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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
Spokane Airport Sues The Federal Aviation Administration
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from KXLY 4 News (ABC Spokane)
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from Money Talks News
7 Things You Should Have in Your Wallet, 10 You Shouldn’t
If your wallet gets stolen, whether it's an inconvenience or a catastrophe will depend on what you've got in there.
93 Percent of Mothers Are Introducing Solid Foods Too Early Increasing The Risk of Disease
7 Things You Should Have in Your Wallet, 10 You Shouldn’t
If your wallet gets stolen, whether it's an inconvenience or a catastrophe will depend on what you've got in there.
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from PreventDisease.com
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from The Spokesman-Review
Prohibition of federal benefits for same-sex couples is only part being challenged
Car thief unarmed when shot, police say
Owner who fired gun identified
Community divided on shooting of car thief
Immigration bill may pass by summer, Obama says
President ready to step in if Congress fails in effort
Program would provide free shotguns
Pentagon cuts back on unpaid furloughs
Beaver dam limits oil spill damage
Some rescued animals show signs of recovery
English town causes uproar by proposing apostrophe removal
North Korea cuts military hotlines
Arab states help arm Syrian rebels
Effort aimed at taking Damascus, experts say
Vigilantes seize Mexican town, arresting local police and official
The group’s leader was killed on Monday
Cache of weapons found in Newtown gunman’s home
Banks to open today with transaction limits
Nicosia, Cyprus – Banks in Cyprus are to open for the first time in more than a week today, operating for six hours from noon, but restrictions will be in place on financial transactions to prevent people from draining their accounts.
Among the capital controls, cash withdrawals will be limited to 300 euros ($383) per person each day. No checks will be cashed, although people will be able to deposit them in their accounts, according to a ministerial decree. The controls will be in place for four days.
Cyprus’s banks were closed on March 16 as politicians scrambled to come up with a plan to raise $7.5 billion so the country would qualify for $12.9 billion in much-need bailout loans for its collapsed banking sector. The deal was finally reached in Brussels early Monday and imposes severe losses on deposits of over 100,000 euros in the country’s two largest banks, Laiki and Bank of Cyprus.
Since Monday’s deal, Cypriot authorities have been rushing to introduce measures to prevent a rush of euros out of the country’s banks when they do reopen.
Greenland caps licenses for offshore exploration
Copenhagen, Denmark – Greenland’s new government said Wednesday it doesn’t plan to issue any new licenses for offshore oil exploration, an announcement that was welcomed by environmentalists who oppose drilling in Arctic waters.
Jens-Erik Kirkegaard, Greenland’s new minister for natural resources, told the Associated Press in a telephone interview that the 20 licenses issued to date were at a level that are “natural for an area like Greenland” and that the government would be “reluctant” to offer more.
Existing licenses would not be affected, he added.
Only one company, Scotland-based Cairn Energy, has drilled off Greenland in recent years. However, it found no commercial quantities of oil and gas.
Egypt: 3 divers nabbed cutting Internet cable
Cairo – Egypt’s naval forces captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. Telecommunications executives meanwhile blamed a weeklong Internet slowdown on damage caused to another cable by a ship.
Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said in a statement on his official Facebook page that divers were arrested while “cutting the undersea cable” of the country’s main communications company, Telecom Egypt. The statement said they were caught on a speeding fishing boat just off the port city of Alexandria.
Obama to visit Mexico in May
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is slated to travel to Mexico and Costa Rica in early May to push for stronger economic ties, the White House announced Wednesday.
In quick trip scheduled for May 2-4, Obama will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who was elected last year and took office in December. He last met with Obama at the White House in November.
From there, Obama will head to Costa Rica, where President Laura Chinchilla will host a meeting of several Central American leaders. The White House did not release a list of the participating countries or a detailed description of the agenda.
Obama said he hoped the visit would strengthen cooperation on a variety of issues.
Senators invited to dine, again
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night.
In the wake of his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological adversaries to request more of the same.
Obama phoned Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia to arrange for a second dinner, and senator is putting together a guest list of another dozen GOP senators, none of whom attended the first one.
