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All over America, people have put small "give one, take one" book exchanges in front of their homes. Then they were told to tear them down.
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from BuzzPo
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Former Atlanta Fire Chief Sues City For Being Dismissed Over His Religious Views
Former Atlanta Fire Chief Sues City For Being Dismissed Over His Religious Views
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from The Federalist Papers
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Where does Hillary 2016 begin? In this Washington home
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Krauthammer: Kill the filibuster
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VIDEO: Tom Selleck Blows Us Away by Sharing What it Really Means to Support Our Troops
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Gov’t sent 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers wrong tax info
The Obama administration says it sent about 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers the wrong tax information, and officials are asking those consumers to delay filing their 2014 taxes.
U.S. official: Mission to retake Mosul to begin in April or May
The operation to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Islamic State militants will likely begin in April or May and will involve about 12 Iraqi brigades, or between 20,000 and 25,000 troops, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday.
Ex-Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell sentenced to 1 year
Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell was sentenced Friday to one year and 1 day in prison for her role in a bribery scheme that destroyed her husband’s political career.
Senate panel calls for full audit of WWAMI
At the end of a sometimes contentious hearing Thursday over UW plans to expand the number of medical students it has in Spokane, the Senate Health Care Committee added a requirement for a full audit by legislative financial experts of the a multistate medical training program that involves Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho and goes by the acronym WWAMI.
An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink less sugary soda. And, as always, don’t forget your vegetables. Recommendations Thursday from a government advisory committee call for an environmentally friendly diet lower in red and processed meats. But the panel would reverse previous guidance on limiting dietary cholesterol. And it says the caffeine in a few cups of coffee could actually be good for you. The committee also is backing off stricter limits on salt, though it says Americans still get much too much. It’s recommending the first real limits on added sugar, saying that’s especially a problem for young people.
Feds say derailed oil train was not speeding
Speed doesn’t appear to have been a factor in an oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a federal transportation official said Thursday. The CSX train was going 33 mph at the time of Monday’s crash in the town of Mount Carbon. The speed limit was 50 mph.
It may be hard to believe for a country that’s shivering from Maine to Miami, but 2015 has gotten off to a rather toasty start. Last month was the second warmest January on record globally, behind 2007, with temperatures 1.4 degrees above the average for the 20th century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Meteorologists calculated that the United States in January was 2.9 degrees warmer than normal, making it the 24th warmest January since 1880.
Seaport talks still underway
Negotiators for dockworkers and their employers are still trying to break their deadlock and reach a new contract that would restore labor peace – and the free flow of international trade – to West Coast seaports.
China expands artificial islands on disputed reefs
New satellite images show China has rapidly expanded several artificial islands it is building atop disputed reefs in the South China Sea, raising fresh concerns across the region and in Washington about Beijing’s intentions. Dredging and sand reclamation over the last year at Hughes Reef, a shoal in the Spratly Islands, which are claimed by five nations, has created a 90,000-square-yard island with two piers, a helicopter pad and what appears to be an anti-aircraft tower or radar facility, according to HIS Jane’s, a defense research company.
New satellite images show China has rapidly expanded several artificial islands it is building atop disputed reefs in the South China Sea, raising fresh concerns across the region and in Washington about Beijing’s intentions. Dredging and sand reclamation over the last year at Hughes Reef, a shoal in the Spratly Islands, which are claimed by five nations, has created a 90,000-square-yard island with two piers, a helicopter pad and what appears to be an anti-aircraft tower or radar facility, according to HIS Jane’s, a defense research company.
Snowden leak: NSA helped British steal cellphone codes
Britain’s electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.
Britain’s electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.
Clashing views in Greece, Germany drive Europe’s latest financial crisis
Greece, perhaps at German urging, might decide to leave the eurozone – the group of nations that use the euro as their currency – as early as today.
Greece, perhaps at German urging, might decide to leave the eurozone – the group of nations that use the euro as their currency – as early as today.
