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Obama Blames Bush For Rise Of ISIS
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Extreme herding: Spectacular images show Kazakh farmers on annual 300-kilometre snowbound trek to move 400,000 livestock to spring pastures in remote mountains of western China
Drone Captures Stunning Footage Inside World’s Largest Cave
from Daily Mail (UK)
Extreme herding: Spectacular images show Kazakh farmers on annual 300-kilometre snowbound trek to move 400,000 livestock to spring pastures in remote mountains of western China
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from Discover Magazine
Hang Son Doong in Vietnam is the world’s largest cave — one chamber is more than 3 miles long, 660 feet high and 490 feet wide. But just calling Hang Son Doong a cave almost does it a disservice. With its own river, microclimate and jungle, Hang Son Doong is more than a cave; it’s a world unto itself.
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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com) [Information from this site may be unreliable.]Muslims Take Ninety-Five Christians, And Butcher All Of Them In A New And Horrifying Massacre
A new massacre of Christians just happened in Nigeria, in which Muslims — all members of the Fulani herdsmen — butchered dozens of Christians, the number being counted as high as ninety five.
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from The Hollywood Reporter
from MSN News
Ohio set to open adoption records sealed for 50 years
The records for the vast majority of adoptions that took place before January 1964 and after September 1996 were not sealed. But as many as 400,000 that occurred in between were. The law was changed again in 2013.
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from Newsweek
U.S. Omits Iran and Hezbollah From Terror Threat List
An annual security assessment presented to the U.S. Senate by James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, has excluded Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from its list of terror threats to U.S. interests, despite both being consistently included as threats in previous years.
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from On Pasture
Understanding the primary predators and prey in your pastures is the first step toward managing for everyone’s benefit. To your forage plants, that herbivore you are raising is a vicious predator!
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from The Spokesman-Review
25 arrests at Idaho Capitol in gay rights protest
There were 25 arrests at Idaho’s state Capitol on Monday, as protesters continued to press without success for lawmakers to enact civil rights protections for gays.
CdA senator pushes bill to let parents opt kids out of classes, activities on principle
All Idaho school districts would have to develop processes to allow parents to withdraw their children from any “activity, class or program” that the parents believe “impairs the parents’ firmly held beliefs, values or principles,” under legislation that passed the Idaho Senate this morning.
Carjacking suspect flees in stolen hotel shuttle van
Spokane police arrested a carjacking suspect Monday after he allegedly assaulted three people while attempting to steal their vehicles, then fled from police in a stolen hotel shuttle van. Police believe David A. Ellis, 26, attempted to steal cars from three people in downtown Spokane Monday morning between 8:40 and 9 a.m.
Spokane set daily rainfall record on Sunday
Spokane set a daily record on Sunday with 1.33 inches of rainfall that was strong enough to back up catch basins and wash dirt and debris onto sidewalks and streets. The previous daily record was 1.18 inches in 2012, a year that turned out to be especially wet in March.
House fire in north Spokane injures one
Firefighters responded just after 4 a.m. and found a mattress on fire at a home near the intersection of North Wall Street and West Carlisle Avenue. One person had second or third degree burns from the fire.
Veterans’ families building memorial sculpture at Spokane Arena
Family members of fallen Inland Northwest military personnel post-9/11 are at the heart of a drive to place a new commemorative sculpture to their lost loved ones outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.
Family members of fallen Inland Northwest military personnel post-9/11 are at the heart of a drive to place a new commemorative sculpture to their lost loved ones outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.
A new West Plains transit center at the state Highway 902 exit along Interstate 90 is a key component in Spokane Transit Authority’s drive to expand bus service in the region. STA is seeking a 0.3 percent increase in the sales tax on April 28 to pay for a wide range of improvements to the bus system.
Cascades highway could open sooner
A low snowpack this year could bring an early opening for the North Cascades Highway.
Sewer work closes stretch of Northwest Boulevard
Work is going to start today on a new storm sewer retention tank along Northwest Boulevard in Spokane, forcing closure of a section of the boulevard from H Street to Garland Avenue.
North Idaho highway maintenance beginning
State highway crews in North Idaho got started on maintenance chores earlier than normal because of the mild winter.
City may reduce speed on Inland Empire Way
The Spokane City Council is considering a move to lower the speed limit to 25 mph on Inland Empire Way south of 23rd Avenue. The route no longer connects with U.S. Highway 195 near Cheney-Spokane Road as the result of a new interchange there.
Durst says he ‘killed them all’ in HBO documentary finale
The arrest of Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife’s disappearance, came on Sunday just before the finale in an HBO show about his life in which he said he “killed them all.”
