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from Columbia Basin Herald (Moses Lake, WA)
Obituary: Joseph R. Fisher
21 Aug 1928 - 23 Feb 2013
Survivors include step-son (Daniel) Aaron and wife Lily Appleby, Chester, SC.
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from KIRO 7 Eyewitness News (CBS Seattle)
Beloved Blue Angels air shows on government chopping block
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from POLITICO
State Dept. Keystone report plays down climate fears
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from The Spokesman-Review
Growing push to fight bullying in workplace
Advocates urge lawmakers to give legal rights to victims
Spending cuts take hold
Across-the-board approach will slice $85 billion in federal spending
Immediate impact
Pipeline to clear federal hurdle
State Department says Keystone XL won’t hurt climate
Teach the children well: Community partners help schools give students a fuller education
Fla. sinkhole that swallowed man grows deeper
Man presumed dead after sinkhole strikes
Japanese radiation has little effect
SpaceX mission suffers setback
Thruster issue found, fixed on Dragon capsule
Metro areas drive Amtrak’s growth
Ridership has increased 55 percent since 1997
U.S. court affirms polar bear protection
Metro areas drive Amtrak’s growth
Ridership has increased 55 percent since 1997
Al-Qaida head dead, Chad says
Syrian rebel leader wants guns, not food
Lack of weapons prolongs civil war, chief of staff says
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Death sentence sparks multiple violent protests
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Protesters clashed with police for a second day Friday as the death toll rose to at least 44 from violence triggered by a death sentence given to an Islamic party leader for crimes linked to Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war, police said.
The latest fighting broke out in northern Gainbandha and Chapainawabganj districts, killing two people, police officials said.
At least 42 people were killed Thursday in rioting triggered by the death sentence given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamic party.
Jamaat, a key ally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, campaigned against independence from Pakistan, but denies it was behind any atrocities.
In Dhaka, dozens of Jamaat supporters smashed several vehicles in central Malibagh district on Friday.
Sayedee was sentenced to death for mass killings, rape and atrocities allegedly committed during the bloody nine-month independence war more than 40 years ago. He is the third defendant to be convicted of war crimes by a special tribunal set up in 2010.
VP discloses that Chavez is receiving chemotherapy
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuela’s government revealed for the first time Friday that President Hugo Chavez has been receiving chemotherapy as he “continues his battle for life” since undergoing a fourth cancer surgery in Cuba.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro told reporters after a Mass for Chavez that doctors began the treatment after the socialist leader recovered in mid-January from a respiratory infection that followed his Dec. 11 operation in Havana.
Chavez has not been seen or heard from since going to Cuba, except for a set of “proof of life” photos released Feb. 15.
He first revealed an unspecified cancer in the pelvic region in June 2011.
Oil falls as federal spending cuts loom
NEW YORK – Oil fell Friday to its lowest level of the year on worrisome economic developments in the world’s two largest oil-consuming nations.
The price of crude fell 1.5 percent and is down 6 percent in two weeks. That should allow drivers to catch their breath after a record rise in gas prices over the first two months of the year.
The average price for a gallon of gas rose 49 cents from Jan. 1 through the end of February, AAA said, eclipsing last year’s increase of 46 cents in the same period.
Oil dropped to about $90 a barrel Friday as the prospect of U.S. government spending cuts raised concerns about oil demand in the world’s leading economy. In addition ,China’s manufacturing grew at its weakest rate in five months in February.
Noted historian Goodwin will speak at Whitworth
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak as part of Whitworth University’s fall President’s Leadership Forum.
Goodwin’s 2005 book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” is the basis for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and the success of the movie has reignited interest in the book. “Team of Rivals” is currently on the New York Times Best Seller list for paperback nonfiction.
Goodwin’s talk will focus on “leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln,” according to a Whitworth news release. The event takes place at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Spokane Convention Center. Register online at www.whitworth.edu/ fallplf or call (509) 777-3449.
