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from The American Conservative
The Post-Indiana Future for Christians
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The Post-Indiana Future for Christians
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from BBC News (UK)
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from The Daily Caller
Angry White House Press Corp Sending List Of Demands To President Obama
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THE FRIDAY WE CALL GOOD
The celebration of the Passion of the Lord is dramatic. It is the climax of all sacrifice. The curtain is torn. The temple is destroyed. On this day, when “Christ our passover was sacrificed,” the Christians fall prostrate in grief and sorrow. The whole range of human emotions experienced in the life of Christ are now on bended knee—sorrowful suffering, dripping blood, bloody flesh—the grief is palpable. The cross is not folly, but triumph over Adam’s sin, over principalities and powers, the Devil, and death itself. For the vigilant, the cross is the one death “to save all the nations.”
from The D.C. Clothesline
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Can’t Make Illegals Leave the Country? Eisenhower Did…3 Million of Them
Can’t Make Illegals Leave the Country? Eisenhower Did…3 Million of Them
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from First Things
THE FRIDAY WE CALL GOOD
The celebration of the Passion of the Lord is dramatic. It is the climax of all sacrifice. The curtain is torn. The temple is destroyed. On this day, when “Christ our passover was sacrificed,” the Christians fall prostrate in grief and sorrow. The whole range of human emotions experienced in the life of Christ are now on bended knee—sorrowful suffering, dripping blood, bloody flesh—the grief is palpable. The cross is not folly, but triumph over Adam’s sin, over principalities and powers, the Devil, and death itself. For the vigilant, the cross is the one death “to save all the nations.”
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from The Hill
GOP lawmaker calls for term limits
Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) has introduced a bill establishing term limits for members of the House and Senate. Under Marino's proposal to amend the Constitution, House members could serve up to six two-year terms, while senators would be limited to two six-year terms.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from POLITICO
Hillary Clinton's Brooklyn
It’s official: She’s signed the deal for a campaign HQ. Next up: the April announcement.
A lease has been signed at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights for Clinton’s campaign headquarters, according to a source familiar with the deal. Having the ink dry on the lease indicates that Clinton’s official announcement will be coming very soon. Federal Election Commission rules state that a candidate has only 15 days between conducting campaign activities and filing the official 2016 paperwork, and the lease signing could start the clock on an official launch.
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from Right Wing News
Poll: Despite Liberal Attempts to Destroy Christianity, America Still a Strongly Christian Nation
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from The Spokesman-Review
Iran OKs nuke deal
Though unsigned, plan would give relief from sanctions
Six world powers and Iran announced the outline of a preliminary deal Thursday that Western officials say will impose sweeping restrictions on Iran’s nuclear activities for more than a decade.
Spokane Police arrested a 50-year-old man this afternoon after he reportedly tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Wellesley Avenue. The girl told police that the man was trying to get her to have sex with him.
Man denies shooting girlfriend
Cameron D. Keith, who was on the run from police for more than a week, has denied shooting his girlfriend, Christen DeMars, in the abdomen.
Another threat forces evacuation of University High School
University High School was evacuated for the second time this week after a threat was received earlier today. Students were evacuated around 1 p.m. but stayed on school grounds until being allowed back inside around 1:45 p.m., said Central Valley School District spokeswoman Marla Nunberg.
Judge rules Washington violates constitutional rights of mentally ill jail inmates
Saying the state of Washington is violating the constitutional rights of some of its most vulnerable citizens, a federal judge on Thursday issued a permanent injunction requiring the state to provide mentally ill people with competency evaluations and treatment within seven days of a state judge’s order.
“Saran Wrap Bandits” identified by Shoshone County deputies
Shoshone County deputies have identified three boys believed to be the “Saran Wrap Bandits” who were stretching Saran Wrap across Interstate 90 in late March.
Police offer North Precinct as meeting place for Craigslist transactions
If you want to buy something on Craigslist without getting ripped off - or worse - your best bet might be to have a police officer with you. That’s the idea behind the Spokane Police Department’s new “Safe Zone” at their North Precinct in Hillyard. Police are offering the precinct parking lot as a meeting place to complete online transactions arranged on Craigslist and similar websites.
