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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
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from Al Jazeera
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from Breitbart
NEW CLIMATE PAPER GIVES GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS ‘ONE HELLUVA BEATING’
A new scientific paper has driven yet another nail into the coffin of Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming theory.
Bill Clinton ‘Unaware’ Brother-In-Law on Board of Haitian Gold Mine that Landed Rare Permit
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Networks Say Nothing As Congressional Democrats Bully Climate Skeptics
Global warming alarmists have lost ground lately, but Congressional Democrats have implemented a new strategy: try to “silence” those with other views.
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from Daily Kos
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Christiegate: Crime in Progress! Christie Refuses to Release Details of Shady Exxon Settlement
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Christiegate: Crime in Progress! Christie Refuses to Release Details of Shady Exxon Settlement
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from The Heritage Foundation
Obama Can’t Bypass the Supreme Court
How Much a Family Would Spend If They Were Like the Government
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from HistoryLink.org
North Cascades Highway opens on September 2, 1972.
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Republican Budget Could Kick 11 Million Off Food Stamps
Jon Stewart Brilliantly Shreds Fox News Over Its Benghazi ‘Rage-gasm’
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Republican Budget Could Kick 11 Million Off Food Stamps
Jon Stewart Brilliantly Shreds Fox News Over Its Benghazi ‘Rage-gasm’
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from The Independent (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system
Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system
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from MEDIAite
from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
New Jersey’s Gun Laws Are as Confusing as Its Highways
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New Jersey’s Gun Laws Are as Confusing as Its Highways
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from New York Times
Dusting Off a Police Trove of Photographs to Rival Weegee’s
Thousands of photos were taken from 1914 to 1975 by officers assigned to the New York Police Department’s photo units. Later, when the cases were closed, the photos were boxed up and stored in various places, including, most recently, a basement room at 1 Police Plaza. Many of the photos will soon be available for public viewing for the first time. On Monday, the National Endowment for the Humanities will announce a $125,000 grant it has awarded to the Department of Records and Information Services for the digitization of 30,000 of the pictures. The photographs will be scanned starting in July and will be available for online viewing sometime after that.
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from PoliticusUSA
[Information from this site may be questionable.]
Bernie Sanders Demands War Tax On Millionaires To Pay For GOP Military Spending Increase
Bernie Sanders Demands War Tax On Millionaires To Pay For GOP Military Spending Increase
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from The Spokesman-Review
Spokane winery’s website hacked with pro-Islamic State message
The Latah Creek Winery web site was briefly caught up in the war on terrorism Friday after it was hacked to show a pro-Islamic State message. A group called “Team System DZ” claimed credit for the hack that proclaimed the message “I am Muslim & I love jihad,” according to a screen shot of the web site captured by KHQ. The message, written in sometimes confusing English, also promised to purge the land of Muslims “from the hypocrites (sic) infidels.”
Idaho House wants judges who rule for gay marriage impeached
The Idaho House on Friday voted 44-25 in favor of a non-binding memorial to Congress calling for federal judges who rule in favor of gay marriage to be impeached.
Idaho finds consensus on teacher pay-increase bill
Something rare emerged at the Idaho Legislature on Friday - consensus on a major teacher pay bill. Teachers, school districts, lawmakers and state officials all backed the new plan, the third version proposed in the past two weeks, saying it’ll boost Idaho teacher pay and begin correcting a crisis in attracting and keeping teachers in the state.
Governor urges state auditor to explain federal investigation
A spokesman for Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday the governor is very concerned about an apparent federal investigation into the state auditor, and is encouraging him to work with authorities after federal Treasury agents searched his home and the Justice Department subpoenaed documents from his office.
Suspect sought in pot store robbery
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public help to identify the suspect in a March 5 knifepoint robbery at a Spokane recreational pot shop. The man entered Green Leaf, located at 9107 N. Country Homes Blvd. and demanded money before fleeing the store. He was wearing a face covering during the robbery, but held a distinctive knife which allowed him to put his finger through a hole in the blade.
County government invests in change
Spokane County government is reinventing itself in the same way the county’s signature courthouse has modernized, Commissioner Todd Mielke said in his state of the county address Friday morning.
Tekoa man, 74, accused of stealing mother’s widow benefits
A 74-year-old Tekoa man suspected of stealing his dead mother’s military widow benefits for years is in Spokane County Jail facing a federal criminal charge.
Obama administration requiring companies to disclose fracking chemicals
The Obama administration is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. A final rule released Friday also updates requirements for well construction and disposal of water and other fluids used in fracking, a drilling method that has prompted an ongoing boom in natural gas production. The rule takes effect in June.
