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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
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POLICE: ARMORED MILITARY VEHICLES NEEDED FOR ‘CONSTITUTIONALISTS’ WITH FIREARMS
Shocking video provided exclusively to Infowars shows a Washington state sheriff’s deputy [Spokane County] proclaiming that law enforcement officers need armored military vehicles because of “constitutionalists” with firearms.

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from The Atlantic

The Humane Interrogation Technique That Actually Works
A study finds that confessions are four times more likely when interrogators adopt a respectful stance toward detainees and build rapport, instead of torturing

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from Conservative Post
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Obama Family is preparing for wasteful Christmas vacation
While you have saved for months to get some Christmas gifts for your kids and grandkids. Barack, Michelle and their family are preparing their annual vacation in Hawaii.

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from Examiner.com
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Wash. deputy sheriff: Armored vehicles needed for 'Constitutionalists' with guns
A video posted to YouTube Saturday shows what appears to be a Washington state deputy sheriff explaining that armored vehicles are needed by police departments to confront "Constitutionalists" with firearms. According to Infowars' Mikael Thalen, the footage was shot in Spokane Valley, Washington, a community that sits between Spokane and the Idaho state line. State Rep. Matt Shea, a Republican who represents Spokane Valley, was clearly appalled with the footage, Thalen said.

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from The Hill

Kasich dips toes into 2016 waters

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from The Spokesman-Review

Hostage situation erupts in Sydney cafe
A hostage situation erupted inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia’s largest city on Monday, with the nation’s prime minister saying it may be “politically motivated.”

Thousands march to demand police reforms
Events nationwide protest treatment of unarmed black men

Efforts underway to make alternative transportation options easier in Spokane
After hay bales were piled inside streetcar No. 202 and its blaze reddened the sky, after the flames were doused by firefighters and their six bathing suit-clad assistants, the day belonged to the bus. Billed as both celebration and commemoration, the public burning drew a crowd of 10,000 on Summit Boulevard in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood on Aug. 31, 1936. The event at Natatorium Park did more than mark the final journey of one streetcar in Spokane, which reportedly had logged more than 1.6 million miles during its 26 years of service. It marked the end of an era. Local transportation officials say we’re on the cusp of another era, but it won’t be as sudden a shift, and it likely won’t be marked with such pomp.

Negro League stadium saved
One of the last remaining stadiums in America where Negro League baseball was played may soon become part of a national park in New Jersey.

Nitrous oxide studied in treating depression
Gas found to give fast, short-term relief

Senate passes spending bill in extra session
Congress gave final approval to a $1.1-trillion spending bill to keep the government from shutting down, but not without a last-minute hitch when Republican Sen. Ted Cruz forced a rare Saturday session, defying party leaders’ efforts for smooth passage.

People: Royals release Prince George’s Christmas photos
Prince William and Kate Middleton released three new official photos of their son, Prince George, on Saturday. The 16-month-old posed for the Christmas pictures in a courtyard at London’s Kensington Palace in November.
Speaker criticized over rape remarks
Columnist George Will’s commencement speech at Michigan State University was greeted Saturday with protests over comments he had previously made about sexual assault reporting at colleges. In a June column, Will questioned statistics cited by President Barack Obama’s administration and suggested federal authorities were making “victimhood a coveted status.” Will has said he was criticizing loss of due process for those accused of the serious crime.

California recovers as major storm heads east

In brief: Big rig hits 11 cars, kills 4 in Mississippi
A tractor-trailer plowed into 11 cars stopped on an interstate highway in coastal Mississippi early Saturday, killing a father and daughter and two young men in a horrendous crash that also closed the highway for more than six hours.
Jeb Bush releases gubernatorial emails
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said he’s releasing roughly 250,000 emails from his years as Florida’s governor.
Prisoner allegedly files false tax returns
A career criminal serving time at a Tennessee prison is accused of concocting a scheme to file false tax returns in the names of fellow inmates.

IS ‘caliphate’ struggling with economic woes

Tribes file suit to stop Mojave Desert solar energy project
A federally recognized Indian tribe has filed a lawsuit to block construction of a solar energy facility that would replace 4,000 acres of ancestral homelands in the Mojave Desert with reflective photovoltaic panels.

In brief: Battle of the Bulge anniversary marked
Braving snowy weather, Americans and Belgians gathered in the Ardennes region of Belgium on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of one of the biggest and bloodiest U.S. battles of World War II – the Battle of the Bulge.
Russian military craft nearly hits jetliner
For the second time this year, a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoid commercial radar and nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, officials said Saturday.
Japanese voters head to polls today
Japanese voters headed to the polls today in a parliamentary election that is expected to reaffirm the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s majority, though many analysts were predicting a record low turnout.

Hundreds protest I-594 at Olympia gun-rights rally
Hundreds of gun-rights advocates, some dressed in camouflage and a few wearing Santa hats, gathered Saturday on the Capitol grounds to denounce the background-check law Washington voters approved last month.

In brief: The Spokesman-Review wants your local light displays
We’ll publish a list of the homes in the paper on Thursday.
Post Falls hopes to host veterans home
Veterans in North Idaho could find out on Monday whether Post Falls will host a new state veterans home.
Seattle police to test body cameras
A dozen Seattle Police Department officers will soon be wearing body cameras while on patrol.

Simplot sues BNSF over damaged french fry shipment

Eye on Boise: Workshops cover Idaho open government laws

Longview’s squirrel bridge added to national register

Arrest made in Portland shooting
Police say gang activity, not nearby high school, was key factor

Police arrest second man in Portland shooting
An 18-year-old man arrested today is the second of three people believed to be involved in a shooting outside an alternative Portland high school, police said.

