Saturday, March 7, 2015

In the news, Thursday, February 26, 2015


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from Allen West
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Allen West “We are engaged in global Islamic jihad!” We need leadership!

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from The American Conservative

The Prophetic Eric Moutsos
In Salt Lake City, police officer Eric Moutsos lost his job because he declined to march in a gay pride parade. Note well: he did not refuse to provide police security for the parade; he declined to march in it. What Moutsos is learning — what all traditional Christians will soon learn — is that there is no accommodation to be made. You are the Enemy, and must be crushed. You will be forced to advocate for things that violate your conscience, and if you refuse, it doesn’t matter how far you are willing to go to be accommodating: you will be branded a hater, and forced out of your job.

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from Christian News Network
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

CBS Continues Hyping Hillary Clinton’s ‘New Strategy for Winning’ Ahead of Possible Campaign

NB Special: Scarborough on The Truth About ISIS

Carson on Defeating ISIS: Let the Military ‘Destroy Them’ Before They Strike Us

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from C-SPAN

Dr. Ben Carson Remarks at CPAC 2015
Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) about a variety of topics, including tax reform, the threat of terrorism, welfare, and the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)

Freedom Foundation Transparency in Collective Bargaining Bill Passes Senate Committee After Contentious Hearing

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from The Guardian (UK)
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Westminster Abbey wins permission to add first new tower in 300 years
Renovations, including a lift to provide access to an attic museum, have been approved by the local council and are slated for completion by 2018

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from The Heritage Foundation

Did Abercrombie Discriminate Against an Applicant Because of Her Religion? Supreme Court Justices Hear Case

Hillary Clinton’s Foundation Accepted Donations From Foreign Governments. One GOP Leader Says That Disqualifies Her From Being President.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus today criticized likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her global foundation for accepting donations from foreign governments and questioned if she can serve as president.

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from Huffington Post
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Ben Carson Supporters Gear Up For A Presidential Campaign
On the heels of a Public Policy Polling survey that found the pediatric neurosurgeon and conservative pundit in second place nationally among the current crop of prospective Republican presidential candidates, his supporters are transitioning from "Draft Ben" mode to a full-fledged campaign operation.

Jon Stewart Pulls Out The Big Guns, Unveils '50 Fox News Lies In 6 Seconds'

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

US Needs a Mars Colony, Buzz Aldrin Tells Senators

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from The Spokesman-Review

Ambassadors Group to lay off 60
Ambassadors Group, the educational travel company that operates the People to People program, will lay off 60 people. Spokane-based Ambassadors Group laid off 40 people last June. At the time company officials said the job cuts would bring the company’s workforce to 170, with 150 of those people in Spokane.

Idaho lawmakers narrowly agree to consider new inspector general office
With tens of millions in legal fees, contract bailouts, settlements and more adding up for the state, it’s time for Idaho to create an office of Inspector General to receive and investigate complaints of waste, fraud, abuse and malfeasance in state government, House Minority Leader John Rusche told lawmakers today.

Hauser corn maze fined in teen worker’s death
The Incredible Corn Maze in Hauser has been fined $14,000 by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the death last October of a Spokane Valley teenage worker who was dressed as a zombie when he slipped beneath a school bus and was crushed. Jeremy T. McSpadden Jr., 18, died Oct. 10 when he was run over by the converted “zombie slayer” bus that was part of the Halloween attraction.

Drone a disturbance during Lake Coeur d’Alene rescue
Police were trying to persuade a suicidal man to come out of the frigid lake near the Coeur d’Alene Resort earlier this month when overhead a small drone darted about, distracting them. The unmanned aerial vehicle was about 75 feet in the air – “close enough that the noise from it was a problem while they were trying to talk to the victim,” Coeur d’Alene police Sgt. Christie Wood said.

Family mourns victim of Pasco police shooting
A weeping Agapita Montes-Rivera, mother of the man shot dead by Pasco police officers about two weeks ago, led a funeral procession almost 100 strong out of the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on Wednesday afternoon.

Other police-involved deaths in Tri-Cities
Antonio Zambrano-Montes was the fifth man shot and killed by police in the Tri-Cities area since June.

Kettle Falls Five reduced to three
The Kettle Falls Five marijuana collective has been reduced to three this week after one of the defendants in the federal criminal case cut an eleventh-hour plea deal with prosecutors.

Married same-sex couples get caregiver leave rights
Most legally married same-sex couples will be entitled to take up to 12 weeks leave to care for an ailing spouse regardless of whether the state in which they live recognizes their marriage under a rule issued Wednesday by the Department of Labor.