Major U.S. media organizations launched a campaign Thursday to publicize the plight of missing McClatchy contributor Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in August 2012. Tice is thought to be still alive, and he isn’t a prisoner of the Islamic State group, which executed two American journalists last year. But there’s been no direct communication with his captors since he vanished near Damascus as he was traveling to Beirut.
Medical scope linked to bacterial outbreak
A commonly used medical scope linked to a deadly bacterial outbreak at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center may be so flawed it cannot be properly cleaned, federal officials conceded Thursday. But they stopped short of recalling the device or outlining any new sterilization procedures.
‘Parks and Rec’ producer found dead
Harris Wittels, who worked as a writer and executive producer on the NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation,” was found dead Thursday of a possible drug overdose at his Los Angeles home, police said. He was 30.
U.S. missionary accused of rebel ties
A court on Thursday rejected a request from prosecutors for the jailing of U.S. missionary Russell Martin Stendal, a 59-year-old Minnesota native who has worked for decades in some of Colombia’s most dangerous regions. to face charges of collaborating with Colombia’s main leftist rebel group, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, ruling the evidence was not strong enough to warrant detention.
Key Ukraine town under rebel control; separatists celebrate
For the rebel fighters who seized control of the strategic town of Debaltseve, Thursday was a day of jubilation and bragging of victory. The retreating Ukrainian soldiers were grim, stunned and relieved to have escaped with their lives as the scope of their losses became clearer: at least 13 dead and hundreds missing, captured or wounded.
In brief: U.S., Britain say Libya needs government, not weapons
Two of the most powerful members of the U.N. Security Council are rejecting Libya’s call to lift a U.N. arms embargo so it can defend itself against the Islamic State group, saying Thursday that the chaotic country needs a national unity government first.
U.S. identifies Syrian group of trainees
Six months after President Barack Obama announced plans to degrade and destroy the Islamic State militant group, the Pentagon has identified the first batch of Syrian opposition fighters for U.S. military training to take on the group in Syria.
As the Islamic State group tries to expand and take root across the Middle East, it is struggling in Syria – part of its heartland – where it has stalled or even lost ground while fighting enemies on several fronts. Signs of tension and power struggles are emerging among the ranks of its foreign fighters.
Cancer-screening money available from Spokane health district
The Spokane Regional Health District wants to get the word out that it has money available for breast, cervical and colon cancer screenings.
Investigators want to know how far back a recently fired North Idaho College administrator had been offering students scholarship money in exchange for sex and if there are any victims of the alleged scheme. Joseph M. Bekken, who was fired Feb. 2 as NIC’s financial aid director, was ordered held in the Kootenai County Jail on $100,000 bond. He is charged with five felonies: attempting to procure a prostitute, attempting to misuse public money, bribery, computer crimes and burglary.
In brief: Escaped inmate shot in leg, arrested
Escaped inmate Roy Bieluch was shot Thursday evening in a confrontation with a homeowner near Wallace, Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander said in a news release.
Harvey dismissed in Kettle Falls Five trial
Larry Harvey, 71, will not stand trial for his involvement in the so-called “ Kettle Falls Five” marijuana collective farm, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
In brief: Police end probe into woman’s death
The Spokane County medical examiner said Emily Simons, 51, died from blunt-force trauma to the head. Her boyfriend, Rick Krupke, found her body Oct. 31. Spokane police Major Crimes Detective Steve Wohl said a review of Krupke’s cellphone records showed he was at work at the time she died. Information from the medical examiner also indicated her facial and head injuries could have been caused by her falling forward.
Man reporting intruder ends up being arrested
A man living outside Kingston, Idaho, called Shoshone County deputies Wednesday to report that someone was breaking into his home. Deputies couldn’t locate an intruder when they arrived, but they did find guns and drugs. There was methamphetamine in plain view and there were guns positioned at every window, according to a news release from Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander. The man, identified as 26-year-old Justin T. Bartlett, “showed signs of paranoia.”
