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Letters found in cereal box tell story of WWII POWs in Tenn.
A forgotten chapter of Tennessee's history sat tucked away in a bedroom closet for decades. About 400 letters, stuffed inside an old Corn Flakes box, recall the experiences of some of the tens of thousands of prisoners of war who were sent to Tennessee during World War II.
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from New York Magazine
The Hard Truths of Ta-Nehisi Coates
The only endorsement he had wanted was the novelist Toni Morrison’s. Neither he nor his editor, Christopher Jackson, knew Morrison, but they managed to get the galleys into her hands. Weeks later, Morrison’s assistant sent Jackson an email with her reaction: “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died,” Morrison had written. “Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates.” Baldwin died 28 years ago. Jackson forwarded the note to Coates, who sent back a one-word email: “Man.”
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from Prevention Magazine
An independent lab uncovers meanie greens in supplement powders
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from The Spokesman-Review
Authorities search for overdue plane in Washington
Crews are searching for a small, private plane that didn’t reach its destination Saturday in Lynden, Washington, north of Bellingham, the Washington State Department of Transportation said. The plane carrying three people, including the pilot, left western Montana about 4 p.m. Saturday and was due in Lynden around 7 p.m. Those on the plane were identified by the Department of Transportation as Leland Bowman, 62, and Sharon Bowman, 63, both of Marion, Montana, and their step-granddaughter Autumn Veatch, 16, of Bellingham, Washington. The last phone signal from one of the plane’s occupants was detected around 11 p.m. in an area near Omak, Washington. State officials say the search is centered south of Mount Baker.
Firefighters battle blaze near Turnbull wildlife refuge
Firefighters plan to work through the night to contain a lightning-caused wildfire that flared up today about 2 miles south of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge near Cheney. The fire burned across 123 acres of grass and ponderosa pine on private land and is 20 percent contained this evening.
Idaho driver faces homicide charges in wreck that killed 2 near Reardan
Two Eastern Washington women were killed Saturday night in Spokane County in a highway wreck allegedly caused by a drunk driver. Shirley M. Wadkins, 63, of Reardan, and Viola Harrison, 80, of Okanogan, both died at the scene of the collision, which occurred at 10:15 p.m. on state Highway 2 four miles east of Reardan, the Washington State Patrol said. They were passengers in a car driven by Jerry E. Wadkins, 71, of Reardan. He was injured and transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Their 2014 Hyundai Elantra was struck by a 2004 GMC Denali driven by Gary D. Groves, 48, of Nampa, Idaho.
Long-awaited Pluto flyby arrives Tuesday
Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory. It promises to be the biggest planetary unveiling in a quarter-century. The curtain hasn’t been pulled back like this since NASA’s Voyager 2 shed light on Neptune in 1989.
Wildfires in central Washington force evacuations
The Douglas County sheriff’s office issued evacuation notices this morning for people living in the Palisades and Rimrock neighborhoods of Waterville, northeast of Wenatchee. About 300 structures are threatened, but not all are homes. The Douglas County complex of fires, which started Friday evening from lightning strikes, have grown to cover about 30 square miles, fire officials said. No structures have been destroyed. The fires are burning across brush and grass. The bigger fire —the one threatening homes — is about 10 miles southeast of Waterville. The other is 17 miles northeast of Waterville near Jamieson Lake.
Landowners face uncertainty as north-south freeway gets boost in funding
Stacey Jordan has been waiting two decades for an answer to when the state will take the property that holds his family-owned business. Industrial Welding, at 1203 N. Greene St., specializes in heavy equipment construction and repair and is in the path of the North Spokane Corridor. With the Legislature voting recently to increase the gasoline tax and spend $11 billion over the next 14 years on new transportation projects, he will get an answer. Included in that new spending is nearly $879 million to engineer, buy up real estate and build the southern portion of the corridor, also known as the north-south freeway.
Political balance before Spokane voters
For the past year, the debate at Spokane City Hall often has devolved into two camps, the mayor versus the City Council. Or, more directly, David Condon versus Ben Stuckart.
Mysterious blast knocks over beachgoer
Officials do not know what caused a blast that knocked a Rhode Island beachgoer to the ground but concluded there is no public threat and no reason to keep the beach closed. State Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit said in a statement late Saturday that Salty Brine beach in Narragansett would reopen today.
