In the news, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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from iFIBER ONE News


TV show episode filmed in Soap Lake may make it on the air

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California woman arrested for talking about a fictional bomb

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from The Star

Tourist arrested on bomb threat

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from Columbia Basin Herald

Drones may be tested at Grant County Airport

By Connor Vanderweyst      Herald staff writer

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from POLITICO

Silicon Valley learning D.C. art of secret money

By TONY ROMM

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Democrats fret over Obamacare as 2014 looms
By DAVID NATHER and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

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from The Spokesman-Review

Senate, House have left much to be done
Jonathan Kaminsky      Associated Press

Lawmakers’ current budget to pay for OT work
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

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Gun control supporters seek voters’ help
After Legislature balked, group turns to initiative
Mike Baker      Associated Press

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Spokane police can cite smokers who violate law
Jonathan Brunt      The Spokesman-Review

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Waiting worsens breast cancer prognosis, researchers find
Los Angeles Times

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Clinton, Wiesel mark museum’s anniversary
Holocaust memorial opened 20 years ago
Mcclatchy-Tribune

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U.S. studying reports of chemical use

Associated Press

Syrian premier escapes bombing
Minister’s convoy attacked in upscale neighborhood
Patrick J. Mcdonnell      Los Angeles Times

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Collapsed ruins being dismantled
Building owner held in Bangladesh
Associated Press

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Gas explosion injures 35 in Prague tourist district
Mayor rules out terrorist attack
Karel Janicek, Adam Pemble      Associated Press

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Study doubles Somalia toll
Half of 2011 famine victims 5 and under, new report says
Jason Straziuso Associated Press

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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

At least 22 killed in car bomb blasts

BAGHDAD – Shiite-dominated areas in southern and central Iraq were rocked Monday by car bomb explosions that killed at least 22 people and fueled fears that the country is sliding into a civil war.

The violence occurred as Iraqi security forces surrounded the Sunni cities of Ramadi and Fallujah demanding that the area’s tribes hand over those responsible for killing five Iraqi soldiers over the weekend. Authorities gave the tribes 48 hours to hand the men over.

The deadline passed, but Jaber Jabri, a member of parliament from Ramadi, said late Monday that a tentative deal had been struck to defuse the situation. He said a committee of military commanders, local officials and tribal figures would search for those thought to be responsible, and the tribes would remove their guns from the streets of Ramadi.

The army would be allowed to search specific areas for weapons, but would not launch an attack, he said, adding: “I hope now the situation will get better.”

Fallujah and Ramadi, former hotbeds of the insurgency against the Americans, have led a four-month protest movement against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Politicians fear an assault on Anbar province could be the beginning of a new sectarian conflict. A decision last week to storm a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq triggered a week of related-violence that left more than 200 dead.

Sept. 11 plane part was portion of wing

NEW YORK – The rusted metal aircraft part believed to be from one of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center on 9/11 came from a wing, not landing gear, police said Monday.

The 5-foot piece is a trailing edge flap support structure, police said. It is located closer to the body of the plane and helps secure wing flaps that move in and out and aid in regulating plane speed. Investigators initially thought it was part of the landing gear because both pieces have similar-looking hydraulics.

Boeing officials told police the part came from one of its 767 airliners, but it isn’t possible to determine which flight. Both hijacked planes that struck the towers were Boeing 767s. Workers discovered the part Wednesday on the ground in a sliver of space between a luxury loft rental building and a mosque.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington’s fiscal fights.

Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., is the first black nominee among the president’s picks for open spots in his second-term Cabinet. The president had faced questions, including from the Congressional Black Caucus, about a lack of diversity in his first round of nominations after winning re-election.

Obama said that, as a mayor, Foxx knows how to use infrastructure spending to create jobs and boost economic growth.

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Ex-Spokane lawyer to defend Tsarnaev
Judy Clarke known for life sentences
Denise Lavoie      Associated Press

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March home sales hit highest mark in years
Percentage exceeds expectation; limited supply may cool market
Jim Puzzanghera      Los Angeles Times

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Consumer spending belies hike in tax load
Lower debt, gas costs boosting confidence
Christopher S. Rugaber      Associated Press

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Space tourism plane passes key milestone
W.J. Hennigan, Adolfo Flores      Los Angeles Times

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Ambassadors Group to restart Cuba tours for adult professionals
Tom Sowa      The Spokesman-Review

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opinion:

Editorial: Health care should not dictate school funds

Jokes, actions, on light side
Mona Charen

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Kings to stay put
It doesn’t look like Seattle will receive the vote it wanted to return to the NBA
Bob Condotta      Seattle Times

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Children may not show it, but still need time to grieve
Catherine Johnston, Rebecca Nappi      The Spokesman-Review

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Bloomsday buddies
Woman with form of muscular dystrophy will rely on her fitness and nutrition client to help her to the finish line
Adrian Rogers      The Spokesman-Review

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Ways to prevent wandering
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

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Study finds Alzheimer’s markers in patients’ relatives
Renee Elder      Mcclatchy-Tribune

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Why beets lower blood pressure
Joe Graedon M.D.