Eyelashes grow in ideally protective proportion, study finds
The mysterious function of eyelashes has been revealed at last – thanks to science. After measuring the dimensions of nearly two dozen mammal eyes, performing a series of wind tunnel experiments and engaging in some complex fluid dynamic modeling, researchers determined that most mammal eyelashes are one-third the length of their eyes – just the right length to minimize the flow of air over the eyeball.

U.S.-Israel tension intensifies over Netanyahu’s speech
Trading barbs, the U.S. and Israel escalated their increasingly public spat Wednesday over Benjamin Netanyahu’s GOP-engineered congressional speech next week, with the Israeli prime minister accusing world powers of rolling over to allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons. Secretary of State John Kerry openly questioned Netanyahu’s judgment on the issue.

Iran uses fake U.S. carrier as target in live-fire war games
With rockets roaring and guns blazing, more than a dozen swarming Iranian speedboats assaulted a replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier Wednesday during large-scale naval drills near the strategically vital entrance of the Persian Gulf. The nationally televised show of force by the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard comes just weeks ahead of a deadline for Iran and world powers to forge a historic deal on the fate of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

Chain-reaction pileups hurt 17 in snowy Maine
More than 70 vehicles got tangled up in a series of chain-reaction pileups Wednesday along a snowy stretch of Interstate 95 in Maine, injuring at least 17 people, state police said.

Senate advances Department of Homeland Security funding bill
The Senate on Wednesday forged ahead with a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, while House Republicans were at odds over a plan to strip out provisions rolling back President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration.

In brief: Water found in astronaut’s helmet after ISS spacewalk
A spacewalking astronaut ended up with unwanted water in his helmet Wednesday after breezing through a cable and lube job outside the International Space Station.
India city bans large gatherings to halt spread of swine flu
A west Indian city has banned most public gatherings in an attempt to halt the spread of swine flu, which has claimed at least 926 lives nationwide in 11 weeks.
Board clears morbidly obese Guantanamo inmate for release
A prisoner with multiple medical conditions including morbid obesity has been cleared for release from the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In brief: U.N. cites two ‘credible’ reports of torture by U.S.
The United Nations reported Wednesday that it had uncovered two credible accounts of torture at U.S. military facilities in Afghanistan in recent years during an investigation into the treatment of detainees.
FAA allows grounded Southwest planes to fly
More than 100 grounded Southwest Airlines planes were back in service Wednesday, after aviation officials approved a plan that would allow the company to keep flying the planes despite lapsed maintenance inspections of backup hydraulic systems.

U.N.: Ships renamed to flout sanctions
A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar later sought to evade U.N. sanctions by renaming most of its vessels, a new report says.

Kidnapped Christians moved to Islamic State stronghold
Islamic State militants have moved a large group of Christians they abducted to one of their strongholds as fighting raged on Wednesday between the extremists and Kurdish and Christian militiamen for control of a chain of villages along a strategic river in northeastern Syria, activists and state-run media said.

Three in U.S. accused of plot to help Islamic State group
Three men were arrested Wednesday on charges of plotting to help the Islamic State group wage war against the United States, and federal officials said one of them spoke of shooting President Barack Obama or planting a bomb on Coney Island.

Post Falls to vote on school levy, bond
The Post Falls School District has a $19.5 million bond measure on the March 10 ballot to build a new school and expand or upgrade others. The district also is asking voters to renew its two-year supplemental levy to collect up to $4.7 million a year for school operations. If approved, the measures would not increase taxes because other construction debt is about to be paid off and some is being refinanced, the district said.

Plane that crashed in Spokane may have used wrong fuel, report says
Inspectors who responded to the scene of a single-engine plane crash Sunday were concerned the plane may have been flying with the wrong type of fuel, according to a report from the state Department of Ecology.

Spokane pair suspected of forcing girl into prostitution
A Spokane pair is suspected of forcing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution. Court documents describe Dante D. Oliver, 35, as a suspected pimp whose prostitutes included the teenage girl, who had run away from home. Rosie L. Williams, 27, also is facing potential charges in connection with the case, records show.

Witnesses told police that a mail carrier was brutally assaulted as he was delivering the mail to an apartment complex just south of downtown Spokane on Tuesday.
Man detained after carrying rifle in front of courthouse
A Yakima man arguing that he has the right to carry guns on federal property was detained by federal officers Wednesday after carrying a rifle in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Spokane.
Rathdrum man named Idaho’s principal of the year
A Rathdrum elementary school principal has been named Idaho’s principal of the year by the Idaho Association of School Administrators.
Councilman Mike Allen won’t seek re-election
Spokane City Councilman Mike Allen will not seek re-election.

Former NIC administrator asks for lower bail
A former North Idaho College administrator in jail on charges of soliciting sex from students in exchange for scholarship money wants his bail lowered.

