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Reforms ordered after US airports fail security testing
A top US official has pledged reforms after tests found that airport screeners allowed mock explosives and weapons through security checkpoints 95% of the time.
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from Conciliar Post
Summer is a season that invites you to pick up a book. The longer daylight provides more hours for reading, the break from school opens up schedules and frees from the demands of syllabi, and vacations to the mountains or the beach beckon us to leisure away our time while nestled in a good book. While many people reach for the latest bestsellers, classic works of literature, or (as is likely for many of our readers) for theological treatises, I urge you to delve into some Christian poetry as part of your summer reading. Who are the great Christian poets whom you should sample this summer? Let this following list guide you: Gerard Manley Hopkins, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, John Donne, Dante Alighieri. Of course, there are many more Christian poets worth reading, from the Eucharistic poetry of Saint Thomas Aquinas to the timeless epic poetry of John Milton to the verses from the Christian environmentalist Wendell Berry.
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from Daily Kos
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Bobby Jindal wants to do to America what he did to Louisiana
Bobby Jindal wants to do to America what he did to Louisiana
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from The D.C. Clothesline
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Defense Official WARNING: DoD Directive allowing the use of military force against American citizens is latest step towards martial law
Defense Official WARNING: DoD Directive allowing the use of military force against American citizens is latest step towards martial law
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from Eagle Rising
Militant Black Muslim Leader Calls for “War” Against Police and Whites
Once again, the leader of the New Black Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz, is making waves for some vile and explosive comments that he recently made on his “Black Power Radio” program.
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from First Things
THE THREE FAUSTS
AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE FAUSTIAN TENDENCIES OF MODERN SCIENCE
We live in an age of science and technology. To say this means more than acknowledging the benefits we have derived from their accomplishments. Science and technology now claim authority in ethics, metaphysics, and theology. We give to science privilege in settling age-old questions of right and wrong, God and being, and human nature. Science is our oracle, scientists our priests and sages. Which raises the question: Just who are these scientists that they should constitute a court of final appeal, and on what basis do we grant them their authority?
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from Huffington Post
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Don't Worry, The NSA Can Probably Still Spy On You.
After two weeks of explosive tension, controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act died a slow, albeit temporary, death Sunday, having been pushed and prodded by tag-teaming senators through filibusters, failed votes and strategic blocks to their extension.
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Don't Worry, The NSA Can Probably Still Spy On You.
After two weeks of explosive tension, controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act died a slow, albeit temporary, death Sunday, having been pushed and prodded by tag-teaming senators through filibusters, failed votes and strategic blocks to their extension.
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from Media Matters for America
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Pew Study: Right-Wing Radio Shows Among Most Distrusted Sources Of News
Study Finds Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, And Sean Hannity More Distrusted Than Trusted Among All Generations
Pew Study: Right-Wing Radio Shows Among Most Distrusted Sources Of News
Study Finds Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, And Sean Hannity More Distrusted Than Trusted Among All Generations
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from MSN News
The most expensive weapons system of all time is about to make its debut
Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet will drop weapons and take part in a major U.S. military exercise this week for the first time, another milestone for the Pentagon's largest weapons program, Air Force officials said Monday.
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from NPR (& affiliates)
Iowa Public Radio
Carson says Divisiveness, Faltering Economy and Lack of Leadership are Threats to Future
These are the remarks as delivered by Dr. Ben Carson at the Iowa GOP's Lincoln Dinner May 16, 2015. (Audio and transcript)
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No tsunamis after 5 earthquakes off Oregon coast
Five shallow earthquakes hit off of Oregon's coast Sunday night and Monday, but weren't large enough to create a tsunami.
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Carson says Divisiveness, Faltering Economy and Lack of Leadership are Threats to Future
These are the remarks as delivered by Dr. Ben Carson at the Iowa GOP's Lincoln Dinner May 16, 2015. (Audio and transcript)
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from The Oregonian
No tsunamis after 5 earthquakes off Oregon coast
Five shallow earthquakes hit off of Oregon's coast Sunday night and Monday, but weren't large enough to create a tsunami.
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from POLITICO
GOP hits another roadblock on Obamacare repeal
The GOP’s months-long debate over when and how to send a repeal of Obamacare to the president’s desk now appears to have an answer. They can’t do it all at once. Repealing the law “root and branch” is probably out of the question, the chamber’s parliamentarian is hinting, because some parts of Obamacare don’t affect the federal budget.
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from The Spokesman-Review
‘Of Mice and Men’ stays on CdA schools reading list
The Depression-era tale of George and Lennie and their dream of a farm together will continue to be part of the literary journey for Coeur d’Alene ninth graders.The School Board voted 4-1 Monday night to keep John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella “Of Mice and Men” as an option for English teachers to assign their classes, rather than demote it to voluntary, small-group discussion as recommended by a school district committee that is reviewing novels taught in the schools.
