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In the news, Tuesday, February 24, 2015


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from Americas Freedom Fighters
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

BOMBSHELL! COULD THIS BE THE END OF AL SHARPTON? WATCH THIS VIDEO!

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from CBS News (& affiliates)
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from Christian News Network
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from Conservative Post
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from The Daily Caller

This Latest Ben Carson Move Makes His Intentions Pretty Clear
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson has hired a national finance director in anticipation of entering the 2016 race for the White House. Carson adviser Terry Giles told The Daily Caller on Tuesday that Amy Pass, president of The Pass Group, LLC, will serve as national finance director of the presidential campaign if Carson decides to run as a Republican, as expected.

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from Eagle Rising

Marco Rubio Slams Media Question about if Obama Loves America
I don’t feel like I’m in a position to have to answer for every person in my party that makes a claim. Democrats aren’t asked to answer every time Joe Biden says something embarrassing, so I don’t know why I should answer every time a Republican does. I’ll suffice it to say that I believe the President loves America; I think his ideas are bad. --- Marco Rubio (R-FL)

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from euronews

War with Ukraine “unlikely” – Putin

Greece set to send reforms to euro zone

Hungarian town Veszprém shake-ups politics for the Prime Minister in by-election

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

What a Principled Social Movement Looks Like
The new libertarianism is neither left nor right but its own thing: a maturation of the classical-liberal conviction that society can be built without dependency on the state.

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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)  [Information from this site may be unreliable.]

We Are Entering Into The Great Tribulation That Jesus Warned Us About: There Is An Entire Movement In America That Wants To Legalize Cannibalism

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from Gun Owners of America

Oregon Democrat confirms amnesty danger to gun rights
Calling it the “civil rights battle” for millennials that will decide who controls the the country for the next three decades, Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon says immigration “will decide who is in charge of this country for the next 20 or 30 years.”

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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Senate Republicans Offer Deal On DHS Funding

This Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Increased the Minimum Wage -- Now, His State's Economy Is One of the Best in the Country
When he took office in January of 2011, Minnesota governor Mark Dayton inherited a $6.2 billion budget deficit and a 7 percent unemployment rate from his predecessor, Tim Pawlenty.

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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)

PHOTOS: Mysterious lights in sky over Spokane Monday night
Phone call after phone call, viewers were telling us about mysterious lights racing across the skies above Spokane. Well, once we started investigating, we found explanations for this phenomenon were a little bit mixed.

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from KOMO News (ABC Seattle)
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from Personal Liberty

Yellen again decries Audit the Fed
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen once again lashed out against Sen. Rand Paul’s Audit the Fed bill during a lengthy testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday.

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from The Right Scoop

Mark Levin: What happening in the US Senate is a DISGRACE
from The Spokesman-Review

Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline bill
Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his veto power for only the third time in his presidency.

WSU to make Jensen Byrd building a gathering place
Four years after pushing to demolish a century-old warehouse on its growing Spokane campus, Washington State University has decided the historic structure should be preserved as a centerpiece.

Pilot dies following Sunday crash
Michael Clements, the Canadian pilot who crashed his single engine plane in downtown Spokane Sunday afternoon, has died. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center confirmed Clements’ death Tuesday afternoon. He had been in critical condition since the crash.
earlier:
Spokane plane crash pilot in critical condition

Idaho senators oppose loosening elk-import restrictions
The Idaho Senate’s Agriculture Committee has voted 5-4 to reject a rule change easing restrictions on importation of farmed elk into the state that brought warnings from state Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore of potential catastrophic impacts to Idaho’s wildlife herds.

Chinese rocket sparks Monday night fireball
The American Meteor Society this morning said that a fireball widely seen over the West on Monday was the remains of a Chinese rocket piece re-entering the atmosphere. Eyewitnesses reported a bright streaking object about 10 p.m. Pacific time from as far south as Arizona to as far north as Eastern Washington.

Washington justices weigh warrantless searches of records
Washington’s Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday on whether investigators should have to get a search warrant to obtain private bank, phone, email and other records.

Marijuana becomes legal in Alaska
Alaskans voted 53-47 percent in November to legalize marijuana use by adults in non-public places. Possession and transportation of up to an ounce of marijuana, and growing up to six plants, half of which can be mature, is legal as of Feb. 24. The state has nine more months to create regulations for a commercial marijuana industry whose pot will be sold and taxed.

