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Buried Northeast tackles snowstorm’s devastation
Alana Semuels, Tina Susman Los Angeles Times
Weather Channel in eye of ‘Nemo’ storm
Meteorologists, others criticize ‘PR stunt’
Alana Semuels Los Angeles Times
Indictment alleges Jeffreys’ dark side
Prosecutors say developer crafted web of deceit, threats
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
L.A. officer’s firing reviewed amid hunt
Fugitive search focuses on mountains where truck found
Hailey Branson-Potts
Medical pot dispensaries hope legalization opens new doors
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
Meteorologists, others criticize ‘PR stunt’
Alana Semuels Los Angeles Times
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Indictment alleges Jeffreys’ dark side
Prosecutors say developer crafted web of deceit, threats
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
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L.A. officer’s firing reviewed amid hunt
Fugitive search focuses on mountains where truck found
Hailey Branson-Potts
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Medical pot dispensaries hope legalization opens new doors
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
I-502 enactment forums draw big crowds
Bacon’s many delights celebrated
Associated Press
Curiosity rover drills into Martian surface
Complex operation, a first, took several days to finish
Alicia Chang Associated Press
Boeing puts its 787 through a test flight
Associated Press
Obama speech focus will be jobs, economy
State of the Union address to be delivered Tuesday
Julie Pace Associated Press
Florida’s Rubio expresses skepticism on climate change
Says human role may be debatable
Erika Bolstad McClatchy-Tribune
Court orders cutoff of access to YouTube
Cairo – A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that caused deadly riots across the world.
Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered YouTube blocked for carrying the film, which he described as “offensive to Islam and the Prophet (Muhammad).” He made the ruling in the Egyptian capital where the first protests against the film erupted last September before spreading to more than 20 countries, leaving more than 50 people dead.
The ruling can be appealed, and, based on precedent, might not be enforced.
The 14-minute trailer for the movie “Innocence of Muslims” portrays Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as a religious fraud, womanizer and pedophile. It was produced in the United States by an Egyptian-born Christian who’s now a U.S. citizen.
Egypt’s new constitution includes a ban on insulting “religious messengers and prophets.” Broadly worded blasphemy laws were also in effect under former President Hosni Mubarak prior to his ouster in a popular revolt two years ago.
Battle rages near heart of Damascus
Beirut – Syrian troops backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of a key highway in Damascus on Saturday, a day after opposition forces cut the strategic artery as part of what they say are efforts to lay the groundwork for an eventual assault on the heavily defended capital.
Rebels have been on the offensive in Damascus since launching a series of attacks on government positions on Wednesday. They brought their fight to within a mile of the heart of the capital on Friday, seizing army checkpoints and cutting a key highway as they pressed their campaign for the city, the seat of President Bashar Assad’s power.
The fighting is the heaviest to hit Damascus since July, when a first rebel assault managed to capture several neighborhoods before a punishing government counteroffensive.
Tunisian premier reiterates threat to quit
Tunis, Tunisia – Tunisia’s Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected.
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali first called for that change on Wednesday after Tunisia was thrown into a crisis when a prominent opposition politician was shot and killed in Tunis, touching off violent protests.
Jebali’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party has already rejected his proposal. But he didn’t flinch, saying in an interview with the France-24 TV channel that to change the situation government ministers must be replaced by ones without a political affiliation, notably technocrats.
“I feel obliged to save my country,” he said, adding that Tunisia risks a “swing into chaos.”
If his new team is accepted, “I will continue to assume my role,” Jebali said. If not, he would resign.
German education minister resigns
Berlin – Germany’s education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis – an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as it prepares for elections later this year.
Merkel said she had accepted “only with a very heavy heart” the resignation of Annette Schavan, who has been her education and research minister since 2005 and was considered close to the chancellor.
Schavan’s resignation comes only two years after then-Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg lost his doctorate and quit when it emerged that he copied large parts of his doctoral thesis.
On Tuesday, an academic panel at Duesseldorf’s Heinrich Heine University voted to revoke Schavan’s doctorate following a review of her 1980 thesis, which dealt with the formation of conscience. The review was undertaken after an anonymous blogger last year raised allegations of plagiarism, which the minister denies.
Montana house rejects rifle bill, OKs silencers
GUNS –The Montana House on Tuesday rejected by a 61-39 vote a proposal to name the Winchester Model 1873 the state rifle after Native American legislators said they couldn’t honor a weapon that brought “devastation” to their ancestors.
