Sunday, March 15, 2015

In the news, Wednesday, March 4, 2015


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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

WHITE HOUSE INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL EMAIL SCANDAL WITH HILLARY CLINTON
The Obama administration never questioned former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of private email in correspondence between the White House and the State Department.

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

SPECIAL REPORT: Obama Has Cut Intelligence Cooperation With Israel!

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Rev. Graham to Obama: ‘Wake Up to The Very Real Threat of Islam’!

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from Columbia Basin Herald (Moses Lake, WA)

Wolf Lawsuit
Five environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the federal government challenging its authority to kill endangered wolves in Washington state.

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from The Daily Caller
from The Hill

Benghazi panel subpoenas Clinton emails

Support rising for use of ground troops
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found that 62 percent of voters in the United States would support using combat troops in Iraq and Syria. Only 30 percent would oppose it, and overall support for deploying troops against ISIS was strong regardless of party, gender or age.

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from Huffington Post
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Hillary Clinton Responds To Email Controversy: 'I Want The Public To See My Email'

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from Independent Journal Review

Morning Joe Lights Up Hillary Clinton Over Email Scandal: This is ‘Stupid’ and ‘Insulting Us Again’

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from Military Times

Dempsey does not rule out U.S. ground troops in Syria
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, testified on Capitol Hill that military commanders may consider the need for small teams of U.S. troops to help local Iraqi and Syrian forces if that is critical for defeating the Islamic State militants.

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from Money Talks News
from POLITICO
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from The Right Scoop

‘I’m not even sure what PLANET I’M ON’ – Even Morning Mika thinks Clinton email defenders are crazy

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from Right Wing News

Scurrilous CNN Lies: Says GOP Will ‘End Health Care for Millions’

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from Salon
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from The Spokesman-Review

Fatal crash sparks fire near Washtucna
The Washington State Patrol has responded to a fatal collision on Highway 26 about 18 miles west of Washtucna in Adams County. Both vehicles involved in a head on collision around 8 p.m. were fully engulfed in fire, the WSP said. At least one person is dead.

Cocolalla woman injured in crash near Athol
Merlyne J. Ziaya, 73, was airlifted to Kootenai Health Wednesday afternoon when her Subaru Legacy crashed on Highway 95 south of Athol.

House committee subpoenas Clinton emails in Benghazi probe
A House committee investigating the Benghazi, Libya, attacks issued subpoenas Wednesday for the emails of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who used a private account exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — and also used a computer email server now traced back to her family’s New York home.

American ambassador to South Korea attacked, man arrested
U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was attacked by a man wielding a razor and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police and media said Thursday. TV images showed Lippert bleeding from his head and wrist, but his injuries weren’t immediately clear. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

U.S. clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force
The Justice Department won’t prosecute a former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.

Ferguson police often show racial bias, report says
A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, with officers routinely discriminating against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations and making baseless traffic stops, according to law enforcement officials familiar with its findings.

‘Partial victory’ for remaining Kettle Falls Five, as jurors acquit family of most charges

A woman died Tuesday after a city wastewater truck ran over her while she was sleeping on the side of the road. Spokane police said in a news release that the truck hit her at about 7 a.m. at South Lewis Street and South Geiger Boulevard on the West Plains. She was identified as 53-year-old Stephanie Meier by the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office. She also was known as Stephanie Bender.

Congress sends Homeland bill to Obama without conditions
Bitterly admitting defeat, the Republican-controlled Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama on Tuesday that funds the Department of Homeland Security without any of the immigration-related concessions they demanded for months.

Washington House passes bill to raise minimum wage to $12
The bill now faces a tougher test in the Republican-controlled state Senate, whose leaders said two hours before the House vote that Washington already has the highest minimum wage of any state in the nation, and they support lowering that for teenagers and young trainees.

California survey finds Sierra snowpack far below normal
California received a double dose of bad drought news Tuesday, with state officials saying the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is far below normal and that residents again aren’t coming close to meeting Gov. Jerry Brown’s call for a 20 percent cut in water use.

David Petraeus, the former CIA director and retired four-star Army general, admitted Tuesday that he gave eight handwritten journals containing highly classified information about secret operations and identities of covert officers to his mistress in 2011 and then lied about it to the FBI. Petraeus pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of retaining classified information. Prosecutors agreed not to charge him with more serious crimes, such as obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI, the Justice Department announced.