Missing woman, children found safe
Spokane police have located a missing woman and her two children after a witness spotted the woman’s boyfriend carrying her out of a home. The woman, identified as 24-year-old Lindsay Montano, was described as unresponsive by a witness. The witness saw her boyfriend, 24-year-old James Bench, carrying Montano to a car near 18th Avenue and Fiske around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Bench then loaded the couple’s two children, ages 2 and 4, into the car and drove away. Police said Montano was transported to a hospital but is safe, and both her children were also safe.
Spokane police have located a missing woman and her two children after a witness spotted the woman’s boyfriend carrying her out of a home. The woman, identified as 24-year-old Lindsay Montano, was described as unresponsive by a witness. The witness saw her boyfriend, 24-year-old James Bench, carrying Montano to a car near 18th Avenue and Fiske around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Bench then loaded the couple’s two children, ages 2 and 4, into the car and drove away. Police said Montano was transported to a hospital but is safe, and both her children were also safe.
One man is dead and another is in jail following a stabbing late Thursday at an apartment complex near Seventh Avenue and Helena Street. Police arrested Arturo Rodriguez Ramos, 26, on investigation of first-degree manslaughter. They believe he stabbed the victim in the chest before fleeing the scene, according to a police department news release.
Second teenager sentenced to 16 years for role in veteran’s death
Demetruis Glenn, 17, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder earlier this month. He received a 16-year prison sentence that draws to a close a case that sparked community outrage and garnered national attention. He and friend Kenan Adams-Kinard, 17, were accused of beating Belton during a strong-arm robbery as Belton sat in his parked car at the Eagles Lodge in north Spokane in August 2013. Belton, 88, later died from his injuries. Adams-Kinard received a 20-year sentence earlier this year.
Netanyahu tries to ease tension with Obama
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began Thursday to try to gloss over the harsh campaign rhetoric that helped him win re-election but marred his relations with President Barack Obama, who made it clear that he isn’t ready to move on.
Idaho coin shop owner sentenced
Kevin E. Mitchell, 49, was sentenced to six months in jail for six counts of petty theft in a plea deal that spared him going to trial on felony charges of grand theft. He entered an Alford plea to the misdemeanors – not admitting guilt but acknowledging he could be convicted by a jury. First District Judge Fred Gibler also sentenced Mitchell to four years of supervised probation and ordered him to pay his victims what they are owed. That includes $80,952 to four victims, with the amounts still to be determined for the other two.
$1 billion plan to battle drought in California
Politicians don’t have the power to make it rain, so on Thursday they tried the next best thing – they proposed showering California’s parched landscape with money. Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers from both parties unveiled a plan that would invest more than $1 billion to improve the state’s water infrastructure, provide emergency assistance to struggling communities and protect wildlife.
Politicians don’t have the power to make it rain, so on Thursday they tried the next best thing – they proposed showering California’s parched landscape with money. Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers from both parties unveiled a plan that would invest more than $1 billion to improve the state’s water infrastructure, provide emergency assistance to struggling communities and protect wildlife.
A Mojave Desert community where toxic chromium contamination was portrayed in the movie “Erin Brockovich” is set to lose its post office and its only gas station and convenience store. Postal officials say they will be looking for a new location for the Hinkley Post Office, which has been at the same location since 1958. It will close today.
Senate, House panels approve budget plans
Republicans in Congress advanced balanced-budget plans bristling with cuts in Medicaid and other benefit programs Thursday, determined to make a down payment on last fall’s campaign promise to erase deficits by the end of the decade.
President Barack Obama ordered the federal government on Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, driving his climate change agenda forward despite percolating challenges from Republican-led states.
‘Crash’ inaccurate, says chief of agency
The new director of the Secret Service went on the offensive Thursday on Capitol Hill, disputing characterizations in news reports that two senior agents crashed a government vehicle into a security barrier at the White House after a night of drinking earlier this month.
In brief: IS claims responsibility for museum attack
The extremist group Islamic State claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack on a major museum in Tunisia’s capital that killed 23 people and injured scores of others, including many foreign tourists.
Arrest made in threat against U.S. base
Japanese police said they arrested a man on Thursday accused of making bomb threats against the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and media reports said he is also a possible suspect in recent death threats against Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.
Polar bear pulls tourist from tent
Longyearbyen, Norway – A polar bear dragged a Czech tourist out of his tent as he slept on a remote Arctic island, clawing his back before being driven away by gunshots.
Draft limits Iran’s nuclear hardware
The United States and Iran are drafting elements of a nuclear deal that commits Tehran to a 40 percent cut in the number of machines it could use to make an atomic bomb, officials told the Associated Press on Thursday. In return, the Iranians would get quick relief from some crippling economic sanctions and a partial lift of a U.N. embargo on conventional arms.
