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from Catholic News Service
Pope accepts resignations of St. Paul archbishop, auxiliaryPope Francis accepted the resignations June 15 of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche of St. Paul and Minneapolis and named coadjutor Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of Newark, New Jersey, a canon lawyer, to be apostolic administrator of the Minnesota archdiocese.
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Pope accepts resignations of St. Paul archbishop, auxiliaryPope Francis accepted the resignations June 15 of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche of St. Paul and Minneapolis and named coadjutor Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of Newark, New Jersey, a canon lawyer, to be apostolic administrator of the Minnesota archdiocese.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from Daily Kos
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Dear GOP: When you've lost Chris Wallace, your goose is cooked.
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Dear GOP: When you've lost Chris Wallace, your goose is cooked.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
War and Taxes: What Prompted the Magna Carta?
It was on this date in 1215 that powerful nobles famously compelled the English monarch to sign and seal the Magna Carta, Latin for “Great Charter.” Most people possess at least a vague sense that the event had something to do with human liberty, but it’s doubtful they know that it was provoked primarily by two brothers and two calamities. The brothers were named Richard and John. The calamities were war and taxes.
War and Taxes: What Prompted the Magna Carta?
It was on this date in 1215 that powerful nobles famously compelled the English monarch to sign and seal the Magna Carta, Latin for “Great Charter.” Most people possess at least a vague sense that the event had something to do with human liberty, but it’s doubtful they know that it was provoked primarily by two brothers and two calamities. The brothers were named Richard and John. The calamities were war and taxes.
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from Gateway Pundit
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Dear Americans, Take It From the People of Florida: Jeb Bush Is Wrong for You
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Dear Americans, Take It From the People of Florida: Jeb Bush Is Wrong for You
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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
Officials: More rodents in SW Idaho likely have plague
Idaho officials say initial testing of dead rodents in southwest Idaho indicates possible plague.
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from KING 5 (NBC Seattle)
Toxic algae bloom may stretch from California to Alaska
The largest West Coast toxic algae bloom in more than decade may stretch from Central California to Alaska. NOAA says it is mobilizing more scientists to study and chart the bloom which has led to the closure of several fisheries along the West Coast.
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from Mad World News
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Dad Searched For Daughter At Daycare, Found Her Where He Least Expected
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Dad Searched For Daughter At Daycare, Found Her Where He Least Expected
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from National Catholic Register
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from New York Daily News
from New York Times
Catholic Archbishop and Aide Resign in Minnesota Over Sexual Abuse Scandal
The Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis and a deputy bishop resigned on Monday after prosecutors recently charged the archdiocese with having failed to protect youths from abuse by pedophile priests. In statements released Monday morning, the archbishop, John C. Nienstedt, and an auxiliary bishop, Lee A. Piché, said they were resigning to help the archdiocese heal.
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from POLITICO
Colorado court rules worker can be fired for using pot outside office hours
It’s legal to smoke marijuana in the Rocky Mountain State, but apparently that does not mean employees cannot still be fired for using it. The state’s state Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a medical marijuana patient could not get his job back after being fired for failing a drug test.
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from RELEVANT Magazine
No, Everything Does Not Happen for a Reason
In our profound distress, this idea forces us to run down dark, twisted rabbit trails, looking for the specific part of the greater plan that this suffering all fits into. It serves as an emotional distraction, one that cheats us out of the full measure of our real-time grief and outrage. We stutter and stop to try and find the whys of all of the suffering, instead of just letting ourselves admit that perhaps this all simply sucks.
Elisabeth Elliot, Influential Missionary and Author, Died This Morning
Elisabeth Elliott, influential writer and wife of Christian martyr Jim Elliot, died this morning. She was 88 years old.
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from The Seattle Times
Time for SPD officers to wear body cameras ‘is now,’ federal monitor says
Merrick Bobb, the federal monitor overseeing Seattle police reforms, is lending his support to body cameras on officers in his latest progress report, which mostly commends but also criticizes the department for its overall efforts.