Study: Early exposure to peanuts may lower allergy risk
For years, parents of babies who seem likely to develop a peanut allergy have gone to extremes to keep them away from peanut-based foods. Now a major study suggests that is exactly the wrong thing to do.

Iran nuclear accord closer
Edging toward a historic compromise, the U.S. and Iran reported progress Monday on a deal that would clamp down on Tehran’s nuclear activities for at least 10 years but then slowly ease restrictions on programs that could be used to make atomic arms.

Lawyer in Ferguson case to represent slain Pasco man’s family
The high-profile attorney who represented the family of a black man killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, says he’ll represent the parents of an unarmed Mexican man shot to death by officers this month in Pasco.

U.S. jury: Palestinian groups liable for terrorist attacks
The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority backed a series of terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in Israel that killed or wounded Americans, a U.S. jury found Monday in awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in damages at a high-stakes civil trial.

Canada says proposed oil train rules not enough
A fiery oil train derailment in Ontario this month suggests new safety requirements for tank cars carrying flammable liquids are inadequate, Canada’s transport safety board announced Monday.

In brief: Law irks Wal-Mart, gay rights activists
Arkansas on Monday banned local governments from expanding anti-discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity, a move criticized by retail giant Wal-Mart and gay rights groups who said the prohibition damaged the state’s image.
Many hits as backlog of rape kits clears
Evidence from more than 6,600 rape kits that went untested for years in Houston have turned up 850 hits in the FBI’s nationwide database of DNA profiles, marking a major step in the city’s $6 million effort to address the backlog, officials announced Monday.
Marine gets 2 years in prison for fleeing
A U.S. Marine who vanished a decade ago in Iraq was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for leaving his post there and then fleeing to Lebanon after a brief return to the U.S.
Christie must make pension fund payments
A judge has ordered Republican Gov. Chris Christie and the state Legislature to put more money into pension funds for retired public workers.
Auditor: Gruber may have padded bills
Massachusetts Institute of Technology health economist Jonathan Gruber, who made national headlines last year for talking about “the stupidity of the American voter,” was a target Monday in a report from the Vermont state auditor saying the economist may have padded his bills to the state.
‘American Horror’ actor Woolf dies
Ben Woolf, an actor on “American Horror Story,” died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, publicist Zack Teperman said. The 4-foot-4 actor was hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit by the side mirror of a passing vehicle on an LA area street.

White House asks judge to reverse injunction on immigration
In a court filing Monday in Brownsville, Texas, the government urged U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen to lift his own injunction and allow President Barack Obama’s immigration initiatives to proceed. Those initiatives would offer up to 5 million immigrants in the country illegally the chance to apply for a three-year permit to stay and work on U.S. soil if they met certain criteria.

Oil train crash survivor had ‘a second to look and a second to run’

Greece to deliver new list of bailout reforms
Caught between its own defiant campaign pledges and pressure from creditors, Greece’s left-wing government was to deliver a list of reforms today to debt inspectors for final approval of extended rescue loans, officials said.

Defense chief stops in Kuwait
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter convened an extraordinary war council Monday on Iraq’s doorstep six days after taking office, gathering military and diplomatic leaders to discuss the Obama administration’s oft-criticized strategy for countering the Islamic State group.

Girl bomber kills five, injures 46 in Nigeria
A girl as young as 10 blew herself up in a busy market in northeastern Nigeria, killing herself and four others, and fueling fears Islamic extremists are using kidnapped girls as suicide bombers. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack Sunday, which also seriously wounded 46 people, but it bore the hallmarks of Nigeria’s homegrown extremist group, Boko Haram.

Idaho Rep. Vito Barbieri’s abortion question stirs up social media

Young writer finds Underwood owned by Spokesman-Review legend Dorothy Power

Kootenai County comprehensive plan to get another look
A long-running tug-of-war over how Kootenai County controls growth and development is swinging back toward private property interests. The last attempt to update the county’s land use code sparked a backlash from builders and rural landowners, and ended up in the trash can.

Washington bill would ban open pot containers in vehicles
Drivers couldn’t have an open container of marijuana in their cars under broad legislation to crack down on driving under the influence. Convicted drunk drivers could have their cars fitted with GPS devices so state troopers could track them. And getting someone else to blow into an ignition interlock device would become a crime. These are just a few of the provisions in a 51-page bill sponsored by Rep. Brad Klippert, R-Kennewick, which got a second hearing Monday before the General Government and Information Technology Committee.