As talks continue, Iran leader decries U.S. ‘arrogance’
As negotiators at Iran nuclear talks labored to make headway, the country’s supreme leader called Saturday for the struggle against the U.S. to continue, in comments suggesting that Tehran’s distrust of Washington will persist no matter what the outcome of the talks. The negotiations entered their 15th day Saturday with no indications of major progress after three extensions and four target dates for a deal, and diplomats said it remained unclear whether an agreement could be reached by Monday, the latest deadline. Iran and the U.S. have threatened to walk away unless the other side makes concessions. Although it was unclear whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was preparing the ground for the failure of the talks, his comments were likely to add to skepticism over the outcome at the negotiating table.
Bleak outlook for nuclear arms control, experts say
The nuclear weapon treaties that have helped preserve peace for nearly half a century have begun to fray. Stirring concern are recent Russian treaty violations, growing tensions between nuclear powers and the continuing ambitions of nations seeking their own strategic weapons. The latest blow came with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement last month that he would add 40 new intercontinental nuclear missiles to his arsenal – not a treaty violation, but a powerful message about Russia’s robust plans for its nuclear forces.
Colima Volcano erupts in Mexico, 70 evacuated
Ash and cinders spewed Saturday from the Colima Volcano in western Mexico, prompting authorities to close the airport in the state capital of Colima and order the evacuation of a half dozen hamlets on the flanks of the peak. At least 70 people were staying at a shelter by the late afternoon.
Greece to resume talks with skeptical creditors today
Bailout discussions between the Greek finance minister and his skeptical counterparts in the 19-country eurozone will resume today after breaking up following more than eight hours of talks without any apparent breakthrough that will secure the country’s future in the euro. During talks on Saturday, Greece clearly failed to give what its creditors in the eurozone have been demanding – iron-clad proof that it can deliver on its promises to implement tough austerity and reform measures in return for billions more in rescue money.
Japan expands child porn law
In Japan, selling or producing child pornography has been illegal for 16 years. Possession of it has not. That’s about to change. Starting July 15, anyone in possession of any form of child pornography featuring real people will face fines and imprisonment for the first time. The change will make Japan one of the last industrialized nations to ban depictions of children having sex, leaving only South Korea as the last economically advanced country to allow possession.
Woman stranded in desert forgave husband, who died
A woman stranded in her car for two weeks in the Southern California desert in May said she forgave her husband for making a wrong turn and was prepared to die with him. “I told him, ‘Honey, we all make mistakes. We all make wrong choices.’ That’s all that was,” Dianna Bedwell said Friday after the memorial service for Cecil “Paul” Knutson, who died a week into the ordeal. “We had 29 wonderful years together. If we make it out, fine. If we don’t make it out, fine.” Off-roaders found her severely dehydrated May 24 on a dirt road near a Boy Scout camp some 65 miles northeast of San Diego. She was airlifted to a hospital. The Fullerton couple, both retired school bus drivers, were heading from a casino to a son’s home near Palm Springs, California, for a Mother’s Day dinner when Knutson took a wrong turn and then the car got stuck on a rock.
IS claims car bomb blast at Italian office in Cairo
A car bomb ripped into the Italian Consulate in Cairo early Saturday, destroying a section of the historic building in a powerful blast that killed one Egyptian and marked the most significant attack yet on foreign interests as militants target the country’s security forces. A group calling itself the Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the bombing in a message circulated on social media. The authenticity of the claim could not be immediately verified but it was distributed by known militant sympathizers. Previous claims linked to Islamic State attacks in Egypt had been signed as the group’s Sinai Province. It wasn’t immediately clear what, if anything, the new name signified.
Trump blasts border policy, trade agenda
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people. Speaking to a gathering of Libertarians in Las Vegas before headlining an event in Phoenix, Trump repeated his charge that Mexico was sending violent offenders to the U.S. to harm Americans and that U.S. officials were being “dumb” in dealing with immigrants in the country illegally.
Pope hails Paraguayan women for resolve
Pope Francis Saturday praised the women of Paraguay who, as the “lifeblood” and “keepers of the memory,” resuscitated a country devastated by war. It was the pope’s second reference to the War of the Triple Alliance, a 19th-century conflict considered one of the deadliest in Latin American history and one that still informs Paraguayan identity. At least 70 percent of Paraguay’s male population was killed, and the nation would have ceased to exist if not for the perseverance of women, historians say.
Typhoon roars ashore in China
A typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging roads, felling trees and forcing the evacuation of 1.1 million people. Typhoon Chan-hom slammed ashore with winds of up to 100 miles per hour near Zhoushan, a city east of the port of Ningbo in Zhejiang province. It has dumped more than 4 inches of rain since late Friday – about a month’s average in less than 24 hours, China Central Television and the Xinhua News Agency reported. No deaths or injuries were reported by Saturday evening.