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Time for SPD officers to wear body cameras ‘is now,’ federal monitor says
Merrick Bobb, the federal monitor overseeing Seattle police reforms, is lending his support to body cameras on officers in his latest progress report, which mostly commends but also criticizes the department for its overall efforts.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Rachel Dolezal resigns as president of Spokane NAACP
Rachel Dolezal resigned as Spokane NAACP president this morning. In a letter sent to the NAACP Executive Committee she wrote, “It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.” Dolezal’s resignation comes after accusations that she’s been passing as a black woman for years, when her family says she’s white. Although the NAACP hasn’t taken an official position, some leaders and former leaders were calling for her resignation.
Dolezal sued Howard University for discrimination
The former NAACP leader accused of being a white woman pretending to be black once sued a historically black university for racial discrimination, claiming Howard University favored black students over her, according to court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
Rachel Dolezal told student that ex-husband forced her to live as a white woman
In a series of interviews last year Rachel Dolezal told an Eastern Washington University art student that her ex-husband expected her to look like a white woman.
Questions about Rachel Dolezal linger as NAACP members react
Members of the Spokane NAACP chapter plan to demonstrate today over the controversy enveloping their president, Rachel Dolezal, who said Sunday she’s not ready to face them and explain claims she has lied about her race.
Lawmakers: Interior Department has approved Spokane Tribe casino on the West Plains
The Spokane Tribe has won approval from a key government agency in its drive to build a casino in Airway Heights. Though the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has not announced its decision, several state lawmakers released a letter Monday evening criticizing the decision. The tribe’s proposed off-reservation casino still needs final approval by Gov. Jay Inslee, who has deferred answering whether he supports the project.
South Hill drive-by shooting prompts charges against 3 men
Three men face criminal charges after shots were fired on the South Hill on Saturday night. Malcolm Davis, 20; Rickey Davis, 22; and Trevaughn Waggoner, 19; were booked into Spokane County Jail late Saturday after witnesses reported hearing gunshots coming from a red Honda compact around 7 p.m., according to court documents. Spokane police found three shell casings near the intersection of 39th Avenue and Napa Street, near Hamblen Elementary on the South Hill.
Four Spokane fire departments enter aid agreement to speed dispatches
Four of the largest fire departments in Spokane County announced an agreement on today that will send the nearest fire or medical crew to emergency calls. No longer will department brass have to make a formal request for mutual aid across jurisdictional boundaries. Instead, the county’s combined fire dispatch computer will identify the closest and most appropriate vehicle and crew and send that rig quickly to the emergency. Fire Chiefs Bobby Williams, of Spokane; Bryan Collins, of Spokane Valley; Jack Cates, of District 9; and Tony Nielsen, of District 8, appeared at a joint media event at Frederick Avenue and Upriver Drive today to announce the agreement.
Highway repaving projects beginning
Work will start today on a major repaving project on state Highway 290 from Sullivan Road to the Idaho state line. A state transportation budget signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee provides funding for the project to resurface the highway, also known as Trent Avenue. Work is getting started on a repaving project on U.S. Highway 195 through Colfax to Dry Creek Road to the north. Another repaving job on U.S. 195 from Pullman to Babbitt Road is continuing. That stretch is about 9 miles long. Drivers who want to use state Highway 27 as an alternate route will also find that crews are applying a chip seal surface to that highway from Palouse to Garfield.
State panel meets
The Washington State Transportation Commission will meet at Spokane City Hall on Tuesday to hear about local and regional transportation issues, including improvements to the BNSF Railway mainline and the state-owned Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad feeder line.
Regional projects
Pavement repair and other work will cause traffic disruptions on several highways in Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties. Traffic will be limited to a single line of alternating traffic in work zones.
Work in Valley
In Spokane Valley, work continues on Argonne Road at Knox and at Montgomery avenues. Broadway Avenue from Havana Street to Fancher Road is reduced to one lane in each direction during road work. Sullivan Road from Sprague to Mission avenues is reduced to two lanes northbound for stormwater and sidewalk improvements.
I-90 milestone
The state Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for a new phase of Interstate 90 widening east of Snoqualmie Pass. The 2-mile section of the freeway near the Price Creek snow park will include a new overpass intended solely for use by wildlife. The freeway is being widened from four to six lanes in a multiyear project. The groundbreaking was held to signify the start of the portion of the project from Keechelus Dam to the Stampede Pass interchange.
