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from The Spokesman-Review
Pope’s last blessing from window draws crowd
Frances D'Emilio Associated Press
Vatican blasts ‘false’ pre-conclave stories
Criticism alleges bid to influence election
Nicole Winfield Associated Press
County could open thousands of acres for development
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
Norm Dicks’ $107,268 pension near top
Rob Hotakainen McClatchy-Tribune
Florida task force endorses Stand Your Ground law
Toluse Olorunnipa McClatchy-Tribune
Covert trips aimed at improving relations
Ken Dilanian McClatchy-Tribune
Arizona’s Brewer softens hard line
Tea party favorite now has critics on the right
Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times
Sheriff’s Office helicopter shines spotlight on criminals
Lisa Leinberger The Spokesman-Review
Eye on Boise: Business tax’s end ‘devastating’ to public schools
Heavy trucks could roll statewide; Insurance exchange oversight hearing put off; Charter school funding bill emerges; Democrats decry initiative limit
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
Spin Control: Gun legislation facing uncertain Capitol future
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Democrats investigate campaign director
Manuel Valdes Associated Press
Mother, daughter, 4, injured in dog attack
Mike Faulk Yakima Herald-Republic
Oregon pair says bleach cure legal
Nine Mile Falls couple also indicted
Associated Press
Mother, daughter popped in Coke scam
Associated Press
Rare earth mineral hunt expanding
Associated Press
Helena airport blocks TSA from taking full-body scanner
Associated Press
Monastery chef keeps meals healthy, tasty
Tetona Dunlap Times-News
More Benghazi documents to be shared
Washington – The White House has agreed to give the Senate Intelligence Committee documents related to the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, according to a congressional aide.
Republicans had demanded the documents as a condition of voting on the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director.
The documents include emails between top national security officials showing the debate within the administration over how to describe the attack and other documents the committee had been asking for, the aide said. The White House has said it has already turned over more than 10,000 pages of Benghazi-related documents.
Huge goldfish called threat to Lake Tahoe
Reno, Nev. – Giant goldfish could be threatening the ecology of Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border. Biologists with the University of Nevada, Reno say they’re finding a growing number of the fish in the crystal clear lake.
Researcher Sudeep Chandra said the discovery is especially worrisome because the fish eats a lot and excretes “lots of nutrients” that stimulate algae growth.
It’s not clear how the goldfish got into Lake Tahoe, but it’s believed to be from people dumping aquariums into the lake.
Takes on Poughkeepsie topsy-turvy
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Is Poughkeepsie one of the best places to live in the country, or one of the worst? Forbes magazine can’t seem to make up its mind.
Less than a year after naming the small Hudson River Valley city the sixth-best place in the U.S. to raise a family, Forbes now puts it 18th on a list of the country’s 20 most-miserable cities.
The magazine says Poughkeepsie’s recent bad ranking is based on bad weather, high property taxes and long commute times.
Syria peace talks lose opposition support
Beirut – Fledgling efforts to promote peace talks in the Syrian conflict appear to have stalled, even as the death toll rises daily and the rebellion nears its second-year anniversary.
The major exile opposition group, irate at what it calls a “shameful” global silence about the bloodshed, has announced that it will not attend several planned international gatherings on Syria, spurning invitations to visit Russia and the United States. Both nations have said that they favor negotiations to end the violence in Syria.
The National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has also opted to “suspend” its participation in a meeting in Rome next month of the so-called Friends of Syria alliance, which includes the United States and dozens of other nations that have bankrolled the opposition.
The coalition’s protest moves – combined with its demand that any talks lead to the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad – would seem to scuttle already faint hopes for negotiations.
The opposition bloc assailed what it called international inaction in the face of recent attacks by government-launched Scud missiles on the northern city of Aleppo.
Iran claims it took over drone, landed it
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that it had captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran.
Gen. Hamid Sarkheili, a spokesman for the military exercise, said the Guard’s electronic warfare unit spotted signals indicating that foreign drones were trying to enter Iranian airspace. Sarkheili said Guard experts took control of one drone’s navigation system and brought it down near the city of Sirjan where the military drills began on Saturday.
Sarkheili did not say whether the drone was American. In Washington, a CIA spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
Iran has claimed to have captured several U.S. drones, including an advanced RQ-170 Sentinel CIA spy drone in December 2011 and at least three ScanEagle aircraft.
Egyptian elections draw opposition
Cairo – Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within his movement who said it was a hasty decision.
