Sunday, November 9, 2014

In the news, Tuesday, October 28, 2014


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from The Atlantic

The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially Here
The Obama administration's anger is "red-hot" over Israel's settlement policies, and the Netanyahu government openly expresses contempt for Obama's understanding of the Middle East. Profound changes in the relationship may be coming.

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from BizPac Review

Black activists rise up against Dems in shock video: ‘They are abusing us!’
With two years left of Barack Obama, the black communities are facing the Democratic party head on in the face of the upcoming midterms.

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from Christian News Network
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from CNN
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

ABC's 'World News Tonight' Finally Ends Midterm Blackout
After failing to mention the upcoming midterm election a single time since he took over the anchor desk of ABC's World News Tonight on September 1, on Monday, David Muir finally informed viewers that a political contest with "enormous" stakes was just days away.

Washington Post's Chuck Lane Mocks Hillary’s Anti-Business Comments: ‘NBC Created A Job For Chelsea’

Networks Ignore Hillary Clinton's Claim That Businesses Don’t Create Jobs

Jon Stewart Suggests to Wendy Davis a ‘Planned Parenthood Food Truck’- 'Get a Taco and a Pap Smear’

Over 214,000 Doctors Opt Out of Obamacare Exchanges

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

It’s rare to receive a 911 call from the Secret Service, but that’s exactly what happened in January 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee, according to a new letter to the House Oversight Committee.

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from The Daily Caller

Jay Carney: ‘Democrats Are Going To Have A Bad Election No Matter How You Slice It’ [VIDEO]
You know it’s bad when the person saying that is former Obama spokesman Jay Carney.

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from Daily Mail (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Fifty residents are finally forced to leave it all behind as Hawaiian lava flow begins to near their homes

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from Examiner.com
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
from FactCheck.org

2014 Campaign Whoppers
No shortage of tall tales in the midterm elections, from both parties.

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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)  [Information from this site may be unreliable.]

A Soldier’s Last Will And Testament

The Demonstrations To Drive Islam Out Of Germany Is Spreading And Gaining Momentum

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Heritage Foundation
from The Independent (UK)
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from The Jerusalem Post

Harry Potter actress: Israel's 'stupid' actions causing anti-Semitism
Jewish Actress Miriam Margolyes says that Israel's actions in Gaza have caused a "troubling backlash" for Jews in Britain, but shows no love for Hamas.

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from Money Talks News
from National Geographic

What to Do About Pig Poop? North Carolina Fights a Rising Tide
The pork-loving state faces challenges in protecting water from contamination.

Rocket Explodes, Aborting NASA Mission to Resupply Space Station
No injuries were reported in the launch explosion on Tuesday.

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from Nature News and Comment

Geneticists tap human knockouts
Sequenced genomes reveal mutations that disable single genes and can point to new drugs.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from NPR (& affiliates)
from Rare
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

Does this picture spell the end for Wendy Davis?
Ever since Texas gubernatorial hopeful Wendy Davis made the controversial attack ad that alluded to opponent Greg Abbott’s disability she’s experienced negative feedback in the polls.

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from ScienceDaily

Physicists' simple solution for quantum technology challenge
A solution to one of the key challenges in the development of quantum technologies has been proposed by physicists. Scientists show how to make a new type of flexibly-designed microscopic trap for atoms.

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from Slate
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Private Orbital Sciences Rocket Explodes During Launch, NASA Cargo Lost

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from The Spokesman-Review

Space station supply rocket explodes after liftoff
An unmanned commercial supply ship bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site.

Incredible Corn Maze closes for season
The North Idaho Halloween attraction where a young man portraying a zombie was killed earlier this month has closed for the season. The Incredible Corn Maze in Hauser posted the notice on its Facebook and Web pages Monday night. No explanation was given for the early closure. The season was to run Sept. 26 through Nov. 1, this Saturday.

Woman arrested on multiple theft counts

Police seek suspect in fatal stabbing

Elderly woman dies in north Spokane house fire

India slides, US gains in gender equality ranking

Varied Ebola strategies a puzzle
Some states adopt more stringent rules

Future development plans force CdA homeless to go elsewhere

City’s housing, human services department struggles to find footing after merger

Police: Shooter invited his victims to school cafeteria
The five students targeted in Friday’s shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School were invited to the cafeteria by the freshman who shot them, authorities revealed Monday.