Hadi’s forces defend stronghold
Forces loyal to Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is allied with the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, stormed the international airport in Aden on Thursday and sent fighter planes to bomb the palace in the southern port city where the current president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, has been based since fleeing from the rebel-held capital last month. Troops fended off the airport attack, the airstrikes missed the palace and President Hadi was in a safe place, Aden’s governor Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour said. Hadi remains Yemen’s internationally recognized president and has been a close U.S. ally in the battle against a powerful local al-Qaida affiliate.
Feds subpoena documents from state auditor’s office
The office of Washington state auditor Troy Kelley turned over documents to the federal government Thursday in response to a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice, just days after federal agents searched his home.
The office of Washington state auditor Troy Kelley turned over documents to the federal government Thursday in response to a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice, just days after federal agents searched his home.
Cars towed in East Sprague prostitution sting
Spokane police for the first time used a new city law aimed at discouraging prostitution along East Sprague Avenue. Officers arrested three men Wednesday night suspected of attempting to patronize a prostitute and towed cars belonging to two of them.
Spokane police for the first time used a new city law aimed at discouraging prostitution along East Sprague Avenue. Officers arrested three men Wednesday night suspected of attempting to patronize a prostitute and towed cars belonging to two of them.
Federal officials have backed away from a threat to cut funding from Lakeland Village as a result of improvements responding to numerous violations. The Washington state Department of Social and Health Services on Thursday said that the federal government will maintain Medicaid funding for 83 residents under long-term care at Lakeland Village Nursing Facility in Medical Lake.
Civic Theatre leader’s defamation suit revived
The Washington Court of Appeals on Thursday reinstated a defamation suit filed by former Spokane Civic Theatre artistic director Yvonne A.K. Johnson against the theater’s former music director. Johnson fired James P. Ryan in 2010 after revelations about his “swingers” lifestyle came to light. In early 2011 he launched a blog, Civic Doody, in which he has detailed his complaints about his termination and Johnson’s work at Civic.
More than 3,700 Inland Northwest residents have been accepted for the speed lane at airport screening stations. The Transportation Security Administration has opened a new enrollment office at Spokane International Airport, making it the second in the Spokane area. The other is in Spokane Valley.
Idaho ban on ‘instant racing’ one step closer
Idaho lawmakers shot down a plan for a new state Gaming Commission on Thursday, and instead advanced to the full House a proposal to ban “instant racing” – the slot machinelike gambling terminals that have popped up at three locations around the state, including the Greyhound Park in Post Falls.
Two men suffered serious injuries Thursday afternoon in a head-on crash that closed Trent Avenue near Harvard Road for about three hours. A westbound pickup driven by Gerardo Martinez Rodriguez, 37, crossed the center line and hit an eastbound dump truck head-on. The driver of the dump truck, 60-year-old Shannon Coberly of Chattaroy, drove partially off the road in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the collision.
Young inventor to enter ‘Shark Tank’
Teenage entrepreneur Brooke Martin of Spokane will be featured on an episode of “Shark Tank” airing on KXLY at 9 p.m. Friday as she attempts to get investment funding for her invention, the iCPooch. The device Martin invented for an eighth-grade school project is a dog treat dispensing device that can be controlled by a smartphone app. A phone or tablet also can be mounted on the device so animal owners can see and speak to their pet when they are not home.
Former deputy jailed in Shoshone County
Former Shoshone County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn A. Clark, 40, was arrested at his home in Pinehurst, Idaho, today on a charge of lewd conduct with a minor. Clark was a Shoshone County deputy from November 2002 to August 2005. One of his assignments during those years was as the Wallace School Resource Officer.
Fire truck, pickup collide on Highway 2
A Pend Oreille County fire truck with its lights and sirens on was involved in a crash Wednesday at U.S. Highway 2 and Gray Road just before 5 p.m. The fire truck also was using its air horn as it headed east on Gray Road and approached the intersection, according to the Washington State Patrol. The truck went through the stop sign at a high speed and collided with a southbound Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Newport resident Arthur A. Alvarez, 79.
Crews pull pieces of Bertha to surface
Workers at the Seattle tunnel project have started pulling pieces of the broken tunneling machine called Bertha to the surface for repairs.
Idaho Senate OKs funding for wolf kill
The Idaho Senate has approved spending $400,000 to kill wolves. The plan passed Thursday would give the Idaho Wolf Depredation Board the same funding it had during its first year of operation last year.
