Monday, December 1, 2014

In the news, Monday, November 17, 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 ABC News (& affiliates)
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from Al Jazeera

East Jerusalem under 'collective punishment'
Jerusalem's most disenfranchised residents are being targeted in a 'draconian' crackdown, rights groups say.

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
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from Christian News Network
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from The Daily Caller

MSNBC Reporter: Gruber Comments Confirm ‘All The Worst Suspicions Republicans Had’ About Obamacare [VIDEO]

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from East Oregonian

Umatilla County approves 50 percent marijuana tax
Umatilla County aims to make some green of its own with a 50 percent tax on sales of recreational marijuana and related products. The legally suspect sales tax would be among the highest in the state.

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from Examiner.com
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)  [Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Speaker John Boehner Is A Traitor
What’s more outrageous, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives allowing an Imam with multiple connections to individuals and groups whose stated goal is to take down the United States from within OR calling the Speaker a traitor for doing so? There will, no doubt, be those who think calling the Speaker a traitor is irresponsible, despite what he’s done.

Obama Says Latest Beheading By ISIS Not Done By Muslims

VERY SHOCKING VIDEO ISIS Butchers Countless People To Send This Message To Americans: “We Will Begin To Slaughter Your People On Your Streets.”

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from The Heritage Foundation
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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

The conflict in Syria has created a massive refugee crisis, larger even than Rwanda of the 1990s. Some of those who were driven outside of Syria are returning to a scarred and broken country. As Christians they are facing increased risks from the militants, whose ranks are swollen with Islamic extremists. In many places the number of Christians still remaining has been cut in half. 11-17

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from Money Talks News
from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from New Scientist

Dark matter could be seen in GPS time glitches
GPS does a great job of telling us our location, but the network of hyper-accurate clocks in space could get a fix on something far more elusive: dark matter.

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from Newsmax

NRA: Obama Support of UN Gun Treaty 'an End-Run Around Congress'

Dr. Ben Carson: GOP Must Offer Good Obamacare Alternatives

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from Newsweek

Mao Zedong: New York City Exhibit Explores His 'Little Red Book'

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from Northwest Watchdog

Remy goes hard at Obamacare, #Grubergate and Lena Dunham
As #Grubergate continues to unfold, Reason.com’s Remy offers up a new video revealing just how President Obama’s administration discussed selling Obamacare to the American people.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

More stores say 'no' to Thanksgiving shopping
GameStop and Nordstrom announce they will not be open for business on Thanksgiving. They're following the lead of Costco, which said its stores will be closed on Turkey Day to give employees time with their families.

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from POLITICO

Gallup: 'New numerical low' for Obamacare
Support for Obamacare continues to decline, with the law hitting a new low in approval, and a new high in disapproval, as the second enrollment period has opened for Americans, according to Gallup.

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

Bernie Sanders Storms CNN and Destroys Their Pro-Republican Talking Points

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from RELEVANT Magazine

When Your Calling Isn’t Something You Want to Do
God has a track record of choosing the most unsuitable people in society to accomplish His will.

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from ScienceDaily

The 'dirty' side of soap: Triclosan, a common antimicrobial in personal hygiene products, causes liver fibrosis and cancer in mice
Triclosan is an antimicrobial commonly found in soaps, shampoos, toothpastes and many other household items. Despite its widespread use, researchers report potentially serious consequences of long-term exposure to the chemical.

Hiding in plain sight: Elusive dark matter may be detected with GPS satellites
The everyday use of a GPS device might be to find your way around town or even navigate a hiking trail, but for two physicists, the Global Positioning System might be a tool in directly detecting and measuring dark matter, so far an elusive but ubiquitous form of matter responsible for the formation of galaxies.

Spiral laser beam creates quantum whirlpool
Physicists have engineered a spiral laser beam and used it to create a whirlpool of hybrid light-matter particles called polaritons, hybrid particles that have properties of both matter and light and could link electronics with photonics.

Calorie-restricting diets slow aging, study finds
Neuroscientists have shown that calorie-reduced diets stop the normal rise and fall in activity levels of close to 900 different genes linked to aging and memory formation in the brain.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Why We Love Hubble: Astronauts Discuss Iconic Space Telescope

Philae Comet Lander's Big Bounce Captured in Amazing Photos

OSIRIS SPOTS PHILAE DRIFTING ACROSS THE COMET
[via European Space Agency Rosetta Blog]

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from The Spokesman-Review

Galena Mine’s owner proposes merger
U.S. Silver and Gold Inc. announced late last week that it had reached an agreement with Scorpio Mining Corp. to combine operations, subject to approval by shareholders and the Toronto Stock Exchange. The new firm would take Scorpio’s name.