In brief: Idaho man sentenced to life for wife’s killing
Charles Capone was sentenced Monday in Latah County’s 2nd District Court. Both Capone and his defense attorney, Ray Barker, told Judge Carl Kerrick that they planned to appeal the ruling. A jury found Capone guilty of first-degree murder last fall. Prosecutors said Capone killed 40-year-old Rachael Anderson, of Clarkston, in 2010. Capone’s co-defendant, David Stone, testified that he witnessed the killing and then helped dump Anderson’s body in the Snake River.
Idaho Senate OKs school broadband funds
A proposal that would provide $3.6 million in emergency funding for Idaho’s faltering broadband program is headed to Gov. Butch Otter’s desk for his signature.
Inquiry requested into leaked emails
A state agency has asked the Oregon State Police to investigate the disclosure of some of former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s personal emails to a reporter.

Obama proposes tighter rules for brokers, advisers
Tapping the anxieties of aging baby boomers, President Barack Obama on Monday called for tougher standards on brokers who manage retirement savings accounts, a change that could affect the investment advice received by many Americans and aggravate tensions between the White House and Wall Street.

Honda replacing CEO amid sales drop
Honda Motor Co. – hurt by falling sales and embroiled in a crisis over defective air bags – is replacing its CEO. The Japanese automaker said Monday that Takanobu Ito, its president and chief executive officer since 2009, will step aside in June and be succeeded by longtime executive Takahiro Hachigo.

European Union claims Boeing’s tax breaks are illegal
The World Trade Organization on Monday agreed to set up a panel to examine European Union allegations that Washington state’s $8.7 billion in tax breaks to the Boeing Co. to manufacture its new 777X model there are prohibited subsidies under global trade rules.

U.S. home sales drop 4.9 percent, hitting 9-month low

In brief: West Coast ports bustling after labor deal; Oakland port awaits crane workers
Nearly all West Coast seaports began the workweek with crews hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a monthslong dispute over a new contract for dockworkers.
Target cuts minimum for free shipping by half
Target has sliced its minimum online purchase to qualify for free shipping in half to $25, as the Internet becomes a bigger and bigger sales hub for retailers.
Three Android carriers to build in Google Wallet
Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers in an effort to prod more people into using its mobile wallet and undercut the rapid success of Apple’s rival payment service.

Robert J. Samuelson: Productivity, not inequality, hurting middle class

Editorial: Levy issue resolution worth going to courts, Legislature

Dr. Zorba Paster: Weigh pros, cons of medical tests
Can we doctors overtest? You bet we can. Is there a downside to overtesting? Of course there is. Can you, a patient, possibly know if a test is good for you or not? Yes, you can.

Report urges new name, better diagnosis for CFS
Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome – and influential government advisers say it’s time to replace that hated name, too, to show it’s a real and debilitating disease.

Ask Dr. K: Schizophrenia requires meds, counseling

Implant a first step for deaf kids
Researchers test device to help detect sounds

Study: HPV vaccine doesn’t spur risky sexual behavior

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from Think Progress
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Study Details Deadly Consequences Of Gutting Obamacare

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from USA Today

Boehner, McConnell: Pipeline veto purely political
Keystone is a no-brainer in every way, but the White House says the president will veto this jobs bill. Americans deserve to know why, and what a veto would mean.

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from US Herald
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Obama And Hillary Officially Charged With Aiding And Abetting Terrorists. Why Is This Not Being Reported In The Mainstream Media?
The so called “war on terror” seems to have taken another new and bizarre twist this week, in that aside from this administration’s refusal to identify the enemy we’re facing as “radical Islamic extremists”, we now find that our own president along with Hillary Clinton have been charged as “accessories to terrorism” by the Egyptian government, because of their association with the Muslim Brotherhood, declared a terrorist group by Egypt.

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Here’s The Guy Rudy Is Talking About: Frank Marshall Davis, Communist Party No. 47544

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from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Ted Cruz opens throttle in campaign against Lynch
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Tuesday opened the throttle on his effort to torpedo President Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, tweeting his opposition and writing in Politico that her “radical positions” are more than alarming.

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