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from BizPac Review
from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from Blue Nation Review
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from The Cato Institute
The Feds into Everything
Our hyperactive, grasping federal government has inserted its wasteful, probing fingers into just about everything these days.
Downsizing the Federal Government: Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation will spend about $80 billion in 2015, or about $650 for every U.S. household.
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from Conservative Tribune
CNN Asks Ben Carson If He Would Be Donald Trump’s VP… His Answer Is PERFECT
In the interview CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Carson if he would consider being Trump’s Vice President. Carson responded saying, “I think all things are possible, but it’s much too early to begin such conversations.”
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from Consumer Reports
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from The Daily Caller
from Foreign Affairs (Council on Foreign Relations)
Russia's Conscription Conundrum
The Russian military has more to worry about than upgrading its equipment. Whereas the Soviet Union boasted an armed force of more than five million soldiers, Russia is now having trouble filling the ranks of an army one-fifth as big.
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Russia's Conscription Conundrum
The Russian military has more to worry about than upgrading its equipment. Whereas the Soviet Union boasted an armed force of more than five million soldiers, Russia is now having trouble filling the ranks of an army one-fifth as big.
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from Military Times
and Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times
Spc. Alek Skarlatos will receive the Soldier's Medal for helping subdue an armed attacker who opened fire on a train from Amsterdam to Paris.
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from Money Talks News
Take a Deep Breath — or Not? Most and Least Polluted U.S. Counties
You may want to think twice about your next breath of “fresh air.” More than 4 in 10 Americans live in counties with pollution levels that make the air unhealthy to breathe. That’s according to the American Lung Association’s recently released State of the Air report, which examines air pollution levels across the United States. The report looks at ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot) and gives each county a report card based on that data.
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from National Catholic Register
Father Juan José Gallego, from the Archdiocese of Barcelona in Spain, gives a firsthand account of what it is like in the good vs. evil fight.
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from Newsmax
Ben Carson Continues to Draw Support in the Polls
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from Northern Ag Network
EPA Threatening $75K per Day Fine Over Homemade Pond
This case was originally reported in March of 2014, and was brought back to life in the media due to the popularity of an Op-Ed piece published in June of this year by Kentucky Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell titled: "Clean water rule just more outrageous government overreach".
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from Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB
from People.com
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from Real Clear Politics
from Sightline Institute
A coal market analysis riddled with factual errors boosts the industry’s export schemes.
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
Has Stephen Hawking Just Solved a Huge Black-Hole Mystery?
Stephen Hawking may have just solved one of the most vexing mysteries in physics — the "information paradox." Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that the physical information about material gobbled up by a black hole is destroyed, but the laws of quantum mechanics stipulate that information is eternal. Therein lies the paradox. Hawking — working with Malcolm Perry, of the University of Cambridge in England, and Harvard University's Andrew Stromberg — has come up with a possible solution: The quantum-mechanical information about infalling particles doesn't actually make it inside the black hole.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Woman and dog both die after fire
A woman and her dog injured in a fire at their Spokane Valley home on Saturday have both died. Patricia Bohannon, 71, was burned over 65 percent of her body, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s office. Factors that contributed to her death include COPD and pulmonary emphysema and she had previously had part of one lung removed due to lung cancer. Spokane Valley Fire Department crews were called to her home at 801 N. University Road just after 2 p.m. Saturday. Smoke and flames were coming from the front of the home and Bohannon was in the front yard. “She managed to get herself out of the house, but she had sustained some pretty serious burns,” said a department spokeswoman. Bohannon was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment. She died Monday. Firefighters searched the home after they arrived and found the woman’s dog inside. The dog had severe injuries and was euthanized after consulting with Bohannon’s family.
Spokane man accused of trying to stab girlfriend, father
A Spokane man accused of trying to stab his girlfriend and father Monday is in jail facing assault charges. Police believe Brian N. Olson, 30, came into the couple’s bedroom, threatened his girlfriend with a knife and said he was going to steal her money and her life, according to court documents. Olson’s father was in the house and told police his son threatened to “kill you, cut you open and burn the house down.”
Spokane jobless rate inches up
The Spokane area’s unemployed inched up in July as schools let out and laid off some staff, the state reported this morning. The unemployment rate for the area that includes Spokane, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties was estimated at 6.6 percent last month, up slightly from 6.4 percent in June, but less than the 7 percent rate a year ago.
U.S. stock rally fizzles at close; Dow down 204 points
A rally in U.S. stocks evaporated in the minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 200 points and extending Wall Street’s losing streak to six days.
Long wait to hire Spokane police ombudsman nears end
Three finalists for Spokane’s police ombudsman will be in town this week for community interviews, signaling an end in sight for a hiring process many say has left the position vacant for too long.
Slowdown in China spreads financial worries in U.S.
