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from Allen West
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Netanyahu calls for Iran to recognize Israel; Obama’s response is despicable
Netanyahu calls for Iran to recognize Israel; Obama’s response is despicable
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Free and Cheap TV Guide
The number of U.S. households watching TV through the computer is growing every day. One in four households now does it this way, according to the latest estimates. A few years ago, it was only the one or two percent of techies among us that adopted this technology.
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from Freedom Outpost
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Did the President Have Mariam Carey Killed to Cover Up An Illegitimate Child?
Did the President Have Mariam Carey Killed to Cover Up An Illegitimate Child?
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from The Guardian (UK)
from Newsmax
Obama and Castro to Break Cold War Ice in Person
US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro will have a historic face-to-face encounter at the Summit of the Americas this week, breaking the ice after decades of glacial relations.
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from PJ Media
Blood Money: CIA Director Reveals Obama-Iran Nuke Deal Is a Bailout, Funding the Slaughter of U.S. Troops
By lifting sanctions, the U.S. kickstarts the failing Iranian economy, and provides blood money to a ruthless killer of U.S. soldiers.
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from Qpolitical
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California judge lowers sentence to child rapist, says man didn’t ‘intend to harm’ 3-year-old
A California district attorney said Wednesday that he will appeal a judge’s decision to give a lighter sentence to a man who sodomized a 3-year-old girl. Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto received a 10-year sentence on Friday. The judge ruled that in his case, the mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years to life would be unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.
Road funding solution eludes Idaho lawmakers
Idaho lawmakers worked into the evening Wednesday, but agreement on transportation funding eluded them, and the 12th longest legislative session in state history stretched on.
Entire cabin stolen off foundation, baffling owner
When Chris Hempel returned to her family’s rural property and found the gate’s lock cut, she was expecting to find thieves had broken into their cabin. What she didn’t count on was finding the entire cabin missing.
Boyfriend charged with murder in Hillyard shooting
Cameron Keith has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his girlfriend in a Hillyard apartment on March 24. Police believe Keith, 28, shot his girlfriend, Christen DeMars, 22 in the stomach at an upstairs apartment at 2928 E. Diamond Ave. before fleeing the scene.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be executed.
Bill to end pension perk for Idaho lawmakers dies without hearing in Senate
Legislation to end a special retirement perk for Idaho state lawmakers who take high-paying state jobs late in their careers had died without a hearing in a Senate committee. Under the special perk, for the small number of lawmakers who make such career moves at the end of long legislative careers, the years of legislative services are counted as if they were all years of full-time work at the higher pay level, causing pensions to jump by many times.
S.C. mayor vows body cams for entire force after shooting video
A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed a black man in self-defense has been fired and faces murder charges after a bystander’s video recorded him firing eight shots at the man’s back as he ran away. The city’s mayor also said he’s ordered body cameras to be worn by every single officer on the force.
Former VA doctor Morgenstern charged with additional sexual crimes
Morgenstern now faces 14 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, 18 counts of production or attempted production of child pornography, 2 counts of transportation with intent to engage in sexual contact with a child and 2 counts of receipt or possession of child pornography. He remains in custody at the Spokane County Jail without bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges this afternoon in U.S. District Court.
Summer gas costs likely to stay low
The national average price is forecast to fall 32 percent from a year ago to $2.45 a gallon between April and September, the period when Americans do most of their driving. That would mark the lowest seasonal average since 2009.
When state auditors and city officials found that Gary Lindeblad, the golf pro at Indian Canyon Golf Course since the mid-1980s, owed the city nearly $90,000 because of poor bookkeeping, he didn’t balk. Instead, Lindeblad delivered three handwritten pages to the city arguing he was owed more than $190,000 because “severe maintenance issues” at the 80-year-old golf course had cut into his revenue over the years, a line of reasoning that met little resistance at City Hall.
Gulf allies getting U.S. assurances in Iran deal
Obama administration officials are promising a major strengthening of U.S. defense commitments to Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies, possibly including a nuclear commitment to their security, in an intensifying effort to win their support for the proposed nuclear deal with Iran.
Obama administration officials are promising a major strengthening of U.S. defense commitments to Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies, possibly including a nuclear commitment to their security, in an intensifying effort to win their support for the proposed nuclear deal with Iran.
Riverfront Park increasing security patrols this summer
Officials at Riverfront Park hope to crack down on vandalism by increasing the hours security officers patrol during the summer.
Officials at Riverfront Park hope to crack down on vandalism by increasing the hours security officers patrol during the summer.
In an aggressive push to reduce water usage statewide, California regulators are proposing that the biggest urban water users cut consumption by as much as 35 percent over the next year.
