Saturday, March 7, 2015

In the news, Sunday, February 15, 2015


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from The Atlantic

What ISIS Really Wants
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.

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from Breitbart
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from The Guardian (UK)

Dark matter: an axion to grind?
Dark matter is high on the list of possible discoveries in the next run of Cern’s Large Hadron Collider. However, depending on what dark matter actually is, shining light through walls might get there first

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from The Heritage Foundation
from National Review
from NBC News (& affiliates)

2016 Polls Show Clinton Leads in Key States, GOP Field Wide Open

ISIS Hurls Gay Men Off Buildings, Stones Them: Analysts

After the Higgs, LHC Rounds Up the Unusual Suspects in Particle Physics
Supersymmetry and dark matter, neutralinos, gravitinos and gluinos ... you can expect exotic topics like these to be spinning around as the Large Hadron Collider ramps up to smash subatomic particles again over the next couple of months.

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from PoliticusUSA
[Information from this site may be questionable.]

New Poll Shows American People Support President Obama In Netanyahu Speech Dispute
A Huffington Post/YouGov poll of adults interviewed February 4 – 8, 2015 reveals that by a 47%-30% margin respondents overwhelmingly agree that it was inappropriate for John Boehner to invite Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting President Obama.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Attacks in Copenhagen claim 2; free speech event hit
A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen, stirring fears that another terror spree was underway in a European capital a month after 17 people were killed in Paris attacks.

Most Spokane city workers earning more than median income
Compared to the average Spokane worker, nearly everyone at City Hall makes good money. Last year, the city paid almost $150 million to just over 2,000 people. The paychecks written for the year account for about a quarter of all city expenditures. Nearly 90 percent of people paid by the city last year made more than $42,092, the median household income in Spokane, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Aunt, uncle key to unlocking Criswell cold case mystery

Nutella maker Michele Ferrero dies on Valentine’s Day
Michele Ferrero, the world’s richest candy maker whose Nutella chocolate and hazelnut spread helped raise generations of Europeans and defined Italian sweets, died on Valentine’s Day. He was 89.

Study: Quake risk rising in Oklahoma, Kansas
Small earthquakes shaking Oklahoma and southern Kansas daily and linked to energy drilling are dramatically increasing the chance of bigger and dangerous quakes, federal research indicates.

Truce violated, Ukraine foes say
A cease-fire was declared in eastern Ukraine at a minute after midnight today, kindling slender hopes of a reprieve from a conflict that has claimed more than 5,300 lives. But within two hours of the cease-fire’s scheduled start, the warring sides already were trading accusations of fresh attacks.

FAA’s draft drone rules business-friendly
The government is readying rules largely favorable to companies that want to use small drones for commercial purposes, according to a federal analysis, potentially leading to the widespread flights by unmanned aircraft performing aerial photography, crop monitoring, inspections of cell towers and bridges and other work.

In brief: Snowstorm a cold-hearted blow to New England
A Valentine’s Day storm brought snow and dangerously high winds to New England for the fourth time in less than a month, the latest blow to a region that has already seen more than 6 feet of snow in some areas.
Premature infant gets heart transplant
Born nearly seven weeks early, Baby Oliver became one of the youngest heart transplant recipients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital last month.
Kidnap suspect bolts at airport, caught
A kidnapping suspect accused of threatening the judge overseeing his case faces new assault charges after he attacked a deputy during a failed escape attempt at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, authorities said Saturday.

Muslim American gets U.S. apology, settlement
Abdullah al-Kidd approached the Dulles International Airport ticket counter in March 2003 expecting to catch a flight to Saudi Arabia to study Arabic and Islamic law. Instead, federal agents slapped handcuffs on the Kansas-born former University of Idaho running back.

Port closures pale in big economic picture
Despite a long-simmering labor dispute that threatens a shutdown of 29 West Coast ports, economists and trade experts said closings would have very little effect on the broader U.S. economy. That’s because the trade of goods through U.S. ports represents only a relatively small fraction of the nation’s total economic output.

Obama orders provide immigrants IRS ‘bonus’
Millions of immigrants benefiting from President Barack Obama’s executive actions could get a windfall from the IRS, a reversal of fortune after years of paying taxes to help fund government programs they were banned from receiving.

Snowmelt fills raging Spokane River
The Spokane River was forecast to crest Saturday and today after warm weather and rain dating back to Feb. 4 unleashed a torrent of runoff from the mountains around Lake Coeur d’Alene, which is the source of the river.

