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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from Allen West
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YEEhaw! This side-effect of the gay marriage ruling will make liberals EXPLODE
Using the same “due process clause” argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.“
YEEhaw! This side-effect of the gay marriage ruling will make liberals EXPLODE
Using the same “due process clause” argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.“
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from Americas Freedom Fighters
EPIC VIDEO! Watch What This Man Has To Say About Obama, Liberals, Blacks And Whites… Totally SPOT ON!
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from Daily Kos
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Bobby Jindal proposes getting rid of Supreme Court 'to save some money'
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Bobby Jindal proposes getting rid of Supreme Court 'to save some money'
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from The Denver Post
Ben Carson wins conservative straw poll in Colorado for second year
For the second year in a row, Ben Carson was top vote getter in the presidential straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Sunday. Carson has been a speaker at both events. This year he beat a field of 18 Republicans with 224 votes out of 871 ballots cast by attendees for GOP candidates. Carly Fiorina was second with 201 votes, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was third with 192 votes, followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 100.
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Ben Carson wins conservative straw poll in Colorado for second year
For the second year in a row, Ben Carson was top vote getter in the presidential straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Sunday. Carson has been a speaker at both events. This year he beat a field of 18 Republicans with 224 votes out of 871 ballots cast by attendees for GOP candidates. Carly Fiorina was second with 201 votes, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was third with 192 votes, followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 100.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Ted Cruz: ‘Tragic’ Supreme Court Decisions Are ‘Judicial Activism’
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from Herman Cain
If Republicans won't repeal ObamaCare, it hardly matters what the Court does
Repealing ObamaCare should be a very easy thing for a Republican-controlled Congress given a new Republican president taking the oath of office on January 20, 2017. If the Republicans who populate Washington D.C. are not willing to do that, fighting ObamaCare is pointless anyway, because it means there is no party in this country that is really interested in free markets and free people.
from Huffington Post
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SpaceX Rocket Explodes Shortly After Liftoff
A SpaceX rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station erupted Sunday shortly after liftoff. NASA confirmed the accident a few minutes into the flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pieces could be seen falling into the Atlantic. This is the third failed station shipment. In April, a Russian cargo ship spun out of control and came down. And last October, another company's supply ship was destroyed in a launch accident.
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SpaceX Rocket Explodes Shortly After Liftoff
A SpaceX rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station erupted Sunday shortly after liftoff. NASA confirmed the accident a few minutes into the flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pieces could be seen falling into the Atlantic. This is the third failed station shipment. In April, a Russian cargo ship spun out of control and came down. And last October, another company's supply ship was destroyed in a launch accident.
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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
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from Mad World News
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Obama’s Hand Written Letter To Brother Before Politics Explains EVERYTHING
Barack Obama’s half-brother, Malik Abongo, is selling a hand written letter he received from Obama before his political career ever started. Within it is something very telling, which explains most everything happening today.
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Obama’s Hand Written Letter To Brother Before Politics Explains EVERYTHING
Barack Obama’s half-brother, Malik Abongo, is selling a hand written letter he received from Obama before his political career ever started. Within it is something very telling, which explains most everything happening today.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Dr. Ben Carson speaks to large crowd at Birmingham church
Keynote speaker for program honoring active service members, veterans
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from The Spokesman-Review
Homes evacuated for wildfire near Wenatchee
A wildfire northwest of Wenatchee has prompted fire officials to order the evacuation of about 60 homes. The fire brok out in 108-degree heat about 2:25 p.m. today in the Sleepy Hollow Heights area of Monitor, Washington, reported the Wenatchee World newspaper. The Level 3 evacuation notice urges homeowners to abandon their properties and flee while they can. Other homes were placed on Level 2 warnings, meaning residents should be prepared to escape at a moment’s notice.
Lawmakers: Transportation budget finalized
House and Senate transportation leaders said today that they have finalized details of a $15 billion transportation revenue package that includes an incremental increase in the gas tax. The headway in negotiations between the chambers came after Gov. Jay Inslee said he would sign any ultimate deal between the two chambers, even if it includes language that Inslee opposed related to a low-carbon fuel standard, which had been a major point of contention in the negotiations.
