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from The Atlantic (& CityLab)
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Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons
The Wall Street Journal’s eyebrow-raising story of how the presidential candidate and her husband accepted cash from UBS without any regard for the appearance of impropriety that it created.
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The Wall Street Journal’s eyebrow-raising story of how the presidential candidate and her husband accepted cash from UBS without any regard for the appearance of impropriety that it created.
from The Daily Beast
Death of a Diploma Mill: University of Phoenix Going Down in Flames?
The troubled online university might have finally been dealt dual deathblows as they announced an FTC investigation and a 54% drop in enrollment.
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from Daily Kos
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Mike Huckabee: I won't rule out using federal troops and the FBI to prevent abortion
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Mike Huckabee: I won't rule out using federal troops and the FBI to prevent abortion
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Michael Reagan: Trump Has My Dad's 'Passion'
Donald Trump shares an important characteristic with President Ronald Reagan — and it could serve him well in next Thursday's first GOP debate of presidential candidates, commentator Michael Reagan tells Newsmax TV. In an interview Friday with "Newsmax Prime" host J.D. Hayworth, the son of the late president says the surging Trump speaks with the kind of "passion" his father so brilliantly conveyed. "The best thing that these candidates can do is be themselves," Reagan said. "America wants to see who they are and what they represent and where they want to take America."
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from Rare
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It’s a sad day for country music fans everywhere as country great Lynn Anderson has died
“Along with the sunshine, there has to be a little rain sometimes.” And with those words from her iconic hit “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden,” the tears are flowing today for iconic country music vocalist Lynn Anderson, who passed away July 30 at the age of 67.
It’s a sad day for country music fans everywhere as country great Lynn Anderson has died
“Along with the sunshine, there has to be a little rain sometimes.” And with those words from her iconic hit “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden,” the tears are flowing today for iconic country music vocalist Lynn Anderson, who passed away July 30 at the age of 67.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Fire near Long Lake slows as night falls
A fire reported near the 28000 block of West Long Lake Road around 5 p.m. rapidly grew to 400 acres by 8:30 p.m. Earlier estimates that the fire had reached 600-700 acres may have been skewed by the heavy smoke.
Alleged Charleston shooter wants to plead guilty
The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston wants to plead guilty to 33 federal charges, but his lawyer said in court Friday that he couldn’t advise his client to do so until prosecutors say whether they’ll seek the death penalty. During a brief arraignment in federal court, defense attorney David Bruck said that he couldn’t counsel his client, Dylann Roof, to enter a guilty plea without knowing the government’s intentions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant then entered a not guilty plea for Roof, 21, who faces federal charges including hate crimes, weapons charges and obstructing the practice of religion.
Artists, vendors flock to downtown CdA
Artists and vendors have flocked to the Lake City from across the country to put their work on display at three festivals running Friday through Sunday. They include the 47th annual Art on the Green, under the tall pines of North Idaho College; Taste of Coeur d’Alene, on the grassy knolls of City Park; and the city’s downtown Street Fair, on a stretch of Sherman Avenue as far east as Seventh Street.
Restrained inmate choked on own vomit
The Spokane County Medical Examiner determined that Lorenzo Hayes was high on methamphetamine when he died in the booking area of the Spokane County Jail in May. His cause of death was attributed to choking on vomit while restrained in a prone position due to methamphetamine toxicity. The medical examiner classified his death as a homicide.
Fire evacuations pending for Holden Village, Lucerne
Evacuation notices are pending for the Lake Chelan communities of Holden Village and Lucerne following flare ups on the Wolverine Fire. A level 3 evacuation will go into effect Saturday afternoon for both areas. The Wolverine Fire is burning about 3 miles northwest of Lucerne. It started on June 29 from a lightning strike and has grown to about 1,526 acres.
Online registry reunites stolen bike with owner
For the first time, Spokane’s online bicycle registry has been used to reunite a bike with its owner. An employee at Manito Park found a bike Monday and contacted the Spokane Police Department. The bike hadn’t been reported stolen, so police turned to SpokaneBikeID.org, which linked the bike to its owner. Using the online tool, owners are asked to enter their bike’s serial number, brand, color and size, as well as a photo of the bike. If the bike is stolen and turns up in police possession, it will be returned. The registry now contains information for 1,146 bike owners, and nearly 350 of them have logged their information since the registry moved online in May.
