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from New York Magazine

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from New York Post

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from New York Times

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from Northwest Watchdog

Homeowners: Our town raised our taxes because we closed the door on inspectors
A Dover [Wisconsin] couple says their property taxes rose after they refused to let a government-contracted appraiser inside their house during a 2013 reassessment of local property values, according to a lawsuit filed late last month in Racine County Circuit Court.

Stop-on-Red Week plows into camera conflict

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from NPR (& affiliates)

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Police: Oregon mom found dead committed suicide
A day after the body of missing Dundee mom Jennifer Huston was found on a remote Sheridan property, officials have ruled her death a suicide.

Net breach an opportunity to improve password practices

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from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)

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from Patheos
[Information from this site may be questionable.]

“The Latin Mass appears to be alive and well”
[Catholic Channel]

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from PBS (& affiliates)

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*from Personal Liberty

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from Phys.org

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from PJ Media

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from POLITICO

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from PoliticusUSA

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from PolitiFact

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from Popular Science

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from Q13Fox News (KCPQ Seattle)

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from Rare
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

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from Real Clear Politics

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from Reason Magazine

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from RedFlag News

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from RedState

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from Religion News Service

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from Reuters

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from The Right Scoop

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from Right Wing News

Border Agent Killed by Illegal Aliens

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from Roll Call

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from Science-Based Medicine

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from ScienceBlogs.com

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from ScienceDaily

Link between vitamin D, dementia risk confirmed
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team found that study participants who were severely vitamin D deficient were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Hubble finds supernova star system linked to potential 'zombie star'
Astronomers have spotted a star system that could have left behind a "zombie star" after an unusually weak supernova explosion. A supernova typically obliterates the exploding white dwarf, or dying star. On this occasion, scientists believe this faint supernova may have left behind a surviving portion of the dwarf star -- a sort of zombie star.

Biomotor discovered in many bacteria and viruses
Nano-biotechnologists have reported the discovery of a new, third class of biomotor, unique in that it uses a "revolution without rotation" mechanism. These revolution biomotors are widespread among many bacteria and viruses.

Tortoises master touchscreen technology
Tortoises have learned how to use touchscreens as part of a study which aimed to teach the animals navigational techniques. The brain structure of reptiles is very different to that of mammals, which use the hippocampus for spatial navigation.

Curing rheumatoid arthritis in mice: Antibody-based delivery of IL4
With a new therapeutic product, researchers have managed to cure arthritis in mice for the first time. The scientists are now planning to test the efficacy of the drug in humans. Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that causes painful inflammation of several joints in the body. The joint capsule becomes swollen, and the disease can also destroy cartilage and bone as it progresses. Rheumatoid arthritis affects 0.5% to 1% of the world's population.

Rosetta spacecraft arrives at comet destination
After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA's Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System exploration. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and Rosetta now lie 405 million kilometres from Earth, about half way between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, rushing towards the inner Solar System at nearly 55,000 kilometres per hour.

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from Scientific American

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from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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from Skeptoid Podcast

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from Slate
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

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from Slate's The Vault Blog

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from Smithsonian Magazine

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from Snopes.com

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Europe's Rosetta Spacecraft Makes Historic Arrival at Comet

First Comet Close-Ups from Rosetta Spacecraft Reveal a 'Scientific Disneyland'  (Photos)

'Face' on Comet 67P Spotted by Rosetta Spacecraft  (Photo)

Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet

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*from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)

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from Stars and Stripes

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*from Talking Points Memo

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from The Telegraph (UK)

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from ThatsNonsense.com

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from Think Progress

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from Time

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from The Times of Israel

UN chief: Israeli attacks on our facilities ‘outrageous’
Ban Ki-moon says Gaza death toll ‘shocked and shamed the world,’ demands cycle of violence be brought to an end

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from Townhall.com
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from USA Today

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from The Wall Street Journal

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)

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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)

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from The Washington Policy Center (State)

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Washington Times (DC)

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from The Week

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from The Weekly Standard

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from The Wenatchee World (WA)

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Not Even Democrats Will Be Able To Take Nancy Pelosi Seriously After The Blatant Lie She Just Told

Epic Rant: Mark Levin Just Went Utterly Ballistic On Obama And Valerie Jarrett’s Treatment Of Israel

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from WIRED

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from WND (World Net Daily)

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from 100 Percent FED Up

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