Developer loses eminent domain fight in Idaho
The Idaho Supreme Court last week ruled against a developer in a long-running eminent domain dispute in North Idaho, even ordering the company to pay some of the state’s legal fees.

Earthquake warning system to be tested at University of Washington

Washington judge says activist needn’t identify critics of Saudi official
A judge in Washington decided not to sentence a woman to jail or to levy a $500 fine for each day she refuses to release names of Saudi Arabian women who made negative comments on a Facebook page about a Saudi assemblywoman.

Oregon’s next governor celebrates state’s 156th birthday
Making her first official public appearance since Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his resignation amid an ethics scandal, Oregon governor-to-be Kate Brown was swarmed by media and well-wishers Saturday as she entered the Oregon Historical Society at an event marking the state’s 156th birthday.

In brief: CdA teen’s trial in deaths will stay in Kootenai County
Kootenai County Public Defender John Adams, who is representing Eldon Gale Samuel III, 15, had asked the judge to move Samuel’s trial outside the county, arguing that media coverage of his case makes it unlikely that his client could receive a fair trial locally. But 1st District Judge Benjamin R. Simpson ruled this week that the case should move ahead in Kootenai County.
Coast Guard plucks two Oregon surfers
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two surfers from a cliff south of Yaquina Head in Newport.
Teacher arrested on sex abuse count
Idaho Falls police arrested 66-year-old Paul E. “Rick” Landon, a substitute teacher in Idaho Falls School District 91 accused of sexually abusing a minor. Landon was booked into the Bonneville County Jail on Friday and was held without bond.
Trooper sues Oregon State Police
An Oregon State Police trooper who made headlines when he was ejected from a college football game in Eugene has filed a lawsuit against his employer, saying state police higher-ups threatened to fire him after he accused a lieutenant of illegally searching a motor home.

Hundreds protest fatal shooting by Pasco police
Hundreds gathered Saturday to protest police brutality in the wake of a deadly shooting of a man who had been throwing rocks at police.

Muslim who says he was tortured returns to Portland
Less than four hours after landing in the U.S., Yonas Fikre was back in the mosque at the center of his five-year exile and alleged torture at the FBI’s behest.

Idaho man charged in stabbing of roommate
Multiple charges were filed against a Tetonia, Idaho, man accused of stabbing his roommate in the head.

Proposal tries to help wean Washington off coal power
Lawmakers hoping to wean Washington state off coal power are trying to ease the way for the state’s utilities to end the electricity it gets from coal.

Class-size cut may go back to voters for funding
State lawmakers are considering sending the class-size initiative approved by voters last November back to the people.

Spin Control: Legislators may rethink how they work
The Legislature is, by practice and constitutional decree, a part-time gig.

Eye on Boise: Ruling means ‘reset’ for school broadband plan
Idaho lawmakers are scrambling after a judge reaffirmed last week that the state’s $60 million contract for a broadband network that links every Idaho high school was issued illegally.

Editorial: Senators’ state transportation package a good start

Kathleen Parker: Trust a valuable thing to squander

Cheryl Kilday: It’s important to re-establish state’s tourism story

Story of Triumph: Family treasures roadster for many reasons
Classic roadster has carried Kettle Falls couple through a lifetime of adventures

Covered structures bridge past, present
Oregon’s covered bridges serve purpose while telling story
Covered bridges – though more associated with the Northeast – are as much a part of our Western heritage as ghost towns, steam locomotives and mines. They were built at a time when the West had abundant wood and no steel or concrete that could be used to construct bridges across rivers. And, if the wood bridge was covered with a roof, it would last at least three times longer. In Oregon, about 50 of the structures still exist.

Co-habitants need wise financial plan
Budgets are not romantic, but unwed couples who want to live together should break out a calculator before calling the moving trucks.

Obituary: Austin, N. Ardell (Keller)
21 Oct 1930 - 8 Feb 2015

Obituary: Abrahamson, Lawrence, Jr.
28 Feb 1949 - 8 Feb 2015     Ford

Obituary: Wood, Clyde Willis
23 Jul 1917 - 11 Feb 2015     WWII

Blevins, Beverly Sue (Scott) (Moeckel) (Klinckhardt)
26 Oct 1953 - 10 Feb 2015     Deer Park

Obituary: Hoffman, Fredrick J. “Fritz”
13 May 1930 - 10 Feb 2015     Ritzville (Rolston), Oaksdale

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from 100 Percent FED Up
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

MASSIVE BLACK TEEN MOB CAUSES CHAOS AT MALL AND THEATER: LOOTING, SHOOTING, BRAWLING

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