Nelson will owe $44.8M after release
When Doris Nelson is released from federal prison in 2022 she’ll owe investors in her payday loan scheme close to $44.8 million, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Video from police, public examined in Pasco shooting
Investigators asked the public Thursday to provide more social media images and eyewitness accounts of a fatal police shooting that has sparked a series of protests in an agricultural community in Washington state.
Stopgap broadband funding gets Idaho House OK
Lawmakers have approved a $3.6 million emergency funding bill to sustain Idaho’s troubled broadband program for a handful of months.
Proposals to raise Washington’s minimum wage to $12 an hour over four years and require sick leave for most workers passed a key committee Thursday on partisan votes.
Wal-Mart raising pay of 500,000 workers
Hike to $9 an hour will exceed federal minimum wage by $1.75
Self-driving vehicles to hit road in Sweden
Volvo made its self-driving ambitions clear Thursday with the announcement of a pilot program that will put 100 autonomous cars on Swedish roads by 2017.
Biotech firm Arvegenix developing the next cash crop
A Missouri biotech startup is trying to accomplish something that hasn’t been done since the middle of the last century. Researchers are trying to turn what currently amounts to a weed – in this case, pennycress – into a viable commodity crop for farmers. And they hope to do it before the end of this decade.
Study finds Idaho’s five tribes generate $1 billion in annual sales
Idaho’s five Indian tribes employ nearly 5,000 people and generate annual sales in excess of $1 billion, a new study says.
Business briefs: Initial jobless claims fall lower than expected
Initial jobless claims declined more than expected last week, falling back below the 300,000 level that indicates a healthy labor market.
Cargo numbers down in NW for third month
To almost no one’s surprise, cargo container numbers handled by the ports of Tacoma and Seattle declined by 13 percent last month.
Disney World tickets about to pass $100
It looks like Walt Disney World ticket prices will break the $100 barrier, possibly as soon as this weekend.
Alert devices sought for big rigs, buses
Four highway safety groups are asking the U.S. government to require tractor-trailers and big buses to have devices that alert drivers to stopped traffic and brake the trucks if they don’t respond.
Parental rights bill gets lengthy hearing
A bill seeking to expand parental rights in Idaho sparked concerns Thursday by attorneys who say its implementation could set off a new slew of lawsuits.
Idaho panel votes to repeal 151-year-old dueling law
A legislative panel is recommending that a 151-year-old Idaho law on duels be repealed. The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee unanimously voted Thursday to eliminate the last remaining reference to dueling in Idaho law.
Washington House panel tables death penalty bill
An effort to abolish the death penalty in Washington state isn’t moving forward in the Legislature this year after the chairwoman of a House committee chose to not bring it up for a vote Thursday in advance of a key deadline.
Inslee signs supplemental budget for mudslide, fire relief
Gov. Jay Inslee signed a supplemental budget Wednesday that allocates nearly $218 million in state and federal money for expenses including the deadly Oso mudslide and last summer’s wildfires.
Shawn Vestal: Firing of VA hospital director raises other questions
Amy Goodman: Greece, Spain challenging rules
Editorial: Proposal gives administrative law system vital reforms
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Rand Paul returns $1.8 million in unused Senate office money
Just because he has it, doesn’t mean Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul feels compelled to spend every cent Uncle Sam gives him to run his Senate office. Following past practice, Paul today said he returned $480,000 in unused money to the Treasury, bringing his total sent back to $1.8 million.
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Last days? Heavenly signs abound during Netanyahu speech
OBAMA DHS: 'RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS' GREATER THREAT THAN ISIS
Report predicts where 2015 violence will occur most frequently
Last days? Heavenly signs abound during Netanyahu speech
OBAMA DHS: 'RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS' GREATER THREAT THAN ISIS
Report predicts where 2015 violence will occur most frequently
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VIDEO FOR THE AGES: MEGYN KELLY RIPS LUIS GUTIERREZ TO SHREDS ON IMMIGRATION
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VIDEO FOR THE AGES: MEGYN KELLY RIPS LUIS GUTIERREZ TO SHREDS ON IMMIGRATION
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