Much-loved LC High internship program ending
An innovative Lewis and Clark High School social studies program that began 20 years ago ended this spring in part because a districtwide curriculum change compromised the integrity of the class. Over the years, Practicum in Community Involvement, or PICI, placed Lewis and Clark seniors in more than 100 local organizations.
Tour Deshais: Charred Methow Valley landscape tempers joy
As I peddled up to Loup Loup, the forest that I can only imagine was verdant a year ago now consists of blackened, dead trees. At one point I simply stopped pedaling, in awe of the destruction.
Two teens seriously injured in shark attacks
Two teenagers were seriously injured in two separate shark attacks in the same North Carolina town Sunday, terrifying beachgoers and prompting one shocked witness to compare the scene to the movie “Jaws.” Oak Island Mayor Betty Wallace told WECT-6 that the first victim, a girl, lost part of her arm and could lose her left leg. Just more than an hour later, a 16-year-old boy was attacked by a shark and airlifted to a hospital, Wallace said. He lost an arm.
Scientists receive signal from long-silent comet lander
To scientists’ relief and delight, the Philae spacecraft that landed on a comet last fall has awoken and communicated with Earth after seven long months of silence, the European Space Agency announced Sunday.
Carlos’ 70-mph winds buffet Acapulco, Mexican coastline
Workers cleared hammocks and lounge chairs from beachside hotels and cafes as Tropical Storm Carlos whipped up strong winds and waves Sunday as it churned up Mexico’s Pacific coast. Carlos lost its brief hurricane status early in the day then picked up a little strength before stabilizing at just below hurricane strength. By late Sunday, the storm’s center was 95 miles west of Acapulco and had top sustained winds of 70 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
U.S. jets hit al-Qaida target
The U.S military said it launched weekend airstrikes targeting and likely killing an al-Qaida-linked militant leader in eastern Libya charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed at least 35 hostages, including three Americans. An Islamist with ties to Libyan militants, however, said the airstrikes missed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, instead killing four members of a Libyan extremist group the U.S. has linked to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Thousands fleeing fighting in Syria
Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and crossed into Turkey on Sunday, fleeing intense fighting in northern Syria between Kurdish fighters and jihadis. The flow of refugees came as Syrian Kurdish fighters closed in on the outskirts of a strategic Islamic State-held town on the Turkish border, Kurdish officials and an activist group said, potentially cutting off a key supply line for the extremists’ nearby de facto capital. Taking Tal Abyad, about 50 miles north of the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, would deprive the militant group of a direct route to bring in new foreign militants or supplies.
Family reacts to Dallas shooting
The man linked to a violent assault on Dallas police headquarters was accused two years earlier of choking his mother, then fleeing to an East Texas town where schools were locked down out of fear he would attack them, according to accounts from police and family members.
In brief: Police say contractors’ tools used in prison escape
The two killers who cut their way out of a maximum-security prison apparently used tools routinely stored there by contractors, taking care to return them to their toolboxes after each night’s work so that no one would notice, a prosecutor said Sunday.
Solo rower abandons trans-Pacific attempt
A steering system failure, bad weather and a sense that “things weren’t going right” has ended an American woman’s attempt to cross the Pacific by rowboat. Sonya Baumstein, 30, departed from Choshi, Japan, one week ago, heading for San Francisco in hopes of becoming the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.
Mayfly swarm forces closure of bridge
Authorities say a swarm of mayflies was so dense it caused motorcycle crashes and prompted the closing of a Pennsylvania bridge. Police in West Hempfield Township in Lancaster County said the Route 462 bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville was shut down about 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Compensation finally near for 1979-81 Iran hostages
It has been more than 30 years since the Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Iran came home, and they have tried in vain since then to win compensation for their suffering.
In brief: Judge restricts Sudan’s president
A South African judge on Sunday ordered authorities to prevent Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was in South Africa for an African Union summit, from leaving the country because of an international order for his arrest.
Greek bailout talks end without deal
The European Commission said that weekend talks to find common ground between international creditors and Greece were unsuccessful and left a wide rift that needs to be closed within two weeks to avoid a possible Greek default.
Floods lead to big-game hunt
Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous animals that escaped from Tbilisi’s ravaged zoo.