Supporters said the designation was intended to memorialize an important symbol from the frontier era that led to statehood for Montana. They tried to mollify opponents by striking language from the bill that called the Winchester the “gun that won the West.”
• The chamber voted 68-32 to allow use of rifle sound suppressors while hunting wolves after the end of the general elk and deer season.
Supporters said ownership of silencers is regulated by the federal government, ensuring against abuse, and argued they would make for a quieter hunting experience.
Opponents unsuccessfully argued that landowners should be able to hear where shots are being fired from.
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Spin Control: Abortion bill’s absence frustrates open debate
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Eye on Boise: Idaho losing money by cutting costs
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
Spin Control: Abortion bill’s absence frustrates open debate
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Eye on Boise: Idaho losing money by cutting costs
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
Huckleberries: Do-not-call list popular but has political hangups
D.F. Oliveria The Spokesman-Review
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Police cracking down on infused drinks
Associated Press
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D.F. Oliveria The Spokesman-Review
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Police cracking down on infused drinks
Associated Press
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Bacon’s many delights celebrated
Associated Press
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Curiosity rover drills into Martian surface
Complex operation, a first, took several days to finish
Alicia Chang Associated Press
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Boeing puts its 787 through a test flight
Associated Press
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Obama speech focus will be jobs, economy
State of the Union address to be delivered Tuesday
Julie Pace Associated Press
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Florida’s Rubio expresses skepticism on climate change
Says human role may be debatable
Erika Bolstad McClatchy-Tribune
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Cairo – A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that caused deadly riots across the world.
Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered YouTube blocked for carrying the film, which he described as “offensive to Islam and the Prophet (Muhammad).” He made the ruling in the Egyptian capital where the first protests against the film erupted last September before spreading to more than 20 countries, leaving more than 50 people dead.
The ruling can be appealed, and, based on precedent, might not be enforced.
The 14-minute trailer for the movie “Innocence of Muslims” portrays Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as a religious fraud, womanizer and pedophile. It was produced in the United States by an Egyptian-born Christian who’s now a U.S. citizen.
Egypt’s new constitution includes a ban on insulting “religious messengers and prophets.” Broadly worded blasphemy laws were also in effect under former President Hosni Mubarak prior to his ouster in a popular revolt two years ago.
Beirut – Syrian troops backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of a key highway in Damascus on Saturday, a day after opposition forces cut the strategic artery as part of what they say are efforts to lay the groundwork for an eventual assault on the heavily defended capital.
Rebels have been on the offensive in Damascus since launching a series of attacks on government positions on Wednesday. They brought their fight to within a mile of the heart of the capital on Friday, seizing army checkpoints and cutting a key highway as they pressed their campaign for the city, the seat of President Bashar Assad’s power.
The fighting is the heaviest to hit Damascus since July, when a first rebel assault managed to capture several neighborhoods before a punishing government counteroffensive.
Tunisian premier reiterates threat to quit
Tunis, Tunisia – Tunisia’s Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected.
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali first called for that change on Wednesday after Tunisia was thrown into a crisis when a prominent opposition politician was shot and killed in Tunis, touching off violent protests.
Jebali’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party has already rejected his proposal. But he didn’t flinch, saying in an interview with the France-24 TV channel that to change the situation government ministers must be replaced by ones without a political affiliation, notably technocrats.
“I feel obliged to save my country,” he said, adding that Tunisia risks a “swing into chaos.”
If his new team is accepted, “I will continue to assume my role,” Jebali said. If not, he would resign.
German education minister resigns
Berlin – Germany’s education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis – an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as it prepares for elections later this year.
Merkel said she had accepted “only with a very heavy heart” the resignation of Annette Schavan, who has been her education and research minister since 2005 and was considered close to the chancellor.
Schavan’s resignation comes only two years after then-Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg lost his doctorate and quit when it emerged that he copied large parts of his doctoral thesis.
On Tuesday, an academic panel at Duesseldorf’s Heinrich Heine University voted to revoke Schavan’s doctorate following a review of her 1980 thesis, which dealt with the formation of conscience. The review was undertaken after an anonymous blogger last year raised allegations of plagiarism, which the minister denies.
Montana house rejects rifle bill, OKs silencers
GUNS –The Montana House on Tuesday rejected by a 61-39 vote a proposal to name the Winchester Model 1873 the state rifle after Native American legislators said they couldn’t honor a weapon that brought “devastation” to their ancestors.
Supporters said the designation was intended to memorialize an important symbol from the frontier era that led to statehood for Montana. They tried to mollify opponents by striking language from the bill that called the Winchester the “gun that won the West.”