The dispute showed the fragility of a fairly new opposition front forged after the deeply fragmented movement found little success at the polls since it led the 2011 uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Opposition infighting would only help ensure that the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group remains Egypt’s dominant political force after the next vote.
“(I) called for parliamentary election boycott in 2010 to expose sham democracy. Today I repeat my call, will not be part of an act of deception,” Nobel laureate ElBaradei, who leads the opposition National Salvation Front, wrote on his Twitter account.
President Mohammed Morsi called for the elections in a decree Thursday – a four-stage vote starting at the end of April and concluding in June. On Friday, ElBaradei said holding elections during this time of deep political polarization “is a recipe for disaster.”
Google grows Wi-Fi in data center town
THE DALLES, Ore. – Google is spending another $50,000 to expand free Wi-Fi in The Dalles, where it has a large data center.
The company, which made the announcement Saturday, chose The Dalles for the first of several large data centers now operating in Oregon.
Google says the Wi-Fi project represents a shared commitment to making The Dalles a city of the future.
Salvatori to buy Spokane building
Spokane City Councilman Steve Salvatori is buying the Buchanan Building for his third entrepreneurial center.
The building at 28 W. Third was constructed in 1906 and went through several upgrades and conversions. In the first half of the 1900s it was Buchanan Funeral Home. It’s been vacant for several years.
Salvatori is buying it from Wells Fargo Bank, which acquired the deed through foreclosure. The asking price was $250,000. The Buchanan is eligible for the national historic register, Salvatori said.
The building has 7,000 square feet, with offices planned in the basement and on the first level.
Salvatori’s first two buildings are at 308 W. First and 608 W. Second.
Spin Control: Gun legislation facing uncertain Capitol future
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Democrats investigate campaign director
Manuel Valdes Associated Press
Mother, daughter, 4, injured in dog attack
Mike Faulk Yakima Herald-Republic
Oregon pair says bleach cure legal
Nine Mile Falls couple also indicted
Associated Press
Mother, daughter popped in Coke scam
Associated Press
Rare earth mineral hunt expanding
Associated Press
Helena airport blocks TSA from taking full-body scanner
Associated Press
Monastery chef keeps meals healthy, tasty
Tetona Dunlap Times-News
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Washington – The White House has agreed to give the Senate Intelligence Committee documents related to the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, according to a congressional aide.
Republicans had demanded the documents as a condition of voting on the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director.
The documents include emails between top national security officials showing the debate within the administration over how to describe the attack and other documents the committee had been asking for, the aide said. The White House has said it has already turned over more than 10,000 pages of Benghazi-related documents.
Huge goldfish called threat to Lake Tahoe
Reno, Nev. – Giant goldfish could be threatening the ecology of Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border. Biologists with the University of Nevada, Reno say they’re finding a growing number of the fish in the crystal clear lake.
Researcher Sudeep Chandra said the discovery is especially worrisome because the fish eats a lot and excretes “lots of nutrients” that stimulate algae growth.
It’s not clear how the goldfish got into Lake Tahoe, but it’s believed to be from people dumping aquariums into the lake.
Takes on Poughkeepsie topsy-turvy
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Is Poughkeepsie one of the best places to live in the country, or one of the worst? Forbes magazine can’t seem to make up its mind.
Less than a year after naming the small Hudson River Valley city the sixth-best place in the U.S. to raise a family, Forbes now puts it 18th on a list of the country’s 20 most-miserable cities.
The magazine says Poughkeepsie’s recent bad ranking is based on bad weather, high property taxes and long commute times.
Syria peace talks lose opposition support
Beirut – Fledgling efforts to promote peace talks in the Syrian conflict appear to have stalled, even as the death toll rises daily and the rebellion nears its second-year anniversary.
The major exile opposition group, irate at what it calls a “shameful” global silence about the bloodshed, has announced that it will not attend several planned international gatherings on Syria, spurning invitations to visit Russia and the United States. Both nations have said that they favor negotiations to end the violence in Syria.
The National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has also opted to “suspend” its participation in a meeting in Rome next month of the so-called Friends of Syria alliance, which includes the United States and dozens of other nations that have bankrolled the opposition.
The coalition’s protest moves – combined with its demand that any talks lead to the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad – would seem to scuttle already faint hopes for negotiations.
The opposition bloc assailed what it called international inaction in the face of recent attacks by government-launched Scud missiles on the northern city of Aleppo.
Iran claims it took over drone, landed it
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that it had captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran.
