Friday, January 23, 2015

In the news, Sunday, January 11, 2015


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JAN 10      INDEX      JAN 12
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

David Brooks on MTP: We're at 'Adult Table', Ann Coulter, Hebdo at 'Kiddie Table'
This NY Times "Conservative" Smears Ann Coulter While Making Point About Free Speech
Was it just coincidence that the only person consigned by purportedly conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks to the "kiddie table" on Meet the Press this morning was fearless conservative Ann Coulter?

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

Attorney General Eric Holder Comes To Defense Of Islam While In Paris
The Paris rally featuring world leaders was not attended by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder despite his being in Paris at the time. His absence at the rally is being ridiculed but a closer examination of who was in attendance at the rally and who was banned may make Holder’s absence less of an issue than his refusal to acknowledge that the terrorist attacks in Paris were Islamic in nature.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Guardian (UK)

World leaders in Paris - who's who?
World leaders marched at the head of the protest against terrorism in Paris on Sunday.

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from The Heritage Foundation
from Independent Journal Review

40 World Leaders in France Stand Up for Freedom Against the Terrorists. One Major Figure Was Missing.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Millions rally for unity against terrorism
More than a million people surged through the boulevards of Paris behind dozens of world leaders walking arm-in-arm today in a rally for unity described as the largest demonstration in French history. Millions more marched around the country and the world to repudiate three days of terror that killed 17 people and changed France.

France prepares for mass rally against terrorism
Unity against extremism is the overriding message for the rally. Among the expected attendees are the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president; the Ukrainian president, Russian foreign minister and the leaders of Britain, Germany, NATO, the Arab League and African nations; and the French masses, from across the political and religious spectrum.

Merrill Womach, a renowned singer who survived fiery crash, celebrated at funeral
After surviving a fiery plane crash, Merrill Womach recovered and helped transform the modern funeral with his Spokane-based National Music Service, which at one point supplied music for three-quarters of the funeral services held in the United States and Canada.

Suspect in Moscow slayings arrested after high-speed chase
Three people were killed and another critically injured Saturday when a man shot them in three separate incidents in Moscow, Idaho. Police later arrested John Lee, 29, after a 24-mile police chase that topped 100 mph – at times in dense fog.

Police search for motive in Moscow shootings
A motive for Saturday’s deadly shooting spree in Moscow isn’t clear yet, but police did recover five guns in the car of the man who is expected to be charged with three counts of murder.

Education, mental health among upcoming budget challenges in Olympia

Basic education has changed meaning through the years
The Washington Legislature will spend much of the 2015 session debating how much to spend to cover the cost of “basic education” in the state’s public schools.

Television, Internet let you track Washington Legislature

Spin Control: Weighing candidates’, voters’ return on election investment

Idaho legislative session priorities include education, roads

Eye on Boise: ‘Instant racing’ terminals concern some lawmakers

Woman tied to Paris attacks sought in Turkey
A woman sought by French police after the terrorist attacks in Paris this past week left France days before the attacks occurred, traveling to Turkey and possibly into Syria, a senior Turkish official said Saturday.

Suicide bombing kills 7 in northern Lebanon

Soft landing attempt of SpaceX rocket fails

If 2015 seems a tiny bit longer, there’s a reason

Cold delays interstate reopening after 193-car pileup
Westbound lanes of Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan finally reopened early today, following an extraordinary pileup on the snowy highway that included 193 vehicles.

Chinese passengers open plane’s emergency exits to protest delays

Refinery explosion shakes Ohio city
An explosion at an Ohio oil refinery blew out windows at homes in Lima on Saturday and could be felt at least 10 miles away, but it resulted in no injuries, police said.

In brief: Feds challenge penalty over nuclear waste site
The U.S. Department of Energy is contesting more than $54 million in fines, the largest penalty levied by New Mexico for numerous violations that resulted in the indefinite closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository.
Yosemite free-climber clears difficult segment
Hands torn and bleeding, the second of two men attempting a grueling climb up a half-mile of sheer granite in California’s Yosemite National Park cleared one of the ascent’s most difficult stretches after days of failed attempts and waiting.
Zimmerman arrested for alleged assault
Florida authorities say George Zimmerman, whose acquittal of murdering an unarmed black teen sparked a national debate on race and self-defense laws, has been arrested for allegedly throwing a wine bottle at his girlfriend.