Bicyclist hit by STA bus on Sunset Highway
A bicyclist was hit by an eastbound STA bus Friday morning in the 5600 block of West Sunset Highway. An ambulance took the bicyclist to Deaconess Hospital after the crash occurred around 7 a.m. Police said his injuries were not life-threatening.
Congress starts summer break, postponing tough decisions
Congress is heading out for a five-week summer recess in anything but a cheerful vacation mood, leaving behind a pile of unfinished business that all but guarantees a painful fall.
NIC adds aircraft maintenance training to its aerospace school
Washington’s gasoline tax goes up 7 cents Saturday but your price at the pump won’t automatically jump by that amount at 12:01 a.m. One thing to remember is that motorists don’t directly pay the tax on an individual purchase at the pump; it’s not like a sales tax on a pair of shoes. It’s imposed on wholesalers who collect it from distributors and passed on to retailers, who ostensibly factor it into their prices. For a gas station, the 7-cent tax increase – which will drive the total federal and state tax on a gallon of regular or premium to 62.9 cents in Washington – is just part of the equation that goes into setting the price at the pump.
Arctic-bound Royal Dutch Shell ship leaves Portland after protest
A Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker that was the target of environmental protesters left Portland on Thursday bound for an Arctic drilling operation after a tense standoff ended with kayakers and activists who had dangled from a bridge to block its path. The Fennica left dry dock and made its way down the Willamette River toward the Pacific Ocean soon after authorities forced the demonstrators from the river and the St. Johns Bridge.
Zimbabwe baffled by foreign outrage for killed lion
While the death of a protected lion in Zimbabwe has caused outrage in the United States – much of it centered on the Minnesota dentist who killed the animal – most in Zimbabwe expressed a degree of bafflement over the concern.
California water use plunged in June
California’s unprecedented system of mandatory conservation imposed on cities got off to a strong start with water use plunging 27 percent in June, regulators said Thursday.
In brief: Man finds iPhone after 9,300-foot drop
A Texas businessman used an app to find his iPhone in a rural pasture after it fell about 9,300 feet during a flight from Houston.
Shark near, distance swim abandoned
A great white shark thwarted a Northern California man’s quest to become the first person to swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands.
Former cop enters not-guilty pleas
A University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of murder and was ordered jailed on $1 million bail. Fired UC officer Ray Tensing later posted 10 percent of that amount and was released at about 6:30 p.m.
Women, girls freed from Boko Haram in Nigeria
Nigerian soldiers rescued 71 people, almost all girls and women, in firefights that killed many Boko Haram militants in villages near the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the military said Thursday. Some captives said they were in the clutches of the Islamic extremists for as long as a year.
Man jailed for stabbing gay pride marchers in Jerusalem attacks
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man attacked revelers taking part in Jerusalem’s annual gay pride parade Thursday, stabbing and injuring six of them, police and witnesses said. Police identified the assailant as Yishai Schlissel, who carried out a similar attack on a gay pride parade in 2005 and was released from jail three weeks ago, local media reported.
Taliban appoint new top leader
The Taliban confirmed the death of longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and appointed his successor Thursday, as a new round of peace talks was indefinitely postponed amid concerns over how committed the new leadership is to ending the militant group’s 14-year insurgency. The Afghan Taliban Shura, or Supreme Council, chose Mullah Omar’s deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, as its new leader, two Taliban figures told the Associated Press, saying the seven-member council had met in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
Confederate flags left near Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church
Police worked Thursday to identify two white males who were caught on surveillance camera laying Confederate battle flags neatly on the ground near the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church. It was the latest provocative act involving the Civil War-era symbol since nine black church members were gunned down during Bible study in South Carolina, and it happened in the heart of an area devoted to the slain civil rights leader, near his birthplace, his crypt and a center devoted to preserving his legacy.
India hangs only man sentenced in ’93 Mumbai blasts
Ignoring pleas and petitions by civil society groups, India on Thursday hanged an accountant convicted of supporting the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people in the country’s worst terrorist attack.
Al-Qaida publicly kills 6 Yemeni rebels
Al-Qaida fighters have publicly shot to death six Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, in a town north of Aden, Yemeni security officials and witnesses said Thursday.
In brief: Greece’s Tsipras fends off party’s bailout resistance
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defeated a bid by dissenters in his left-wing Syriza Party to push for an end to bailout talks and an exit from the euro currency.
