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Loneliness and Christmas go hand-in-hand in our confused culture. Stress, blow-ups, and annual arguments are the only Christmas traditions many people know. You probably find Christmas loneliness and stress normal rather than shocking. Our lives do not match up to “Christmas: Hollywood style.” When December twenty-sixth rolls around, we still live in a draughty house, the scroll-work on the bannister still comes off in our hand, and we are still working at the Bailey Building and Loan Company rather than travelling to Tahiti or going to college.
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from CNET
Secure your Facebook account in six easy steps
View your Facebook profile as the public and your friends see it, and then use Facebook's global settings to restrict access to and use of your posts, photos, and other information.
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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com) [Information from this site may be questionable.]NEW DISCOVERY: The Antichrist Nation Of Turkey Is Now Reviving The Mark Of The Beast
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Safeway store in Liberty Lake part of big Haggen expansion
Haggen will buy 146 Safeway and Albertson’s stores in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. The company will balloon from a small chain with 18 stores and 16 pharmacies to one with 164 stores and 106 pharmacies. The Liberty Lake Safeway store, at 1233 N. Liberty Lake Road, is the only location in Spokane county affected by the Haggen deal. The Bellingham company will also acquire Albertsons stores in Wenatchee and Walla Walla.
7-year-old boy in critical condition after near-drowning
A 7-year-old boy was in critical condition Friday night after he was found unresponsive in a hotel swimming pool in Coeur d’Alene.
Justice Department wants Spokane to improve how it investigates police force
Washington Gov. Inslee’s budget proposal boosts school spending
Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled a budget proposal that would spend $2.3 billion more for public schools, strengthen mental health and child welfare systems, boost parks and implement tougher environmental rules. He’d pay for it with a string of new and increased taxes, along with cuts and savings in existing programs.
Plan funding divides STA board
Voters will decide in April if they want to increase sales tax by 0.3 percent to fund a plan that would extend hours and expand service to new areas, as well as fund a trolley-like fixed route between Browne’s Addition and Spokane Community College.
Bald eagles crowd Lake Pend Oreille
The lake’s kokanee population is rebounding as a result of state recovery efforts, and this fall’s spawning in shoreline gravel beds has left mats of the dead salmon floating in the lake and collecting in bays and around docks. This banquet explains why the eagle count farther south on Lake Coeur d’Alene has been slower to build this year.
Changes in Cuba could take awhile
How does one end almost 54 years of hostility toward a next-door neighbor? That’s about to become clear as the Obama administration and the communist government of Raul Castro move to normalize more than a half-century of bitter animosity between the United States and Cuba.
U.S. spy identified
A former intelligence official in the United States on Thursday publicly identified Rolando Sarraff Trujillo, who U.S. President Barack Obama hailed as one of Washington’s most valuable assets, as the unnamed spy traded for three Cuban intelligence agents jailed in the United States.
Rubio rides Cuba wave
As the 2016 Republican presidential primary lurched ahead this week, no GOP prospect had a ride quite like Marco Rubio.
Response to Sony hack poses dilemma
With U.S. intelligence analysts quietly pointing to North Korea as having a hand in the destructive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment computers, Obama administration officials scrambled Thursday to consider what, if anything, they should do in response.
In brief: Pakistan forces kill 59 militants
Pakistani jets and ground forces killed 59 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, the army said today, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people – most of them children – in a school massacre.
8 kids killed in Australian home
SYDNEY – Eight dead children and a woman suffering from stab wounds were found inside a home in a northern Australian city today.
U.S. says IS leaders killed in airstrikes
Two senior Islamic State group leaders were killed in U.S. and coalition airstrikes in northern Iraq over the past week, U.S. officials said Thursday, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved new orders for several hundred troops to deploy to Iraq to train Iraqi forces.
In brief: Car hits crowd, killing 3
Pedestrians were filing out of a church Christmas service when a car sped around other vehicles at a red light and plowed into the crowd before hitting another car head-on, police and witnesses said. Three people were killed, and several more were injured,
Still no longshoremen deal
While West Coast seaports struggle to keep up with billions of dollars of cargo, dockworkers and their employers apparently aren’t close to a new contract nearly six months after their old deal expired.
City bans elephant tool
The circus will stop coming to Oakland starting in 2016 after a tool used by elephant handlers was banned in the city.
Phoenix fires embattled police chief
Embattled Phoenix police Chief Daniel Garcia was fired Thursday, hours after he held an unauthorized news conference to request a two-year contract from the city saying it was “time to silence the critics.”
Group seeks to reintroduce grizzlies to Selway-Bitterroots
An environmental group has petitioned the federal government to reintroduce grizzly bears to the Selway-Bitterroot mountains of Idaho and Montana, saying the region is critical to the bears’ recovery in the Lower 48 states. Re-establishing grizzlies in the Selway-Bitterroots would provide a link between genetically isolated bear populations in Yellowstone National Park and the Northern Rockies, said Andrea Santarsiere, the Center for Biological Diversity’s staff attorney. Past studies indicate that the 16 million-acre region could support 300 to 600 grizzlies.