Arkansas, Indiana modify ‘religious freedom’ laws
The governors of Arkansas and Indiana on Thursday quickly signed revised versions of their respective “religious freedom” laws, hoping to quell a national uproar that united business leaders and gay rights activists who fought the measures as potentially discriminatory.
If Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories’ manufacturing plant loses power during an outage, the company can turn to huge batteries on its campus for electricity. The batteries could supply enough power to run most of the factory’s operations for about three hours.
Otter signs $125 million teacher pay bill
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed a major teacher-pay bill into law Thursday, saying the measure marks a “historic” legislative session for Idaho that overcame years of bitter school-reform debates. “We focused on what we should’ve been focusing on all the time, and that was the student in the classroom,” the governor said.
Indonesian company denies migrants’ claims
Officials from three countries are traveling to remote islands in eastern Indonesia to investigate how thousands of foreign fishermen were abused and forced into catching seafood that could end up in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
President checks Utah off visit list
President Barack Obama made his first presidential visit to Utah on Thursday, leaving him one state short of touching down in all 50 while in office. South Dakota is the only state he hasn’t been to. Obama arrived at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah, ahead of an appearance today at the military base to talk about clean energy and clean-energy jobs.
Seizing an opportunity amid the chaos, al-Qaida fighters early Thursday staged a prison break in a city in southeastern Yemen, freeing about 300 prisoners thought to include several dozen of their comrades, officials and residents said.
Christians targeted in deadly assault in Kenya
It took just four gunmen to demonstrate Kenya’s impotence against the Somali militant group al-Shabab. In an attack heavy with foreboding symbolism, al-Shabab massacred 147 college students, all or most of them Christians, in the eastern city of Garissa on the eve of Good Friday. At least 79 were injured, and the four gunmen also were killed.
In brief: Pope washes feet of inmates, baby
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates and a baby at Rome’s main prison Thursday in a pre-Easter ritual meant to show his willingness to serve. He asked them to pray that he, too, might be cleansed of his “filth.”
Menendez pleads not guilty to bribery
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he accepted nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend in exchange for a stream of political favors, and his lawyer compared the case to the government’s failed prosecutions of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.
Nixon’s Western White House for sale
The seaside California estate dubbed the Western White House when it was owned by Richard Nixon is for sale at $75 million.
Women charged with plotting terrorist bombing
Two women were arrested Thursday on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type attack.
House passes budget, Senate must try again
Both chambers of the Washington Legislature debated budgets worth tens of billions of dollars over the next two years, arguing whether they were just directing spending or making statements about the future of the state and its values.
In brief: Police arrest boyfriend of shooting victim
Spokane police arrested Cameron Keith as a person of interest in last week’s shooting death of Christen DeMars.
Donations pouring in for buried-alive dog
Just days after her story gained nationwide attention, Theia, a Moses Lake dog that survived being run over, beaten and buried alive, has received more than $16,000 in donations toward her care.
Inmate given more time for confession at hearing
A Post Falls man who has been in jail since 2006 was sentenced to more time in prison last week after confessing to additional crimes at a parole board hearing.
Sentencing of 31-time offender frustrates prosecutor, police
In mid-January, guards set prolific burglar Christopher Cannata free from state prison in Shelton, Washington. Within four days, he began a petty crime spree that included trespassing, theft and driving infractions. Fast forward another month and Cannata had returned to Spokane and broke into Chaps Restaurant to steal cash and electronics, according to court records. Today, he’s back in jail on a $100,000 bond for that burglary.
The Washington Supreme Court said Thursday that public employees don’t have a right to privacy about the fact that they’re being investigated. The ruling came after two teachers with the Spokane Public Schools, Christopher Katke and Anthony Predisik, sought to have their names redacted on documents released under a 2012 public records request from The Spokesman-Review and KREM2.
State: No Kelley- JeRue emails
Auditor’s links to longtime friend under scrutiny
The Washington state Auditor’s Office said Thursday it hasn’t turned up any emails or text messages between Auditor Troy Kelley, who is being investigated by federal agents, and an employee who is a longtime associate and a key figure in the scandal.
Idaho lawmakers have agreed to set up a STEM Action Center, a new state office under Gov. Butch Otter that would coordinate efforts from schools and industry to promote science, technology, engineering and math in the state.
