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from The Spokesman-Review
Some push secret lottery wins, but not lotteries
New tax law packed with breaks for business
House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
U.S. disaster losses lead all other nations
America’s drought added billions to agricultural claims last year
Obama signs defense bill but with concerns
Syrian bombers pound suburb
Air force jets target rebel-held districts
Drone kills Taliban leader
Commander, deputies were meeting in Pakistan
Four Red states get health care OK
Idaho among those approved for exchanges
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
Rape suspects face execution
Students get back to school routine
Children bus to next town; familiar desks in new building
Idaho Sen. Crapo pleads guilty to DWI charge
Transocean will pay fine for role in gulf oil spill
Drilling company agrees to $1.4 billion settlement
Shawn Vestal: How did Portable Baby Cage not catch on?
State may vote on GMO labeling
Genetically engineered food targeted in proposal
Congress: Festive, yet somber start
1 in 24 admit to falling asleep at the wheel
Martian rock from Sahara unlike other specimens
Meteorite is older, wetter than most
Lawmakers want investigation into Shell
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Calls for federal scrutiny of Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling operations in Arctic waters swelled Thursday with a request for a formal investigation by members of Congress.
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition called on the Interior Department and the Coast Guard to jointly investigate the New Year’s Eve grounding of the Shell drilling vessel Kulluk on a remote Gulf of Alaska island, and a previous incident connected to Arctic offshore drilling operations in 2012.
Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith said in an email that the company is in full support of, and is providing resources for, the investigation of the grounding by the Unified Incident Command, made up of federal, state and company representatives. Smith said the findings will be available to the public.
Shell incident commander Sean Churchfield said at an Anchorage news conference later Thursday that two more salvage crews had boarded the vessel and found damage to emergency and service generators, and to the Kulluk’s upper deck.
The vessel is upright and stable, and the Coast Guard has said there is no indication of a fuel leak.
Salvage is in the assessment stage, Churchfield noted, and options are being developed.
Ancient Hebrew texts on display
JERUSALEM – Israel’s National Library is unveiling a trove of Hebrew manuscripts giving the first physical evidence of an ancient Jewish community in Afghanistan.
Library officials said Thursday the documents came from caves in an area of Afghanistan that is now a Taliban stronghold.
The documents, some 1,000 years old, survived because Jews do not throw out papers that include the name of God, and the dry conditions in the caves where they were stored preserved them.
Researchers say the “Afghan Genizah” marks the greatest such archive found since the “Cairo Genizah” was discovered in an Egyptian synagogue more than 100 years ago, a vast depository of medieval manuscripts considered to be among the most valuable collections of historical documents ever found. “Genizah” is the Hebrew word for storage for documents.
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Pygmy rabbits bouncing back
Winter survival rate strong at 40 percent
Google to alter search practices
Online giant’s rivals unhappy with federal antitrust probe settlement
Editorial: Tax breaks for business show need for reformAmerica’s drought added billions to agricultural claims last year
Obama signs defense bill but with concerns
Syrian bombers pound suburb
Air force jets target rebel-held districts
Drone kills Taliban leader
Commander, deputies were meeting in Pakistan
Four Red states get health care OK
Idaho among those approved for exchanges
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
Rape suspects face execution
Students get back to school routine
Children bus to next town; familiar desks in new building
Idaho Sen. Crapo pleads guilty to DWI charge
Transocean will pay fine for role in gulf oil spill
Drilling company agrees to $1.4 billion settlement
Shawn Vestal: How did Portable Baby Cage not catch on?
State may vote on GMO labeling
Genetically engineered food targeted in proposal
Congress: Festive, yet somber start
1 in 24 admit to falling asleep at the wheel
Martian rock from Sahara unlike other specimens
Meteorite is older, wetter than most
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Calls for federal scrutiny of Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling operations in Arctic waters swelled Thursday with a request for a formal investigation by members of Congress.
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition called on the Interior Department and the Coast Guard to jointly investigate the New Year’s Eve grounding of the Shell drilling vessel Kulluk on a remote Gulf of Alaska island, and a previous incident connected to Arctic offshore drilling operations in 2012.
Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith said in an email that the company is in full support of, and is providing resources for, the investigation of the grounding by the Unified Incident Command, made up of federal, state and company representatives. Smith said the findings will be available to the public.
Shell incident commander Sean Churchfield said at an Anchorage news conference later Thursday that two more salvage crews had boarded the vessel and found damage to emergency and service generators, and to the Kulluk’s upper deck.
The vessel is upright and stable, and the Coast Guard has said there is no indication of a fuel leak.
Salvage is in the assessment stage, Churchfield noted, and options are being developed.
Ancient Hebrew texts on display
JERUSALEM – Israel’s National Library is unveiling a trove of Hebrew manuscripts giving the first physical evidence of an ancient Jewish community in Afghanistan.
Library officials said Thursday the documents came from caves in an area of Afghanistan that is now a Taliban stronghold.
The documents, some 1,000 years old, survived because Jews do not throw out papers that include the name of God, and the dry conditions in the caves where they were stored preserved them.
Researchers say the “Afghan Genizah” marks the greatest such archive found since the “Cairo Genizah” was discovered in an Egyptian synagogue more than 100 years ago, a vast depository of medieval manuscripts considered to be among the most valuable collections of historical documents ever found. “Genizah” is the Hebrew word for storage for documents.
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Winter survival rate strong at 40 percent
Online giant’s rivals unhappy with federal antitrust probe settlement
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from ThatsNonsense.com
Friend Request Hacker Warning - Internet/Facebook Rumour
[from 2012]
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