Bees swarm from truck wreck near Ironman course
A tractor-trailer carrying millions of honey bees jackknifed on a freeway entrance near the Ironman Coeur d’Alene triathlon course this afternoon, spilling its load and blocking all but one lane of traffic. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 were backed up for miles after the truck tipped over around 2 p.m. on the Sherman Avenue on ramp, just a few hundred yards from the marathon course on South 23rd Street.
The second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was shot and captured near the Canadian border today, two days after his fellow inmate was killed in a confrontation with law enforcement officers. Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill said David Sweat was shot Sunday afternoon in the town of Constable, about 2 miles south of the Canadian border and 30 miles from the prison, and was taken to a hospital in Malone. Mulverhill said he had no information on Sweat’s condition, whether he was armed or how the shooting went down. Fellow inmate Richard Matt was killed in a confrontation with law enforcement officers Friday afternoon.
Police: Surviving prison escapee could face harder time alone
With his escape partner killed, the surviving convicted murderer who pulled off an elaborate breakout from a maximum-security prison three weeks ago could have a tougher time eluding the army of searchers scouring miles of thick woods in far northern New York, police said Saturday. Richard Matt – who once vowed never to be taken alive – was fatally shot during an encounter with border patrol agents Friday about 30 miles west of the prison he escaped from with David Sweat on June 6. Sweat remained on the lam Saturday and about 1,200 searchers focused intensely on 22 square miles encompassing thick forests and heavy brush around where Matt was killed.
SpaceX launch ends in failure, rocket erupts
An unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies and the first-of-its-kind docking port to the International Space Station broke apart today shortly after liftoff. It was a severe blow to NASA, still reeling from previous failed shipments. The accident occurred about 2 1/2 minutes into the flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pieces could be seen falling into the Atlantic. More than 5,200 pounds of space station cargo were on board, including the first docking port designed for future commercial crew capsules.
Hoopfest draws crowds despite 102-degree heat
They drank a lot of water. They wrapped their heads with wet towels. They sat in the shade close to fans and misting stations. Some found sanctuary between games in air-conditioned spaces.
College tuition would fall, teachers would get raises and mental health funding would rise in a two-year budget deal announced on Saturday after long negotiations among state leaders. But few details were revealed – indeed some numbers apparently weren’t even final – as officials promised in a news conference that they made a deal that will prevent a partial government shutdown scheduled to start Wednesday.
Suspects arrested in Kuwait mosque bombing
Police have arrested a number of people, among them a Kuwaiti citizen, suspected of being behind a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 27 people, Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said early today. The announcement came just hours after thousands of people took part in a mass funeral procession Saturday for those killed in the country’s first terror attack in more than two decades.
Shark bites teenager off N.C. coast
A 17-year-old boy was attacked by a shark Saturday on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the second such attack in as many days and the sixth attack in the past two weeks, according to the National Park Service.
Weeklong heat wave kills 1,233 people in Pakistan
A devastating weeklong heat wave in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi killed 1,233 people, an official said. Nazar Mohammad Bozdar, operations director at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said about 65,000 heatstroke patients have been treated by doctors at all of Karachi’s hospitals since June 20, when the heat wave struck Sindh province, where Karachi is the provincial capital. He told the Associated Press that 1,923 patients with heat-related ailments were still being treated.
Talks falter on Greek debt bailout
Greece moved closer to a perilous bankruptcy Saturday after talks over a bailout package broke down with its creditors, who rejected any emergency extension of the aid that has kept the debt-ridden Mediterranean nation afloat. Without a deal in hand, Athens is expected to run out of money by Tuesday and default on a payment it owes the International Monetary Fund. Such a default could throw the Greek economy into chaos, shut down the country’s banks and threaten its membership in the Eurozone. The ill effects could spread to neighboring nations and even the global economy.
