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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)
Coulee City gets a deputy from the Grant County Sheriff's Office
By Cameron Probert
Ephrata car dealership opens new location in Wenatchee
Major Washington State Gun Bill Fails In House
Missed chance: Obama’s tax problem
By JIM VANDEHEI and MIKE ALLEN
White House dumps Donald Trump tour offer
By KEVIN CIRILLI
from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Rosemary Reduces Blood Sugar Spikes and May Help Reduce Body Weight By Over 60 Percent
by JOHN SUMMERLY
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Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio selected as new pope; takes name Pope Francis
From staff and wire reports
Spokane Catholic, Jesuit officials look forward to new pope
By Nicole Hensley The Spokesman-Review
earlier:
White smoke signals new pope selected
Associated Press
Low-cost Irish carrier places large 737 order with Boeing
ORLANDO, Fla. – Ireland’s Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, has agreed to buy 200 Boeing 737NGs at rock-bottom pricing estimated at about $9 billion.
An industry source close to the Ryanair deal, who is attending the aircraft financing conference here of the International Society for Transport Aircraft Trading, confirmed the order, which was first reported in the Irish Independent newspaper Tuesday morning.
The newspaper said the deal will be officially announced next week when Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny meets President Barack Obama for the annual St. Patrick’s Day visit.
The deal is important for Boeing because the 737NG is the current single-aisle model, and this order provides a bridge to keep production of that model going strong until the 737MAX replacement comes online in 2017.
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from KHQ.com
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from POLITICO
Missed chance: Obama’s tax problem
By JIM VANDEHEI and MIKE ALLEN
White House dumps Donald Trump tour offer
By KEVIN CIRILLI
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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Rosemary Reduces Blood Sugar Spikes and May Help Reduce Body Weight By Over 60 Percent
by JOHN SUMMERLY
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from The Spokesman-Review
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| Cardinal Jorge M. Bergoglio SJ, (now Pope Francis) celebrating mass at the XX Exposición del Libro Católico (20th Catholic Book Fair) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 14, 2008 Wikipedia commons |
From staff and wire reports
Spokane Catholic, Jesuit officials look forward to new pope
By Nicole Hensley The Spokesman-Review
earlier:
White smoke signals new pope selected
Associated Press
More black smoke: Cardinals don’t agree on pope
Nicole Winfield Associated Press
Black smoke signals no pope yet
Cardinals take first vote on new pontiff
Henry Chu Los Angeles Times
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For health care’s drive to reform, cost curve looms ahead
John Webster The Spokesman-Review
Charting the costs
GOP plan takes aim at budget of Democrats
Andrew Taylor Associated Press
Thompson won’t pay for Zehm restitution
Judge says city shares blame for man’s death
Jonathan Brunt The Spokesman-Review
One in custody following seven-hour standoff
From staff reports
Commission: Firefighter who misused email won’t get job back
Nina Culver The Spokesman-Review
Landers: Prescribed burns becoming hot topic
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Military stops making drone medals
Pauline Jelinek Associated Press
Navy names crash victims
Investigation continues at Lincoln County site
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
Golfer plunges 18 feet down into sinkhole
Jim Suhr Associated Press
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Ahmadinejad criticized for hug
Tehran, Iran – Senior Iranian clerics have scolded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez’s mother with a hug – a physical contact considered a sin under Iran’s strict Islamic codes.
The rebuke follows a widely published photo showing Ahmadinejad embracing Chavez’s mother at the funeral of the late Venezuelan president in what is seen as taboo-breaking behavior in Iran.
Iranian papers on Tuesday cited clerics from the religious center of Qom who described the hug as “forbidden,” inappropriate behavior and “clowning around.”
Iran’s strict Islamic codes prohibit physical contact between unrelated members of the opposite sex.
The clerics did not spare Ahmadinejad.
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Iran’s former judiciary chief and a religious leader in Qom, said Ahmadinejad was “clowning around” and his hug shows he failed to “protect the dignity of his nation and his position.”
Man shot amid Palestinian protests
Jerusalem – Israeli troops shot to death a Palestinian man on Tuesday after he and others hurled rocks and firebombs at them in the West Bank, the military said.