Otter signs into law the salamander as Idaho amphibian
The Idaho giant salamander is now officially Idaho’s state amphibian. Gov. Butch Otter signed the legislation Thursday. Fourteen-year-old Ilah Hickman has been lobbying state lawmakers to pass the bill for five years. Her dreams were briefly crushed earlier this year when lawmakers killed the bill in committee. However, lawmakers later revived the bill and sent it to the governor’s desk.
Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Montana clinic that provided abortions
A Columbia Falls, Montana, man said he was intoxicated and looking for drugs, not making an anti-abortion statement, when he broke into a Kalispell clinic last year, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
Coast Guard finds man lost at sea for 66 days
A man whose family reported him missing at sea more than two months ago was found sitting on the overturned hull of his 35-foot sailboat far off the North Carolina coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.
A man whose family reported him missing at sea more than two months ago was found sitting on the overturned hull of his 35-foot sailboat far off the North Carolina coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.
The Boy Scouts’ New York chapter said Thursday it has hired the nation’s first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader, a direct and public challenge to the national scouting organization’s ban on openly gay adult members.
Six people were inducted Thursday into the Spokane Citizen Hall of Fame, an event sponsored by the Spokane Public Library Foundation and the city of Spokane.
In brief: Buffett strong on economy
Investor Warren Buffett said the economy continues to grow steadily, but too many people continue to miss out on the American dream.
Delta to help gay employees
Delta Air Lines became the first major carrier Thursday to make same-sex domestic partners whole for additional income taxes they owe for health care plans.
Big drop in jobless claims
Initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell sharply last week to near their post-Great Recession low in a sign that the labor market remains healthy.
Supplements probe urged
Attorneys general from 14 states are calling on Congress to investigate the herbal supplements industry following a report from New York’s top prosecutor that alleged many products contained ingredients that were not listed on their labels and that could pose serious health risks.
FICO offers ‘alternative’ credit score
The company behind the widely-used FICO credit score announced Thursday a pilot program to help millions of Americans get easier access to credit, based on their record of paying utility bills, instead of their history of loan repayments.
Pay bump doesn’t end pressure for McDonald’s
A pay bump for workers at some McDonald’s restaurants isn’t likely to ease the pressures the chain is facing over labor issues.
High cost of shelf space sinks award-winning startup
In two years, their Charlotte-based gluten-free foods company, Bumbalooza, rose to prominence in the specialty foods community – winning awards, shelf space at 400 stores, the owners say, and – as a Charlotte Chamber Power Up Challenge winner – a $25,000 check. But less than three months after Bumbalooza won the Power Up prize, Monique Prato, 37, and Holly Paeper, 41, moved out of their distribution warehouse, cleaned out their offices and stopped selling baking mixes.
Google could owe $500M
Owners of less-valued class “C” shares likely entitled to payout
An unorthodox stock split designed to ensure Google CEO Larry Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin retain control of the Internet’s most profitable company could cost Google more than half a billion dollars.
Amy Goodman: Taking action against intolerance
Editorial: Budget plans don’t reflect reality of most Washingtonians
North Idaho’s new crop
The hard cider revival that’s been sweeping the nation is taking root in Coeur d’Alene. Both North Idaho Cider and Summit Cider began draft distribution late last year, and recently opened tasting rooms.
Museums
Crystal Cathedral’s Schuller, 88, dies
The Rev. Robert Schuller, a California televangelist and author who beamed his upbeat messages on faith and redemption to millions of followers from his landmark Crystal Cathedral only to see his empire crumble in his waning years, has died. He was 88. Schuller died Thursday at a care facility in Artesia. He was diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer in 2013.
Obituary: Nolan, Cifford Russell
22 Apr 1935 - 30 Mar 2015 Colfax, Colton, Dusty
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from The Times of Israel
Netanyahu: Any final deal must include Iran’s recognition of Israel’s right to exist
After emergency meeting, PM says entire cabinet opposes framework agreement, warns of heightened risk of ‘terrible war’
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from The Washington Post (DC)
What the ‘thoughtless’ N.Y. government just did to teachers
The bill was bundled with the budget. There was no opportunity for the profession, including those who actually evaluate teachers or principals, to weigh in. In the end, the legislature caved to Cuomo’s demand that student test scores be 50 percent of a teacher and principal’s evaluation.
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