Board of Education endorses pay ladder for Idaho teachers
Idaho’s state Board of Education has unanimously endorsed legislation to set up a “career ladder” for Idaho teachers, phasing in substantial pay increases if teachers meet performance standards.
Loyal feline greeter Yodie absent from Libby Center
Libby Center’s loyal tabby has disappeared without a trace. The black-striped golden-brown kitty that appeared each morning and afternoon to greet schoolchildren went missing following the Thanksgiving holiday.
Spokane County prosecutor ends bad-check partnership
Spokane County’s new prosecutor will briefly end a long-standing and controversial deal with a Missouri company that uses the office’s letterhead to target bad-check writers. But Prosecutor-elect Larry Haskell said he believes there’s value in the program and he wants to continue the partnership once he has staff in place to address ethical concerns. The county’s contract with the company, BounceBack Inc., will expire next month.
State’s first charter school on probation
Seattle’s First Place Scholars hasn’t met requirements
EPA eyeing water quality rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it plans to come up with updated water quality standards for Washington partly tied to how much fish people eat – in case the state doesn’t do it by next year.
In brief: Four people injured in Highway 2 crash
Four people were injured Wednesday night and U.S. Highway 2 in North Spokane was blocked for several hours when a motor home turned in front of a passenger car and was hit.
Idaho towns must cut air pollution
The state of Idaho has two years to work with Silver Valley communities to create a plan to reduce air pollution in the towns of Pinehurst, Smelterville and Kellogg.
Man sentenced in pornography case
A 31-year-old man was sentenced to five years in federal prison this month after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography via the Internet from his parent’s home in Chattaroy.
Icahn promises Taj Mahal $20 million to stay open
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn pledged $20 million on Thursday to keep Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino open indefinitely, eliminating a plan to shut it down Saturday.
Dow Jones surge continues
The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest surge in three years Thursday, its second straight triple-digit gain following the Federal Reserve’s reassurance that it was in no hurry to raise interest rates.
Ex-billionaire jailed on contempt charge
BUTTE – Embattled real estate mogul Tim Blixseth was taken away in handcuffs Thursday after a federal judge ordered the onetime billionaire jailed until he accounts for millions of dollars he owes his creditors.
Amazon to deliver in one hour in Manhattan
Amazon.com launched a service Thursday that promises one-hour delivery of household products to its Prime customers in Manhattan.
Lawsuit dropped over ‘Just Mayo’ label
Hellmann’s mayonnaise maker Unilever has withdrawn its lawsuit against the maker of “Just Mayo.” Unilever said Thursday that it decided to withdraw the lawsuit so that Hampton Creek can address its label with industry groups and regulatory authorities.
IRS chief: Budget cuts could delay tax refunds
Budget cuts at the IRS could delay tax refunds, reduce taxpayer services and hurt enforcement efforts, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Thursday.
Ford air bag recall goes national
Ford Motor Co. has agreed to government demands to expand a driver’s side air bag inflator recall to the entire U.S. The Ford national recall covers certain 2005 to 2008 Mustangs and 2005 and 2006 GT sports cars.
Watchdog group challenges big timber producer’s ‘green’ label
A watchdog group is challenging the environmentally friendly “green lumber” certification for Plum Creek Timberlands, one of the nation’s biggest landowners and timber producers. The Center for Sustainable Economy, based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, filed the complaint Thursday with a nonprofit group that verifies whether timber producers follow standards for environmentally responsible logging, including replanting after harvest, protecting water and biological diversity, and complying with environmental laws and regulations.
Editorial: Consider the big picture of police camera issue
Amy Goodman: Failed Cuba policy finally collapsing
Harold Schulweis, innovative and influential rabbi, dies at 89
Obituary: French, James Benjamin “Ben”
(1918 - 14 Dec 2014)
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from The Telegraph (UK)
Stonehenge discovery could rewrite British pre-history
The most important discovery at Stonehenge for a generation could be destroyed by David Cameron's plan to build a tunnel at the World Heritage Site
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Obama Plays Down Benefits of Keystone Pipeline
President Sees Very Little Impact on U.S. Gas Prices, Consumers
from The Wall Street Journal
Obama Plays Down Benefits of Keystone Pipeline
President Sees Very Little Impact on U.S. Gas Prices, Consumers
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from The Washington Times (DC)
Obamacare’s Christmas surprise
If you like your health care plan, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has a Christmas surprise for you! When will this new present arrive? December 25th.
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Parents Search For Answers After Police Raid Of Wrong House Seriously Injures Their Toddler
Donald Trump Wrote A Must-See Christmas Card To Obama That Is Loved By Some, Hated By Others
(Western Journalism)
Parents Search For Answers After Police Raid Of Wrong House Seriously Injures Their Toddler
Donald Trump Wrote A Must-See Christmas Card To Obama That Is Loved By Some, Hated By Others
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