Netanyahu warns U.S. of ‘bad deal’ with Iran
In a direct challenge to the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before Congress on Tuesday and bluntly warned the U.S. that an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran “paves Iran’s path to the bomb.” President Barack Obama pushed back sternly, saying the U.S. would never sign such a deal and that Netanyahu was offering no useful alternative.

Lawyer: NSA leaker Edward Snowden wants to return home
NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden wants to return to the United States from Russia if he’s guaranteed a fair trial, his Russian lawyer said Tuesday.

Supreme Court sides with online retailers in tax ruling
Online merchants won an important technical victory at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, empowering them to challenge state sales tax reporting requirements in federal court. Rejecting the pleas of two dozen states including Idaho, Texas, Mississippi and Washington, the court unanimously sided with online companies that favor federal court as the place to dispute state tax laws.

Jury chosen for Boston Marathon bombing, allowing trial to begin today
Ten women and eight men, all of them Boston-area residents, were selected Tuesday afternoon as jurors and alternates to hear the case of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – the trial at last getting underway after two months of jury selection and repeated attempts to move the case out of Boston.

Alabama high court blocks same-sex marriage licenses
Alabama’s highest court once again ordered judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, defying a federal judge who struck down the state’s ban on such unions as unconstitutional and ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene.

In brief: Giffords to seek checks on more gun sales
Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is returning to Capitol Hill today to help kick-start a longshot campaign to expand criminal background checks to all commercial firearms sales.
Firefighters battle blaze in their dorm
When a group of Salt Lake City firefighters cracked open the door of their upstairs dorm room early Tuesday, they found smoke from a fire that erupted at their own station. They closed the door and jumped on the room’s fire pole to flee the flames, then quickly returned to the building with a firetruck to battle the blaze. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the blaze, which left the second floor of the building with heavy damage.

Clinton used personal email account as Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of personal email accounts as secretary of state mimicked her predecessors but drew attention to her penchant for secrecy as she begins what appears to be a second presidential run.

Ex-NIC employee could face more charges
Former North Idaho College financial aid director Joseph M. Bekken could face additional charges, including lying to a federal agent and misusing federal funds, as investigators dig deeper into his alleged scheme to entice students to have sex in exchange for college aid.

Seven Idaho senators skip Hindu prayer
Seven Idaho senators remained outside the state Senate chamber Tuesday morning as guest chaplain Rajan Zed delivered the chamber’s first Hindu invocation, then took their seats immediately after it was done.

Spokane man gets five years in hash oil explosion
Donnivan Whitcher told a federal judge Tuesday the explosion caused by a marijuana extraction method in January 2014 was an accident. The explosion displaced at least one resident, and several others reported injuries shortly after the blast that scorched Whitcher’s unit in the Center Court Apartments at 7007 N. Nevada St.

Idaho daylight saving time bill withdrawn
Idaho’s bill to do away with the “fall back” and “spring forward” of daylight saving time is dead. Turns out, what was proposed – year-round daylight saving time – is illegal under federal law.

Washington state not interested in letting Navy use land for exercises
Washington has told the U.S. Navy that it’s not interested in allowing state land on the Olympic Peninsula to be used for electronic warfare training exercises. The Navy has proposed using mobile electronic emitters on three sites owned by the state Department of Natural Resources so radar-jamming aircraft squadrons could practice detecting the signals. The Navy had not yet applied for a lease or land-use permit.

Five environmental groups, including The Lands Council based in Spokane, have filed a lawsuit against the federal government challenging its authority to kill endangered wolves in Washington.
Senate OKs earlier presidential primary
The Washington Senate has approved a bill to move up and strengthen the state’s 2016 presidential primary.
Use drone in crime, get extra year of time
The Washington Senate has passed a bill that would allow prosecutors to seek an extra year in prison for offenders who use a drone aircraft while committing a crime.
ACLU seeks $2.8 million in legal costs
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking more than $2.8 million in legal costs from the city of Yakima in the organization’s successful voting rights lawsuit.

Used motor oil leaks into river, coating dozens of birds
As much as 1,500 gallons of used motor oil stored in an above-ground tank leaked into irrigation canals and the Yakima River, said a spokesman for the Department of Ecology based in Yakima.