The arrest of Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife’s disappearance, came on Sunday just before the finale in an HBO show about his life in which he said he “killed them all.”
Boston breaks snowfall records with 108.6 inches
Boston’s miserable winter is now also its snowiest season going back to 1872.
Boston’s miserable winter is now also its snowiest season going back to 1872.
An English teacher from rural Maine won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize on Sunday after 42 years of work as an innovator and pioneer in teaching literature. Nancie Atwell plans to donate the full amount to the Center for Teaching and Learning, which she founded in 1990 in Edgecomb, Maine as a nonprofit demonstration school created for the purpose of developing and disseminating teaching methods. The school says 97 percent of its graduates have gone on to university.
Arrest made in Missouri police shooting
A 20-year-old man charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department had attended a protest there earlier that night but told investigators he wasn’t targeting the officers. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said suspect Jeffrey Williams told authorities he was firing at someone with whom he was in a dispute.
Ten health workers leave Sierra Leone amid Ebola scare
Ten health care workers with a Boston-based nonprofit organization responding to Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak are to be evacuated to the United States after one of their colleagues was infected with the deadly disease.
Ten health care workers with a Boston-based nonprofit organization responding to Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak are to be evacuated to the United States after one of their colleagues was infected with the deadly disease.
Gays march for first time in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Unlimited political cash would give rank-and-file conservative activists greater sway in picking their representatives, including the president, White House hopeful Ted Cruz told New Hampshire voters on Sunday. Cruz, a first-term senator who represents Texas, said deep-pocketed donors should have the same rights to write giant campaign checks as voters have to put signs in their front yards. Both, Cruz said, were an example of political speech, and he added that “money absolutely can be speech.”
In brief: McConnell may stall Lynch confirmation hearing
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Sunday that he won’t hold a confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch as attorney general before the Senate completes work on a bill designed to curb human trafficking.
N.M. Senate panel tables abortion bills
A New Mexico Senate panel Sunday tabled two bills, one banning late-term abortions and one requiring that parents be notified at least 48 hours before a minor ends a pregnancy.
Democrats want CHIP in Medicare bill
Democratic senators would oppose a potential House bipartisan deal preventing cuts in physicians’ Medicare payments if it doesn’t finance a children’s health program for four years, senior Senate Democratic aides said Sunday.
Ohio River crests at 18-year high
The Ohio River crested Sunday at its highest level in two decades, leaving riverside residents relieved but cautious as forecasters warned that flooding problems will linger much of the week ahead.
In brief: Protests demand Rousseff’s ouster
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched peacefully Sunday in more than 150 cities around the country to demand President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment and to criticize government corruption amid a sprawling graft inquiry at state-run oil firm Petrobras.
Saddam’s tomb heavily damaged
The tomb of Iraq’s late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually leveled in heavy clashes between Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.
Former Iran leader’s son prison-bound
A son of influential former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to 15 years in prison over security and corruption charges, authorities said Sunday.
Kerry willing to talk with Assad on end to Syrian war
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he would be willing to talk with Syrian President Bashar Assad to help broker a political resolution to the country’s civil war. Kerry said in an interview with CBS News that the U.S. is pushing for Assad to seriously discuss a transition strategy to help end Syria’s four-year conflict, which has killed more than 220,000 people, given rise to the Islamic State group and destabilized the wider Middle East.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he would be willing to talk with Syrian President Bashar Assad to help broker a political resolution to the country’s civil war. Kerry said in an interview with CBS News that the U.S. is pushing for Assad to seriously discuss a transition strategy to help end Syria’s four-year conflict, which has killed more than 220,000 people, given rise to the Islamic State group and destabilized the wider Middle East.
Congo’s security forces detained a U.S. diplomat Sunday in a raid that also targeted journalists and regional democracy activists and accused them of posing a threat to stability, a government spokesman said. The diplomat “was found among a group of people that was believed to be in the process of bringing an attack against state security,” Lambert Mende said. He did not disclose the diplomat’s name or position.
The United States and Iran plunged back into negotiation Sunday, hoping to end once and for all a decades-long standoff that has raised the specter of an Iranian nuclear arsenal, a new atomic arms race in the Middle East and even a U.S. or Israeli military intervention. Two weeks out from a deadline for a framework accord, some officials said the awesomeness of the diplomatic task meant negotiators would likely settle for an announcement that they’ve made enough progress to justify further talks.
Village Toffee Haus has leased 1,900 square feet at 4424 N. Wall St. to operate in a two-story building previously used by Johnson’s TV & Repair for nearly 50 years. The store makes specialty toffee, fudge and gift baskets. Owners Jim and Linda Wormell, who once operated a similar store in Leavenworth, Washington, plan to launch the store by June 1. Jim Wormell said the business also will sell products such as honey, jams and soaps that are locally made.