• The chamber voted 68-32 to allow use of rifle sound suppressors while hunting wolves after the end of the general elk and deer season.
Supporters said ownership of silencers is regulated by the federal government, ensuring against abuse, and argued they would make for a quieter hunting experience.
Opponents unsuccessfully argued that landowners should be able to hear where shots are being fired from.
Road plan stalled in Wallowas
FORESTS – The new supervisor of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest says he has to make a decision about closing roads in the 2.4-million-acre forest.
John Laurence, 63, replaced Kevin Martin as the Wallowa-Whitman’s leading official on Jan. 14 and is the forest’s third supervisor since August. A proposal from Martin’s predecessor last year caused uproar among forest users, and was withdrawn.
The issue dates back more than five years when the forest began looking at restricting some motorized access.
About 6,000 people signed a petition urging the forest to not close any roads to motor vehicles, contending it would prevent people from pursuing activities such as riding ATVs, hunting, picking berries and gathering firewood.
Supporters of closing roads say the forest must limit vehicles to protect elk habitat and prevent environmental damage. They say the Wallowa-Whitman has 6,900 miles of roads open to motor vehicles, and closing some roads would not severely restrict public access.
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Environmentalists win megaload challenge
Judge backs Forest Service intervention
Todd Dvorak Associated Press
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Wolf hunts affect Yellowstone study
High losses threaten long-term research
Laura Lundquist Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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Studies show how mammals came to reign
Dinosaurs’ tragedy gave us opportunity
Seth Borenstein Associated Press
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Wolf hunts affect Yellowstone study
High losses threaten long-term research
Laura Lundquist Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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Studies show how mammals came to reign
Dinosaurs’ tragedy gave us opportunity
Seth Borenstein Associated Press
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Adoptive Americans get Russian children
Jim Heintz Associated Press
Kathleen Parker
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
Jim Allen The Spokesman-Review
Prep Boys Basketball
1A Bi-District
Chewelah 55, Riverside 47: Lars Berger scored 17 points and Brandon Smith added 12 as Chewelah staved off elimination with a 55-47 win over Riverside in a 1A Bi-District boys basketball elimination game Saturday at West Valley. The Cougars, who fell to Chelan on Friday, outscored the Rams 15-8 in the third quarter to take an eight-point lead into the fourth. Tyler Axtell tallied a team-high 24 points for Riverside, which was eliminated. Chewelah will play Lakeside on Friday in a loser-out game.
Brewster 48, Lakeside 35: The Bears overcame an early deficit and beat the Eagles (12-12) at West Valley. Coleton Collins scored a team-high nine points for Lakeside. The Eagles led 14-7 after the first quarter but were outscored 41-21 the rest of the way.
Cashmere 74, Medical Lake 45: The Bulldogs put the game out of reach with a 24-8 third-quarter run and went on to beat the Cardinals (15-9) at West Valley. Adam Paulson tallied a team-high 10 points for Medical Lake, which saw its season come to an end.
2B Subregional
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 80, Asotin 57: Connor O’Neill made 9 of 14 shots, including three 3-pointers, and finished with 21 points and four steals as the Broncos (19-6) routed the Panthers. Tyler Frederick added 19 points and eight rebounds and Dylan Hartz chipped in 11 points and 12 assists for Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, which outscored Asotin 22-9 in the final quarter to seal the win.
Northwest Christian 73, Walla Walla Valley 46: Austin Friedly led five players in double figures with 16 points as the Crusaders (16-9) cruised to the win. Nick Kiourkas added 15 points, Matt Kershinar had 12 and Tyler Stephens and Jeremiah Sander added 10 apiece for Northwest Christian. The Crusaders outscored Walla Walla Valley 22-11 in the second quarter to take a 40-20 lead at halftime.
St. George’s 70, Reardan 35: Erik Muelheims had 22 points, nine rebounds and five steals and Dexter Sienko added 21 points and 12 boards as the Dragons (23-1) walloped the Indians (8-17). The Dragons held a 46-18 advantage in rebounds. Grant Wagner tallied a team-high nine points for the Indians.
Colfax 69, DeSales 39: Brandon Gfeller scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Brady Ellis added 20 points to guide the Bulldogs (18-6) past the Irish. Skylar Simonson pulled down nine rebounds for Colfax.