Flash flood watch posted for Inland NW
A strong spring storm is moving northward out of Oregon this afternoon and is expected to bring severe weather across portions of North Idaho and Eastern Washington through tonight.
North Idaho Sen. Keough in line for powerful chairmanship
North Idaho Sen. Shawn Keough is in line to become the first-ever female Senate co-chair of the Idaho Legislature’s powerful joint budget committee, and if she gets the post, it would mark another historic first: Both co-chairs of the powerful joint committee that writes the state budget next year would be women. House Appropriations Chair Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, has served as the House co-chair since 2001.
Hecla agrees to $600,000 fine for pollution
Hecla Mining Co. has agreed to pay $600,000 for releasing heavy metals and other pollution into the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River over a five-year period. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documented nearly 500 violations of the company’s federal discharge permit at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho, between 2009 and 2014.
Auctioned paintings fetch $1 million for WSU art museum
With just over $1 million from the recent sale of two 1920s paintings, Washington State University’s Museum of Art looks forward to building and maintaining its collection.
Suspect in triple homicide believed wife’s family hated him, but relative says “they were kind to him”
A man arrested in connection with a triple homicide in Colbert believed his estranged wife’s family was responsible for their separation, according to new court documents.
Body of second missing CdA man found, officials say
The body of Patrick Lusk, who went missing two weeks ago near Riggins, Idaho, has been found, the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office said today. Lusk, 27, and Jason Gritten, 35, both of Coeur d’Alene, were reported missing May 17 when they didn’t return from a hiking and canoeing excursion near the French Creek area of the Salmon River. Gritten was found in the river Wednesday by family and friends who continued searching after Idaho County deputies suspended their search.
Suspect in Pullman patricide said he acted in self-defense
In a frantic 911 call Saturday evening, Erik Luden said his father had attacked him with a knife before he retaliated, according to court documents. But prosecutors are not convinced that Luden acted in self-defense. The 24-year-old was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his father, Virgil Luden, 58, of Sammamish, who was found unresponsive shortly before 5 p.m. on the floor of a College Hill apartment.
Wrestling promoter led double life as informant
On a recent afternoon at a Medford, Oregon, coffee shop, his eyes hidden behind dark sunglasses, Rico Valentino, who now lives in a rural part of Jackson County and describes himself as “78 before breakfast,” says he first became an informant while working in the burgeoning wrestling industry in the 1960s. In those days, the circuit was rampant with drugs, he says.
Phone surveillance program lapses as Senate fails to reach deal
The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans’ phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Sunday Senate session.
‘Clean Green’-labeled marijuana is pesticide-free, environmentally friendlier
Pot grown at the state-licensed Mountain High Farm operation can’t be certified as organic because the U.S. Department of Agriculture doesn’t recognize marijuana as a legal crop. Advertising it as organic would be a federal labeling violation, inviting hefty fines. But if Mountain High passes inspection, the Stevens County farm can advertise its product under the “Clean Green” label, an alternate certification developed for pot growers touting the naturalness of their product.
Getting There: Bike Swap raises $38,000 for Centennial Trail
The annual Spokane Bike Swap continues to grow in popularity, and that means more funding for improvements on the Centennial Trail.
HAWK lights up at Ruby, Grand
Two new “high-intensity crosswalk beacons,” otherwise known as HAWK lights, are being activated this week. A newly installed signal at Ruby Street and Boone Avenue will go into service Tuesday. A second new HAWK light will be activated Wednesday at Grand Boulevard and 18th Avenue at the northern end of Manito Park.
Paving to begin on Grand today
Starting today, a city paving crew will repair the portion of Grand Boulevard from 22nd to 29th avenues. The crew will grind out old pavement, which has become rutted through studded tire wear. A new layer of asphalt will be laid. Work will start on the northbound curb lane.
Highway work will cause delays
(six projects around the area on U.S. Highway 2, U.S. Highway 195, state Highway 27, state Highway 20, U.S. Highway 395)
Work continues at Argonne, Knox
In Spokane Valley, workers are continuing roadway reconstruction on Argonne Road at Knox Avenue. Traffic restrictions are in place.
Childhood cancer survival odds improved as treatments got gentler
The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: More kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows.
Cities’ hurricane-free ‘luck’ may run out
For millions of Americans living in the hurricane zones on the Gulf and East coasts, recent decades have been quiet – maybe too quiet. Cities like Tampa, Houston, Jacksonville and Daytona Beach historically get hit with major hurricanes every 20 to 40 years, according to meteorologists. But those same places have now gone at least 70 years – sometimes more than a century – without getting smacked by those monster storms, according to data analyses by an MIT hurricane professor and the Associated Press.