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Couple workouts prove both effective and fun
Danielle Braff      Mcclatchy-Tribune

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from The Wenatchee World

APPLE BLOSSOM, 1922: Ruthella Adams is crowned queen of the 1922 Apple Blossom Festival. The ceremonies took place on the Wenatchee High School grounds against a backdrop of crepe paper apple blossoms. High school Principal Wellington Pegg places the crown as the royal party looks on.

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obituary:

William E. ‘Bill’ Sewell

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

William E. “Bill” Sewell, 83, of Wenatchee, died Saturday, April 27, 2013.

He had resided in Wenatchee for 17 years and had owned and operated Dairy Queen restaurants in Omak and Yakima for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Donna Sewell of Wenatchee; his children, Stephen Sewell, Deborah Sewell and Denise Sewell, all of Wenatchee; and his brother, Tom Sewell of Bellingham.

A celebration of life service will be held at a later date.

Arrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee.

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Crème Brûlée is easier than it looks
By L.V. Anderson      Slate

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Want a healthy brain? Go vegan, doc says
By Diane C. Lade      Sun Sentinel

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Double mastectomy: A pre-emptive strike against breast cancer
By Bonnie Miller Rubin      Chicago Tribune

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In the Garden: The business of flowers is, well, big business
By Gloria Kuperman, Master Gardener

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PAC hosts anti-bullying film premier
By Dee Riggs      World staff writer

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Obama puts military options on the table in Syrian conflict
President has his eye on Assad
The Associated Press

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Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice
The Associated Press

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Supreme Court upholds limits on Freedom of Information Act
Chicago Tribune

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Judges sue Social Security over ‘quotas’ on disability decisions
The Baltimore Sun

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Dutch celebrate new king – the first in over a century
The Associated Press

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Mexico’s Peña Nieto vs. the status quo
Teachers respond with resistance to president’s reforms
Los Angeles Times

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In the news, Monday, April 29, 2013

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SUN 28      INDEX      TUE 30

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Obama administration officials threatened whistle-blowers on Benghazi, lawyer says

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from The Guardian (UK)

[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Lambeth Palace retrieves stolen collection of extraordinary rare books
Early edition of Shakespeare and historic accounts of expeditions among 1,400 'priceless' books discovered in attic

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from KREM 2 News

Debris believed to be from 9/11 plane is from wing

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from MoneyTalksNews

21 Terrible Mother’s Day Gifts
There could be exceptions, but generally these gifts aren't wanted, aren't appropriate for the occasion or are thoughtless.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

What is a Wormhole?
A wormhole is a theoretical passage through space-time that could create shortcuts for long journeys across the universe. Wormholes are predicted by the theory of general relativity. But be wary: wormholes bring with them the dangers of sudden collapse, high radiation and dangerous contact with exotic matter.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Obama visiting Mexico
Governments hope to move past security, drug issues

Pre-K spending lowest in decade

Lawmakers urge response to Syria

Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in Damascus

Jefferson students looking forward to new school

Washington Legislature adjourns without budget

Colleges’ tuition plans in limbo

Gun background check fight moving to ballot box
Letting voters decide called ‘more powerful’

Alaska cuts ferries’ naturalists
Shaky funding sees 10 spots eliminated

N.C. mayor to be transportation choice
Obama set to nominate Foxx to Cabinet post

FBI checking training angle in bombing

Commandos nab building owner
Man was fleeing Bangladesh after deadly structure collapse

Italy swears in new government
Stalemate ends as two policemen shot

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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

Pakistan political bombings kill 11

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Bomb blasts targeting the election offices of two candidates in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 people and injured 30 Sunday, the latest in a string of terrorist attacks that have cast a shadow over parliamentary elections scheduled for mid-May.

In recent weeks, Pakistan has been rocked by bombings directed primarily at candidates and backers of three liberal, secular parties, the Awami National Party based in the country’s northwest, President Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party, which led the civilian government for the last five years, and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the ruling party in Karachi, the country’s largest city.

The bombings Sunday targeted two independent candidates from the country’s tribal region along the Afghan border, an area that is home to many militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks.

Blast, building collapse kill 3

REIMS, France – A possible gas explosion ripped off the side of a five-story residential building in France’s Champagne country on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 14 others, officials said.

More than 100 rescue workers, firefighters, sniffer-dog squads and bomb and gas experts were deployed to the gutted building in a subsidized housing complex in the city of Reims, east of Paris, officials said. Michel Bernard, the top government official in Reims, said crews searching for survivors turned up the body of a woman under the rubble Sunday afternoon, raising the death toll to three. He said it was unlikely that the toll would rise any higher.

Greece prepares for civil layoffs

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s parliament approved an emergency bill Sunday to pave the way for thousands of public sector layoffs and free up $11.5 billion in international rescue loans.