The death was the latest in a new uptick in Palestinian casualties in the area, where protests in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails have led to violent clashes between the protesters and Israeli forces.
The protests have largely subsided.
Yatta hospital director Ziyad Abu Zahra identified the man killed as 25-year-old Mahmoud Titi and said he was shot in the head. An Associated Press photographer said the man was among dozens throwing rocks at Israeli troops near the city of Hebron.
A military spokeswoman said the incident was being reviewed.
Bill would expand pot selling locales
OLYMPIA – Last year’s recreational marijuana law needs to be changed to allow for more locations where the drug can be sold and charge higher prices for the rights to sell it, a legislator said Tuesday.
Rep. Christopher Hurst, D-Enumclaw, will hold a hearing next week on a proposal that would shrink the areas where stores would be banned, and instead have the state sell store licenses at market rates to raise more money.
Under Initiative 502, a store selling recreational marijuana must be at least 1,000 feet from schools, parks and other institutions. That would so severely restrict possible locations that large areas of cities would be closed off, Hurst said.
His proposal would change the distance restriction to 500 feet, the current rule for liquor stores.
I-502 also sets a licensing fee of $1,000 for a marijuana store. Hurst’s bill would allow the state Liquor Control Board to set a market value on the right to sell marijuana, which could be much higher, depending on the location.
He estimated the market certificate system could raise as much as $50 million for the state’s general operating fund.
Mental hospital near accreditation
Eastern State Hospital is one step closer to regaining accreditation, state officials announced Monday.
The Medical Lake psychiatric hospital’s accreditation status was suspended in December by the reviewing agency, citing concerns about health and safety issues for both patients and staff.
The decision came a month after a patient was strangled by another patient at the hospital. The accreditation agency, the Joint Commission, said the incident wasn’t the reason for the suspension, although reviewers took it into account.
Corrections are continuing to be made, said John Wiley, spokesman for the state Department of Social and Health Services, which oversees the hospital.
One or possibly two more reviews by the agency are expected before Eastern State Hospital can regain full accreditation.
Nicole Winfield Associated Press
Black smoke signals no pope yet
Cardinals take first vote on new pontiff
Henry Chu Los Angeles Times
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For health care’s drive to reform, cost curve looms ahead
John Webster The Spokesman-Review
GOP plan takes aim at budget of Democrats
Andrew Taylor Associated Press
Thompson won’t pay for Zehm restitution
Judge says city shares blame for man’s death
Jonathan Brunt The Spokesman-Review
From staff reports
Commission: Firefighter who misused email won’t get job back
Nina Culver The Spokesman-Review
Landers: Prescribed burns becoming hot topic
Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Military stops making drone medals
Pauline Jelinek Associated Press
Navy names crash victims
Investigation continues at Lincoln County site
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
Golfer plunges 18 feet down into sinkhole
Jim Suhr Associated Press
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Ahmadinejad criticized for hug
Tehran, Iran – Senior Iranian clerics have scolded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez’s mother with a hug – a physical contact considered a sin under Iran’s strict Islamic codes.
The rebuke follows a widely published photo showing Ahmadinejad embracing Chavez’s mother at the funeral of the late Venezuelan president in what is seen as taboo-breaking behavior in Iran.
Iranian papers on Tuesday cited clerics from the religious center of Qom who described the hug as “forbidden,” inappropriate behavior and “clowning around.”
Iran’s strict Islamic codes prohibit physical contact between unrelated members of the opposite sex.
The clerics did not spare Ahmadinejad.
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Iran’s former judiciary chief and a religious leader in Qom, said Ahmadinejad was “clowning around” and his hug shows he failed to “protect the dignity of his nation and his position.”
Man shot amid Palestinian protests
Jerusalem – Israeli troops shot to death a Palestinian man on Tuesday after he and others hurled rocks and firebombs at them in the West Bank, the military said.
The death was the latest in a new uptick in Palestinian casualties in the area, where protests in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails have led to violent clashes between the protesters and Israeli forces.
The protests have largely subsided.