In brief: Crane’s load falls; 10 injured
A massive air-conditioning unit being lifted by a crane to the top of a Manhattan office building broke free Sunday, fell 28 stories and landed in the middle of Madison Avenue, injuring 10 people.
No charges against police in ‘I can’t breathe’ death
A grand jury in Louisiana has declined to indict police officers who held a man down, with officers on top of him, and did not get up even after he told them, “I can’t breathe.”
Sun comes out over water-logged Texas
Most of Texas was set to get its first period of extended sunshine in weeks, allowing surging rivers to recede as emergency-management officials turn their attention to cleanup efforts in such places as Houston, where damage estimates top $45 million.
Kerry breaks leg in bike crash
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. He planned to return to the United States today.
Qatar extends travel ban on five Taliban leaders
Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend travel bans on five senior Taliban leaders released last year from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.
Beijing tightens ban on indoor smoking
China’s capital began imposing the country’s toughest ban on indoor smoking today in hopes of stemming a looming health crisis.
Old rape kits bring justice
Second of two parts
The Cuyahoga County Sexual Assault Task Force, a team of prosecutors, police, state agents and others, is building cases based on DNA results of thousands of newly tested rape kits that had, until recently, been languishing in storage. The cold case unit is an outgrowth of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative. Shortly after taking office in 2011, DeWine asked every law enforcement agency in Ohio to send its untested kits to the state crime lab.
In brief: Islamic State close to key border town
Islamic State militants were reported Sunday to be closing in on a strategic border town in northwestern Syria’s Aleppo province near the Turkish frontier after routing rival rebel groups in fierce clashes.
Smithsonian to show slave ship artifacts
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will display objects from a slave ship that sank off the coast of Cape Town in 1794.
The Dirt: De Leon Foods leases Spokane Valley site
De Leon Foods, known for its north Spokane Mexican deli and grocery store, has leased space in Spokane Valley to open another outlet.
Airport office project underway
A $2.1 million project is underway to build a parking operations facility at Spokane International Airport.
Work begins on new CHAS clinic
CHAS Health has started a $1.3 million project for a new clinic at 15812 E. Indiana Ave., east of Sullivan Road. Bouten Construction is renovating 12,000 square feet of space for the clinic, expected to open Sept. 1.
Playfair park plans new warehouse
Playfair Commerce Park LLC plans to build a 63,750-square-foot warehouse shell as part of a new industrial complex. Based on plans under review with the city of Spokane, Divcon Inc. would construct the $5.4 million project, titled Playfair 4, at 2610 E. Ferry Ave.
In brief: Coeur d’Alene man dies in three-vehicle Hayden crash
A Coeur d’Alene man was killed Sunday afternoon when his car was hit by a driver who ran a red light on U.S. Highway 95. Jeffrey P. Kirk, 37, died at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene following the crash at Honeysuckle Avenue in Hayden.
Patricide suspect to appear in court
A 24-year-old man accused of killing his father Saturday evening in a Pullman apartment is expected to appear in court today.
Colville man hurt on motorcycle
A Colville man was injured Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a car on state Highway 20 in Stevens County. Mitchell F. Miller, 50, was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
Injured bear cub will return to wild
The black bear cub injured in a Washington wildfire last year is finally going home. The Idaho Statesman reported that the 2-year-old female black bear named Cinder will be released into the wild this week.
Drone removed from power lines
Workers have removed a remote-controlled aircraft that was stuck in power lines in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood for a week.
Everett student preacher’s suspensions erased
A federal judge erased three suspensions from the school record of an Everett student who preached and handed out Christian booklets. Cascade High School senior Michael Leal filed a lawsuit against Everett Public Schools last November, saying his constitutional right of free speech was being infringed. School officials said he was suspended for being disruptive, not for the content of his message. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly on Friday expunged Leal’s suspensions while upholding a school district policy that limits when and where students can hand out printed materials.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Public input vital to good policing
Then and Now: Coeur d’Alene’s Playland Pier
Businessman Earl Somers, born around 1894 in Spokane, operated traveling carnivals around the Western states. He saw an opportunity in Coeur d’Alene in the early 1940s. Thousands of young men and women came to the region because of the war effort. On leave, many went to Spokane, but many also went to Coeur d’Alene to lie on the beach, eat a hamburger or ride the tour boats.
Local legend
Norwegian who escaped Nazis on skis earns respect, popularity in Seattle
At first, Knut Einarsen seemed uncomfortable with the question. Just because he has lived to 100 in good health doesn’t mean he can tell others how to do the same.
Seniors feel federal pinch
Reduced funding undermines Older Americans Act
Studies show hope for Alzheimer’s treatments
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the conditions that Americans are most afraid they will get, second only to cancer. Yet at least a generation of focused research has gone by without an effective treatment or sure advice on how to prevent it.
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