The bill, which passed in a 168-123 vote, will allow for the first civil service layoffs in more than a century. About 2,000 civil servants will be laid off by the end of May, with another 2,000 following by the end of the year and a further 11,500 by the end of 2014, for a total of 15,500.

The legislation is the latest wave of Greece’s draconian austerity program. It agreed this month with its bailout rescue lenders – the European Union and International Monetary Fund – to implement the measures as a condition to receive new emergency loans worth $11.5 billion.

The permanence of civil servant jobs has been enshrined in all constitutions since 1911, a form of protection from wholesale sacking when the government changes hands.

The civil servants union, ADEDY, bitterly opposed the bill’s provisions and called for a protest outside parliament.

Armed men target ministry buildings

TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s prime minister warned of a perilous security situation Sunday after armed men stormed the Interior Ministry and a state-owned television station after blocking access to the Foreign Ministry.

Two years after the country’s civil war, Libya is struggling to maintain security, build a unified army and rein in militias, which include rebels who fought to oust longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

About 200 armed men surrounded the Foreign Ministry building in Tripoli, demanding the ministry hire former fighters who helped overthrow Gadhafi. The men allege that many supporters of the old regime still hold senior positions in the ministry and its missions abroad.

About 38 trucks, some with machine guns, surrounded the ministry all day. After sundown, gunmen were still blocking access to the building.

Some in Libya are calling for a political isolation law that would ban members of the former regime from political roles. Others counter that such a law would oust experienced technocrats, including the current prime minister, who served in government under Gadhafi years ago.

Prime Minister Ali Zidan told reporters in Tripoli that the security situation continues to be perilous. He stopped short of saying which militias or armed groups might be behind the incidents.

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Iraq closes Al-Jazeera, other TV stations

The Rock Doc: Stream research goes with flow of technology

Leonard Pitts Jr: Of privilege and hubris

Boomers haven’t strayed from music that helped define generation

Warning sirens, church bells resurrect memories of bygone era

Open door to stress-free retirement by paying off mortgage

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from WIRED

Ghostly Plane Wrecks Found in Remote, Exotic Locations

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In the news, Sunday, April 28, 2013

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SAT 27      INDEX      MON 29

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from Huffington Post

[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Abrams Tank Pushed By Congress Despite Army's Protests

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from The Spokesman-Review

Thousands of fans pack the
Playfair grandstand in 1936

Playfair Commerce Park evolves from racetrack roots

Playfair: A history in photos
From 1935 to 2000, Playfair Race Course, established on the original Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds, entertained fans from throughout the region. From the starting gate to the stretch run, the sport of kings brought excitement and countless photo opportunities to three generations of racegoers and news photographers.

Playfair memories rekindled 10 years after its demise

Then and Now photos: Playfair track
Finish line crossed for final time in 2000

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Spokane Public Schools pursues charter schools

FBI makes new arrest in tainted letters case

Ethiopia flies first Dreamliner since grounding

FAA reverses all employee furloughs
Air traffic system should be up to full strength quickly

Justice breaks shoulder
Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Justice Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court.

Final South Koreans leaving North

Old hands set to lead Iceland’s politics

Venezuela charges U.S. documentarian
Authorities also arrested an ex-general

High-in-the-sky plan to track smugglers

Russians monitored bomb suspects’ mom
Tsarnaeva maintains she knew nothing of the attack

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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

‘Star Wars’ will be dubbed in Navajo

Flagstaff, Ariz. – The classic “Star Wars” film that launched a science fiction empire is being dubbed in the Navajo language.

A handful of Navajo speakers translated the script for “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.” Now people are being sought to fill some two dozen roles.

Casting calls are scheduled Monday in Burbank, Calif., and next Friday and Saturday at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz.

Potential actors don’t have to sound exactly like Princess Leia or Luke Skywalker but should deliver the lines with character.

Museum Director Manuelito Wheeler said he sees the translation as an entertaining way to preserve the Navajo language.

Italian leaders create coalition

Rome – Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s conservatives, an unusual alliance of bitter rivals that broke a two-month political stalemate from inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country.

The daunting achievement was pulled off by Letta, who will be sworn in as premier along with the new Cabinet at the presidential Quirinal Palace today.

Letta, 46, is a moderate with a reputation as a political bridge-builder. He is also the nephew Berlusconi’s longtime adviser, Gianni Letta, a relationship seen as smoothing over often nasty interaction between the two main coalition partners.


Two bronze heads to return to China

Beijing – The rabbit and the rat are finally coming home.

Two bronze heads that were looted from Beijing’s old Summer Palace in 1860 are to be returned to China this year by a French billionaire who acquired them from Christie’s auction house, Chinese state media reported.

The donation was announced late Friday by Francois-Henri Pinault, heir and chief executive of luxury fashion conglomerate Kering Inc.

“It is not only a friendly gesture to the Chinese people, but will also be conducive to the return of more Chinese relics from overseas,” the State Administration of Cultural Heritage said in a statement published Saturday.