Officer faces murder charge in shooting of black man
A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder Tuesday, hours after law enforcement officials viewed a dramatic video that appears to show him shooting a fleeing man several times in the back. North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey announced the charges at a hastily called news conference in which he said City Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager made “a bad decision.”
Sen. John McCain announced Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2016, making official a move that has been widely expected for the Republican as he looks to extend his nearly three-decade career in the Senate.
Bombing jury sends questions to court
After deliberating for more than seven hours Tuesday, a federal jury in the capital murder trial of Russian immigrant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev adjourned for the day without reaching a verdict and will return this morning to continue considering the fate of the lone defendant in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Jurors sent two questions to the court at the end of the day.
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Sheriff Coltrane dies
Prolific character actor James Best, best known for playing the giggling and inept Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died. He was 88.
Endangered listing eyed for spotted owl
Federal biologists have agreed to consider changing Endangered Species Act protections for the northern spotted owl from threatened to endangered. A lot has changed since the original listing. Back in 1990, the biggest threat to the owl was cutting down the old growth forests where the owls live. Now it is the barred owl, an aggressive cousin from the East Coast that migrated across the Great Plains and invaded spotted owl territory.
Sen. Paul launches bid for GOP nomination
Sen. Rand Paul launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combative challenge both to Washington and his fellow Republicans, cataloging a lengthy list of what ails America and pledging to “take our country back.”
Sen. Rand Paul launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combative challenge both to Washington and his fellow Republicans, cataloging a lengthy list of what ails America and pledging to “take our country back.”
Two black candidates were among three people elected to the Ferguson City Council on Tuesday, tripling African-American representation in the St. Louis suburb where poor race relations have been a focal point since the August shooting death of an 18-year-old black by a white police officer.
Emanuel wins Chicago runoff
Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago’s first mayoral runoff decided that, despite his brusque management style, the former White House chief of staff was best equipped to deal with the many dire challenges facing the nation’s third-largest city.
Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago’s first mayoral runoff decided that, despite his brusque management style, the former White House chief of staff was best equipped to deal with the many dire challenges facing the nation’s third-largest city.
No Child rewrite shifts power to states, districts
States, not the federal government, would choose how to sanction or help struggling schools under a proposed rewrite of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind. The proposal, released Tuesday, was written by the GOP chairman of the Senate’s Education Committee, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Patty Murray of Washington.
States, not the federal government, would choose how to sanction or help struggling schools under a proposed rewrite of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind. The proposal, released Tuesday, was written by the GOP chairman of the Senate’s Education Committee, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Patty Murray of Washington.
Kansas bans common method of abortion
Kansas became the first state Tuesday to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.
Kansas became the first state Tuesday to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.
Idaho Senate approves gas tax increase
Idaho senators passed a phased-in 10-cent increase in the gas tax Tuesday as part of a road funding plan that’s significantly higher than what the House approved earlier this week. Idaho senators took the $20 million road-funding bill from the House and turned it into a phased-in, $127 million plan.
Idaho senators passed a phased-in 10-cent increase in the gas tax Tuesday as part of a road funding plan that’s significantly higher than what the House approved earlier this week. Idaho senators took the $20 million road-funding bill from the House and turned it into a phased-in, $127 million plan.
Aaron Leetch, former Whitworth athletic director, killed in plane crash
A private plane returning from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis crashed in a central Illinois field Tuesday, killing all seven people on board, including former Whitworth University Athletic Director Aaron Leetch. Illinois State University’s associate head basketball coach also was on board.
A private plane returning from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis crashed in a central Illinois field Tuesday, killing all seven people on board, including former Whitworth University Athletic Director Aaron Leetch. Illinois State University’s associate head basketball coach also was on board.
Over the next three years, a federal grant will help reduce the risk of explosive fires on 30,000 acres near rural communities in Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties. The work also will protect critical infrastructure, such as transmission lines. The Colville National Forest is getting $2.5 million to accelerate ongoing thinning of dense stands of trees and to reintroduce fire to the forest through controlled burns. Up to $3 million also will be available for similar restoration work on adjacent state and private lands over the three years.
Smaller class sizes still popular idea in Washington, poll says
Legislative Republicans were confident Tuesday that voters would back away from last year’s class-size initiative if given the chance this fall, even though a new poll suggests the idea remains popular.
Girl in park rescued by neighbor
An 11-year-old girl begged a neighbor for help Tuesday night in Coeur d’Alene Park as a man held on to her and wouldn’t let go.
Officers arrested Jose L. Jiminez, 42, who is suspected of grabbing and refusing to let go of an 11-year-old girl in Coeur d’Alene Park. He is facing a charge of unlawful imprisonment, police said in a news release.
Suspect now facing molestation charge
An additional criminal charge was added against the man accused of attempting to abduct a 13-year-old girl Friday afternoon from the parking lot of Wal-Mart at Shadle Center.