Yatta hospital director Ziyad Abu Zahra identified the man killed as 25-year-old Mahmoud Titi and said he was shot in the head. An Associated Press photographer said the man was among dozens throwing rocks at Israeli troops near the city of Hebron.
A military spokeswoman said the incident was being reviewed.
Bill would expand pot selling locales
OLYMPIA – Last year’s recreational marijuana law needs to be changed to allow for more locations where the drug can be sold and charge higher prices for the rights to sell it, a legislator said Tuesday.
Rep. Christopher Hurst, D-Enumclaw, will hold a hearing next week on a proposal that would shrink the areas where stores would be banned, and instead have the state sell store licenses at market rates to raise more money.
Under Initiative 502, a store selling recreational marijuana must be at least 1,000 feet from schools, parks and other institutions. That would so severely restrict possible locations that large areas of cities would be closed off, Hurst said.
His proposal would change the distance restriction to 500 feet, the current rule for liquor stores.
I-502 also sets a licensing fee of $1,000 for a marijuana store. Hurst’s bill would allow the state Liquor Control Board to set a market value on the right to sell marijuana, which could be much higher, depending on the location.
He estimated the market certificate system could raise as much as $50 million for the state’s general operating fund.
Mental hospital near accreditation
Eastern State Hospital is one step closer to regaining accreditation, state officials announced Monday.
The Medical Lake psychiatric hospital’s accreditation status was suspended in December by the reviewing agency, citing concerns about health and safety issues for both patients and staff.
The decision came a month after a patient was strangled by another patient at the hospital. The accreditation agency, the Joint Commission, said the incident wasn’t the reason for the suspension, although reviewers took it into account.
Corrections are continuing to be made, said John Wiley, spokesman for the state Department of Social and Health Services, which oversees the hospital.
One or possibly two more reviews by the agency are expected before Eastern State Hospital can regain full accreditation.
Low-cost Irish carrier places large 737 order with Boeing
ORLANDO, Fla. – Ireland’s Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, has agreed to buy 200 Boeing 737NGs at rock-bottom pricing estimated at about $9 billion.
An industry source close to the Ryanair deal, who is attending the aircraft financing conference here of the International Society for Transport Aircraft Trading, confirmed the order, which was first reported in the Irish Independent newspaper Tuesday morning.
The newspaper said the deal will be officially announced next week when Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny meets President Barack Obama for the annual St. Patrick’s Day visit.
The deal is important for Boeing because the 737NG is the current single-aisle model, and this order provides a bridge to keep production of that model going strong until the 737MAX replacement comes online in 2017.
New Twinkies owners enter Devil Dogs, Yodels bidding
NEW YORK – The new owners of Twinkies apparently developed a sweet tooth for Hostess snack cakes.
Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co., which made a joint offer to snap up the famous cream-filled cakes, have also entered the contest to buy Drake’s, which include Devil Dogs and Yodels, according to a source who requested anonymity because the sale process is private.
The fresh offer poses a challenge to McKee Foods, the maker of Little Debbie cakes. Hostess had previously picked McKee’s $27.5 million offer as the “stalking horse” bid for Drake’s that set the floor for an auction.
Pinterest offers new tools to measure business traffic
SAN FRANCISCO – Social network Pinterest has begun offering businesses new tools that help measure the number of visitors it sends their way, another step on the path to broadening its appeal with brands and making money.
The free product, called Pinterest Web Analytics, gives businesses insight into how people interact with their content on Pinterest.
The popular online bulletin board lets you collect and share images from around the Web by “pinning” them to virtual boards. It was the 28th most visited website among U.S. Internet users in January with about 30 million unique visitors, according to research firm ComScore.
The new tool that tracks user activity, such as how frequently people click on a company’s photos, was announced in a blog post Tuesday.
NBC’s prime-time viewership drops to lowest level ever
NEW YORK – At the show’s inception in the mid-1970s, the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” was known as the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players.” That now seems bitterly ironic for the network.
The final numbers aren’t in yet, but last weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” with Justin Timberlake as host had far more viewers than anything NBC aired in prime time last week. The badly slumping NBC had its lowest prime-time viewership average ever, even counting summer months, the Nielsen company said.