The two heads, as large as beach balls, are part of a set of 12 representing the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Originally fountain ornaments, they are less valued aesthetically than politically, symbolizing for many Chinese their nation’s humiliation during the Opium Wars of the 19th century.

In 2009, Christie’s attempted to auction off the rat and the rabbit, which it had acquired from the estate of the late designer Yves Saint Laurent.

China protested the auction, and when it failed to win an injunction, a Chinese nonprofit group dedicated to repatriating antiques scuttled the sale by submitting a fake high bid of nearly $40 million under an assumed name.

Pinault, the husband of actress Salma Hayek, eventually acquired the two heads from Christie’s, which is owned by his holding company.

The donation is not purely altruistic. Pinault’s brands – Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent and Puma – are chalking up sales in China, the world’s fastest-growing luxury market.

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Landing gear likely came from 9/11 plane
NYC alley will be searched for human remains

Guantanamo faces checks

Taliban issue call for annual spring offensive
Afghan government taking security lead

Workers pull another 29 survivors to safety
Building’s owners detained by police

Seattle police officer patrols in vintage cruiser

Eye on Boise: Two stream gauges escape budget ax

Spin Control: GOP rhetoric can’t derail Democrats’ tax loophole closer

Kendall Yards gets $350,000 earmark from Washington Legislature

Special session will be needed
House, Senate budgets still $1 billion apart

Smart Bombs: Spokane’s Mike Fagan wrestles with alter ego
Gary Crooks

Editorial: Washington Senate GOP’s plan would set back gay rights

Kathleen Parker: Remember the real, off-camera Bush

Ellen Clark: Courts must remain open

Study: Sage grouse leave breeding sites when human disturbance tops 3%

Short hikes are cheap outdoor elixir for mind, body, social well-being

Picking favorite hike difficult choice for author

In the Garden:

Artichokes require new seedlings each year here

Vestal’s ‘Stories’ capture dark legacies of the West

South Dakota sanctuary lets nature take its course on open range

On the Money: Parents put teens on pedestal for prom night

Crowdfunding may not offer windfall small businesses seek

BBB Tip of the Week: Airline travel scams

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from The Wenatchee World

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In the news, Saturday, April 27, 2013

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FRI 26      INDEX      SUN 28

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from POLITICO


White House correspondents partiers say Tom Brokaw’s got it wrong
By JEDD ROSCHE

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from The Spokesman-Review


Air traffic furloughs coming to an end
Small airport towers may also get funds
Alan Fram      Associated Press

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City settles with Stephens
Pending council approval, departing assistant police chief will get $190,000
By Jonathan Brunt      The Spokesman-Review

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Roll models
Event backers hope to boost roller derby’s profile locally
By Jennifer Pignolet      The Spokesman-Review

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Feds enter fray over fate of killer whale
Curtis Morgan      Miami Herald

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EPA: Mine bad for salmon
Alaska facility could affect several species
Sean Cockerham      McClatchy

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O’Connor rethinks Supreme Court role in 2000 election
Dahleen Glanton      Chicago Tribune

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In brief:  From Staff and Wire Reports:

Obama not convinced Syria has crossed line

WASHINGTON – Proceeding cautiously, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his “calculus” about U.S. military involvement in the 2-year-old civil war – but said too little was known about a pair of likely sarin attacks to order aggressive action now.

The president’s public response to the latest intelligence reflected the lack of agreement in Washington over whether to use America’s military to intervene in the civil war – and if so, how.

But lawmakers in both parties expressed concern that inaction could embolden Syrian President Bashar Assad and perhaps other countries including North Korea and Iran.

U.S. officials declared on Thursday that the Syrian government probably had used chemical weapons twice in March, newly provocative acts in the civil war that has killed more than 70,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

The U.S. assessment followed similar conclusions from Britain, France, Israel and Qatar – key allies eager for a more aggressive response to the Syrian conflict.


American will be indicted, Korean news agency says

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea says it will soon indict an American detained for alleged hostile acts against the country.

A report from the official Korean Central News Agency today didn’t say when Kenneth Bae’s trial will occur.

Bae is the sixth American detained in North Korea since 2009. U.S. citizens detained in North Korea often have been released following visits by high-profile Americans, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

A North Korean official earlier told the Associated Press that Bae will likely get a harsh punishment – possibly the death penalty – for an alleged attempt to overthrow Pyongyang’s government.


Owners of collapsed garment factories held

SAVAR, Bangladesh – Two owners of garment factories in a Bangladesh building that collapsed into a pile of mangled metal and concrete have been arrested as public fury mounts over the accident that left at least 324 dead.

Authorities updated the death toll, but added that rescuers had pulled seven more survivors from the rubble early today after they found more than 40 survivors inside the collapsed building late Friday.


Strike group’s new leader calls Spokane home

The new commander of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is a veteran naval aviator with Spokane ties.

Rear Adm. Kevin J. “Komrade” Kovacich, 55, took command April 15 of the Norfolk, Va.-based Carrier Strike Group 12, which won international acclaim in 2011 for a high-profile series of successful pirate-hunting excursions off the coast of Africa in the Arabian Sea.