27 dead after truck rams into religious procession
The death toll was 27 Thursday and authorities listed 149 others as injured after a truck lost control and slammed into a religious procession in a central Mexico town. The truck, which officials said was loaded with building materials, apparently lost its brakes and ran into the crowd Wednesday on a main street in the town of Mazapil.
Surfer seriously injured in Australia shark attack
A surfer was seriously injured as he repeatedly punched a shark that mauled him off the Australian east coast today, less than a week after a fatal attack, police and a witness said.
Venezuelan soldiers take over food distributor’s warehouse
Venezuela’s largest food distributor on Thursday denounced the government occupation of a Caracas warehouse amid accusations that the company is hoarding goods. Soldiers took over the warehouse complex used by Empresas Polar late Wednesday, just as Venezuela’s federation of brewers announced that Polar’s beer manufacturing subsidiary is shutting two of its six plants because of a lack of imported barley. The South American oil-exporting nation is grappling with chronic shortages of all kinds of staples from sugar to toilet paper, which businesses blame on the socialist government’s economic policies.
Brawl sends stabbing victim to hospital
A brawl involving more than 50 people in Spokane Valley early Sunday morning sent one man to the hospital with a serious stab wound. Investigators have not made an arrest and say it’s unclear what drew the crowd outside the Manor Vale Apartments at 10101 E. Main Ave. Witnesses aren’t talking. A portion of the fight was captured on video by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office helicopter using infrared cameras after deputies were called around 2 a.m.
‘Game changer’ Hemmingson Center ready for GU students’ arrival
Gonzaga’s new student center is complete and ready for the upcoming semester. “It’s really a game changer for the university,” Hemmingson Center Director Chuck Faulkinberry said. “It’s really going to increase the student experience. There really isn’t a building like this anywhere else in Spokane.” The 167,726-square-foot, $60 million building is named after John J. Hemmingson, the main benefactor. Hemmingson, a university trustee, gave $25 million toward the project. Although the center will be fully operational by Aug. 27, the official dedication ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 16.
In brief: Body of Sandpoint man who drowned found
The body of a Sandpoint man who drowned in Lake Pend Oreille was found Wednesday morning. Jeremy Heckert, 38, was pulled out of the lake around 11:30 a.m. near Hope, Idaho. Heckert was about 135 feet underwater earlier in the morning when a search team using sonar detected his body. Heckert, who was not wearing a life vest, had been fishing with a friend on July 10. The friend told investigators Heckert dove into the water to cool off and sober up.
Man who shot at police enters guilty, Alford pleas
An Arizona man accused of shooting at North Idaho police officers on Interstate 90 last year has accepted a pretrial settlement. Marcus Rael, 25, entered guilty pleas last week to four counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and six Alford pleas for the same charge.
Officer’s name released after restaurant shooting
Spokane police have released the name of the officer who shot at and missed a burglary suspect Tuesday at a Chinese restaurant on North Division Street. Officer James Erickson, a 19-year veteran of the Spokane Police Department, fired multiple times at the suspect, 34-year-old Cephas Parham, who allegedly brandished a fake gun. Erickson missed but later arrested Parham during a violent struggle outside the Peking North restaurant.
Suit seeks to block anti-tax measure from Washington ballot
Opponents of Tim Eyman’s latest anti-tax initiative are suing to keep the measure off the November ballot. The suit argues the measure oversteps the powers granted to the citizen initiative process. Washington’s Constitution cannot be amended by a citizen initiative, so I-1366 attempts to pressure lawmakers into sending a constitutional amendment to the 2016 ballot that would reinstate a two-thirds legislative majority to raise taxes.
Kidnap suspect’s sister sues FBI
The sister of a man killed in the Idaho wilderness after he was suspected of kidnapping a teen girl and killing her mother and brother in California has filed a claim seeking $20 million from the FBI. Lora DiMaggio Robinson’s lawyer, C. Keith Greer, said James DiMaggio never got a chance for a fair trial before he was shot by FBI agents two years ago.
In brief: Two accused of dental claim scheme
Two former employees at a Liberty Lake dental clinic are accused of making false insurance claims in excess of $17,000 using a company computer system. Kendel Sonsalla, 38, and Robin Loewen, 46, were charged this week with two counts of false insurance claims and one count of first-degree theft in Spokane County Superior Court. Both worked at Condon Dental in Liberty Lake.
Second West Nile case found in Idaho
Two women in Idaho have been infected with the mosquito-borne illness West Nile virus, marking the first confirmed human cases within days of each other in Idaho this year.