Gen. Hamid Sarkheili, a spokesman for the military exercise, said the Guard’s electronic warfare unit spotted signals indicating that foreign drones were trying to enter Iranian airspace. Sarkheili said Guard experts took control of one drone’s navigation system and brought it down near the city of Sirjan where the military drills began on Saturday.
Sarkheili did not say whether the drone was American. In Washington, a CIA spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
Iran has claimed to have captured several U.S. drones, including an advanced RQ-170 Sentinel CIA spy drone in December 2011 and at least three ScanEagle aircraft.
Egyptian elections draw opposition
Cairo – Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within his movement who said it was a hasty decision.
The dispute showed the fragility of a fairly new opposition front forged after the deeply fragmented movement found little success at the polls since it led the 2011 uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Opposition infighting would only help ensure that the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group remains Egypt’s dominant political force after the next vote.
“(I) called for parliamentary election boycott in 2010 to expose sham democracy. Today I repeat my call, will not be part of an act of deception,” Nobel laureate ElBaradei, who leads the opposition National Salvation Front, wrote on his Twitter account.
President Mohammed Morsi called for the elections in a decree Thursday – a four-stage vote starting at the end of April and concluding in June. On Friday, ElBaradei said holding elections during this time of deep political polarization “is a recipe for disaster.”
Google grows Wi-Fi in data center town
THE DALLES, Ore. – Google is spending another $50,000 to expand free Wi-Fi in The Dalles, where it has a large data center.
The company, which made the announcement Saturday, chose The Dalles for the first of several large data centers now operating in Oregon.
Google says the Wi-Fi project represents a shared commitment to making The Dalles a city of the future.
Salvatori to buy Spokane building
Spokane City Councilman Steve Salvatori is buying the Buchanan Building for his third entrepreneurial center.
The building at 28 W. Third was constructed in 1906 and went through several upgrades and conversions. In the first half of the 1900s it was Buchanan Funeral Home. It’s been vacant for several years.
Salvatori is buying it from Wells Fargo Bank, which acquired the deed through foreclosure. The asking price was $250,000. The Buchanan is eligible for the national historic register, Salvatori said.
The building has 7,000 square feet, with offices planned in the basement and on the first level.
Salvatori’s first two buildings are at 308 W. First and 608 W. Second.
‘Green’ hotel planned for CdA
Parkwood Business Properties and kVc Development Co. are spending roughly $15 million to build SpringHill Suites by Marriot, which they say will be Idaho’s first hotel designed to earn LEED certification.
The project is under construction at 2250 Seltice Way in Coeur d’Alene.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings have to meet criteria for water use, materials and energy efficiency.
Kent Clausen, principal of kVc Development, said the building will have 118 rooms.
The hotel is expected to open June 1.
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Hey, Fagan, civility isn’t a part-time responsibility
Doug Clark The Spokesman-Review
Jim Kershner’s this day in history
Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review
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opinion:
Gary Crooks The Spokesman-Review
Kathleen Parker
George Kimbrell and Debbie Barker for the Los Angeles Times
State basketball pairings announced
Greg Lee The Spokesman-Review
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sports:
State basketball pairings announced
Greg Lee The Spokesman-Review
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 65, Bear Creek 55 (OT)
Northwest Christian 74, Riverside Christian 58
Vince Grippi The Spokesman-Review
1B boys basketball: Pomeroy ousts Odessa-Harrington
Soap Lake 52, Valley Christian 50
LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus 57, Wellpinit 52
Zags whip San Diego, assured of no worse than WCC title tie
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus 57, Wellpinit 52
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
GU women outright champs after 12th straight victory
Cougs try, try … lose again
WSU drops eighth in a row, this one to No. 12 Arizona
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
WSU drops eighth in a row, this one to No. 12 Arizona
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
Seiferth, Forbes reach milestones in EWU’s victory
Jim Allen The Spokesman-Review
Jim Allen The Spokesman-Review
Veteran accountant Jerry Miller evolves with time, technology
Michael Guilfoil Correspondent
Toyota and Lexus recalls
IRS simplifies guidelines for deducting home office
Tom Kelly
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Younger vets struggle as job outlook improves
Kevin Freking, Tim Talley Associated Press
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from The Wenatchee World
Associated Press
Keyes Packaging molds a future in fiber
By Mike Irwin World staff writer
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opinion:
The sequester: A manufactured crisis
By George Will, Washington Post Writers Group
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sports:
By Doug Flanagan World staff writer
By Jon Frank World staff writer
Brewster edged in overtime
By World sports staff
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