“Whitworth University benefits greatly from the considerable support of this great community, so the President’s Leadership Forum is our way of giving back,” Whitworth President Beck Taylor said in the release.
Lack of weapons prolongs civil war, chief of staff says
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In brief: From Wire Reports
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Protesters clashed with police for a second day Friday as the death toll rose to at least 44 from violence triggered by a death sentence given to an Islamic party leader for crimes linked to Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war, police said.
The latest fighting broke out in northern Gainbandha and Chapainawabganj districts, killing two people, police officials said.
At least 42 people were killed Thursday in rioting triggered by the death sentence given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamic party.
Jamaat, a key ally of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, campaigned against independence from Pakistan, but denies it was behind any atrocities.
In Dhaka, dozens of Jamaat supporters smashed several vehicles in central Malibagh district on Friday.
Sayedee was sentenced to death for mass killings, rape and atrocities allegedly committed during the bloody nine-month independence war more than 40 years ago. He is the third defendant to be convicted of war crimes by a special tribunal set up in 2010.
VP discloses that Chavez is receiving chemotherapy
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuela’s government revealed for the first time Friday that President Hugo Chavez has been receiving chemotherapy as he “continues his battle for life” since undergoing a fourth cancer surgery in Cuba.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro told reporters after a Mass for Chavez that doctors began the treatment after the socialist leader recovered in mid-January from a respiratory infection that followed his Dec. 11 operation in Havana.
Chavez has not been seen or heard from since going to Cuba, except for a set of “proof of life” photos released Feb. 15.
He first revealed an unspecified cancer in the pelvic region in June 2011.
Oil falls as federal spending cuts loom
NEW YORK – Oil fell Friday to its lowest level of the year on worrisome economic developments in the world’s two largest oil-consuming nations.
The price of crude fell 1.5 percent and is down 6 percent in two weeks. That should allow drivers to catch their breath after a record rise in gas prices over the first two months of the year.
The average price for a gallon of gas rose 49 cents from Jan. 1 through the end of February, AAA said, eclipsing last year’s increase of 46 cents in the same period.
Oil dropped to about $90 a barrel Friday as the prospect of U.S. government spending cuts raised concerns about oil demand in the world’s leading economy. In addition ,China’s manufacturing grew at its weakest rate in five months in February.
Noted historian Goodwin will speak at Whitworth
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak as part of Whitworth University’s fall President’s Leadership Forum.
Goodwin’s 2005 book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” is the basis for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and the success of the movie has reignited interest in the book. “Team of Rivals” is currently on the New York Times Best Seller list for paperback nonfiction.
Goodwin’s talk will focus on “leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln,” according to a Whitworth news release. The event takes place at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Spokane Convention Center. Register online at www.whitworth.edu/ fallplf or call (509) 777-3449.
“Whitworth University benefits greatly from the considerable support of this great community, so the President’s Leadership Forum is our way of giving back,” Whitworth President Beck Taylor said in the release.
Georgia museum curator to curate GU’s art museum
Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum will have a new director and curator June 1, the university announced this week.
Paul Manoguerra, chief curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art since 2002, has accepted the position following the retirement last year of the Jundt’s first curator and director, J. Scott Patnode.
Manoguerra has curated and developed more than 60 exhibitions, winning two Awards of Excellence from the Southeastern Museums Conference, a Gonzaga news release said.
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Growth lifts prospects for continued recovery
New car, truck sales rose in February
City settles for $2.5 million
Spokane City Council must approve the offer
Jeffreys’ request for bond rejected
Judge cites threats made in call from jail
Requests granted; casino decision pushed back to May
Several groups want more time to comment on the proposal
Idaho to give costly mansion back to J.R. Simplot family
Charles Krauthammer: If sequester fails, Obama loses out
Dr. Brian Seppi: Costly health care system has little bang for its buck
Bob Condotta, Seattle Times: Reports call it ‘competitive’
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