Company faces criticism for Oso rafting plans
A rafting company says it’s reconsidering its plans to offer sightseeing trips through the zone of last year’s devastating Oso landslide.
In brief: Lake Stevens man to face charges after son, 3, shot himself
A Lake Stevens man will face criminal charges after his 3-year-old son shot himself in the face with his father’s handgun last fall.
University of Idaho picks new provost
John M. Wiencek will start work as the university’s chief academic officer on June 1. He has been serving as the provost at Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, Virginia.
Drive-by shooting leaves man dead
Witnesses said a man was wounded by gunfire about 4 p.m. Sunday in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. The victim, believed to be in his late teens, died after being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
UM student dies in accidental shooting
Missoula County authorities said an 18-year-old University of Montana freshman student died about 3 a.m. Sunday at a residence in Clinton after a firearm he was handling discharged.
Puyallup Tribe buys cancer center
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has purchased the Seattle Cancer Treatment & Wellness Center and will be moving the operation to Fife. The Renton clinic was previously owned by Cancer Treatment Centers of America. The new facility will offer both traditional and alternative methods of treatment to both native and non-native patients. The tribe said this will be the first tribal-owned cancer care center in Indian Country and the United States.
Vanuatu hit hard by Cyclone Pam, president asks for international aid
Vanuatu’s president said the cyclone that hammered the tiny South Pacific archipelago was a “monster” that has destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital Port Vila and has forced the nation to start anew.
Venezuelan parliament OKs decree powers for president
The Venezuelan parliament on Sunday approved a law giving President Nicolas Maduro the power to legislate by decree for nine months in the face of what he described as threats by the U.S. government.
Putin says he weighed raising nuclear readiness over Crimea
Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine’s president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on Sunday. Putin also expanded on a previous admission that the well-armed forces in unmarked uniforms who took control of Ukrainian military facilities in Crimea were Russian soldiers.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Politics don’t equal character
Then and Now: Kemp and Hebert’s department store
Charles Kemp and Henry Hebert opened a tiny clothing store for men on Riverside Avenue in 1891. After Kemp and Hebert expanded to women’s wear and other dry goods, they purchased the corner of Washington Street and Main Avenue and erected a four-story building to house their department store. They hired contractor M.C. Murphy in 1908 to build it for $150,000. Kemp died in the 1920s. Hebert’s health took a turn for the worse and he sold out in 1940. He died in 1941. The empty building was used as a military office complex during World War II. The Levitch family bought the building and opened Liberty Furniture in 1944. Liberty closed in 1986 and the building was empty until the owners of Auntie’s Bookstore purchased it in 1993. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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Chuck Norris Cuts Last-Minute Campaign Video For Netanyahu
As Israelis prepared to head to the polls in a tightly contested national election, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday got one last bit of help from septuagenarian tough guy Chuck Norris. The former star of "Walker Texas Ranger" stumped for Netanyahu in a YouTube video posted to the star's own account, simply titled, "Please vote for Prime Minister Netanyahu!"
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Chuck Norris Cuts Last-Minute Campaign Video For Netanyahu
As Israelis prepared to head to the polls in a tightly contested national election, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday got one last bit of help from septuagenarian tough guy Chuck Norris. The former star of "Walker Texas Ranger" stumped for Netanyahu in a YouTube video posted to the star's own account, simply titled, "Please vote for Prime Minister Netanyahu!"
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from US Herald
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from The Western Center for Journalism
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Seattle’s $15 Min. Wage Is Making Something Happen That City Leaders Never Expected
In a few weeks, Seattle’s new, highest in the country, $15 per hour minimum wage will go into effect. Like many liberal policies, it was passed by City Hall with the best of intentions. The only problem is, in the end, it may do more harm than good for many.
Watch: Chuck Norris Issues Campaign Video For Israel’s Netanyahu
Taliban Swap Subject Bowe Bergdahl Is Back In The News…But Not In The Way You Might Expect
There’s word that a big Hollywood movie about Bergdahl is in the works.
(Western Journalism)
Seattle’s $15 Min. Wage Is Making Something Happen That City Leaders Never Expected
In a few weeks, Seattle’s new, highest in the country, $15 per hour minimum wage will go into effect. Like many liberal policies, it was passed by City Hall with the best of intentions. The only problem is, in the end, it may do more harm than good for many.
Watch: Chuck Norris Issues Campaign Video For Israel’s Netanyahu
Taliban Swap Subject Bowe Bergdahl Is Back In The News…But Not In The Way You Might Expect
There’s word that a big Hollywood movie about Bergdahl is in the works.
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