In brief: Truck-buggy crash kills woman, boy
A truck struck a horse and buggy in central Pennsylvania, killing a woman and an 8-year-old boy and seriously injuring four other people. State police in Clinton County say an eastbound UPS box truck drifted into the path of the horse and buggy “for unknown reasons” and struck the vehicle, causing it to overturn, Friday in Logan Township.
Burned firefighter holds conference
A Fresno Fire Department captain has made his first public appearance since falling through a roof while fighting a house fire more than three months ago. Capt. Pete Dern spoke of his recovery during a news conference Friday. Dern said he feels “pretty good” even though he still has a long road to recovery.
Urban violence on the rise after years of declining
Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies have not seen in decades: more bloodshed. Houston, St. Louis, New Orleans and Baltimore have all seen significant spikes in the number of homicides this year. The totals are up in other cities, too, including New York and Chicago.
Puerto Rico financial pinch stirs talk of moving
In historic Old San Juan, in the soft light of an early morning, a group of university students gathered to take photographs. But the students, all of them American citizens by virtue of their birth in this U.S. territory, did not reach for their cameras. Instead, they were absorbed in a spirited debate about the future, and their vision did not bode well for Puerto Rico. Each of them planned to leave the island, discouraged by an economic situation whose grim state was illuminated with the governor’s warning on June 29 that Puerto Rico was running out of money to pay its $72 billion debt.
Mount St. Helens’ glacial surprise
Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier continues to grow while most others around the world are shrinking.
Climate change poses new threat to bumblebees
Bumblebees already have to contend with lethal infections, deadly pesticides and habitat loss due to agriculture and urban development. A new study shows they have another cause for worry: climate change. Over the last century, warming temperatures have noticeably shrunk the areas where bumblebees live in North America and Europe, researchers report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.
Eye on Boise: Historical murals some think offensive will get new review
Renewed debate is emerging over two historical murals inside the former Ada County Courthouse that depict the lynching of a Native American man. The building will reopen later this summer and will be home to the University of Idaho College of Law, the state law library and some functions of the Idaho Supreme Court. Preservation Idaho, the state’s leading historic preservation group, sent a letter to UI officials asking that the murals not be covered, and all sides are calling for more dialogue on the murals’ future. While some say the murals are offensive, others argue they are an important, if ugly, part of state history that shouldn’t be covered up.
Case questions Otter’s veto on instant racing bill
Which matters more: what the state constitution says or what the Idaho Senate does? That’s the big question in legal arguments submitted to the Idaho Supreme Court in advance of an Aug. 11 hearing in the “instant racing” case, with implications for gambling in Idaho as well as the balance of power among the state’s executive, legislative and judicial branches. An array of parties filing arguments in the case, led by Coeur d’Alene Racing, operator of the Greyhound Park and Event Center in Post Falls, say it’s up to the Senate to decide if a bill has been properly vetoed or not – and it would violate separation of powers for a court to tell the Senate it’s wrong. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe, which filed the lawsuit, strongly disagrees.
Spin Control: Legislature went deep into extra innings: Here’s the scorecard
In the end, the Legislature went out not quite with a whimper, but certainly without much of a bang. Maybe after a record 176 days, nearly halfway into their third overtime session, most were too tired to fight about things and the rest just stayed home. Shortly after the gavels came down for the final time, Gov. Jay Inslee took pains to assure all 7 million Washingtonians that they, in fact, were the winners. But that suggests the session was a preschool tee-ball league where no one keeps score and everyone gets a trophy at the end of the season. In my old neighborhood, we had a different saying: You win some, you lose some and the rest are rained out.
Julyamsh powwow replaced with shorter celebration for 2015
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe won’t host a powwow this summer, but it will put on a brief cultural celebration next weekend that includes some traditional dance and song. The Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort canceled Julyamsh, the big powwow usually held at the Greyhound Park and Event Center in Post Falls, because of the tribe’s opposition to the electronic “instant racing” betting machines installed at Greyhound Park. Four Idaho tribes maintain the machines are illegal. Coeur d’Alene Tribe officials hope to resume the powwow in 2016 at a new outdoor venue near the casino, 24 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. The traditional summer celebration next Saturday evening next to the casino resort is not a powwow, but it will give visitors a glimpse of the regalia, customs, dancing, drumming and song that have been part of Julyamsh.
Douglas County fires grow to 18,000 acres, neighborhood evacuated
Fires that started Friday evening in Douglas County have grown to nearly 18,000 acres in size and prompted a mandatory Level 3 evacuation for the Rimrock Meadows community, as of Saturday night. The fires are believed to have been started by lightning strikes Friday night. The Jameson Lake fire, which is east of Waterville, Washington, is burning in dry pastures and wheat fields. Slosson estimated it was 7,700 acres and 50 percent contained as of Saturday evening. The Rimrock-Wagon Wheel fire, about 30 miles southeast of Waterville, also started Friday. It comprises a number of smaller fires scattered around the area, Slosson said. Those fires total roughly 10,000 acres, he said. Combined, the fires have grown to an estimated 17,700 acres and are threatening homes and standing wheat fields.
