In the news, Tuesday, October 2, 2012

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MON 01      INDEX      WED 03

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from NCWTV.com:

Table Mountain Fire and Wenatchee Complex Tuesday

Strong winds and low humidity predicted for Wenatchee area fires

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from KXLY.com:

Trestle Opens To Foot Traffic

Built in 1911 for the Oregon and Washington Railroad, the bridge was used by the Union Pacific Railroad until 1973.

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Most would see tax spike unless ‘fiscal cliff’ averted
Lisa Mascaro      McClatchy-Tribune

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Judge halts Pa.’s tough new voter ID requirement
Associated Press

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Judge rejects claim that contraceptive requirement violates religious freedom

ST. LOUIS – A federal judge has dismissed a claim that the 2010 health care reform law’s contraception mandate violates an employer’s religious freedom. It is believed to be the first decision on the merits among dozens of lawsuits across the country.

O’Brien Industrial Holdings, owned by Frank O’Brien, a Catholic, filed notice Monday of appeal.

The law requires coverage of prescription birth control pills and implants at no cost to enrollees in all private health insurance policies, starting in 2013.

U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson ruled late Friday that the “regulations do not impose a ‘substantial burden’ on either Frank O’Brien or OIH, and do not violate (their) rights.”

O’Brien sued the federal government in March, alleging that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act violates the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, forcing a choice between moral beliefs and fines.

Jackson said O’Brien was free to engage in religious practice by not using contraception and encouraging employees not to either.

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Ancient shark’s teeth dug out
Prehistoric fish once lurked in area’s seas
Associated Press

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Hatchery fish do well when bred from wild
Twelve-year salmon study contradicts critics of process
Jeff Barnard      Associated Press

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As U.S. slices it, no bacon shortage near
British forecast dismissed, though 10 percent increase in price likely
Jim Suhr      Associated Press

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opinion:

Mona Charen: Obama administration misled us after attack in Libya

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health:

Palliative care differs from hospice
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

Add lemon, not milk, to tea
Joe Graedon M.S.      PeoplesPharmacy.com

also: Turmeric for bursitis; fennel seeds for gas.

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