Life sentence for slaying police officer
The man convicted of killing a Seattle police officer in 2009 has been formally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Christopher Monfort was convicted last month of killing Officer Timothy Brenton. The jury rejected his insanity defense.
Driver killed in train-vehicle crash
A BNSF Railway spokesman said one woman has died after a northbound commuter train struck her vehicle in the Puyallup area.
USGS awards $4M for quake warnings
The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded $4 million to four universities in the Pacific Northwest and California to boost the development of earthquake early warning systems. The University of Washington, the University of Oregon, the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley, received the awards, which were announced Thursday.
Reykdal to run for state schools chief
State Rep. Chris Reykdal said he plans to run for Washington superintendent of public instruction in 2016. The Democrat from Tumwater was a classroom teacher before going to work as a staff member for the Washington state Senate. The OSPI job is a nonpartisan race.
Family fights release of Cobain photos
Kurt Cobain’s widow and daughter are urging a Seattle judge not to release death-scene photos and records that a lawsuit claims will prove the Nirvana frontman was murdered more than 20 years ago. Superior Court Judge Theresa Doyle is set to hear arguments today over whether to proceed with a trial after Richard Lee, who runs a Seattle public access TV show, sued the city and the Seattle Police Department for the material he says will show Cobain didn’t die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1994, the Seattle Times reported. The city is arguing the material should stay sealed for the sake of the family’s privacy. Cobain’s widow, rocker and actress Courtney Love, and their daughter have written to the court about the physical and psychological impact the release of the graphic photos would have on their lives.
U.S. GDP bodes well for rate hike
The U.S. economy isn’t moving at warp speed, but it looks like it will be strong enough to handle an expected interest rate increase later this year.
Briefcase: Avista stock among state’s best-performing
Avista Corp.’s stock was the fourth-best performer in Washington in the last five years, according to SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company based in New York. The top-performing stock in Washington over that time period was Alaska Air Group; second was Radiant Logistics Inc., of Bellevue; third was Starbucks Corp.
Relativity Media in Chapter 11
Relativity Media, the struggling “mini major” Hollywood studio behind movies such as “Immortals” and “Mirror Mirror,” filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday.
T-Mobile news boosts shares
Shares of Bellevue-based T-Mobile advanced Thursday after the wireless carrier disclosed stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter and said it expects to pick up more subscribers this year.
Despite beating 2Q forecasts, LinkedIn’s share prices fall
It hasn’t been a good week for social media companies, not even for the usually reliable professional networking service LinkedIn Corp. The company’s second-quarter results beat Wall Street’s expectations on all fronts, just as Facebook’s did on Wednesday and Twitter’s on Tuesday. But it’s the signs behind the headline numbers that seem to be worrying investors, enough for shares of all three companies to fall this week.
Two similarly named drugs causing errors
The FDA said it’s not aware of any patients who took the wrong drug, but the agency said it has received 50 reports of medication errors, including cases where doctors prescribed the wrong drug or pharmacies dispensed the wrong one. The two medications are Brintellix, an antidepressant, and Brilinta, a blood-thinning medication used to prevent death after a heart attack or severe chest pain or to prevent a second heart attack.
Facebook testing giant drones to provide Internet service
Facebook says it will begin test flights this year for a solar-powered drone with a wingspan as big as a Boeing 737, in the next stage of its campaign to deliver Internet access to remote parts of the world.
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan: Indictment highlights police killings of people of color
Editorial: Atomic bomb development worth of national park
GoFundMe page benefits radio host injured in bike crash
Ken Hopkins, part of the popular morning show “Dave, Ken & Molly” on KZZU 92.9 FM, was badly injured in a bicycle wreck on July 13 and has lost feeling in his body from the chest down. According to KHQ, Hopkins was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, which happened after his bike slid on gravel and he fell. His co-hosts, Dave Sposito and Molly Allen, and fellow station employees helped put together a GoFundMe page with the aim of raising $50,000 toward Hopkins’ expenses. In two days, the site raised more than $35,000.
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Baltimore Cops’ Attorneys Just Made Two Explosive Claims In Freddie Gray Case
Jeb Bush Praises Obama, Touts Common Core During Speech at Urban League
In December Rush Limbaugh announced the perfect moderate team.