Concerns about China’s slowing growth fueled a nearly 600-point drop Monday in the Dow Jones industrial average and increased anxiety over how the global turmoil will affect the U.S.
Spokane region sees better afternoon air
A pall of smoke hung over the Inland Northwest again on Monday, creating unhealthy air quality as wildfires continued to rage across the region. Three of the past four days have brought unhealthy air to the region. Air quality monitors showed a improved air quality through the afternoon today. The air quality index showed moderately polluted air late this afternoon.
Navajo farmers reject use of water after mine spill
One of the largest communities of Navajo farmers along the San Juan River has voted to keep irrigation canals closed for at least a year following a spill of toxic sludge at a Colorado gold mine. The unanimous vote by more than 100 farmers in Shiprock, New Mexico, was heart-wrenching and guarantees the loss of many crops, Shiprock Chapter President Duane “Chili” Yazzie said Monday. But he said farmers don’t want to risk contaminating the soil for future generations.
Auction of rare coins could fetch $20 million
A New York auction of American coins from 1792 to the 1830s could bring as much as $20 million. The 105-coin sale on Sept. 30 is the second of five auctions by Stack’s Bowers and Sotheby’s of federal coinage from the D. Brent Pogue Collection.
In spite of terrible fire losses, family keeps on giving back
It was 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, and Larry Lehrbas had gone to move a tractor into the middle of an empty field on his property near Fruitland. All loaded and ready to leave, his wife, Rose, called his name from their car. She told him to hurry. The forest fire was nearing their home. Rose and her daughter Leah jumped out of their cars to look for Larry. He’d collapsed from an apparent heart attack. They called 911. An ambulance was dispatched, but it was blocked by fire. The two performed CPR on him for an hour attempting to revive him, but it didn’t work. Every minute they stayed put the Lehrbases in greater risk. So they covered his 325-pound body with a 4-wheeler tarp and left him. Lehrbas is the only civilian whose death has been considered by officials as related to the massive wildfires burning in the state this summer. The next day, the Lehrbases’ home burned, as did a vacant home nearby that they owned that Larry’s parents had built. The family also learned that someone shot up their abandoned car and stole money out of it. In one weekend the Lehrbases lost more than most ever will.
Hard liquor ages in space
Distilled spirits arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. A Japanese company known for its whiskey and other alcoholic beverages included five types of distilled spirits in a space station cargo ship. Suntory Global Innovation Center in Tokyo wants to see if alcoholic beverages mellow the same in space as they do on Earth.
Sweeping changes ordered by judge for Ferguson court
Ferguson’s new municipal judge ordered massive changes Monday in the city’s much-criticized municipal court, a move he said is aimed at restoring confidence in the system and easing the burden on needy defendants.
Cutting Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding may not be legal
The secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing how fetal tissue may be used for medical research spurred Republican governors in several states to announce a cutoff of Medicaid funds to the group’s clinics. But it is not clear they are permitted to do so under federal law.
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from Tea Party
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Charlie Daniels' Open Letter to Congress: 'You've Betrayed Your Country'
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Charlie Daniels' Open Letter to Congress: 'You've Betrayed Your Country'
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from USA Today
from The Wenatchee World
Conconully: Most flee, but some stay behind to brave the fire
When fire came over Funk Mountain to the north and headed toward Conconully on the evening of Aug. 18, most residents and visitors fled this small fishing resort town north of Omak.
Tunk Valley’s strength lies in helping ‘neighbors down the road’
A few miles north of Riverside on Sunday, residents in the Tunk Valley area mustered their wits, strength and vital supplies after wind-fed wildfire — part of the Okanogan Complex — raged last week over the area’s scenic hills and valleys.
Wolverine Fire takes aim at Entiat River drainage
Fire crews and managers worked on a strategy Monday to slow the southward spread of the 52,001-acre Wolverine Fire, which is pressing into steep-and-timbered terrain at the upper reaches of the Entiat River drainage, a gateway to populated areas along Entiat River Road.
Fires continue to grow, but not as fast
The good news on North Central Washington’s many fire fronts is that no more structures burned, more help is arriving and winds have been fairly calm for the last few days. The bad news, though, is that nearly all the fires continue to grow with little containment gained and forecasted thunderstorms are expected to bring higher winds by the end of the week.
Carlton Complex is still the largest, single fire in state history
The Okanogan County Complex fires have burned more acreage than last summer’s Carlton Complex, but they have not claimed the designation as the state’s largest wildfire. The Carlton Complex, which started as four fires that merged into one massive fire, maintains that distinction. The complex of fires in Okanogan County have burned 258,339 acres as of Tuesday morning. That compares with the 256,000 acres burned in the Carlton Complex, but this summer’s fires in Okanogan County have not merged into one blaze.
Power outages still possible even in repaired areas
Power outages can happen even in areas where crews have repaired fire damage, PUD officials say, if fire managers request that areas be de-energized for firefighter safety.
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