Kovacich was raised in an Air Force family, and though he was already out of high school when his parents, Harriet and Vincent Kovacich, moved to Spokane, he lists the Lilac City as his hometown. Kovacich’s parents still live in Spokane Valley, along with a brother in Liberty Lake and an uncle in Spokane.

A Bronze Star recipient, Kovacich served as an A-6 Intruder pilot after joining the Navy in 1983, and has made more than 800 carrier landings and accumulated more than 4,000 flight hours, according to the Navy. His command postings have included leadership roles in several carrier-based fighter wings, various staff postings at the Pentagon and a year in Baghdad as a deputy director of operations for U.S. forces in Iraq.

The U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, replaced the U.S.S. Enterprise this year as the strike group’s flagship.

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Obama defends abortion rights
He embraces Planned Parenthood, cites ‘assault’
Darlene Superville      Associated Press

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Powwow season off to ringing start
Associated Press

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Ruling on royalties a win for Microsoft
Judge sets formula for Motorola payments
Janet I. Tu      Seattle Times

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Economy picks up steam
Federal cuts, tax hikes could blunt momentum
Martin Crutsinger, Christopher S. Rugaber      Associated Press

HP, Chevron help to buoy Dow
Polya Lesova      MarketWatch
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Kings of the mountain
Theme parks pull out all the stops in their VIP packages for visitors
Hugo Martin      Los Angeles Times

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Mississippi man charged in poison letters case
Holbrook Mohr      Associated Press

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Opening day for fishing draws families
Rich Landers      The Spokesman-Review

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Lawmakers act quickly with marijuana law fix
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

K-9 trained to ignore pot
Legalization prompts change in repertoire
Josh Farley Kitsap Sun

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Rule allows killing of wolves
Lethal force permissible if predators caught attacking domestic animals
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

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Common Core topic of schools workshop
Scott Maben      The Spokesman-Review

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Lawsuits against florist trigger bill
GOP effort would allow denial of services, goods
Rachel La Corte      Associated Press

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Interim chief apologizes for role in training video
‘Misguided’ skit negatively depicted homeless people
Associated Press

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GOP censures chair over vote
Steed supported Moscow’s anti-discrimination policy
Associated Press

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Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria
Bassem Mroue      Associated Press

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Croatians to vote on golf in historic referendum
Dusan Stojanovic      Associated Press

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opinion:

Editorial: Congress solves flight delays – hold the applause

Disability abuse needs a fix
Froma Harrop

Bush still keeping the country safe
Charles Krauthammer

Guest opinion: Leveling the field for college
Kevin Jacka

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Sharing the word
Spokane Islamic Center welcomes knowledge, qualities of its new imam
Tracy Simmons      Spokane Faith and Values

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Right words give clues for treating pain
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

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Sam & Mary Seaton 50th Anniversary

Henry & Margaret 25th Anniversary

Henry and Margaret Taschereau

Margaret Taschereau at her 25th wedding anniversary reception

90's family 1

Pat & Sam, September 1992

In the news, Friday, April 26, 2013

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THU 25      INDEX      SAT 27

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from iFIBER ONE News


Truck blocks SR 26 for hours after crashing near Vantage Bridge

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from MoneyTalksNews


12 Weird Ways Retirees Make Money
In all likelihood, you have hobbies, talents or skills that could earn you extra cash after you've given up the day job.
By Craig Donofrio

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from KOMO News

Bill seeks exemption to non-discrimination law
By RACHEL LA CORTE      Associated Press

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from the Columbia Basin Herald

Letter to the Editor

Reader continues thoughts on vacant lots

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from POLITICO

Obamacare exemption talk lights up Capitol Hill
By JAKE SHERMAN

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from The Spokesman-Review

Pictured is the Washington Water Power plant located on the current Huntington Park site around 1920-30.

Huntington Park redesign includes tie-in to Riverfront Park
Jonathan Brunt      The Spokesman-Review

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Presidents gather to honor Bush
Politics put aside at formal dedication of Bush library
Josh Lederman      Associated Press

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Officials: Bomb suspects’ mother was on watch list
Associated Press

Police: Bombers were going to hit N.Y. next
Stolen vehicle contained more explosive devices
Colleen Long, Jennifer Peltz      Associated Press

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Former police chief will get $190,000 to resign
Jonathan Brunt       The Spokesman-Review

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Pot, as it’s defined, stymies prosecutor
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

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Drone test site could come to Washington
Tom Sowa      The Spokesman-Review

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Mormon Church backs Boy Scouts gay rule
Associated Press

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Senate rushes measure to ease FAA furloughs
Bill lets agency shuffle funding
David Espo      Associated Press

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Online sales tax advances

Los Angeles Times

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Choices facing Obama all bad, expert says
McClatchy-Tribune

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New focus on wolves that attack livestock
Backer says kill permit would be unnecessary
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

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North Idaho College seeks event center funding
Scott Maben      The Spokesman-Review