Otter approves $3.64 million emergency broadband fix
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has signed into law a bill approving $3.64 million in emergency funding for Idaho’s faltering broadband program.

Spokane Valley apartment fire leaves one man with minor burns
A two-alarm apartment fire in Spokane Valley sent one man to the hospital with minor burns Wednesday afternoon. The Spokane Valley Fire Department was alerted to the fire at 12623 E. Broadway Ave. at 1:39 p.m. Wednesday after the resident of a third-floor apartment awoke to find flames on his balcony.

Wayward tropical fish found in Oregon crab pot
A fish – a striped knifejaw – normally found in the ocean off Japan and other tropical waters has turned up alive in a crab pot hauled up by a fisherman off the Oregon coast.

Foreign visitors spend big in U.S.
Neither epic ice storms, Ebola outbreaks nor rising air fares slowed travel to the U.S. last year, as international visitors spent a record $222 billion while in the country, according to a new federal estimate.

Toyota, GM vehicles rank best
Lexus, Buick, Toyota and Cadillac captured the top four spots in J.D. Power and Associates’ annual vehicle dependability study, which measures owner-reported problems in 3-year-old vehicles.
American Express interest up
American Express increased interest rates on some of its credit card accounts by an average of 2.5 percentage points in recent weeks, a spokeswoman for the company said Wednesday.
Apple must pay $533 million
Apple has been ordered to pay nearly $533 million by a federal jury that found Apple’s iTunes music store uses software that infringes on patents held by a Texas company.
U.S. wine exports increase
Exports of U.S. wine last year were the second most valuable on record, reaching $1.49 billion in revenue, nearly all of it from California.
Lowe’s earnings beat forecast
Lowe’s Cos. on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $450 million.

Pay goes up at T.J. Maxx, Marshalls
TJX Cos., the owner of discount retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, is raising its worker pay to at least $9 an hour this year, a sign that the retail industry is responding to a similar wage hike announced last week by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Boeing tax bill doesn’t match up to high-flying profits
Boeing paid more than a half-billion dollars in federal income tax last year, marking just the third time in a dozen years that it has written a check to the IRS.

Avista’s 2014 earnings up 73 percent
Avista reported income of $192 million, or $3.10 per share, for the year, compared to 2013 earnings of $111.1 million, or $1.85 per share. The company’s 2014 income was bolstered by a one-time gain of nearly $70 million from the sale of Ecova, an energy management subsidiary. Avista also saw a small bump in income from the purchase of Alaska Electric Light and Power, which expands the utility’s customer base to the Juneau area.

Editorial: Bipartisan sentencing reform wise

Dana Milbank: Democrats learning to tie knots

Resurrecting Zeppelin
Jimmy Page started the project because he couldn’t believe how bad Led Zeppelin sounded. The legacy of the band he’d devoted much of his life to was being muddied by the way its classic studio albums sounded when reproduced on the ubiquitous MP3 players that are popular today. Instead of accepting that future generations would have to hear a cramped, compressed version of Led Zep’s sonic booms, Page has devoted several years to completely remastering the band’s extensive catalog in a labor of love – “Physical Graffiti,” which was released on Tuesday.

Doctor K: With a phobia, fear is persistent

Sister Cities group plans to turn Japanese Pavilion grounds into garden in Riverfront Park

Pat Munts: Time’s right to prune fruit trees

Retired woman restores 1907 home of principal Hart
Henry M. Hart, his wife and two children were the first occupants of the home at 1314 E. Fifth Ave., moving in the year it was built. A Cornell graduate, Hart had come to the area to serve as principal of what was then Spokane’s only secondary school. The school building burned in 1910, and Hart is credited with getting Theodore Roosevelt to come lay the cornerstone of the new school, which opened in 1912, with the new name Lewis and Clark High School. Hart lived in the bungalow the entire time he served as principal, 1907-36, and for his impact on education and for the home’s representation of a style from the early days of Spokane’s history, the Hart-Collins House was listed on the Spokane Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Randy Mann: Keep those snow tires on for now
February 2015 may go down as the coldest on record, but not here.

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from Tea Party
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from The Times of Israel

A historic speech and a dangerous gamble
Netanyahu will become the second statesman in history to address Congress three times. He wants to avert a nuclear Iran, but will his defiance of Obama actually make a deal more likely?

German Jewish leader: Don’t wear yarmulkas in certain areas
Joseph Schuster discourages Jewish visibility in Muslim quarters, asks for improved security, but adds that ‘hiding is not the right way’

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
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from 100 Percent FED Up
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OH SNAP: BLACK LAWMAKER TELLS US WHY WE NEED FOOD STAMPS

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