The save-the-date is set for April 10, with a location to be determined, an aide to the senator confirmed.
Effort aimed at taking Damascus, experts say
Vigilantes seize Mexican town, arresting local police and official
The group’s leader was killed on Monday
Cache of weapons found in Newtown gunman’s home
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Nicosia, Cyprus – Banks in Cyprus are to open for the first time in more than a week today, operating for six hours from noon, but restrictions will be in place on financial transactions to prevent people from draining their accounts.
Among the capital controls, cash withdrawals will be limited to 300 euros ($383) per person each day. No checks will be cashed, although people will be able to deposit them in their accounts, according to a ministerial decree. The controls will be in place for four days.
Cyprus’s banks were closed on March 16 as politicians scrambled to come up with a plan to raise $7.5 billion so the country would qualify for $12.9 billion in much-need bailout loans for its collapsed banking sector. The deal was finally reached in Brussels early Monday and imposes severe losses on deposits of over 100,000 euros in the country’s two largest banks, Laiki and Bank of Cyprus.
Since Monday’s deal, Cypriot authorities have been rushing to introduce measures to prevent a rush of euros out of the country’s banks when they do reopen.
Greenland caps licenses for offshore exploration
Copenhagen, Denmark – Greenland’s new government said Wednesday it doesn’t plan to issue any new licenses for offshore oil exploration, an announcement that was welcomed by environmentalists who oppose drilling in Arctic waters.
Jens-Erik Kirkegaard, Greenland’s new minister for natural resources, told the Associated Press in a telephone interview that the 20 licenses issued to date were at a level that are “natural for an area like Greenland” and that the government would be “reluctant” to offer more.
Existing licenses would not be affected, he added.
Only one company, Scotland-based Cairn Energy, has drilled off Greenland in recent years. However, it found no commercial quantities of oil and gas.
Egypt: 3 divers nabbed cutting Internet cable
Cairo – Egypt’s naval forces captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. Telecommunications executives meanwhile blamed a weeklong Internet slowdown on damage caused to another cable by a ship.
Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said in a statement on his official Facebook page that divers were arrested while “cutting the undersea cable” of the country’s main communications company, Telecom Egypt. The statement said they were caught on a speeding fishing boat just off the port city of Alexandria.
Obama to visit Mexico in May
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is slated to travel to Mexico and Costa Rica in early May to push for stronger economic ties, the White House announced Wednesday.
In quick trip scheduled for May 2-4, Obama will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who was elected last year and took office in December. He last met with Obama at the White House in November.
From there, Obama will head to Costa Rica, where President Laura Chinchilla will host a meeting of several Central American leaders. The White House did not release a list of the participating countries or a detailed description of the agenda.
Obama said he hoped the visit would strengthen cooperation on a variety of issues.
Senators invited to dine, again
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night.
In the wake of his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological adversaries to request more of the same.
Obama phoned Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia to arrange for a second dinner, and senator is putting together a guest list of another dozen GOP senators, none of whom attended the first one.
The save-the-date is set for April 10, with a location to be determined, an aide to the senator confirmed.
House panel hears payday bill
OLYMPIA – A Washington state House committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill to allow a new type of low-dollar, high-interest loan pushed by the payday lending industry.
The measure heard Wednesday in the House Business and Financial Services Committee would allow for loans of up to $1,500 that must be paid off within a year. A borrower paying off such a loan on time would pay slightly more than 100 percent of the principal in interest and fees.
The Senate passed a version of the bill last month, but the new version includes more consumer protections.
The interest rate and fees are unchanged from those in the Senate version, however. They include 36 percent annual interest, a monthly fee of 7.5 percent of the full loan amount that is capped at $90 per month, and an upfront fee of 15 percent of the loan, up to half of which is refundable if it is repaid early.
Bill opponents cited a 2009 state law that reined in payday lending practices. Under that law, payday lenders can only lend up to $700 at a time, and the loans must be repaid within 45 days.
Mineral payments cut to 36 states
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. Department of Interior is cutting federal mineral payments to 36 states by a total of roughly $110 million this fiscal year. It’s part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month.