District 7 1B
Odessa-Harrington 60, Cusick 52: Cade Weber scored 17 points and the Titans (15-7) earned a spot in next weekend’s district title game with a win over the Panthers (18-3) in Deer Park. Justin Hunt added 16 points for Odessa-Harrington, which will play Wellpinit for the district title on Saturday in Deer Park. Both teams will advance to state.
Wellpinit 54, Selkirk 45: Kyle McCrea scored 15 points and Brodie Ford added 11 as the Redskins (17-5) topped the Rangers (14-6) in Deer Park. Avery Miller tallied a game-high 19 points for Selkirk.
Valley Christian 55, Republic 37: Nick Cox scored 18 points and Bo Piersol added 15 as the Panthers (13-9) stayed alive with a win over the Tigers (10-11) in Deer Park. Saxon Brown and Dan Slagle scored 11 points apiece for Republic.
Prep Girls Basketball
1A Bi-District
Riverside 54, Freeman 46: Courtney Davis erupted for 30 points and the Rams (12-10) shocked the Scotties (19-4) at West Valley High School. Freeman, which started the season by winning its first 18 games, was eliminated. Marisa Pace added 10 points for Riverside and the Rams had 17 steals. Alisha Sorensen tallied a team-high 10 points for Freeman, last year’s state runner-up.
Lakeside (WA) 50, Newport 27: Jocelyn Cook-Cox had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Jenna Widman added 10 points and nine boards as the Eagles (18-5) topped the Grizzlies (13-10) at West Valley. Lakeside outscored Newport 15-4 in the final quarter to put the game away. Holly Malsbury tallied a team-high 10 points for the Grizzlies, who were eliminated.
Riverside 54, Freeman 46: Courtney Davis erupted for 30 points and the Rams (12-10) shocked the Scotties (19-4) at West Valley High School. Freeman, which started the season by winning its first 18 games, was eliminated. Marisa Pace added 10 points for Riverside and the Rams had 17 steals. Alisha Sorensen tallied a team-high 10 points for Freeman, last year’s state runner-up.
Lakeside (WA) 50, Newport 27: Jocelyn Cook-Cox had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Jenna Widman added 10 points and nine boards as the Eagles (18-5) topped the Grizzlies (13-10) at West Valley. Lakeside outscored Newport 15-4 in the final quarter to put the game away. Holly Malsbury tallied a team-high 10 points for the Grizzlies, who were eliminated.
2B Subregional
Reardan 71, St. George’s 38: Kelsey Moos scored 27 points and added eight steals and seven rebounds as the Indians (23-1) dumped the Dragons (12-14) in Waitsburg. Katy Burge added 11 points and Chantel Heath chipped in 10 points, eight assists and eight rebounds for Reardan.
Colfax 50, Dayton 36: Amelie Bruya scored 18 points and Amara Huber pulled down nine rebounds to guide Colfax (21-4) past Dayton in Waitsburg. Colfax outscored Dayton 18-7 in the first quarter and led 33-14 at halftime. Colfax will play Reardan Friday at Walla Walla Community College in the semifinals of the District 7-9 subregionals.
District 7 1B
Wilbur-Creston 49, Cusick 43: Hannah Haglin came off the bench and scored all 13 of her points in the decisive third-quarter and the Wildcats (18-4) earned a spot in next weekend’s district title game with a win over the Panthers (19-3) in Deer Park. Wilbur-Creston trailed by 10 points at the half, but outscored Cusick 21-4 in the third to take control. Jessica Boyer added 13 points, seven rebounds and seven steals for the Wildcats.
Republic 56, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 52: Brianna Brown scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Tigers (17-4) held on late to beat the Warriors (16-6) in Deer Park. Savannah Bowe added 15 points and eight boards and made four free throws late in the fourth to seal the win for Republic. Almira/Coulee-Hartline was led by Brynna Stevens’ 17 points. Republic will play Wilbur-Creston next Saturday in Deer Park to decide the district championship and seeding to the state tournament.
Columbia 47, Odessa-Harrington 29: The Lions (13-8) opened the game on a 9-2 run and cruised past the Titans (5-17) in Deer Park. Elizabeth Larrew scored 12 points and Kaitlin Jones added nine points and 12 boards for Columbia, which forced 31 turnovers. Kendall Todd tallied a team-high 10 points for Odessa-Harrington, which was eliminated.
Wellpinit 58, Selkirk 28: Kyra Antone had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Andreya Colvin added 16 points as the Redskins (11-11) stayed alive with a win over the Rangers (8-13) in Deer Park. Katie Couch scored 15 points for Selkirk, which was eliminated.
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