Idaho insurance exchange reports flawless enrollment launch over the weekend

Reward offered for information on Spokane Valley robberies

Nebraska hospital: Surgeon with Ebola has died

Garbage collection services change today, but users shouldn’t notice

Getting There: BNSF buys Hotstart heating units to save fuel
Machines cut down on locomotive idling

Islamic State beheads U.S. aid worker
Peter Kassig, 26, who founded an aid group to help Syrians caught in their country’s brutal civil war, “was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity,” President Barack Obama said in a statement.

Study: Heart stent patients may benefit from longer blood thinner use

Landfill-rescued video games sell for $37,000

Cruise ship hit with norovirus

In brief: Man killed by NYC subway was pushed
Cause of Texas DuPont leak still unknown
Tourist climbs Brooklyn Bridge for photo op
Deadline extended for claims against GM

Extent of military fraud widespread
Prosecutors find targets in private, public sectors

After successful trip abroad, Obama faces fights
After a productive trip abroad, President Barack Obama returned home Sunday on a collision course with Republicans on immigration and an oil pipeline project, showdowns that threaten prospects for cooperation over his remaining two years in office.

State Department shuts down email after hacker attack
The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack.

Hagel: U.S. speeds up training for Iraqi army

In brief: Japan’s economy continues to shrink
Japan reported today that its economy contracted at a real annual rate of 1.6 percent in July-September, in a second straight quarterly decline that returned the country to recession.
Nigerian army takes back Chibok
The Nigerian army has regained control of Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic extremists more than six months ago, said army officials.
Colombia seeking abducted general
Authorities in Colombia have mounted a massive search and rescue operation for an army general who was apparently taken captive by leftist rebels.

Video shows airliner moments after crash
Malaysian flight hit near Ukraine village

The Rock Doc: Northwest-grown Glee wheat ‘bred to bake bread’

Then and Now: Temporary Spokane city hall used for decades
The former city hall at the northeast corner of Wall Street and Spokane Falls Boulevard is now home to an Olive Garden restaurant.

Pocatello concerned about ISU officers
Pocatello officials say they’re concerned that campus security officers at Idaho State University have been overstepping their authority.

Study: U.S. water usage drops to pre-1970s amounts

Health exchange back up
Washington state’s health insurance exchange was back up and running Sunday after shutting down for a day because of a glitch involving tax credit calculations.

Gorge Amphitheatre expansion won’t come soon
Gorge Amphitheatre general manager Danny Wilde said it would be at least 2016 before concertgoers see more camping, retail space or an outdoor cinema at the world-renowned venue.

Oregon college student fatally stabbed
A 20-year-old Oregon college student was killed in what police believe was a random stabbing at a convenience store, and officers said they shot and killed the suspect when he returned to the scene and menaced them with a knife. Linfield College President Thomas Hellie identified the victim as Parker Moore, a Woodinville, Washington, native who was majoring in business management. Moore also served as a resident adviser and played linebacker on the football team.

In brief: Missing climber’s body recovered
Benjamin Newkirk’s body was discovered Sunday, after a multiday search complicated by extreme weather. The 39-year-old from Bend was on Middle Sister, a 10,052-foot volcanic peak in the central Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness, with another climber Wednesday night when he fell about 900 feet off the mountain’s southeast ridge.
1 teen dead, 1 injured in Missoula crash
An accident has left one Missoula teenager dead and another in critical condition.
MSU launches road condition site
Montana State University has developed a website to make it easier for people traveling in the winter to know road and weather conditions.
Two save man, dog from burning van
A pair of passers-by helped rescue a Eugene man from a burning minivan that crashed on Friday with a load of ammunition inside.

Tribal members make appeal for bison
Jason and Patti Baldes together and respectively represented the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation relocation ceremony last week. And they were present to make a serious appeal. “We have six of the seven historic ungulate species that were present when Lewis and Clark came through,” Jason Baldes said. “The buffalo is the only one we don’t have.”

Prosser marijuana auction garners $600,000
Fireweed Farms of Prosser sold about 300 pounds of pot to state-licensed processors and retailers Saturday, the Tri-City Herald reported.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Another chance to create change

Physician burnout increases as more boomers require access to care

Exercise, diet help thwart Alzheimer’s

Boomer grandparent plans to avoid frumpy nickname

Anti-wolf group initiates Spokane billboard campaign

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from USA Today
from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)
from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

WATCH: O’Care Architect Jon ‘Stupid Voters’ Gruber ‘Should Be Prosecuted For Fraud,’ Says Judge

SHOCK: What Experts Just Discovered About America’s Young Unemployed Is Pretty Darn Scary

Colorado High School Tells Students They Can’t Pray During Free Time

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from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

LIMBAUGH UNLEASHED: OBAMA IS A 'SOCIOPATHIC' LIAR
President Barack Obama was scorched Monday as a “sociopathic” liar and “lying con man” by radio host Rush for denying he misled the American public to get his signature health-care plan known as Obamacare passed.

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from 100 Percent FED Up


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