Protesters continue call for Haitian change
Protesters burned tires and threw rocks and glass bottles at riot police during another anti-government demonstration in Haiti’s capital Saturday amid a bitter political stalemate over long-delayed elections.

Women lead China’s push to cut smoking
China is known as the Smoking Dragon, but its addiction to tobacco isn’t shared between the sexes. According to the most recent national survey, 288 million men smoked regularly in China in 2010, compared with 13 million women.

Black boxes not found in plane’s tail
A tail section from the crashed AirAsia plane became the first major wreckage lifted off the seabed Saturday, but the all-important black boxes were not found inside two weeks after Flight 8501 went down, killing all 162 people on board.

Low-level tickets down throughout New York City
Of all the statistics from the recent New Year’s Eve in Times Square – 1 million revelers, 2,000 pounds of confetti, thousands of police officers, dozens of surveillance cameras – there is one number that stands out: zero, as in zero tickets for low-level crimes.

Iowa GOP decides to keep straw poll
Republicans in Iowa have opted to carry on with their presidential straw poll, a summer political tradition that detractors decry as a sideshow.

Clashes between vigilantes, troops call Mexican strategy into question
New clashes between vigilante groups and government forces in Mexico’s violent western state of Michoacan are calling into question the strategy of a federal commissioner appointed a year ago to restore order.

Idaho Fish and Game seeks to raise license, tag costs
About 750,000 Idaho residents, or nearly 47 percent of the state’s population, consider themselves hunters or anglers. Yet less than half of them buy hunting or fishing licenses each year.

In brief: Washington agency seeks protection for tufted puffin
Washington wildlife managers want to list tufted puffins as an endangered species in the state, while removing protective status for Steller sea lions.
Fish and Wildlife names Unsworth as director
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new director.

Washington state licenses, IDs soon need to meet tougher standards
Washington state officials are seeking to redesign the state’s driver’s licenses and ID cards in order to comply with tougher federal requirements for proof of U.S. residency for government-sanctioned identification.

Smart Bombs: It isn’t so; ask Arizona’s Sheriff Joe

Kathleen Parker: Sharpton overplays race card

Editorial: Raise your pen, even if you hate the message

Guest opinion: Take the tokers off pop culture pedestal

Ann McFeatters: Congressional demographics hardly match America’s

Glass eyes give aquarium fish better outlook on life

Polarized wolf groups battle with billboards
Opposing views of gray wolf recovery in Washington are on display in a Spokane-area battle of the billboards.

Methow Suite: Determined young couple runs unique system of remote ski-in cabins

Demystify your credit score with free reports
Good news for those resolving to keep a close eye on their credit history in 2015: There’s no need to pay a dime to do so.

Home inspections may produce negative reports
Now more than ever, potential buyers are using minor flags in the inspector’s report to withdraw or counter offers on houses. And, consumers also have come to expect more than a check of the basic health of the electrical and plumbing systems.

Millennials could squeeze Seattle’s competitive housing market

Obituary: Gilman, Gladys Leona (Houston)
14 Nov 1912 - 29 Dec 2014   Creston, Valley

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from The Times of Israel

Israeli TV: Hollande didn’t want Netanyahu at Paris march
French president thought PM would be divisive presence, report claims; highlighted Abbas invite when Netanyahu insisted on coming

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Guess Who NBC Blames for Islamist Terrorist Attacks; HINT: It’s Not Muslims
We’ve heard it before. The blame for terrorist attacks by Muslims placed squarely on the shoulders of the United States itself. During Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC, following the terrorist attack by Muslims on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine headquarters, reporter Ayman Mohyeldin did just that.

What Attorney General Eric Holder Did in France is OUTRAGEOUS and DISRESPECTFUL!

World Wonders: ‘Where’s Obama?’

Raul Castro Already Double-Crosses Obama on Deal Struck with Cuba
Raul Castro views Obama in a similar light as many other world leaders, that he’s not a person to take seriously.

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)

Renominating Romney
Be prepared to see the "Renominate Romney" bumper stickers appearing soon on a car at the light in front of you. The 2012 GOP nominee is back for an encore run, with his supporters saying "Third time's a charm."

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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