Rush explained how there is no differences between Republican “moderates” and Progressives in today’s political world. Thus, Rush suggested the ABSOLUTE PERFECT PRESIDENTIAL TICKET FOR 2016… a “moderate” Republican wet dream. Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. On Friday Jeb Bush praised Barack Obama and touted Common Core in his speech at the Urban League.
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[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Baltimore Cops’ Attorneys Just Made Two Explosive Claims In Freddie Gray Case
Jeb Bush Praises Obama, Touts Common Core During Speech at Urban League
In December Rush Limbaugh announced the perfect moderate team.
Rush explained how there is no differences between Republican “moderates” and Progressives in today’s political world. Thus, Rush suggested the ABSOLUTE PERFECT PRESIDENTIAL TICKET FOR 2016… a “moderate” Republican wet dream. Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. On Friday Jeb Bush praised Barack Obama and touted Common Core in his speech at the Urban League.
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from The Western Center for Journalism
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Busted: A GOP Candidate’s Massive Connection To Planned Parenthood Just Got Exposed
Until shortly before announcing his presidential candidacy, former Florida governor Jeb Bush was a director for a charity that gave tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood.
How Pentagon war fund became a budget buster Washington can't resist
The number of U.S. troops deployed in battle zones is at its lowest level since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Still, Congress has authorized a 38 percent increase in the war budget over last year. The contradiction is the legacy of an emergency war fund, started in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, that has become a favorite Washington way to sidestep the impact of fiscal constraints on military spending.
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(Western Journalism) [Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Busted: A GOP Candidate’s Massive Connection To Planned Parenthood Just Got Exposed
Until shortly before announcing his presidential candidacy, former Florida governor Jeb Bush was a director for a charity that gave tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood.
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from Yahoo News
How Pentagon war fund became a budget buster Washington can't resist
The number of U.S. troops deployed in battle zones is at its lowest level since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Still, Congress has authorized a 38 percent increase in the war budget over last year. The contradiction is the legacy of an emergency war fund, started in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, that has become a favorite Washington way to sidestep the impact of fiscal constraints on military spending.
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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Head Trader Of World's 4th Largest Hedge Fund Caught In HFT Frontrunning Scandal
Shortly after we reported the latest market-rigging scandal, in which ITG was busted for frontrunning sellside clients in its dark pool in what has been since dubbed a "trading experiment" (because it sounds better than criminal conspiracy to defraud clients), and which will cost the company a record for a private Wall Street firm $22 million settlement, we had one question for AQR's Cliff Asness yesterday morning: "Hi ..., is Hitesh Mittal the AQR employee who was formerly at ITG and is part of the SEC settlement?" We got no answer from the AQR head, who we assumes failed to noticed our inquiry, despite his notorious chattiness on Twitter where he regularly enjoys berating and mocking HFT critics. Luckily, Bloomberg noticed, and as it turns out the answer to our question was a resounding yes.
Will FTC Probe Of Largest For-Profit College Lead To Another Billion Dollar Taxpayer Bailout?
In late April we predicted that for-profit college closures would trigger the next multibillion dollar taxpayer-sponsored bailout in America. At the time, Corinthian Colleges had abruptly shuttered what remained of its campuses, marking an unceremonious end to a slow motion wind down that had been in the works for quite some time.
Head Trader Of World's 4th Largest Hedge Fund Caught In HFT Frontrunning Scandal
Shortly after we reported the latest market-rigging scandal, in which ITG was busted for frontrunning sellside clients in its dark pool in what has been since dubbed a "trading experiment" (because it sounds better than criminal conspiracy to defraud clients), and which will cost the company a record for a private Wall Street firm $22 million settlement, we had one question for AQR's Cliff Asness yesterday morning: "Hi ..., is Hitesh Mittal the AQR employee who was formerly at ITG and is part of the SEC settlement?" We got no answer from the AQR head, who we assumes failed to noticed our inquiry, despite his notorious chattiness on Twitter where he regularly enjoys berating and mocking HFT critics. Luckily, Bloomberg noticed, and as it turns out the answer to our question was a resounding yes.
Will FTC Probe Of Largest For-Profit College Lead To Another Billion Dollar Taxpayer Bailout?
In late April we predicted that for-profit college closures would trigger the next multibillion dollar taxpayer-sponsored bailout in America. At the time, Corinthian Colleges had abruptly shuttered what remained of its campuses, marking an unceremonious end to a slow motion wind down that had been in the works for quite some time.
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