Spotty rain showers relieve parched Northwest
Rain Friday and Saturday provided much needed precipitation to the parched Inland Northwest. However, the amount and intensity of the rain varied greatly place to place. The Spokane International Airport monitoring station recorded 0.12 inches of rain over a 24-hour period. The Felts Field monitoring station reported 0.34 inches. “It was very spotty,” said Andrew Kalin, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “I know certain parts of town got a whole lot and others didn’t see any.” Other local monitoring stations, both official and unofficial, showed the variable nature of the storms. Post Falls got 0.05 inches, while Coeur d’Alene got 0.28 inches. Areas just south of Spokane along U.S. Highway 395 reported as much as 0.73 inches. Pullman reported 0.32 inches.
In brief: Skywalk closes as part of remodel
The skywalk between River Park Square and Macy’s closed last week and will reopen in time for the holiday season, according to a River Park Square news release. The closure is part of a larger mall remodeling project, which includes the demolition of the building on the northwest corner of Main and Wall streets. An Urban Outfitters will be built in its place.
Robbery suspect arrested on I-90
A suspected bank robber was arrested Friday evening. Karl Erickson, 32, was driving westbound on Interstate 90 near the Seltice Way exit when he was arrested. The release said the arrest was made, in part, because of a citizen tip. Erickson is wanted in connection with the robbery of the Horizon Credit Union in Ponderay, Idaho, on Tuesday.
Paddling canoe became ‘outlet’ for grieving boy
After losing his father to suicide in 2012, teenager Hamilton Seymour said he wanted to find something positive in his life: He found healing by paddling his canoe. Convinced that exercise is “a stress reliever” and the key to improving mental health, Seymour now is pushing other members of his tribe to deal with grief and celebrate their culture by carving canoes and singing traditional Native songs as they paddle their way to fitness. His efforts are gaining attention. After Seymour won a national award this year from the Center for Native American Youth, he found the spotlight Thursday at the first White House Tribal Youth Gathering, when he was picked to introduce Michelle Obama before her speech to the group.
Huckleberries: Now that’s how to welcome new residents
Smart Bombs: Pledging to close minds
Editorial: Initiative in Spokane targeting immigrants just wrong
Kathleen Parker: Saluting the surrendering of pride for the greater good
Liz Carlisle: Bill to help young farmers misses opportunity
Deane Osterman: Utilities’ solar programs deliver benefits
Letter: Unions should earn members
Letter: Fagan deserves re-election
Field Reports: Fire threat closes private timberlands
More than a million acres of private timberlands are being temporarily closed to public access in the Inland northwest because of extreme fire danger.
Sophisticated pikeminnow anglers earn $70,000 in six months
Pikeminnow are pretty close to the bottom of the piscatorial prestige list in the Northwest. But the serious anglers in the sport-reward program – the guys making $50,000 to $70,000 a year – are just as sophisticated and skilled as top-notch bass and walleye tournament fishermen.
Pikeminnow Reward program paying anglers for 25 years
Drought puts Western fisheries in hot water
Drought and record hot weather are producing lethal conditions for salmon and trout in rivers across the West. A recent survey released Wednesday of the lower reaches of 54 rivers in Oregon, California and Washington by the Wild Fish Conservancy showed nearly three-quarters had temperatures higher than 70 degrees, considered potentially deadly for salmon and trout.
Susan Mulvihill: Historic gardens worth the climb
To explore the best gardens of Prague, it turns out that you must be part mountain goat.
Billing patient for sending him a bill shows need for class-action lawsuits
BBB Tip of the Week
If you use mobile devices, you probably have a home network router with a wireless connection. Wireless networks can be vulnerable if not set up properly. Hackers have gained access to wireless networks to capture network activity and even users’ account login and password information. Another concern for home networks is piggybacking, which occurs when a neighbor accesses your network, using up bandwidth and slowing down your connection. Piggybackers also are concerning because they could be involved in illegal activities that could be traced back to your Internet account. When using a network router that has wireless access network (WAN) capabilities, understand that the settings won’t be secure straight out of the box. You will need to read the instructions and set up each layer of security to ensure the safety of your home Wi-Fi.
Tom Kelly: Dual agency could present problems for buyer or seller
Companies take advantage of misclassified workers
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