Hamilton leaving CdA school board
Tom Hamilton, who led a conservative takeover of the Coeur d’Alene School Board four years ago, said Thursday he won’t seek a second term as school trustee. Hamilton, the director of quality for Ground Force Manufacturing in Post Falls, announced his intention at a midday meeting of the Reagan Republicans, a group that helped put him on the school board in 2011. Terri Seymour, who was elected along with Hamilton, said Thursday she will seek a second term as trustee, representing Zone 3. Seymour is the payroll administrator and office manager for Great Floors in Coeur d’Alene.
Man shot by border patrol
The Whatcom County, Washington, sheriff said a U.S. Border Patrol agent has fatally shot a man near Sumas, Washington, along the border with British Columbia.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state prosecutors can charge a member of an Indian tribe who is living on another tribe’s land. The court’s ruling came in the case of a Yakama Nation man who was living on the Quinault Indian Nation’s reservation. When Howard John Evans Shale failed to register as a sex offender on the Quinault reservation, a Jefferson County prosecutor filed charges against him.
Honda expands air bag recall
Honda is adding nearly 105,000 vehicles to its growing U.S. recall of driver’s side air bag inflators that can explode with too much force. The added vehicles include nearly 89,000 Pilot SUVs from the 2008 model year, as well as about 11,000 Civics from 2004 and another 5,000 Accords from the 2001 model year.
Jobless claims hold steady
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits basically held steady last week, as the job market continues to outpace broader economic growth.
Booze calories to be listed on label
Want to know how many calories are in your shot of Johnnie Walker or your pint of Guinness? You’re about to find out. Diageo, the global alcohol giant behind those brands, along with Smirnoff, Bailey’s, Bushmills and others, said it will put alcohol-content and nutrition information on the labels of its products. The label will include information like the drink’s alcohol by volume, fluid ounces of alcohol, calories, carbohydrates, and fat content based on a typical serving size.
Amazon cleared to test drones
The Federal Aviation Administration said it has issued online retailer Amazon a certificate to experiment with unmanned aircraft for research, development and crew training.
Tag Heuer to offer smartwatch
Watch out Apple: Swiss company Tag Heuer is developing its own smartwatch with tech rivals Google and Intel.
Lufthansa strike grounds flights
Thousands of international travelers were stranded Thursday as a strike by Lufthansa pilots was extended to long-haul flights, and Germany’s largest airline said it was preparing for even more cancellations today.
Mortgage rates fall slightly
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week, remaining near historically low levels at the start of the spring home-buying season.
Taxis outnumbered by Uber in NYC
New York City’s storied yellow cabs are taking a back seat to black cars. Uber cars, often black sedans that can be summoned with smartphone apps, now outnumber the yellow taxis that city riders have hailed with a whistle and a wave for generations.
Proposal would allow rail yards on farmlands
A proposal that would allow construction of railroad freight stations on farmlands around Spokane County seems on the fast track for approval. But critics say the plan violates zoning laws and needlessly threatens the region’s rural landscapes, though those opponents aren’t farmers.
A proposal that would allow construction of railroad freight stations on farmlands around Spokane County seems on the fast track for approval. But critics say the plan violates zoning laws and needlessly threatens the region’s rural landscapes, though those opponents aren’t farmers.
Target reaches data breach settlement
A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013.
A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013.
Tesla Motors is updating its Model S electric car to help ease drivers’ worries about running out of battery charge – and is hinting that in the future drivers can take their hands off the wheel altogether.
Alliance under stress
For years, American politicians have waxed poetic about the “shared values” of the United States and Israel – ideals that typically aren’t spelled out but usually are taken to mean the basic tenets of Western democracy.
By early June of last year, the Ebola epidemic centered on Guinea was the deadliest ever recorded. Foreign workers were being evacuated. Top disease-fighters warned that the virus could soon spread across West Africa. But the World Health Organization resisted sounding the alarm until August, partly for political reasons, despite the fact that senior staff in Africa proposed doing so in June, the Associated Press has found. The two-month delay may have cost lives. More than 10,000 are believed to have been killed by the virus since WHO first announced the outbreak a year ago.
Shawn Vestal: Tiny homes might be foundation to build upon
Amy Goodman: TPP is a bad deal, made in secret
Editorial: Disclosing price tag of state initiatives good policy
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from Tea Party
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)
Feds to Weigh Children in Daycare
Bureaucrats from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will weigh and measure children in daycare as part of a study mandated by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)
Mike Huckabee: Obama ‘Resents’ Strength of Netanyahu And Israel
On Thursday, former Republican Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas said President Obama “resents” the strength of Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud Party was victorious in Tuesday’s national elections.
(Western Journalism)
Mike Huckabee: Obama ‘Resents’ Strength of Netanyahu And Israel
On Thursday, former Republican Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas said President Obama “resents” the strength of Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud Party was victorious in Tuesday’s national elections.
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