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from The Guardian (UK)
Nestlé's Peter Brabeck: our attitude towards water needs to change
Nestlé chair Peter Brabeck talks to Jo Confino about the need to build water stewardship into core business strategy and how a sense of entitlement causes irresponsible use
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Super Bowl 'Farmer' Commercial Explained: Where Ram's 'God Made A Farmer' Ad Came From
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from The New Yorker
Michael Specter: Is Dr. Oz Doing More Harm Than Good?
Oz describes modern medicine as a “civil war” waged between conventional physicians and those who are open to alternative cures for maladies ranging from anxiety to cancer; he considers it his mission to walk the line that divides them. But more often his show seems to erase that line completely, with results that may be less benign than Oz and his many viewers realize.
from The Spokesman-Review
Then and Now photos: Hazelwood FarmsWest Plains dairy was subdivided, sold off in early 20th century
Catholic hospital acknowledged ‘morally wrong’ argument
North Idaho lawmaker seeks to curb LIDs
Experts find remains of England’s King Richard III
Postal service issues special Rosa Parks stamp
Beer will help power Alaska brewery
Israel suggests it struck convoy
Building, vehicles in Syria damaged
Cash-short transit agencies seek help
Turbine Center buying Felts Field buildings
Obama urges Scouts to admit gays
S. Korea, U.S. begin drills aimed at North
Pyongyang reportedly close to third nuclear device test
Girl shot by Taliban operated on
French airstrikes hit northern Mali
Convoys delivering aid to freed towns
Sutter’s Mill also site of modern-day meteorite rush
State laws’ last gender-specific terms targeted
500-page bill culminates six-year effort
Shoreline cameras stir concerns
ACLU, some Seattleites call for privacy protection
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Police say woman died of blow to head
ISTANBUL – A New York City woman who went missing and was later found dead in Istanbul had suffered a fatal blow to the head, police said Sunday.
Forensic experts have not concluded their autopsy report on the victim, Sarai Sierra, but it is “clear” the head injury caused her death, said Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin.
NTV, a Turkish broadcaster, said 15 people have been detained for questioning in the case.
Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was to fly home from a vacation. Her body was discovered Saturday evening near the remnants of ancient city walls.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department confirmed Sierra’s death in Istanbul, thanked Turkey’s government for its extensive efforts to locate her body and said the investigation of what happened to her would continue.
In brief: From Wire Reports:
Police say woman died of blow to head
ISTANBUL – A New York City woman who went missing and was later found dead in Istanbul had suffered a fatal blow to the head, police said Sunday.
Forensic experts have not concluded their autopsy report on the victim, Sarai Sierra, but it is “clear” the head injury caused her death, said Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin.
NTV, a Turkish broadcaster, said 15 people have been detained for questioning in the case.
Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was to fly home from a vacation. Her body was discovered Saturday evening near the remnants of ancient city walls.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department confirmed Sierra’s death in Istanbul, thanked Turkey’s government for its extensive efforts to locate her body and said the investigation of what happened to her would continue.
NRA links gun checks to registry
WASHINGTON – The National Rifle Association’s executive vice president continued to oppose background checks for all gun purchases despite polls indicating that most NRA members don’t share his position.
The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre said on “Fox News Sunday” that background checks for all gun purchases would lead to a national registry of gun owners. Critics say such a registry could lead to taxes on guns or to confiscation.
Mark Kelly, a gun owner and husband of Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived a 2011 shooting, asked LaPierre to listen to his members. He said the current system prevented 1.7 million gun purchases since 1999. However, those potential buyers had other options because many gun sales don’t require a background check.
“Members of the NRA tend to be very reasonable on this issue,” Kelly said, who also appeared on the Fox show.
LaPierre said requiring checks for all gun purchases would be a bureaucratic nightmare. “It’s going to affect only the law-abiding people,” he said. “Criminals could care less.”
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One word says it best
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Rebecca Nappi The Spokesman-Review
Rebecca Nappi The Spokesman-Review
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