The Dirt: Rosauers remodeling 14th Avenue store
Rosauers is remodeling its South Hill store at 14th Avenue and Lincoln Street. The $3 million project at 907 W. 14th Ave. will upgrade the nearly 28,000-square-foot interior, plus add 300 square feet for a lobby entrance. The store opened in 1962 and had its last major update in 1990.
Coulter Dentistry building new office
A dental office is under construction in Spokane Valley at the southeast corner of Dishman Mica Road and 16th Avenue. Baker Construction & Management is building the 3,700-square-foot dental facility for Travis Coulter DDS at 1601 S. Dishman Mica Road. Coulter Family Dentistry plans to move there by early November from its present office at 12121 E. Broadway Ave.
Then and Now: Unique Building housed Saad’s
Eli Saad was born in Beirut around 1885. Members of the Saad family always called themselves Syrian, because in that era, Beirut was part of Syria. In 1909, he arrived nearly penniless in Spokane. His older brothers Paul and John had started the Saad’s Bros. Shoe Repair, Pool Room and Cigars in 1906. Eli joined the business and they moved to the northeast corner of Main and Wall in 1910. The 702 W. Main store burned in 1966, killing firefighter Leroy Mackey. The Saads rebuilt the three-story building. The Saad family opened stores at the NorthTown and U-City malls. Paul’s son Jack Saad, who took over the stores in 1949, sold the chain in 1986 to Larry Alfano, who had a shoe repair store in Shadle Center. Paul died in 1957. Eli retired in 1957 and died in 1965. John died in 1973. In 2013, Saad’s Shoe Service moved from NorthTown to 4407 N. Division St.
Washington appeals ruling on defendant evaluations
The state of Washington is appealing a portion of a federal judge’s ruling that sought to ensure timely competency services for mentally ill defendants. Health officials said they are only appealing the portion that mandates competency evaluations within seven days of a judge’s order. They said one week was not enough time to allow some defendants who may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs to stabilize. Evaluators send people to hospitals before their mental state is fully understood, officials said.
In brief: Moses Lake man killed in collision
A 22-year-old Moses Lake man was killed in a head-on collision Sunday morning about 8 miles south of Ephrata, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said. Jaycob Weaver was driving a 2005 Cadillac CTS south in the 5000 block of Dodson Road North when he crossed the centerline about 11 a.m. and struck a 1997 Toyota 4Runner driven by Gaudencio Lopez Luis, 22, of Moses Lake.
Fire blamed on cellphone battery
An exploding cellphone battery ignited a fire Saturday night in a senior living apartment building in Post Falls. The fire on East 19th Avenue near Keystone Court started about 8 p.m.
15-year-old killed in police chase
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office said a 15-year-old boy died in a crash near Hungry Horse during a police pursuit in northern Montana. The victim was the driver of a car that was being pursued by the Columbia Falls Police Department at the time of the crash about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
Missing climber went to get stove
A Minnesota native who apparently died while climbing Mount Rainier had a passion for climbing and the outdoors, the man’s father said. Searchers on Saturday recovered a body believed to be that of 25-year-old Kyle Bufis, formerly of Maple Grove. A helicopter had spotted the body of a deceased male climber near the summit.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Death penalty ‘symbol’ a lesson
All hands on tech: Savvy seniors receive schooling on Internet safety
Baby boomers are, in general, technologically savvy, Skyping grandkids, texting friends, shopping online and banking from laptops and smartphones. Yet these seniors, like the majority of Washington adults, often forsake security for the ease of logging on anytime or anyplace, especially through free Wi-Fi networks.
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from Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Pioneer Press sells building, plans move out of downtown St. Paul
The St. Paul Pioneer Press sold its downtown headquarters to an apartment developer and will move newspaper operations to River Park Plaza across the Mississippi River, according to the buyer.
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from Think Progress
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
Ben Carson leads new national poll
A new national poll shows that no candidate has emerged as the front-runner among the Republican presidential candidates, but retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson holds a narrow lead at the head of the pack. Monmouth University's national survey released Monday shows Carson receiving support from 11 percent of Republican voters, followed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 10 percent, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tied at 9 percent.
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