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from POLITICO
Pentagon delays furlough notices
By KATE BRANNEN
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
from The Spokesman-Review
Associated Press
Rockets hit Israel as Obama meets Palestinians
Associated Press
Revenue forecast is rosier
Even if $2 billion more materializes, budget struggle in Olympia remains
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Man backing wolf laws brings badly hurt dog
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Tuition tax credits bill passes Idaho House
$10 million program heads to Senate after close vote
From Staff And Wire Reports
Both sides agree on fracking standards
Kevin Begos Associated Press
U.S. Senate OKs budget plan
Sequester stays but agencies can choose what to cut
David Lightman McClatchy-Tribune
Apollo-era rocket engines recovered
They’re pulled out from three miles deep in Atlantic
Alicia Chang Associated Press
Legislation targets hydrocodone
Strict prescription restrictions sought for addictive painkiller
Scott Glover, Lisa Girion Los Angeles Times
South Korea computers hit in major cyberattack
Jung-Yoon Choi Los Angeles Times
Security handover set in key Afghan area
Los Angeles Times
Country could trade gas leases, bank assets for Russian loan
Menelaos Hadjicostis Associated Press
Labrador likes Paul’s approach on immigration
He favors careful pathway for illegals
Michael A. Memoli McClatchy-Tribune
Scores arrested in casino protest
Hannah Dreier Associated Press
Colorado governor signs gun measures
No Republicans voted for bills that tighten rules
Ivan Moreno Associated Press
Controversial drilling next to Glacier will end
Matt Volz Associated Press
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In brief: From Wire Report:
Los Angeles – Five former City Council members in a small, blue-collar Los Angeles suburb that became a symbol of political greed were convicted Wednesday of stealing taxpayer money by creating a panel that helped boost their part-time pay to nearly $100,000 a year.
One former councilman was acquitted and the other five were found not guilty of several counts each, as jurors returned verdicts on only about half of the more than 80 charges prosecutors had filed. Jurors said they were deadlocked on the other charges, but the judge ordered them to continue deliberations after some members said they thought a verdict could still be reached.
The trial was the first such proceeding following revelations that Bell’s leadership had bilked the hardscrabble city of $5.5 million, using the money to pay huge salaries to the city manager, police chief, City Council members and others. The former city manager and his assistant are expected to face trial on similar charges later this year.
Former Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez and onetime City Council members Teresa Jacobo, George Mirabal, George Cole and Victor Bello were convicted Wednesday of misappropriating public funds.
Former Councilman Luis Artiga was acquitted of all charges.
Pediatricians, citing kids’ welfare, back gay marriage
Chicago – The nation’s most influential pediatricians group has endorsed gay marriage, saying a stable relationship between parents regardless of sexual orientation contributes to a child’s health and well-being.
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ new policy, published online, cites research showing that the parents’ sexual orientation has no effect on a child’s development. Kids fare just as well in gay or straight families when they are nurturing and financially and emotionally stable, the academy says.
The academy believes that a two-parent marriage is best equipped to provide that kind of environment. Their policy says that if a child has two gay parents who choose to marry, “it is in the best interests of their children that legal and social institutions allow and support them to do so.”
The policy cites reports indicating that almost 2 million U.S. children are being raised by gay parents, many of them in states that don’t allow gays to marry.
The academy announced its position today. Officials with the group said they wanted to make the academy’s views known before two gay marriage cases are considered by the U.S. Supreme Court next week.
More jobs recovered; jobless rate the same
Washington’s statewide jobless rate in February remained 7.5 percent, the third month in a row at that level, the Employment Security Department reported Wednesday.
Overall, the state added roughly 4,000 jobs in February; that’s close to the monthly average for the past six months, according to a department news release.
County unemployment rates will be published next week.
Statewide, industries seeing the most job growth in February were education and health services; manufacturing; professional/business services; and wholesale trade.
Industries showing the most job losses were construction; leisure and hospitality; and transportation, warehousing and utilities.
Freddie sues big banks, alleges rate rigging
WASHINGTON – Freddie Mac has sued 15 big international banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup, accusing them of rigging a key interest rate and causing huge losses for the government-controlled mortgage giant.
Freddie filed the lawsuit today in federal court in Alexandria, Va. It names the banks that set the London interbank offered rate, known as LIBOR, which provides the basis for trillions of dollars in contracts around the world, including mortgages, bonds and consumer loans.
A U.S. watchdog has found that Freddie and its larger sibling Fannie Mae together may have lost more than $3 billion on their investments from banks’ rate-rigging.
The banks schemed together daily to manipulate and hold down the value of LIBOR from August 2007 through at least May 2010, Freddie alleges in its suit. They “acted collectively to suppress … LIBOR, both to hide their institutions’ financial problems and to boost their profits,” the suit says.
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Zag merchandise moving like ‘different animal this year’
Sales extra bouncy even before first tourney game
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
Hecla gets a pass on tougher oversight
CEO: Changes at mine satisfy federal agency
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
Fed: Stay the course
Short-term interest rates to remain at record lows
Martin Crutsinger Associated Press
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opinion:
Dana Milbank
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sports:
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
John Blanchette The Spokesman-Review
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
Gonzaga’s Karnowski makes big strides
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
Seattle will explore Olympics possibility
Commission charged with learning what 2024 bid entails
Steve Rudman Sportspress NW
Sacramento to reveal plans for new Kings arena
Bob Condotta Seattle Times
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Doctor K: Benefits of daily aspirin outweigh risk
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Raised beds can reduce garden work
Pat Munts
Conditions right for more tornadoes
Randy Mann
Business-minded women
Most businesses in Garland Business District owned by women
Cindy Hval The Spokesman-Review
Museum features cross section of vintage snowmobiles
Lisa Leinberger The Spokesman-Review
Cheaper homes fuel buying surge
By Mike Irwin World staff writer
Cashmere man says year in Nicaraguan prison helped him grow
By Rick Steigmeyer World staff writer
Trout gorges, starves itself to survive
By Sandi Doughton The Seattle Times
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opinion:
Small fires or big fires? A choice
By Tracy Warner Editorial Page Editor
Soon, short of nurses again
By Linda Tieman Guest Opinion
A matter of jurisprudence
Defense of Marriage Act
By George F. Will Washington Post Writers Group
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Why suspending kids probably isn’t helping
It’s convenient for schools, but what’s it really fix?
By Brian Palmer
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Cindy Hval The Spokesman-Review
Museum features cross section of vintage snowmobiles
Lisa Leinberger The Spokesman-Review
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from The Wenatchee World
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| This Orondo and Mission frame structure in 1892 was the first business building in downtown Wenatchee. |
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Cheaper homes fuel buying surge
By Mike Irwin World staff writer
Cashmere man says year in Nicaraguan prison helped him grow
By Rick Steigmeyer World staff writer
Trout gorges, starves itself to survive
By Sandi Doughton The Seattle Times
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opinion:
Small fires or big fires? A choice
By Tracy Warner Editorial Page Editor
Soon, short of nurses again
By Linda Tieman Guest Opinion
A matter of jurisprudence
Defense of Marriage Act
By George F. Will Washington Post Writers Group
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Why suspending kids probably isn’t helping
It’s convenient for schools, but what’s it really fix?
By Brian Palmer
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