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County teams up with SNAP to assist homeowners
Grant to fund low-interest loans
Mike Prager      The Spokesman-Review

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Vestal: Homeless problems can be eased by familiarity, trust
Shawn Vestal      The Spokesman-Review

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Southwest beats forecasts on profits
Airline concerned about impact of federal budget cuts on travel
Associated Press

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GE ends financing through gun shops
Loans helped customers buy pricier weapons
Joesph Pisani      Associated Press

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SEC alleges financial scam
Spokane Valley businessman accused of fleecing investors
John Stucke      The Spokesman-Review

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Ferguson, T-Mobile reach deal
Customers will be warned about cellphone clause
Peter Svensson      Associated Press

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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

‘Boston Massacre’ shirts no longer sold on eBay

NEW YORK – EBay has confirmed that it pulled a Nike T-shirt with the words “Boston Massacre” printed on it from its online marketplace.

Nike Inc. has already pulled the T-shirts from the market.

EBay Inc. spokeswoman Johnna Hoff said in an email Thursday that the shirt was in violation of the company’s offensive materials policy. This bans items that promote hatred, violence, portray graphic violence or victims of violence, among other things.

The “Boston Massacre” phrase has been used to describe a pivotal late-season sweep by the New York Yankees of the rival Boston Red Sox in 1978.

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opinion:

Editorial: Initiative 4 scattershot on speech

Explosions highlight bigger issue
Amy Goodman

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from The Wenatchee World

to be added

In the news, Thursday, April 25, 2013

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from The Spokesman-Review


Officials: Bomb suspect silent after read rights
Associated Press

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Survey: Americans felt more secure in jobs in 2012
Associated Press

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Spokane police officer to admit lie in Zehm testimony
Jonathan Brunt      The Spokesman-Review

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Washington budgets remain in limbo
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

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Flight delays could ease with FAA funding fix
David Espo, Jim Kuhnhenn      Associated Press

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Abortion provider’s defense rests case
Doctor won’t testify in capital murder trial
Maryclaire Dale      Associated Press

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In brief:  From Staff and Wire Reports:

Budget director choice confirmed by Senate

Washington – The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama’s nominee for top White House budget expert, bringing a woman into a top post in an administration that critics say has been dominated by men.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell was confirmed as director of the Office of Management and Budget by a vote of 96-0, a bipartisan vote of support by a Senate that has objected to other White House nominations.

Burwell worked as deputy director of the budget office from 1998 to 2001. She then worked for a decade at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, including as chief operating officer. She most recently headed the Walmart Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Seven arrested for smuggling fish bladders

San Diego – Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international practice in which the bladders are sold for up to $20,000 each to be used in a highly desired soup.

U.S. border inspectors in Calexico have seized 529 bladders from totoaba fish since February that they believe were destined for China.

Just as shark fins are coveted for use in a different soup, the totoaba is desired for its dried bladders. The organs are said to improve skin, blood circulation and fertility.

Study: Binge drinking may cause heart damage

Step away from the beer pong table! College binge drinking may leave you with more than just embarrassing memories and excruciating hangovers.

In a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers found that four years of heavy drinking between the ages of 18 and 25 may be enough to permanently increase a person’s risk of heart attack, stroke and atherosclerosis.

Researchers at the University of Illinois recruited 38 nonsmoking young adults and split them into two groups: alcohol abstainers and binge drinkers. To be considered a binge drinker, participants had to have consumed five or more servings of alcohol in two hours, at least six times a month, for about four years.

Study authors then used ultrasound imaging to examine the blood vessels in the participants’ arms when they were given nitroglycerin – a blood vessel dilator – and after blood flow was restricted and then allowed to run free.

What they found was that abstainers’ blood vessels were more elastic and had a greater ability to dilate than did the vessels of the binge drinkers. This diminished vascular function could be an early indicator of blood vessel damage and atherosclerosis.

Letta appointed premier-designate

Rome – Italy’s president appointed Enrico Letta as premier-designate Wednesday, asking him to form a coalition government representing Italy’s main parties to end two months of political paralysis and put the country back on the path of reform and growth.

Letta, a 46-year-old center-left lawmaker and No. 2 Democratic Party leader, said he accepted the job knowing it’s an enormous responsibility and that Italy’s political class “has lost all credibility.”

President Giorgio Napolitano charged Letta with putting together a coalition government of the Democratic Party and the center-right party of Premier Silvio Berlusconi, the two biggest blocks in Parliament.

Letta also represents something of a new generation in Italian politics, after the traditional guard has been discredited by scandals, infighting and inertia. In a perhaps scripted but nevertheless significant gesture, Letta drove himself to the presidential palace to accept the job as premier in his own Fiat. Normally politicians are driven around town with an accompanying motorcade.

These “auto blu,” as the chauffeured cars are known, have become the despised emblems of the privileges of Italy’s political elite.

