Monday, October 27, 2014

In the news, Saturday, October 11, 2014


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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from American Thinker

The MSM Ignores 'Run Ben Run'

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from Breitbart
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from Conservative Tribune

BREAKING: Mexican Government Busted Doing This to Support the Illegal Invasion
The Mexican government is providing funds to some of its citizens currently in the United States illegally to help them avoid deportation.

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from The D.C. Clothesline
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from Dc Gazette
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from Downtrend.com

Interesting Look Back At First American War Against Islam
The Barbary Wars were the first declared conflict the young American nation had on foreign soil, beginning in 1801. Thomas Jefferson was the American President who led the charge.

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from Independent Journal Review

Democratic Senator from Montana Reprimanded by War College with Most Severe Punishment
Montana Democratic Senator John Walsh has shown every student what can happen when they decide to cut corners and steal other people’s work.

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from Mad World News

John Hawkins Rips Into The Left: “Why I Oppose Liberalism”
Hawkins runs a well known conservative blog, Right Wing News. His columns appear twice a week at Townhall and PJ Media.

Duggar Family’s Shirts So ‘Offensive’ That TLC Blurs ThemThe Duggar family is known for their conservative, faith-based upbringing, and they’re not afraid to voice their quiet yet passionate beliefs. However, when they wished to express their support on a particularly controversial issue, TLC was quick to censor it.

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from National Journal

Edward Snowden: Supreme Court Will Strike Down NSA Spying Programs
The former NSA contractor also warned that Apple and Google’s new privacy protections on their mobile devices are not impenetrable.

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from RT (Russia Today)
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Battle for Baghdad: ISIS now within 8 miles of airport, armed with MANPADS

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from The Spokesman-Review

Gay couple in Moscow are first to be married in North Idaho

Administrative raises jar city budget talks

Spokane Valley teen killed at Hauser corn maze

CEO’s comment about women’s pay puts focus on lopsided system
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was widely derided Thursday for his foot-in-mouth statement at an event celebrating women in computing.

Ebola fears, urgency growing
American Marines scrambled Friday to add Ebola treatment beds in Liberia, while the U.S. and Britain readied new disease screenings for passengers arriving at their airports from West Africa. Doctors tried out experimental drugs in a global battle against the deadly sickness.

High court actions avoid voting chaos
Conflicting orders take exception to rulings close to elections

Malala, Satyarthi linked by Nobel Peace Prize win

Iraqi Yazidi girl tells of captivity in IS group

In brief: Team hazing investigation leads to sex crime charges
PARLIN, N.J. – Seven students were charged with sex crimes Friday after an investigation into hazing on a high school football team that found they held other children against their will and improperly touched them, prosecutors said.
Woman exonerated in slaying, freed after 17 years in prison
A woman who spent 17 years in prison for a homeless man’s death is free after being exonerated by a Los Angeles County judge.

Protests target police shootings in Missouri

Kmart card data hacked
Sears Holdings Corp. said Friday that a data breach at its Kmart stores that started last month may have compromised some customers’ credit and debit cards.
Dairy Queen said that its payment systems were breached by hackers who may have gained access to customer names, credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates.
Nielsen reports ratings glitch
The Nielsen company said Friday it has discovered errors in its measurement of television viewing that incorrectly showed people were watching one network when in fact they were tuned in to another.
Nissan, Mitsubishi issue recalls
Nissan is recalling more than 238,000 Altima midsize cars worldwide because a secondary latch can fail and allow the hoods to fly open while the cars are in motion. Mitsubishi is recalling nearly 166,000 older small cars and SUVs in the U.S. because the engines can stall unexpectedly.

Olive Garden parent gets complete board overhaul
An activist investor has won all 12 seats on the board of Olive Garden’s parent company, which has been struggling to win back customers at its flagship restaurant chain.

Scrub requests inundate Google
Google is being swamped with demands from Europeans trying to erase humiliating links to their past from the world’s dominant Internet search engine.

Stock market closes out worst week since May 2012

Extendicare Health Services to pay $38 million in settlement
A nursing home chain has agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for substandard care at nearly three dozen facilities around the country, the Justice Department said Friday.

Man arrested after selling stolen iPhone at ecoATM kiosk
A Spokane man availed himself of new technology in June allowing cellphone owners to recycle their old devices for cash at NorthTown Mall. The problem? The phone wasn’t his to sell.

Pulitzer Prize poet Carolyn Kizer dies
Spokane native Carolyn Kizer, who won a Pulitzer Prize for poetry, died Thursday in Sonoma, California. She was 89.

Baumgartner, Cowan closely matched in race for Senate seat

6th Legislative District Senate race questions and answers

In Brief: Spokane man suspected in California sexual assault case in jail
Spokane police arrested Mark W. Merrifield, 37, late Thursday near NorthTown Mall on suspicion that he stole a motorcycle. When they questioned Merrifield, they discovered a warrant had been issued for his arrest out of California, likely tied to the sexual assault investigation.
Resident OK after house fire; three dogs, two pet birds die
Annual YWCA luncheon raises $186,000 for violence victims
Army Rangers to train near Fairchild Air Force Base
MAX train strikes, kills pedestrian in east Portland
Boeing pays $23 million to settle labor charges case
SAN ANTONIO – The Boeing Co. has paid $23 million to settle allegations that it submitted false labor charges to the U.S. Air Force for contract maintenance on C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.
Grant County Health District to close Ephrata office

Parents find out son’s alive after all: He opens door
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Alaska couple knocked on the door of their son’s longtime girlfriend Thursday, intending to inform her that he’d been killed in a car accident. Karen and Jay Priest instead were stunned when the son, 29-year-old Justin Priest, answered the door. They had mistakenly been told by Juneau police that he’d been killed in the crash.

Seven plaintiffs in ACLU no-fly suit cleared to fly
The government, citing national security, long maintained it could not tell anyone whether they were on the list or provide a reason for their inclusion. But U.S. District Judge Anna Brown of Portland ruled that people placed on the list have a constitutionally protected interest in traveling by air, and the right to due process when it’s denied.

Shawn Vestal: Formalized loan sharks are circling on Internet

Charles Krauthammer: Syria campaign characterized by indecisiveness, ambivalence

Editorial: Horton has solid showing as assessor, deserves vote

Froma Harrop: Ebola exposes governors’ decisions on Medicaid

Sen. Mike Padden: Reducing punishment doesn’t reduce crime

Oregon governor ‘hurt’ by fiancee’s fraudulent marriage

In brief: UW president gets $50,000 raise
The 6 percent raise brings President Michael Young's total compensation to nearly $854,000.
Area readies for loss of largest employer
Officials in Ferry and Okanogan counties are preparing for the closure of the Buckhorn gold mine near Republic and the loss of hundreds of jobs from the area’s largest employer.
Former students sue, alleging abuse
Fourteen former Kennewick High School students sued the Kennewick School District this week for failing to protect them from a former teacher and coach they say molested them.
Alaska Airlines, union reach pact
Alaska Airlines and negotiators representing its 3,300 flight attendants say they have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor contract.

Ask Dr. K: Digital monitor may help fitness efforts

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