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from KHQ.com
Alien Auroras May Light Up Exoplanet Night Skies
Space Explosion To Blame For Tree Ring Mystery, Astronomers Say
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from The Spokesman-Review
Obama uses address to lay out policy goals
President calls for unity to reach America’s potential
Paul West, Christi Parsons McClatchy-Tribune
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Netanyahu re-election in little doubt
Israeli prime minister’s opponents divided; gloomy prospects for peace shroud voting
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Russians being evacuated from Syria
Bassem Mroue Associated Press
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French control two key Mali towns
Associated Press
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N. Korea eases cellphone rules
Visitors can bring their own
Jean H. Lee Associated Press
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787 battery probe widens
Investigators visit company in Japan that made devices
Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press
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Coal terminal proposal draws 14,000 comments
Associated Press
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Panel: Screen women for domestic violence
Task force calls on physicians, clinics
Los Angeles Times
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Family accused of $70 million in phony telephone bill charges
FTC complaint says money used on land and legal bills
Matt Volz Associated Press
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L.A. church leaders tried to keep abuse cases secret
Victoria Kim, Ashley Powers, Harriet Ryan
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Washington dairy exports up sharply
KENNEWICK – The value of Washington’s dairy exports has soared.
According to the state Department of Agriculture, the state exported more than $461 million worth of dairy products in 2011. That’s a 35 percent increase in three years.
Washington is the nation’s second-largest exporter of dairy products, after California. Darigold, which is owned by the Northwest Dairy Association, a co-op representing about 85 percent of the dairy farmers in Washington, says it has been expanding exports consistently.
Dermot Carey, a senior vice president at Darigold, says it’s exporting more to Asia as economic growth fuels demand for dairy products in countries that don’t have the infrastructure or climate to increase their own milk production.
The Yakima Valley is one of the largest dairy-producing areas in the nation. Benton, Franklin, Klickitat and Yakima counties have 91 dairies and more than 110,000 cows.
In 2011, the state’s milk production was valued at $1.3 billion, up 34 percent from 2010.
McDonald’s settles Islamic diet suit
DEARBORN, Mich. – McDonald’s and one of its franchise owners agreed to pay $700,000 to members of the Muslim community to settle allegations a Detroit-area restaurant falsely advertised its food as being prepared according to Islamic dietary law.
McDonald’s and Finley’s Management Co. agreed Friday to the tentative settlement, with that money to be shared by Dearborn Heights resident Ahmed Ahmed, a Detroit health clinic, the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn and lawyers.
Ahmed’s attorney, Kassem Dakhlallah, told the Associated Press on Monday that he’s “thrilled” with the preliminary deal that’s expected to be finalized March 1. McDonald’s and Finley’s Management deny any liability but say the settlement is in their best interests.
The lawsuit alleged that Ahmed bought a chicken sandwich in September 2011 at a Dearborn McDonald’s but found it wasn’t halal – meaning it didn’t meet Islamic requirements for preparing food. Islam forbids consumption of pork, and God’s name must be invoked before an animal providing meat for consumption is slaughtered.
Dakhlallah said there are only two McDonald’s in the United States that sell halal products and both are in Dearborn, which has one of the nation’s largest Arab and Muslim communities.
The locations advertise that they exclusively sell halal Chicken McNuggets and McChicken sandwiches and they have to get those products from an approved halal provider, Dakhlallah said. He said there was no evidence of problems on the production side, but he alleges that the Dearborn location on Ford Road sold non-halal products when it ran out of halal.
Groupon drops gun-related deals
CHICAGO – Groupon Inc. has stopped all current and future gun-related deals, bowing to customer pressure a month after the deadly mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The Chicago company said Monday it has canceled existing and planned discounts for shooting ranges, conceal-and-carry and clay shooting.
The statement didn’t specify the company’s motives or when it would resume such deals, other than to say that the “category is under review following recent customer and merchant feedback.”
The move has come under fire from some businesses who say their deals were canceled abruptly because of the change in policy.
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opinion:
Obama just wrong on Israel
Mona Charen Creators Syndicate columnist
Chicago Tribune editorial
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sports:
Sacramento mayor maintains hope for Kings
Bob Condotta Seattle Times
Tim Booth Associated Press
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Jim Kershner’s this day in history
Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review
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Crater on Mars may have cupped water
Research suggests deep oases could have held life potential
Amina Khan Los Angeles Times
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health:
Sales are up as studies tout vitamin D’s potential powers, but how much is enough?
Adrian Rogers The Spokesman-Review
Dr. Alisa Hideg
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Joe Graedon M.S PeoplesPharmacy.com.
New gel may help surgeons repair damaged cartilage
Ryder Diaz McClatchy-Tribune
from The Wenatchee World
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Ryder Diaz McClatchy-Tribune
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