Violent clashes in China kill 21 people

Beijing – Violent clashes in China’s far-west province of Xinjiang, home to the Turkic-speaking Uighur minority, reportedly left 21 people dead in what official media described Wednesday as fighting between “suspected terrorists and authorities.”

The state Xinhua news wire said that among the dead were 15 field staff and police officers, in addition to six “suspects.”

That story and an account carried by a government-run website in Xinjiang said the confrontation was sparked Tuesday after three official “community workers” reported the presence of knives and suspicious people in a house in Bachu County, which is about 750 miles southwest of the provincial capital of Urumqi.

A Uighur exile activist group gave a different version.

Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress, which uses an alternate spelling for the minority group, wrote in an email that the conflict Tuesday was fueled by the police shooting and killing a young Uighur man.

Spokane HUD office will close, cutting 5 jobs

The federal government is closing its Housing and Urban Development office in Spokane and eliminating five jobs.

HUD is in the midst of a reorganization to provide services more efficiently. Spokane’s field office at the Thomas S. Foley Courthouse downtown is one of 16 being closed, the agency reported Wednesday.

Spokane’s HUD office serves Eastern Washington and North Idaho. It reviews and monitors loan insurance programs for single-family and multifamily housing projects. And it has one program manager reviewing insurance for health care facility loans.

HUD will still have a Seattle regional office, HUD spokesman Lee Jones said.

Spokane’s five staff workers will be offered buyouts or the option to move to another location, Jones said.

Over the next three years, HUD said the restructuring could save $45 million to $50 million.

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Ceremony puts Bush back in public eye
$250 million presidential center will be dedicated today in Dallas
Anna M. Tinsley      McClatchy-Tribune

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Anti-seizure drug linked to autism
Melissa Healy      Los Angeles Times

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Seoul demands talks on closed factory park
South warns of ‘grave measure’ if North Korea doesn’t respond
Hyung-Jin Kim      Associated Press

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Syrian landmark destroyed in clash
Famed mosque was Aleppo centerpiece
Ryan Lucas      Associated Press

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Building collapse kills at least 149 in Bangladesh
Cracking structure held factories
Julhas Alam      Associated Press

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Sexual orientation would be protected under CdA law
Scott Maben      The Spokesman-Review

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Guilds’ School penny drive moving full-speed ahead
Jennifer Pignolet      The Spokesman-Review

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South Hill Target proposal moves forward
Tom Sowa      The Spokesman-Review

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Spokane Convention Center work goes to Garco, ALSC
Mike Prager      The Spokesman-Review

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Eyman, Fagans want public vote on tax hikes
Group wants to force vote on constitutional amendment
Jim Camden      The Spokesman-Review

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Health exchange could be coming for some state workers
Mike Baker      Associated Press

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Deliveries of Boeing 787s set to resume in early May
Joshua Freed      Associated Press

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Students lag in financial literacy
Philip Elliott      Associated Press

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Crowdfunding boom may be more of a bust
SEC still writing regulations for last year’s JOBS Act
Joyce M. Rosenberg      Associated Press

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Twitter hoax highlights danger of algorithmic trading
Bernard Condon      Associated Press

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opinion:

Editorial: Washington budget will need compromise

Bombing suspect shouldn’t be in military court anyways
Dana Milbank

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Kings decision still wait-and-see
Bob Condotta      Seattle Times

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Doctor K: Pap test still needed, just not as often
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

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MAC displays newsletters, items from Rotary club’s 100 years
Cindy Hval      The Spokesman-Review

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Hill Brothers Building has housed saddlery, men’s shop, ad agency
Stefanie Pettit      The Spokesman-Review

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Think before you plant: It could go low, snow
Pat Munts

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WSU students offer plans for Peaceful Valley project
Pia Hallenberg      The Spokesman-Review

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Keeping lid on toilet etiquette
Cindy Hval      The Spokesman-Review

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Project to help feed shunned Zambians
Pia Hallenberg      The Spokesman-Review

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from The Wenatchee World

APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE, 1921
This photo was taken during the 1921 Apple Blossom Festival Grand Parade. More than 125 entries formed the procession. This view looks northwest from the east side of Wenatchee Avenue.

Old news
By Linda Barta      Librarian and News Assistant

25 years ago — 1988:

The largest cache ever of stone spearheads from the earliest known prehistoric Americans was uncovered Monday by a team of Washington State University archaeologists in an apple orchard east of East Wenatchee.  Identified as artifacts from the Clovis culture 11,000 to 11,500 years ago, the points also are the largest in size of their kind ever found, according to scientists who arrived here this week from the Smithsonian Institution and around the nation.

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Hanging ‘em high
Crews thread cable for Douglas PUD’s new high-voltage line
By Christine Pratt      World staff writer

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opinion:

The river, the treaty, the money
By Tracy Warner      Editorial Page Editor

The shame of deference
By George F. Will      Washington Post Writers Group

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Wilf Woods: Soap Lake gets its own history book
By Wilfred Woods      Chairman of the Board

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In the news, Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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TUE 23      INDEX      THU 25

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from Forbes

How the FDA Stifles New Cures, Part I: The Rising Cost of Clinical Trials

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from Fox News

Report: WH Altered Benghazi Talking Points to Protect State Department

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Independent Journal Review

Can We Have a National Conversation About Islam Now?