Hopes rise over mammoth find
Idaho site may yield rare, complete skeleton

Boat derails delivery to space station
Orbital Sciences Corp. got to within the 10-minute mark for the Virginia launch of its unmanned Cygnus capsule. But a sailboat ended up in the restricted danger zone, and controllers halted the evening countdown. The Virginia-based company will try again tonight. Early Monday afternoon, space station flight controllers steered the complex and its six inhabitants away from wreckage from a Kosmos satellite that was launched in 1993 and collided with an Iridium spacecraft in 2009.

BP spill left massive ‘ring’
The BP oil spill left an oily “bathub ring” on the sea floor that’s about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows.

Poland shifting defense to eastern border
Poland is planning a major realignment of its military structure because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said Monday, a move that could shift thousands of troops to its eastern border.

Study: Prescription overdoses burden economy, hospitals

Toronto mayoral election ends in Ford family’s defeat
Toronto elected a moderate conservative as mayor Monday, ending the Rob Ford era marked by scandals over his illegal drug use and public drunkenness.

In brief: Ukraine plans closer ties to West Europe
Political leaders who won strong voter endorsement for their pledges of reform and closer ties with Western Europe began work Monday on forming a parliamentary coalition to deliver on those promises.
Israel plans to keep building in Jerusalem
Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister pledged Monday to keep building in east Jerusalem, despite stiff international criticism and recent rising tensions between Jews and Arabs in the city.

Suspected cop killer Frein continues to elude manhunt
For six weeks Eric Frein has dodged one of the largest manhunts in Pennsylvania history, hiding in a small section of the Pocono Mountains he knows intimately and eating ramen noodles and cans of tuna that police say he cached for the ultimate war game.

In brief: Gay marriage won’t result in defrocking
The Judicial Council of the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination ruled Monday that a Pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock Frank Schaefer last year after he would not promise never to perform another same-sex wedding.
Colorado theater shooter’s trial delayed
A Colorado judge has postponed the death penalty trial for movie theater shooter James Holmes so that Holmes’ attorneys can have more time to evaluate a second report on their client’s sanity.

Man convicted for killing 2 near USC in 2012
Javier Bolden, 22, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of two Chinese graduate students, Ming Qu and Ying Wu, as they sat in a double-parked car about a mile from the University of Southern California campus on April 11, 2012.

In brief: Conservation group buying Cascade land
The Nature Conservancy said it is buying nearly 75 square miles of forestland in the central Cascade Mountains to protect valuable wildlife habitat. The $49 million land purchase announced Monday runs along both sides of Interstate 90 between Snoqualmie Pass and Cle Elum. The group also is buying about 183 square miles in Montana’s Blackfoot River Valley.
Two kids in county had enterovirus D68
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that two children hospitalized last month in Spokane County had a severe respiratory illness associated with enterovirus D68.

Ybarra’s education awards questioned
Just one week from the election, revelations continue to emerge about a little-known educator who was the surprise winner of Idaho’s Republican primary for state schools superintendent, this time focusing on her claim to be a two-time “Educator of the Year.”

Mudslide victims’ families sue
Ten families who lost relatives in the mudslide in Oso, Washington, in March have sued Snohomish County, the state and a forest landowner, alleging that the disaster was not natural but the result of a series of “actions and inactions” by those parties.

Spokane County wastewater plant needs new PCB permit
Spokane County’s new wastewater treatment plant will need a new permit that measures the amount of a cancer-causing chemical it’s putting into the Spokane River, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled.

Port Orford official says storm damages costly
Last weekend’s storm caused at least $1 million in damages to the port of Port Orford. Port Commissioner Brett Webb said the fleet based in Port Orford was fishing Monday, but damages to port facilities and the breakwater will make it difficult to maintain operations. One key item damaged was the computerized fuel metering system used to supply the 50-boat fleet.

Powell faces child porn count
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist on Monday reinstated a child pornography charge against Steven Powell that had been dismissed during a 2012 trial that ultimately resulted in him serving time for voyeurism. Powell, 64, was released from prison earlier this year after serving 30 months for his voyeurism convictions for shooting photos and video of two young neighbor girls using the bathroom. He is the father of Josh Powell, who killed his two young sons and himself in February 2012 in Graham while under investigation for the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell, in Utah.

Business shares historic mural based on Bird’s Eye of Spokane Falls
A huge mural painted from an original Bird’s Eye View map of Spokane Falls in 1884 is now on public display at a downtown business office. Express Employment Professionals, 331 W. Main Ave., has the mural hanging on a brick wall just inside the entry. The mural joins a collection of art, glass and historic pieces at the office.