It’s the nadir, NBC hopes, of a post-holiday free fall where the network has come apart without pro football and its most popular show, “The Voice.”
NBC’s most-watched show in prime time last week, “The Biggest Loser,” was seen by 5.9 million people. Thirty-six other broadcast programs rated higher. The season premiere of “Grimm” had 4.9 million viewers. “Smash” continues to be a catastrophic bust, with 2.7 million viewers last week.
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Panel approves gun control bill
Democrats’ votes move legislation
Melanie Mason McClatchy-Tribune
Hacking trumps terror as U.S. safety concern
Power generation may be vulnerable
Ken Dilanian McClatchy-Tribune
Mars rock holds building blocks of life
Rover finds signs Red Planet once habitable
Amina Khan Los Angeles Times
Vestal: Departed residents brought color to our region
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
Washington House gun registration bill not voted
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Idaho X-ray tech bill not seeing light of day
Radiologists seek state regulation
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
Job market continues to gain strength
Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press
Panel approves gun control bill
Democrats’ votes move legislation
Melanie Mason McClatchy-Tribune
Hacking trumps terror as U.S. safety concern
Power generation may be vulnerable
Ken Dilanian McClatchy-Tribune
Mars rock holds building blocks of life
Rover finds signs Red Planet once habitable
Amina Khan Los Angeles Times
Vestal: Departed residents brought color to our region
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
Washington House gun registration bill not voted
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Idaho X-ray tech bill not seeing light of day
Radiologists seek state regulation
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
Job market continues to gain strength
Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press
Industry haggling delays final menu-labeling rules
Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press
787 battery redesign OK’d
FAA says changes in ventilation, insulation aimed at preventing future fire
Joan Lowy Associated Press
Seasonal layoffs hit Spokane area
From Staff Reports
Editorial: End-of-life treatment document a good idea
Americans remain invested
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON Washington Post
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Americans remain invested
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON Washington Post
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sports:
Cougs rally from 19 down, but Huskies prevail
Motum scores 28 in what’s most likely his final game for the Cougars
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
Rachel D’Oro Associated Press
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food:
Alison Ladman Associated Press
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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)
Explosion at dam shuts down right powerhouse
By Scott Hunter
Chicken slaughter now legal in Electric City
By Roger S Lucas
Ferry section to arrive soon
By Roger S Lucas
New laser show start delayed
By Roger S Lucas
from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)
Explosion at dam shuts down right powerhouse
By Scott Hunter
Chicken slaughter now legal in Electric City
By Roger S Lucas
Ferry section to arrive soon
By Roger S Lucas
New laser show start delayed
By Roger S Lucas
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from The Wenatchee World
‘The most guilty of them all’
Veteran journalist’s book probes 1992 Cashmere rampage
By Jefferson Robbins World staff writer
from The Wenatchee World
‘The most guilty of them all’
Veteran journalist’s book probes 1992 Cashmere rampage
By Jefferson Robbins World staff writer
Bureau to probe explosion at Grand Coulee Dam
By Christine Pratt World staff writer
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| These Upper Valley pioneers posed for this photo taken around 1909. From left, seated, are: Julius Schubert (Peshastin/Leavenworth area), A.E. Dickeson (Beaver Creek) and George Brisky (Icicle Valley); standing: Nick Knicherf (Leavenworth), Charlie Gibbs (Peshastin), Reuben “Deak” Brown (Monitor), Dr. George Hoxsey and John Emig (both of Leavenworth). |
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Five Indian paramilitary killed as militants attack Kashmir police camp
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
Be open on entitlements, Obama counsels senators
Bloomberg News
Tech firms pitch border security
But since sequester, government agencies might not be buying
By Brian Skoloff The Associated Press
China’s dilemma: Environment v. economy
Party leaders finding transformation costs more than they knew
The Associated Press
Iran looks at lawsuit over ‘Argo’
The Associated Press
Lingering legacies
Preserving beloved leaders isn’t really new ... but it still seems a little on the creepy side
By Luis Andres Henao, Lisa J. Adams The Associated Press
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