A Spokane Valley man has been accused of faking on-the-job injuries and using the last names of Seattle Seahawks football players to get drugs. Jeffory Leonard Mock Jr., 34, went to eight hospitals and urgent care clinics 17 times during a 14-month span, according to the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries. He claimed injuries to his back and buttocks from his work for moving and roofing companies. Four of the companies he listed on claim forms don’t exist.
Senate passes bill to stow away e-cigarettes
Stores would have to keep their e-cigarettes behind glass with other nicotine and tobacco products under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
Bank robber sentenced to 8 years in prison
A Coeur d’Alene man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a string of robberies in 2014 that started only days after he was released from prison. Ricky A. Fisher, 35, was sentenced to 99 months in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to three bank robberies, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. He was released from prison May 6 after serving a 77-month sentence for a 2006 bank robbery in Hayden.
Judges throw out child porn conviction
Washington appellate judges have thrown out an Ephrata man’s conviction on child pornography charges after ruling investigators improperly searched his computer in March 2009. Michael Allen Budd was convicted and sentenced to 13 months in prison after a Grant County bench trail concluded in April 2013. Budd immediately appealed his conviction, saying that evidence collected from his computer by Lakewood Police Department Detective Kim Holmes should have been excluded because Holmes did not properly inform him he could call off the search.

A former economic development official for the state of Idaho will lead the effort to expand and diversify Kootenai County’s economy and employment base. Gynii Abracosa Gilliam, of Boise, is the new president of Jobs Plus Inc., the Coeur d’Alene-area economic development corporation.

The U.S. has so much crude that it is running out of places to put it, and that could drive oil and gasoline prices lower again in the coming months.

Two major U.S airlines say they will no longer accept rechargeable battery shipments as new government tests confirm that explosions and violent fires are likely to occur when large numbers of batteries enclosed in cargo containers overheat.

Target Corp. is cutting several thousand jobs as part of a plan to eliminate $2 billion in costs over the next two years.

February threw snowstorms and other roadblocks at the auto industry, but U.S. sales of new cars and trucks are still poised to hit their highest level in more than a decade this year.
Yellen: Fed learning from 2008 crisis
The Federal Reserve has worked hard to correct the mistakes exposed by the 2008 financial crisis, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday.
JPMorgan to pay $50M in homes settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice says JPMorgan Chase will pay $50 million to 25,000 homeowners for failing to properly review payment-change notices sent to homeowners who were in bankruptcy.
Survey: CEOs’ outlook best in three years
Chief executives at the largest U.S. companies are more optimistic about the state of the economy, and their outlook for sales over the next six months is the best in three years, according to survey results released Tuesday.

Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically become American citizens.



New high-end coffee bar will be first in Spokane

Ukrainian Family Borscht
Blinchiki
Piroshky with Meat Filling
Grandma’s “Secret” Dough Recipe
Garlic Buns, or Pampushky

Traditional Jewish-Style Brisket

31 Dec 1943 - 11 Feb 2015     Dream Center

7 Jan 1944 - 26 Feb 2015     Thornton, Rosalia

22 Jun 1922 - 25 Feb 2015     Farmington

8 Feb 1931 - 2 Mar 2015     St. John

Obituary: Vance, Arline (Nickerson)
22 Dec 1932 - 1 Mar 2015     St. John

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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)

Harry Reid Secured Subsidies for Aides’ Donors
Nevada Dem brags about support for green energy companies as ethics watchdogs suggests influence-peddling

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Arab Commentators Back Netanyahu On Speech To Congress
Right after Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s speech, commentators on Israeli TV highlighted the Arab and Iranian response to the event. Tzvi Yechezkieli, the Arab affairs expert of Channel 10, said that many Arab commentators supported the content of Netanyahu’s speech. He cited a commentator on Al-Arabiya TV, who had said that he could have written a large part of the speech. Yechezkieli said that the Arab countries are convinced that Obama will not safeguard their security interests in the current negotiations with Iran and will not protect them against Iranian aggression.

Trey Gowdy Is Now Hot On Hillary’s Email Trail As Latest Clinton Scandal Widens

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from Yahoo News

New poll finds major American support for sending U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State
Ahead of first big Senate war-powers hearing, study finds 2-to-1 support for sending Americans into combat

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