Academy offering self-defense classes
Spokane police are hosting a one night self-defense class this week aimed at enhancing participants’ “survival mindset.” The class will run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Spokane Police Academy, 2302 N. Waterworks St.
Bekken waives right to early hearing
Former North Idaho College financial aid director Joseph M. Bekken, who faces felony charges in his alleged scheme to entice students to have sex in exchange for college aid, has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
Officer arrested on child porn charge
An Olympia man who works as a community corrections officer and a reserve police officer was arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of child pornography.
Washington attorney general sues student loan processor
Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit Monday charging Student Loan Processing.US and its owner, James Krause, with violating state laws designed to protect student loan borrowers. The lawsuit claims SLP illegally charged state residents $123,000 to help consolidate their federal student loans.
Gun-check flaw proved fatal in Marysville
A flawed reporting system between tribes and outside authorities allowed a man to buy a handgun later used by his son to kill four classmates and himself in Washington – a problem state and federal agencies have long known about but haven’t fixed.
YouTube Kids app criticized as deceiving
The new YouTube Kids mobile app targets young children with unfair and deceptive advertising and should be investigated, a group of consumer advocates told the Federal Trade Commission in a letter Tuesday.
In brief: U.S. jobs picture brightens
A Labor Department report Tuesday showed that job openings surged 3.4 percent to 5.1 million in February – a 14-year high. That’s a clear sign that companies are willing to boost their staffs.
Bigger burgers coming back
McDonald’s says it’s introducing a trio of “Sirloin Third Pound” burgers for a limited time starting later this month, the latest sign the chain is pushing to improve perceptions about the quality of its food.
Oil spill system introduced
An oil consortium says an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico today could be cleaned up far faster than five years ago when BP’s Macondo well blew out 45 miles off the coast of Louisiana, spawning the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.
Companies try tuition perk to attract, retain workers
Starbucks says it will now cover four years of tuition reimbursement for workers to earn an online undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, instead of just two years. Last week, McDonald’s Corp. also announced it was expanding a college tuition assistance program to workers at all its U.S. stores.
Exxon cleanup costs disputed
The price tag for cleaning up two petroleum refineries in northern New Jersey will cost Exxon Mobil much more than the $225 million settlement brokered by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration, but critics of the proposal say it could be years until it’s clear how much the company eventually will have to pay.
Robocalls keep on ringing
The Federal Communications Commission has been asked to consider whether phone companies could do more to stop the onslaught of “robocalls,” the automated phone calls favored by scammers. The phone companies say they worry that automatic call blocking might run afoul of laws requiring them to connect phone calls and have asked the FCC to clarify that it doesn’t. Many carriers offer call blocking services to consumers, sometimes for a fee. But they also don’t want regulators to create any hard-and-fast rules, which they say could be difficult to implement.
White House connects climate change, health
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled a long list of actions ranging from corporate and academic partnerships to community programs to highlight the health impacts of climate change.
Pakistani judge charges two from CIA
A Pakistani judge on Tuesday ordered that criminal charges be filed against a former CIA lawyer who oversaw its drone program and the one-time chief agency operative in Islamabad over a 2009 strike that killed two people.
TRUDY RUBIN: Iran deal better than alternative
Editorial: Federal education bill provides important revisions
Don’t let a tight budget ruin gourmet dreams
Peanut Butter Bacon Fat Cookies
The root of all goodness
Raw fresh turmeric elevates flavors with a savory sweet combination
Vegetables With Turmeric
Turmeric Smoothie
Taking a new approach to paella
Turmeric replaces saffron, veggies instead of meat
Spring Vegetable Paella
Freberg, genius of comedy and commercials, dies at 88
Stan Freberg, the spirited comic genius who lampooned American history in his landmark recordings “The United States of America” and was hailed as the father of the funny commercial, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Obituary: Clarke, Rev. David Marshall. S.J.
28 Nov 1927 - 4 Apr 2015 Chewelah
Obituary: Olson, Shirley Yvonne (Nelson)
12 Jan 1930 - 3 Apr 2015 Pullman
Obituary: Morken, Corinne May “Corie”
5 Dec 1941 - Deer Park
Obituary: Christianson, Warren G.
aged 90, d. 27 Mar 2015 Spokane
conductor/brakeman for SP&S and later Burlington Northern Railroad, retiring in 1985
Obituary: Hofmann, Celia R. (Naff)
25 Apr 1960 - 6 Apr 2015 Colville, Rosalia
Obituary: Hitter, James R.
27 Apr 1931 - 4 Apr 2015
USAF; Air National Guard, Lt. Col. ret.
teacher, coach, principal, superintendent
Goldendale, Lake Oswego, Milton Frewater, Grand Coulee, Colville
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