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from The Christian Post
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from Snopes.com
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Space History Photo: Shepard Plants Flag
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 Commander, stands by the U.S. flag on the lunar Fra Mauro Highlands during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) of the mission on Feb. 5, 1971.
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from The Spokesman-Review
FDA requires lower doses for sleep medications
New vote may be needed on tuition hikes
Giant squid filmed in ocean depths for 1st time
Trade Winds owners consider options; city wants land swap
Seattle investor pursues NBA’s Kings
If deal can be reached, team would be moved
Americans get dreadful health report
U.S. below average in nine areas among peer nations
Fairchild is finalist for newest tankers
Senator cites recent improvements to the base as selling point
Pap test may detect other cancers
New technique succeeds in study of 46 women
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Crane falls on building, injures seven people
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| Megan Joplin photo |
New York – With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a 200-foot crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of whom needed to be extricated from underneath the fallen machinery.
The red crane toppled around 2:30 p.m., sprawling across the metal scaffolding and wood planking that made up the first floor skeleton of a residential building in the New York City borough of Queens. Construction cranes have been a source of safety worries in the city since two giant rigs collapsed within two months of each other in Manhattan in 2008, killing a total of nine people.
Comics Buyer’s Guide to close on March issue
PHILADELPHIA – Krause Publications said it is folding the long-published Comics Buyer’s Guide with the March issue, blaming a decline in advertising and free content online for the demise of the magazine titles that began reporting on the comic book industry in 1971.
In a statement Wednesday, Krause blamed “poor market conditions” for the move. Issue No. 1,699 will be the last one published.
The magazine was started by Alan Light as the Buyer’s Guide for Comic Fandom, publishing monthly at first, then twice a month, then weekly. Krause acquired the magazine in 1983 and changed the name to Comics Buyer’s Guide shortly thereafter, with Don and Maggie Thompson as editors.
The magazine’s website will remain active as an archive resource.
The red crane toppled around 2:30 p.m., sprawling across the metal scaffolding and wood planking that made up the first floor skeleton of a residential building in the New York City borough of Queens. Construction cranes have been a source of safety worries in the city since two giant rigs collapsed within two months of each other in Manhattan in 2008, killing a total of nine people.
Comics Buyer’s Guide to close on March issue
PHILADELPHIA – Krause Publications said it is folding the long-published Comics Buyer’s Guide with the March issue, blaming a decline in advertising and free content online for the demise of the magazine titles that began reporting on the comic book industry in 1971.
In a statement Wednesday, Krause blamed “poor market conditions” for the move. Issue No. 1,699 will be the last one published.
The magazine was started by Alan Light as the Buyer’s Guide for Comic Fandom, publishing monthly at first, then twice a month, then weekly. Krause acquired the magazine in 1983 and changed the name to Comics Buyer’s Guide shortly thereafter, with Don and Maggie Thompson as editors.
The magazine’s website will remain active as an archive resource.
Storm in Mideast brings floods, snow
Amman, Jordan – The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the West Bank, and disrupted traffic on the Suez Canal in Egypt. At least eight people died across the region.
In Lebanon, the Red Cross said storm-related accidents killed six people over the past two days. Several drowned after slipping into rivers from flooded roads, one person froze to death and another died after his car went off a slippery road.
Parts of Israel were bracing for snow a day after the military was forced to send helicopters and rubber dinghies to rescue residents stranded by floodwaters. In Jerusalem, streets were mostly empty as light snow began to stick Wednesday night.
The unusual weather over the past few days hit vulnerable Syrian refugees living in tent camps very hard, particularly some 50,000 sheltering in the Zaatari camp in Jordan’s northern desert. Torrential rains over four days have flooded some 200 tents and forced women and infants to evacuate in temperatures that dipped below freezing at night.
Swap of prisoners releases 2,000
Damascus, Syria – Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, held by Syrian authorities – a deal struck after rare negotiations involving regional powers Turkey, Qatar and Iran.
It was the first major prisoner swap since the uprising began against President Bashar Assad nearly 22 months ago.
Iran is one of Assad’s main allies, and the Iranians, who were seized outside Damascus in August, were a major bargaining chip for factions trying to bring down his regime.
The exchange also highlighted the plight of tens of thousands of detainees languishing in Syrian prisons, many of whom were picked up at street protests and have not been heard of since.
Biden vows action on guns
But signals it may not be sweeping
SpaceX aiming for manned mission in 2015
Company to use its own employees in space initially
Concern over diversity affects Cabinet moves
Three agency heads decide to stay on
Magazine ranks Spokane third-gayest city
Jim Kershner’s this day in history
Doctor claims Duncan’s competent
Hearing centers on killer’s waiver of appeal
Lawyer defends tour bus driver
Attorney says he rested before crash
Bundy’s mother dies
AIG won’t join suit
Board of directors won’t follow ex-CEO
Tax season delayed
IRS moves first day of filing to Jan. 30
Editorial: Pressure for tuition hikes should fall to lawmakers
Correction, posted January 15: The Washington Legislature can increase fees by a majority vote. A Jan. 10 editorial mistakenly said a two-thirds majority is required
Christie the voice GOP needsDana Milbank Washington Post columnist
Rich Landers
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)
Windmill art is a glimpse of area’s great asset: ingenuity
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from The Washington Times (DC)
Union bosses’ salaries put ‘big’ in Big Labor
The Boilermakers union president earned $506,000, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars more for travel expenses, while the Laborers union president made $441,000. The Transportation Communications Union leader made $300,000, bumped up to $750,000 with business expenses. Patrick W. Flynn makes $435,000 a year in his capacity as treasurer of a 13,600-member Teamsters union local, and the $30,000 in business expenses he collects on top of costs associated with carrying out his duties around Mokena, Ill., approach that of a typical worker’s entire salary. The average union member has no idea how much the leaders make.
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