Woman takes Confederate flag from South Carolina Statehouse
The Confederate flag was temporarily removed from the front of the South Carolina Statehouse on Saturday when a woman climbed the flagpole and – despite calls by police to get down – removed the banner. Bree Newsome, 30, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was about halfway up the more than 30-foot steel flagpole just after dawn Saturday when officers of the South Carolina Bureau of Protective Services ran to the flagpole and told her to get down. Instead, she continued climbing to the top and removed the flag. She and a man who had climbed over a four-foot wrought-iron fence to get to the flag were arrested. The flag, which is protected by state law, was raised about 45 minutes later, well ahead of a rally later Saturday by supporters of keeping the flag where it is.
Episcopal Church elects first black presiding bishop
The Episcopal Church elected its first African-American presiding bishop, choosing Bishop Michael Curry of North Carolina during the denomination’s national assembly Saturday.
People: Grateful Dead starts goodbye tour
The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead launched their farewell mini-tour Saturday in Northern California, where the legendary jam band got its start 50 years ago.
Injured hand sidelines Fallon
“Tonight” show host Jimmy Fallon is on the shelf following a hand injury that required minor surgery Friday and forced NBC to cancel a taping of late-night TV’s most popular program.
In brief: 474 injured in fire during concert at Taiwan water park
A fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a party Saturday night at a Taiwan water park, injuring nearly 500 people, including 141 in serious condition, authorities said. The fire was sparked by an accidental explosion of an unknown powder near the stage in front of about 1,000 people, said Wang Wei-sheng, a liaison with the New Taipei City fire department command center.
Quasi Modo, with spinal defect, earns World’s Ugliest Dog title
A 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects left her a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog contest.
Tunisia calls for new security measures after mass murders
Sousse, Tunisia – Tunisia’s prime minister announced on Saturday a string of new security measures including closing renegade mosques and calling up army reservists as thousands of tourists fled the North African country in wake of its worst terrorist attack ever.
Iran’s motives unclear as nuclear talks resume
As international negotiators gathered here Saturday for what is supposed to be a final round of nuclear diplomacy with Iran, the hope of achieving a deal hinges on a mystery: What does Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei really want? An agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program would potentially be the most important diplomatic achievement of the decade, and it has seemed increasingly within reach since April 2, when negotiators reached a tentative deal. But in recent weeks, Khamenei has moved away from understandings his negotiators had appeared to agree on. In particular, he has said he would refuse to allow international inspectors access to sites of suspected nuclear activity, including military bases.
Spokane City Council considers changes to Tiger Trail
The Tiger Trail on Spokane’s South Hill may be no more. The Spokane City Council may put $25,000 toward a study looking at replacing the 84-year-old uneven pedestrian path with a paved pedestrian and bicycle commuter trail. Funding for the study, which council members still are considering, could take a year to secure and would be matched by the city’s parks department. Neighborhood activists support the plan, saying it will complement their efforts to cut down on crime in the area. They are proposing to create the city’s third alcohol impact area, which could place restrictions on the sale of some alcohol.
Spokane sees hottest June day ever recorded
Saturday’s official high temperature is the hottest ever recorded in Spokane in June. But that record likely will last only one day. The official high temperature for Spokane, which is recorded by the National Weather Service at the Spokane International Airport, was 102 degrees Saturday afternoon. It was much hotter than that in downtown Spokane with heat radiating off concrete and asphalt. Temperatures are expected to hit at least 105 degrees Sunday, then briefly cool to the lower 90s by Tuesday. On Wednesday, temperatures will start rising and could reach above 100 again by next weekend, if the extended forecast holds.
In brief: Man drives off road, dies in Spirit Lake
A Hayden man died Friday night in Spirit Lake after his car left the road and hit a tree, according to the Idaho State Police. Jack B. Thornton, 56, was driving his 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee east on the 5800 block of Clagstone Road and left the road on a sweeping right-hand curve around 6:35 p.m., the ISP said. The Grand Cherokee overturned and hit a tree.
Home, trees burned near Chattaroy
A home was damaged and some trees burned Saturday afternoon in a fire north of Chattaroy. The fire at 5109 E. Quail Lane was called in just before 5 p.m. One report said it was a wildland fire and another said a home was on fire, said Spokane County Fire District 4 Assistant Chief Lonnie Rash. “We didn’t know which one it was,” he said.
