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from BuzzPo
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Republican BILLIONAIRE Sets Record For Financial Pledge To Cancer Center
The 7th richest man in the world, worth $42.7 billion, has set a new record for the amount of money pledged Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center. David Koch has said he will donate $150 million so that a new outpatient cancer facility can be built on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Republican BILLIONAIRE Sets Record For Financial Pledge To Cancer Center
The 7th richest man in the world, worth $42.7 billion, has set a new record for the amount of money pledged Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center. David Koch has said he will donate $150 million so that a new outpatient cancer facility can be built on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
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from geostrategy.info
When I tell my fellow Americans that I study American elites, I often get a bizarre reaction: “How can you, a foreigner, study American elites?” It happens so frequently that a special essay is required.
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from The Hill
'Don’t let the secular progressives drive God out,' Carson tells GOP
GOP presidential contender Ben Carson on Saturday urged conservatives to remain resolute when government challenges their religious liberties. “Don’t let the secular progressives drive God out of our lives,” Carson told listeners at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City.
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from The Independent (UK)
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The secret to a great sex life revealed: Two cups of coffee a day
Drinking just two cups of coffee a day could dramatically improve your sex life, a university study has concluded.
The secret to a great sex life revealed: Two cups of coffee a day
Drinking just two cups of coffee a day could dramatically improve your sex life, a university study has concluded.
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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
Downtown Spokane Olive Garden closing its doors
The Olive Garden in downtown Spokane is closing its doors Saturday because the restaurant is under-performing according to a representative with the company.
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from Last Resistance
Dr. Carson won just over 76% of the convention vote easily dominating Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) who came in 2nd and 3rd with 7% and 6% of the vote respectively. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) rounded out the top 5 in support. The poll results were reported on the Facebook page of the Georgia Association of Republican County Chairmen with a special editorial comment congratulating Dr. Carson’s supporters who spread the poll around on social media.
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from The Raw Story
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from The Spokesman-Review
Downtown Spokane Olive Garden closing for good today
A sign placed outside the downtown Spokane Olive Garden this morning announced that the business was closing permanently today. The restaurant’s 80 employees were notified of the closure this morning, said Olive Garden communications manager Hunter Robinson. “We do hope to place most of them in the two other Olive Gardens we have in the area,” Robinson said.
‘Bold’ Ireland votes to legalize gay marriage in landslide
Ireland’s citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday — a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a “social revolution.” Friday’s referendum saw 62.1 percent of Irish voters say “yes” to changing the nation’s constitution to define marriage as a union between two people regardless of their sex.
Ireland has voted to legalize gay marriage, both sides say
Irish voters have resoundingly backed amending the constitution to legalize gay marriage, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday after the world’s first national vote on the issue.
Ireland’s gay marriage referendum draws high turnout of voters
Voters determined to have their voice heard on gay marriage turned out in strength Friday for Ireland’s most hard-fought referendum in decades, a contest that pitted the liberal forces of social change against the nation’s conservative Catholic foundation.
Four injured after teen drives over tents at The Gorge
Four people were injured this morning when a 19-year-old man from California ran over several tents and hit parked cars at The Gorge campground. The teen drove through several campsites around 9:30 a.m. It originally appeared that two of the victims had received serious injuries, but three of the injured had been released from the Quincy Valley Medical Center by 1:30 p.m. The driver was among those treated and released. The teen, whose name has not been released by the Sheriff’s Office, has been arrested. An investigation is ongoing.
Ohio police officer acquitted in shooting deaths
A white Cleveland patrolman who fired down through the windshield of a suspect’s car at the end of a 137-shot barrage that left the two unarmed black occupants dead was acquitted Saturday of criminal charges by a judge who said he could not determine the officer alone fired the fatal shots.
California farmers reach agreement on water use
In a move reflecting the growing severity of California’s drought, state water regulators have accepted a historic proposal by Delta region farmers to voluntarily cut water usage by 25 percent, or, alternatively, to allow a quarter of their fields to lie idle.
Pilot in fatal Spokane River plane crash fought to ‘get back’
After barely recovering from an in-flight emergency just after takeoff from Felts Field, pilot Richard Runyon somehow managed to get the single-engine plane stabilized over Newman Lake and had nearly made it back to the airport when the craft again banked sharply to the right and crashed into the Spokane River, a preliminary federal investigation shows.
Pipeline leaks rise with oil production, federal data finds
The oil pipeline leak that fouled a stretch of California coastline this week reflects a troubling trend in the nation’s infrastructure: As U.S. oil production has soared, so has the number of pipeline accidents. Since 2009, the annual number of significant accidents on oil and petroleum pipelines has shot up by almost 60 percent, roughly matching the rise in U.S. crude oil production, according an analysis of federal data by the Associated Press.
TLC pulls Duggar family series amid sexual misconduct reports
TLC pulled the reality series “19 Kids and Counting” from its schedule Friday, a move that follows reports of sexual misconduct allegations against one of the stars, Josh Duggar, stemming from when he was a juvenile.
No charges for Kasem’s widow
Los Angeles prosecutors said Friday that they won’t file elder abuse charges against Casey Kasem’s widow despite efforts by three of the radio personality’s children to have her prosecuted.
Gunbattle kills 43 in west Mexico cartel territory
The latest in a series of clashes between Mexican authorities and a powerful, fast-growing drug cartel turned into the deadliest confrontation in recent memory, with 42 suspected gang gunmen and one Federal Police officer killed during a three-hour firefight at a remote western ranch.
Nation In Brief: As warning, IS publicly kills Syrian troops
Islamic State group militants hunted down Syrian government troops and loyalists in the newly captured town of Palmyra, shooting or beheading them in public as a warning, and imposing their strict interpretation of Islam, activists said Friday.