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says his state will lose the most – at least $53 million over the next five months. Wyoming is the nation’s leading coal-producing state.
Western states that are home to the most energy production from federal lands will experience the heaviest cuts. The Interior Department is compiling a list of how much each state will lose.
A spokesman for Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue in Denver says the cuts total 5 percent of annual mineral revenue payments made to states from mineral production within their borders and offshore.
Agency easing rule on delinquent mortgages
WASHINGTON – A federal agency says it is easing rules for troubled borrowers to lower their monthly mortgage payments on loans backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the two government-controlled lenders, says borrowers who are at least 90 days delinquent on their mortgages won’t have to submit financial documents to qualify for a permanent loan modification if they make three on-time payments.
Borrowers may receive more favorable terms on their mortgages if they choose to provide the documents.
The agency says the program should help borrowers lower their payments and avoid foreclosure. It takes effect July 1.
Twitter’s ad revenue projected to double
SAN FRANCISCO – A research firm expects Twitter’s ad revenue to double this year as the online messaging service delivers more marketing pitches aimed at consumers using smartphones and tablet computers.
In a report issued Wednesday, eMarketer projected that Twitter’s worldwide ad revenue will climb from an estimated $288 million last year to $583 million this year. In 2014, eMarketer predicts Twitter’s ad revenue will approach $1 billon.
EMarketer believes mobile devices will account for more than half of Twitter’s ad revenue this year.
The research firm makes educated guesses about Twitter’s revenue based on market trends and data. Twitter, based in San Francisco, is privately held and doesn’t disclose financial figures.
Citizenship-for-cash returning to Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada intends to revive a program that essentially allows investors to buy citizenship on the Caribbean island.
Governor General Carlyle Glean made the announcement during a Wednesday speech at the opening of parliament. He says it is part of a strategy to drum up revenue on the struggling island.
Glean says the government will review other nations’ citizenship-by-investment programs and decide the best way forward.
Newly re-elected Prime Minister Keith Mitchell had previously hinted that he planned to revive a citizenship-for-cash program that was suspended after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks due to fears that local passports could mistakenly be sold to terrorists.
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Idaho Senate OKs wolf fund
Anti-spam watchdog gets cyber beating
Spamhaus attack called largest ever disclosed
State lauded for showing expenditures; chided for budget process
Inslee: Extend temporary tax, spend more on schools
Ten managers indicted in Hanford timecard scheme
Hillside collapses on Whidbey Island
Spokane Airports leading legal challenge against FAA closures
Small-business owners split on paid sick time
More laws requiring it popping up
Study: Higher ed changes needed to meet demand for STEM jobs
Emerging powers to create own bank
Nations’ strike at Western bias stalled by discord over details
Sykes will close Spokane Valley call center in May
Editorial: Sales tax for online buys long overdue
(not sure if I agree with this or not. - C. S.)
Dana Milbank: Gay marriage beyond court
Doctor K: Cure for cold remains elusive
Coleman joins new season of ‘Doctor Who’ as companion
Pat Munts
Spring should be drier than last year
Randy Mann
Dorothy Darby Smith was grand dame of theater in Spokane
Stefanie Pettit The Spokesman-Review
Bicycle tours, events, races planned throughout region
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from The Star
I had a dream … We are one
Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Electric City and Grand Coulee should be one townJess Shut Up
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from Tablet Magazine
In Denmark, known for its historic tolerance, Jews are now threatened and told to remove their ‘Jewish hats’
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from The Washington Post (DC)
Study: Iraq, Afghan war costs to top $4 trillion
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade of fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard researcher.
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from The Wenatchee World
Stehekin River plan finalized
Suddenly, wolves at the door
By Tracy Warner Editorial Page Editor
Despite all the legal work, public uproar Supreme Court could just shrug out of it
Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean gather in Cashmere for burgers and fries
Eagles on the mend after scavenging euthanized horses
The ‘Mexodus’: Wealthy, business-savvy immigrants from Mexico transforming Texas city
After war, most of Iraq’s oil goes to China
Once seen as boon, U.S. companies are now ‘barely active’ in troubled nation
Study: Longhorns are direct descendants of Columbus cattle
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