Medicine Man pharmacy robbed
A man who robbed the Medicine Man pharmacy in Coeur d’Alene Saturday morning didn’t get what he demanded. The man entered the pharmacy, 1114 Ironwood Drive, at 11 a.m. and put a black snubnosed .38 caliber handgun with a wooden handle on the counter and demanded the narcotic OxyContin, according to a Coeur d’Alene Police Department news release. However, the pharmacy does not stock OxyContin and the employee handed over diazepam, a medication used to treat anxiety and seizures.
Downed line blocks traffic, cuts power
A downed power line that blocked traffic on Pines Road in Spokane Valley on Friday night also cut off power to Modern Electric customers within a square mile.
Nobody injured in seven-car crash
A Richland man caused a seven-car chain-reaction crash Saturday morning that shut down Interstate 90 in North Idaho for more than two hours, according to the Idaho State Police. Traffic was coming to a stop on westbound I-90 near Huetter Road just after 10:30 a.m. Duane A. Sterling, 74, did not notice the slowing traffic and hit the vehicle in front of him, the ISP said. That caused a chain-reaction crash that involved seven cars. No one was injured.
Climber rescued after 500-foot fall
A climber who fell about 500 feet on Seven Fingered Jack Mountain was in serious but stable condition Saturday night after his rescue. David Kieninger, 39, fell at the southwest face of the mountain about 11:05 a.m., at a height of roughly 8,100 feet – about 1,000 feet below the summit. Seven Fingered Jack is in the northwestern Chelan County.
Idaho man pleads guilty to killing family of 3
A 22-year-old Idaho man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of a former Arizona power company executive, his wife and their adult son at their Boise home. Prosecutors allege Dees killed 80-year-old Theodore M. Welp, 77-year-old Delores Elaine Welp, and 52-year-old Thomas P. Welp on March 8 or 9. The bodies were found March 10.
Spin Control: State under high pressure to meet pot tax projections
Washington adults may have to average about 35 joints each year by 2020 for the state to hit current projections on tax revenue from legal marijuana. Or so the back-of-the-envelope figuring would suggest, based on a couple of unrelated numbers that cropped up last week.
Senate passes pot tax bill
Changes to the state’s marijuana taxes and the way they will be spent received final approval from the Senate and were sent to Gov. Jay Inslee Saturday.
New Idaho laws take effect July 1
Summer in Idaho brings not only plenty of outdoor cookouts and floats down the river, but also state laws ready to go into effect. July 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year in Idaho, meaning the state will begin implementing a new budget and plenty of new policies. Gov. Butch Otter signed 342 pieces of legislation this year, while lawmakers amended 660 sections of Idaho law.
Washington state population tops 7 million
More people moved to Washington in the past year, helping to push the state’s population above 7 million, according to estimates released Thursday by the Office of Financial Management. An estimated 7,061,400 people lived in the Evergreen State as of April 2015. The state gained about 93,200 people between 2014 and 2015. The 1.34 percent increase is the largest annual bump since 2008.
Two men arrested in ‘bizarre’ ID theft story
Two men accused of finding a Washington woman’s body when they burglarized her home, then hiding the body and assuming her identity, have been arrested, a Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
Examination underway at site of Alaska crash
A team of aviation investigators is working in a remote, mountainous site in southeast Alaska to determine what caused the crash of a sightseeing plane that killed eight cruise ship passengers and the aircraft’s pilot. The DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter turboprop – also known as a floatplane – went down Thursday. The excursion was sold through the cruise company Holland America.
Huckleberries: With due credit, CdA Press makes headlines
Editorial: Celebrate, reflect on, U.S. Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling
Kathleen Parker: Racial unity begins locally
Gary Crooks: Busy week for Tyranny Man
Guest opinion: Teachers still inspire
Oregon’s retirement-age population growing fast
Oregon’s 65-and-older population grew by 18 percent between July 2010 and July 2014, according to newly released population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. That outpaces the country as a whole, which saw its senior population grow by 14.2 percent in the same time period.