Idaho police seize 150 pounds of pot from truck
State police seized the pot, the truck and $2,000 in cash.

Valley card processing company settles FTC complaint
A Spokane Valley credit card processing company has settled a Federal Trade Commission complaint that alleged the company used deceptive sales practices to gain small business accounts. Merchant Services Direct will pay $175,000 and agreed to make business changes including better training, implementation of an ethics code, hiring customer service representatives and firing sales agents with multiple complaints.

Thieves steal Puyallup school’s instruments
The principal of a school in Puyallup said thieves have stolen $10,000 worth of musical instruments and electronics.

In brief: Two men arrested after park robbery
Police arrested two men suspected of robbing a man Sunday night in Riverfront Park as he walked home from work.
Former S-R writer Jacobs dies at 42
Patrick Jacobs, a North Idaho blogger and bartender who previously wrote for The Spokesman-Review’s Handle Extra section, died last weekend after experiencing a “cardiac event” on Friday.
Student brings explosive to school
Officials in Seattle said a 16-year-old student has been arrested for bringing a Molotov cocktail to school, just days after a mass shooting at a school in nearby Marysville.
Three people killed in Seattle home
Seattle police say a man fatally shot his adult daughter and a teenage granddaughter on Monday night at a south Seattle home, then killed himself. A 10-year-old boy was able to call 911. The child is unhurt.
Ship rescues three from boat in Pacific
The Coast Guard said a container ship has rescued three people from a disabled 32-foot sailboat adrift nearly 800 miles west of the California-Oregon border.
USS Ingraham to be decommissioned
The guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham and a crew of about 200 sailors return to their home port at Everett on Thursday for the last time. The Daily Herald reports the Ingraham will be decommissioned Nov. 12.
Yellowstone roads closing for season
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park have only a few more days before roads will close to vehicle traffic to most of the popular locations in the interior of Yellowstone at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3.
UO teaching aides threaten strike
The union for graduate students who help teach undergraduate courses at the University of Oregon is threatening to strike in a dispute with the administration over pay and leave.

Demand for SUVs up in U.S., overseas
Once a hulking symbol of American excess, sport utility vehicles quickly are becoming the world’s favorite way to get around.

Chiquita agrees to buyout from Brazil
Chiquita has sealed a deal to be acquired by two Brazilian companies for about $681 million, with the U.S.-based banana producer expected to go private by the end of this year or early next.
Home purchases show slight gain
The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes ticked up slightly in September, as it remained difficult to qualify for mortgage financing.
Nutek Disposables recalling baby wipes
A Pennsylvania company is recalling all 10 brands of baby wipes it makes, including those made for Walgreens and Diapers.com, as some packs may contain a bacterium known to pose a risk to people with certain health problems.

Dunkin’ offering limited-time ‘Croissant Donut’
Dunkin’ Donuts plans to roll out a croissant-doughnut hybrid in the U.S. next week, but the company says please don’t call it a “Cronut.”

Consumer Reports: Toyota tops in reliability
Automaker rated No. 1 for eighth year in a row

Fed expected to remain in no-rate-increase mode
U.S., global economies still seen as too fragile

Editorial: Shootings emphasize Spokane schools’ need for officers

Robert J. Samuelson: ‘Family deficit’ is America’s most serious

The team approach to longer living
In researching spots around the world where people live long and live well, National Geographic fellow Dan Buettner found that very-long-term health has little to do with dieting or trips to the gym.

If joint pain persists, replacement might be the answer
Dr. Alisa Hideg

Healthy diet may prevent inflammation
Anthony L. Komaroff

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from Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

New Metro Transit signage will carry much more information
More informative Metro Transit bus stops coming to a corner near you

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from Time

French Culture Minister Says She Has Not Read a Book in Two Years
Fleur Pellerin has lunch with French Nobel Prize winner but says she cannot name his books

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

Elizabeth Warren Supports Fellow Democrat But Forgets what State She Lives In… AGAIN! VIDEO

The Ebola virus has killed thousands in West Africa, yet Barack Obama refuses to put in place a travel ban restricting entry into the United States of anyone who has been in one of the countries afflicted with the horrific disease.

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Weekly Standard

Crowd Begins to File Out While Obama Speaks in Wisconsin

Liz Warren: New Hampshire Dem 'Working Hard For People of Vermont'

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