Sunday, November 2, 2014

In the news, Friday, October 24, 2014


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OCT 23      INDEX      OCT 25
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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 Americas Freedom Fighters
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

BREAKING! VALERIE JARRETT ORCHESTRATED ‘FAST AND FURIOUS’ COVER-UP!
President Obama’s trusted senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, was a key player in the effort to cover-up that Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about the Fast and Furious scandal, according to public records obtained by Judicial Watch.

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from Breitbart
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from Chicago Tribune

Anatomy of your Quinncome Tax
The race for governor is about whether incumbent Pat Quinn or challenger Bruce Rauner will be Illinois' CEO for four years. It is also a referendum on the future of the 67 percent personal income tax increase that Quinn and fellow Democrats enacted in 2011, on whether that tax will start to recede Jan. 1 as written in the law, and on the huge implications for Illinois' struggle to grow jobs.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from East Oregonian

Vacant spaces: Options vary for unoccupied land in Pendleton
Three of Pendleton’s most attractive lots, Albertsons, St. Anthony Hospital and the “G-2” Properties, are on the market.

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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)
from The Heritage Foundation

Those Ebola Vaccines in Testing Now? You Can Thank Dick Cheney for That
As vice president, Dick Cheney pushed funding for the National Institutes of Health that helped lead to Ebola vaccines being tested today.

Heading to the Doctor or Emergency Room? Prepare to Be Prescreened for Ebola

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from History

The Charge of the Light Brigade, 160 Years Ago
On the eve of its 160th anniversary, take a look back at history’s most celebrated cavalry charge.

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

Costco Still Refuses To Ruin Thanksgiving
Unlike dozens of other retailers who kick off their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day, Costco will remain closed on the holiday, the retailer confirmed to The Huffington Post Friday.

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from The Jerusalem Post

Sisi convenes emergency meeting after Sinai terror attack kills dozens of Egyptian troops

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from Judicial Watch, Inc.

JW Exposes Obama’s Ebola Plans
Exclusive: Obama Plans to Import Ebola-infected Foreigners from Other Countries
Judicial Watch Sues for the Truth on Obama’s Border Crisis
Judicial Watch’s Fast and Furious Breakthrough

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from MEDIAite

Fox’s Greta Van Susteren on White Men: ‘Give Them a Break’

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from Money Talks News
from National Geographic

Social Media Abuzz with Amazing Snapshots of Partial Solar Eclipse
The partial solar eclipse produced a plethora of pictures from around the country.

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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

President Obama, Silent
The homegrown terror campaign against our men and women in uniform demands a response.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

Ebola Free: Obama Hugs Recovered Nurse at White House

Corporate America needs to get some gay pride
American companies, for most of history, were like football teams drafting from a pool of only certain eligible players. Throughout last century, corporate America took great strides to begin changing that by welcoming women and then racial and ethnic minorities into the workforce — and then ensuring they had opportunities to rise to the top. But at a lot of companies, one group — the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, community — was still left out.

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from New York Times

Parachutist’s Record Fall: Over 25 Miles in 15 Minutes
Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Record

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from PBS (& affiliates)

Everything You Need to Know to Vote in the 2014 Elections

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from POLITICO

Poll: Michelle Nunn has slight lead over David Perdue
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has a 3-percentage-point edge over Republican businessman David Perdue, a new poll says.

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

Putin lashes out at US, West for destabilizing world

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from ScienceDaily

Australian doctors transplant first circulatory death human heart
The St Vincent's Hospital Heart Lung Transplant Unit has carried out the world's first distant procurement of hearts donated after circulatory death (DCD). These hearts were subsequently resuscitated and then successfully transplanted into patients with end-stage heart failure.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Amazing Partial Solar Eclipse Photos by Skywatchers (Oct. 23, 2014)

Solar Eclipses: What is a Total Solar Eclipse & When is the Next One?
The next solar eclipse will be a total eclipse on March 20, 2015. It will be visible from Europe, northern Asia and northern Africa.

Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive'

Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive from 'Near-Space' in Photos

Private Astronaut Training Company Picks Spacesuits for Spacewalk Simulator

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from The Spokesman-Review

School gunman was homecoming prince


Morgenstern faces federal charges for alleged sexual assault in Idaho

Accused child rapist in Spokane jail, likely to face federal charges

WHO: Millions of Ebola vaccine doses ready in 2015

AdWatch: Otter hits back on prison scandal

Wind storm expected Saturday night, Sunday

Next-generation 911 will allow texting, with photos and videos to follow

GOP using Obama as punching bag in Senate races

Paintings in national parks spark outrage

Lawmakers seek to end benefits to former Nazis

Guantanamo prisoners demand only male guards

Detainee to be tried in U.S.

NY doctor tests positive

CDC deploying Ebola care teams

Officials: Iraqi army regroups

In brief: Billionaire Allen to add $100 million to fight Ebola
Billionaire Paul Allen says he’ll contribute at least $100 million to the fight against Ebola.
Plane, copter collide midair
An airplane and a helicopter collided in the air near a Maryland airport before crashing into a line of trees and a self-storage business Thursday afternoon, killing three people but sparing two men in the plane, who deployed a parachute attached to the aircraft before it hit the trees.
Asian nations join bank
China and 21 other Asian nations have signed on to a new international bank for Asia opposed by Washington as an unnecessary rival to established institutions such as the World Bank.
States defy rulings for gays
Kansas, Montana and South Carolina leaders are fighting against same-sex marriages even though federal appeals courts that oversee those states have made clear that keeping gay and lesbian couples from marrying is unconstitutional.

U.S. to keep wartime control of S. Korea forces

EU pledges greenhouse emissions cut

Inland Northwest finally seeing typical autumn rains
The last time frost held off until November was in 2005, when it arrived on Nov. 2. The record for latest first frost is Nov. 11, 1944.

In brief: CdA chapel falls under religious exemption
The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho says it will not challenge the Hitching Post’s refusal to conduct gay marriages because the Coeur d’Alene chapel falls under a religious exemption.
Powers’ funeral service planned for Nov. 5
Funeral services for pioneering Spokane journalist Dorothy Powers will start at 11 a.m. Nov. 5 at St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave.
Valley surgery center opening approved
The Providence Health Care clinic in Spokane Valley has received approval to open its outpatient surgery center.

Police say Excelsior Youth Center calls too often
“Excelsior is the largest single consumer of law enforcement resources for the Spokane Police Department,” Spokane City Attorney Nancy Isserlis wrote in a letter to the facility.

Fatally injured pedestrian had been drinking with driver, police say

In brief: Coffee stand robberies suspect nabbed after scuffle
Police arrested a man suspected of robbing two coffee stands Wednesday night, following a struggle with the armed suspect.
Didier drops suit against volunteer
Congressional hopeful and retired NFL tight end Clint Didier has dismissed his lawsuit against a volunteer for his opponent’s campaign alleging misuse of state resources.
Dispute with officer lands man in jail
A Spokane man has been jailed for allegedly threatening a Spokane County Animal Protection Services officer.

Taxes, jobs and wolves are issues in 7th District House races

McMorris Rodgers, Pakootas find plenty to disagree about

Child-luring suspect accused of preying on prostitutes

Apartment construction near Gonzaga set for spring

Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino likely to close

Business briefs: AMC Networks to operate BBC America
Cloud revenue lifts Microsoft’s quarter
Apple plans 25 more stores in China

Indoor plumbing coming to Alaska village

‘Hobbit’ trilogy sets mark for studio spending

Companies give big bucks to pass, stop initiatives

Shawn Vestal: Truth trampled in Hitching Post stampede

Amy Goodman: Time to approve surgeon general

Editorial: Brandt, Leland best for district judgeships

Madeleine’s closing to prepare new space
Madeleine’s Cafe and Patisserie, which has anchored the corner of Main Avenue and Wall Street for more than seven years, had planned to reopen in its newly renovated space at 415 W. Main Ave a couple of blocks away by Oct. 1. But construction delays have pushed the relocation back until early January, according to the cafe’s Facebook page.

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from Time

These Are the Most Democratic and Most Republican States
Five most Republican states: Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Kansas and Mississippi.
Five most Democrat states: Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, California and Rhode Island.

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from The Washington Post (DC)

Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns
I waited 14 years to do something that I should have done my first year of teaching: shadow a student for a day. It was so eye-opening that I wish I could go back to every class of students I ever had right now and change a minimum of ten things – the layout, the lesson plan, the checks for understanding. Most of it!

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from The Weekly Standard

SC Dem Slips, Uses Slur Against Female GOP Opponent

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