In brief: Copper thieves cause outage
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said copper thieves damaged regulators and knocked out power in Elwha Valley.
Woman allegedly trades sex for iPod
A 27-year-old woman was charged with a felony for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy in exchange for an Apple iPod.
Jail break foiled by off-duty deputy
MEDFORD, Ore. – An off-duty sheriff’s deputy helped thwart an escape attempt at a Medford jail.

Sinking Seattle turf rattles residents
J&M Cafe, established in 1889 to serve Gold Rush prospectors, sits a few blocks away from a giant access pit being dug so crews working to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct can reach a broken-down tunneling machine. When they began pulling water out of deep wells under the pit to lessen the pressure, a monitoring system detected about 1 inch of ground sinking in the area that included the saloon.

Court to weigh warrantless searches
Washington’s Supreme Court has agreed to review a decades-old law that investigators have used to obtain private bank, phone, email and other records secretly without showing probable cause – the standard that would normally be required to get a warrant for the information.

Rustling suspected as Idaho cattle herds vanish
More than 150 cattle valued at about $350,000 have been reported missing in southeastern Idaho, and authorities suspect modern-day cattle rustling as beef prices have soared.

Spin Control: Republicans begin remaking Senate
The axiom that elections have consequences is much in evidence in the capital these days as the Senate’s new Republican majority rearranges the deck chairs. Although they have kept the title “Majority Coalition Caucus” in an apparent nod to Sen. Tim Sheldon, the one Democrat in their midst, gone is any suggestion of power-sharing with the remainder of the minority Democrats. All committee chairmen or chairwomen are Republicans, as one would expect when a party has enough seats to decide most issues by itself.

Kathleen Parker: Labels hinder women’s political progress

Editorial: Spokane’s dropout turnaround proves resounding success

Smart Bombs: Legislating in the dark

Kevin Parker: Gonzaga-UW, WSU med schools both wins for Spokane

Dr. Susan Hecker: Business approach replaces practice of art in medical field

Field reports: Three poachers at Banks Lake net 377 fish
Three men illegally using gillnets caught 376 whitefish and a trout from Banks Lake before being apprehended on Dec. 8 by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police. Two similar major busts involving gillnet fish poaching have occurred in the past two years at Banks and Lenore lakes, both in Grant County. In all cases, the suspects were from Western Washington and of Eastern European descent. “With the amount of fish they are taking, we’re sure they’re being commercialized within that (Eastern European) community,” said Capt. Chris Anderson, but no arrests have been made for the illegal sale of the sportfish.
CdA eagle gathering slowly grows
The weekly U.S. Bureau of Land Management survey reported 34 bald eagles Wednesday in the Wolf Lodge Bay area.  That’s up from 18 eagles counted last week during the weekly survey and up from four two weeks ago. Last year by the second week of December, BLM wildlife biologist Carrie Hugo had counted 57 eagles, but her 2013 bald eagle count peaked at 217 on Dec. 30.

Sturgeon holding on in Columbia system and into Idaho
The population of North America’s largest freshwater fish living between a dam on the Idaho-Oregon border and another in Eastern Washington was holding steady from 14 years ago, according to information from an Idaho utility’s survey.

Study tries to boost young sturgeon in upper Columbia
Tribal and state fisheries researchers landed a big incentive this fall to continue their work on reviving white sturgeon numbers in the Columbia River upstream from Kettle Falls.

Agencies look at possible fee increases that would impact the cost of outdoor living
Federal agencies and some state agencies are proposing increased fees for camping, boat launch and, in some cases, hunting and fishing.

Tips to surviving the holidays without gaining too much weight
Nobody gains 20 pounds all at once. Extra weight creeps up on us over time. Especially around this time, said Lisa Randall, a dietitian and diabetes educator at the INHS Community Wellness Center.

Having children help with chores builds grit
Eighty-two percent of American adults regularly did chores as children, including cleaning, cooking, laundry and dishes. Just 28 percent ask the same of their own kids.

Memories 10 years later
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Ten years after a tsunami hit this city on Dec. 26, 2004, killing 167,000 people, roads and bridges have been rebuilt, there are houses on the beach, trees have grown back, and the millions of tons of debris that covered the island are gone. But for a first-time visitor, reminders of the disaster seem to be everywhere.

Don’t throw your money away on car rentals

Making its mark
Long-established Lawton Printing remains relevant in digital world
When people discover Laura Lawton-Forsyth runs a printing business, some are surprised – not because she’s the company’s president, but rather that such companies still exist.

Wealth gap widens between races in U.S
The wealth of white households was 13 times greater than that of black households in 2013, versus eight times the wealth in 2010. And the wealth of white households was more than 10 times that of Hispanic households, up from nine times the wealth in 2010.

High-tech gifts fit nicely into stockings

Tom Kelly: First-time incentives may help rate of home ownership
With the millennial generation, the home ownership rate has fallen to its lowest level since the U.S. Census Bureau started tracking the statistic by age in 1982. The home ownership rate for all age groups has fallen to 64.8 percent, the lowest level since 1995.

Sale of craft brewery sparks cries of betrayal
10 Barrel Brewing announced last month that it was being bought by the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, which to the horror of craft-beer enthusiasts, makes Budweiser and Bud Light.

Obituary: Bartleson, Robert H.
(18 Oct 1916 - 2 Dec 2014)
He was the third son of Charles Albert and Susan Mason Bartleson, and grandson of Frederick H. Mason, a Spokane founder.

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from WND (World Net Daily)
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OBAMACARE BLAMED FOR KILLING HOSPITALS
Closures by the multitude seen as danger to patients, harbinger of future

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