‘Glamping’ comes easy on Orcas Island
Faced with state budget cuts, the Washington State Parks Commission is leasing out portions of two state-park campgrounds to hospitality groups to set up glamping (derives from “glamorous camping”) for city slickers who want to enjoy the wilderness without roughing it. If you’re worried that you’ll toss and turn sleeping over lumpy ground at Millersylvania State Park, in Thurston County, there’s a king-size bed with memory foam and your name on it. For $244 a night, you get the amenities of a contemporary home in a “tent cabin.” There’s an electric heater, flat-screen TV, iPhone and computer chargers, vanity table, mini fridge and a microwave. I opted for something less luxurious, but I had a better backyard. I glamped at Moran State Park, a 5,252-acre playground with 30 miles of trails and five lakes, situated on the northeast corner of Orcas Island.
Eye on Boise: New Idaho law center will cover up lynching murals
When the former Ada County Courthouse, which is also the former state Capitol Annex, opens as the new Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center later this summer, two controversial 1930s murals will be covered by banners. The murals, depicting the lynching of a shirtless Native American man by white settlers, were a Works Progress Administration project that put artists to work during the Depression. They were intended to depict the Boise area’s history.
Summer reprieve for machines
The Idaho Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in Coeur d’Alene Tribe v. Lawerence Denney, the instant racing lawsuit, for 10 a.m. Aug. 11. That’s not as quickly as the tribe had requested the case be heard – it wanted the court to rule by July 1, when it contends SB 1011 takes effect, making the gambling terminals illegal in Idaho. The timing could mean the machines will continue to operate through much of the summer.
Blazing a trail: U.S. Bicycle Route 10 burnishes Washington’s standing as most bike-friendly state in the union
Susan Mulvihill: Garden update: Early start, plenty of peas
Petite plantings
Miniature gardens employ creativity with little effort
Escape to Bainbridge
An island vacation is just minutes from the bustle of Seattle
New legislation aims to curb growing onslaught of robocalls
If you’re being driven crazy by robocalls, help may be on the way. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has introduced legislation to strengthen the Federal Communication Commission’s ability to crack down on what’s become a high-tech pain in the tuchis.
Making waves
Spokane Public Radio broadcasts now blanket 20,000 square miles. This summer, its three FM stations – KPBX (91.1), KSFC (91.9) and KPBZ (90.3) – will begin moving into new headquarters at 1229 N. Monroe St. The two-story building – historic Fire Station No. 3 – has undergone a $2.9 million renovation to accommodate state-of-the-art performance and broadcast studios, as well as SPR’s business operations.
BBB Tip of the Week
Call-forwarding scams occur when a caller convinces you to dial *72, or 72# on some phones, and a phone number. Once dialed, the scammer can make collect or long-distance calls that are charged to your phone number.
‘The culmination of our whole life’
With their carefree, nomadic years behind them, senior couple finds peace, isolation in Ferry County
His hands match the bark on the homestead apple tree. Old. Rugged. Dying, yet so alive. Bob Faller touches the tree like a lover, caressing and hopeful. He beams, like he’s plugged into the very nature he relies on to guide his life. Now that cancer has invaded him like blight, he’s relying on nature to guide his death.
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from Time
Mark Oppenheimer: Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions
The Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage makes it clearer than ever that the government shouldn't be subsidizing religion and non-profits.
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from The Wall Street Journal
Will He Run? Biden Speculation Mounts
Both sons urged the vice president to enter 2016 presidential race, but so far a bid doesn’t seem imminent
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from The Wenatchee World
Almost 50 homes ordered to clear out for Sleepy Hollow fire
Authorities ordered Level 3 evacuation notices for 49 homes in Sleepy Hollow Heights after a fire broke out near Sleepy Hollow Road about 2:15 p.m. Sunday. The Level 3 notice urges homeowners to abandon their properties and flee while they can. Homes from Sleepy Hollow Heights west to Richared Road were placed on Level 2 warnings, meaning residents should be prepared to escape at a moment’s notice. The Sleepy Hollow Heights neighborhood lies on the south side of the Wenatchee River, just southeast of Monitor. Two helicopters were dropping water by 5:30 p.m., one from a contract service, the other from the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
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