Man convicted in Levy killing to get new trial
A man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy is expected to get a new trial after government attorneys on Friday said the “interests of justice” would best be served by one.
Senate approves bill strengthening White House power in trade talks
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation Friday night to strengthen the administration’s hand in global trade talks, clearing the way for a highly unpredictable summer showdown in the House. The vote was 62-37 to give Obama authority to complete trade deals that Congress could approve or reject, but not change. A total of 48 Republicans supported the measure, but only 14 of the Senate’s 44 Democrats backed a president of their own party on legislation near the top of his second-term agenda.
El Salvador hosting beatification of slain Archbishop Romero
Huge crowds are expected at today’s ceremony to beatify Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was cut down by an assassin’s bullet 35 years ago and declared a martyr for his faith this year by Pope Francis. It is the first step toward possible canonization, although many of the 260,000-plus faithful anticipated to fill the capital’s Savior of the World Plaza already credit him with miracles and refer to him as “Saint Romero of the Americas.”
State Dept. releases 296 Clinton emails
The State Department on Friday released the first batch of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server, shedding light on how political bureaucracies work but revealing nothing new about the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in a terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Motorcyclist dies after collision with STA bus
A motorcycle rider died Friday afternoon after a collision with a Spokane Transit Authority bus in northeast Spokane. Names of the motorcyclist and the bus driver have not been released.
Semitruck collision earns SCRAPS cats free food
A collision involving two semitrucks 7 miles west of Spokane early Friday was a boon for the area’s homeless cats. At least four pallets of cat food were recovered from the spilled load of one of the trucks on Interstate 90 by Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Services workers.
Mead teachers will not join Spokane Public Schools walkout
Mead School District teachers will not join teachers in Spokane Public Schools and the East Valley School District in a walkout on Wednesday. On Thursday, teachers in the Cheney School District voted not to join the walkout, and a meeting of Central Valley School District teachers didn’t reach the quorum required to have a vote. West Valley School District teachers are scheduled to meet Tuesday.
Dog, mistaken for wolf, shot and killed by teen in North Idaho
A North Idaho man said his dog was shot on a Forest Service road last weekend by a man who mistook the husky-malamute cross for a wolf. The dog later died. The same bullet struck Jim Rosauer’s second dog, which survived. Dogs are sometimes mistaken for wolves, said Chip Corsi, Fish and Game’s regional supervisor in Coeur d’Alene. Corsi said he couldn’t comment on the recent incident, since it’s still under investigation. However, “people need to know what they’re shooting at, and they need to be hunting legally,” he said. Idaho’s wolf season on federal lands closed March 31. Hunters face fines of up to $1,000 if convicted of attempting to take a game animal during a closed season. Kenai, the dog that was killed, weighed 65 pounds and had some wolf-like features. But unlike a wolf, she had an ear that flopped down and a curly tail. “He doesn’t look anything like a wolf,” Rosauer said, “but that’s not even the point. There is no gray area here. The season was closed.”
Yellen: Fed rate hike likely by year end if economy grows
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday she expects to begin raising interest rates later this year – if the job market improves and the Fed is confident inflation will climb closer toward its target rate.
Regulators: Consider limitations of online investment tools
“While automated investment tools may offer clear benefits – including low cost, ease of use and broad access – it is important to understand their risks and limitations,” says the joint investor alert from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and FINRA, the financial industry self-regulator.
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest food retailer, is urging its thousands of U.S. suppliers to curb the use of antibiotics in farm animals and improve treatment of them. Experts say Wal-Mart is the first major retailer to take a stance to limit the use of the antibiotics.
$100 billion Saudi Arabia city to be ready by 2035
A $100 billion city-from-scratch in Saudi Arabia is to be completed by 2035 and will serve as the main logistics and manufacturing hub for countries on the Red Sea, the world’s “largest new emerging market,” said the CEO of the company in charge of the mega-project.
A $19 million deal between Target and MasterCard to settle lawsuits stemming from the retailer’s massive pre-Christmas 2013 data breach has been scrapped, because it failed to get enough support from the affected banks and credit unions.
BlackBerry CEO pay package value drops
BlackBerry chief executive John Chen saw the value of his total pay package drop 96 percent to $3.4 million last year as he worked to turn around the money-losing company. Most of the decline was due to share-based awards Chen received when he joined the company in 2013.
Idaho unemployment remains at 7-year low
Idaho’s unemployment rate remained at a seven-year low of 3.8 percent in April, state officials said.
Froma Harrop: Just who are the Waco bikers?
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Charles Krauthammer: Iraq a battlefield of retrospectives
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Paul Graves: Imperfection is OK, in golf and in living
Bugler honors deceased veterans with a personal touch
Taps is 24 notes that can make the toughest soldier cry. It’s a musical recognition of a life ended, a goodbye that hangs in the air as friends and family wipe their tears, look up and know they must live the rest of their lives without someone. Since 2001, retired Army Reserve Lt. Col. Philip Kowzan has played taps at military honor funerals in the Spokane area.
A little detective work of her own inspired children’s book author Kate Hannigan to write a book on America’s first woman detective. “I was researching for another book when I came across this nugget … about Allan Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and how on Aug. 22, 1856, a woman walked in, and he assumed she was there for a secretary position. She talked her way into having him hire her. That’s how Kate Warne began her career. And I thought, ‘Why do I not know who this woman is?’ So I jumped on it.”
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from Universal Free Press
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A police spokesperson said today that at least 43 people died Friday in what authorities described as a fierce, three-hour gun battle between federal forces and suspected drug gang gunmen on a ranch in western Mexico, the deadliest such confrontation in recent memory.
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