In the news, Friday, November 9, 2012

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THU 08      INDEX      SAT 10

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from Huffington Post

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School Lunches From Around The World

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from The Spokesman-Review

Shawn Vestal: We’ll settle for a less-lousy economy

Pentagon: Iranians fired at U.S. drone
Agency says craft was not operating in Iran’s airspace

Iran bans 75 imports
‘Luxury’ items barred as sanctions hit deeper

Assad warns of ‘domino effect’ if West invades
Opposition meeting in attempt at unity

Obama to visit Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand

North Dakota becomes first right-to-farm state
Officials don’t know what it really means; critics say law’s too vague

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from The Wenatchee World

PILLARS BREAK LOOSE: A group of Badger Mountain residents inspect 30-foot pillars that broke loose from a rock cliff on the south side of Badger Mountain in 1910. The site was northeast of the John and Maude Witte farm. The youth standing to the left, Keith Witte, was playing in the vicinity just a few hours earlier. Others in the photo include Hazel Kern, Cora Estes Lake, Bill Coonan, Dennis Overturf, Bessie Estes Graves, Ed Halley and John Witte.

Unearthing history in a war-torn land
Archaeologists continue their excavation along Syria-Turkey border

Scientology opens new center in Israel

Insurgency within
As ‘insider attacks’ grow, so does U.S.-Afghanistan divide

Erratic landscaping
Gigantic rock leaves renters less to mow

Former oil executive named the archbishop of Canterbury

Egyptian Islamists rally for Shariah law

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