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from Patheos

[Information from this site may be questionable.]

How a traditional church can grow again
[Family Channel]

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from POLITICO

Heidi Heitkamp defends gun vote

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from The Spokesman-Review

Special session likely, Inslee says

Spokane cop expected to resign in Zehm plea deal

New Wash. legal pot law jeopardizes prosecutions

Sen. Max Baucus to retire at end of term
Montana senator is sixth Democrat who plans to leave

Expanding full-day kindergarten possible in Spokane

School whiteboards double as bulletproof shields

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In brief:  From Wire Reports:

City settles with pair shot at by police

Los Angeles – The city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2 million settlement with a mother and daughter who were injured when police mistakenly opened fire on them while they were delivering newspapers during the manhunt for disgruntled ex-cop Christopher Dorner, officials said Tuesday.

Margie Carranza and her 71-year-old mother, Emma Hernandez, were delivering papers around 5 a.m. on Feb. 7 when LAPD officers guarding the Torrance home of a target named in an online Dorner manifesto blasted at least 100 rounds at their pickup. Hernandez was shot in the back and Carranza had minor injuries.

Senators seek details on drone program

Washington – Democratic and Republican senators joined a former deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday in urging the Obama administration to make public more information about its top-secret targeted killing program amid questions about the legality and effectiveness of hundreds of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere.

“More transparency is needed to maintain the support of the American people and the international community” for drone strikes, said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a key Obama ally and the chairman of the Constitution subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The White House refused to send a witness to the Senate’s first open hearing on the issue.

Some charges tossed in abortion case

Philadelphia – A Philadelphia judge tossed three of eight murder charges Tuesday in the high-profile trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider accused of killing babies allegedly born alive at his clinic.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, still faces the death penalty if convicted on four remaining counts of first-degree murder involving babies allegedly killed with scissors after being born alive.

Judge Jeffrey Minehart did not explain why he dismissed the three murder counts but apparently felt he had not heard sufficient evidence from prosecutors that those three babies were viable, born alive and then killed.

The judge also upheld murder charges in a patient’s overdose death. Gosnell is charged with third-degree murder in the 2009 death of 41-year-old Karnamaya Mongar, a recent refugee to the U.S. who died after an abortion at his Women’s Medical Society.

Asbestos home products to be labeled

OLYMPIA – Construction and home-improvement products that contain asbestos will have to be clearly marked starting next year under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Jay Inslee.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, at the request of the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency, covers common home construction products such as shingles and wallboard, which aren’t usually a problem when they are put on but can release asbestos during demolition.

Inslee called it “an important consumer protection measure.”


State electors to get pay increase in 2016

OLYMPIA – Members of the Electoral College who cast a vote for president in Washington in 2016 will get the first raise in expenses since 1891.

A bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Jay Inslee ups the pay of $5 a day and 10 cents for each mile traveled that was set when Washington first became a state. The new law gives electors the same rates that other state officials get when they travel. Right now that rate is $77 for lodging, $46 for food and 56.5 cents for mileage, although it’s adjusted as needed for inflation.

Electors are chosen at state party conventions to fulfill a role required by the U.S. Constitution, and they cast their vote for president in December, about a month after the presidential election.


Elwha dammed for a little while longer

SEATTLE – Removal of the second of two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula has been put on temporary hold while officials try to fix problems at new water-treatment facilities built as part of the $325 million river restoration project.

Sediment is clogging the facilities built in 2011 to help remove massive amounts of dirt, silt and woody debris released downstream as the dams come down.

The National Park Service, which is leading the dam-removal project, said work to take down the last chunk of the 210-foot Glines Canyon Dam will resume July 1, the Seattle Times reported Sunday.


False AP Twitter post causes market panic

NEW YORK – Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of the Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.

The false tweet said there had been two explosions at the White House and that President Barack Obama was injured. The attack on AP’s Twitter account and the AP Mobile Twitter account was preceded by phishing attempts on AP’s corporate network.

The AP confirmed that its Twitter account had been suspended following a hack and said it was working to correct the issue.

The false tweet went out shortly after 1 p.m. and briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average sharply lower. The Dow fell 143 points, from 14,697 to 14,554, after the fake Twitter posting, but quickly recovered.

AP spokesman Paul Colford said the news cooperative is working with Twitter to investigate the issue. The AP has disabled its other Twitter accounts following the attack, Colford added.

Twitter had no comment.

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Sword-wielding man scares off stalker
Neighbors join chase; suspect turns self in

Gay marriage measure wins approval in France

Marriage debate gets very personal
Nevada lawmaker tells colleagues: ‘I’m gay’

Israel accuses Syria of nerve agent use
Skeptical U.S. says assertion warrants probe

Poll: Terror acts ‘part of life’ in America

Tax extension for breweries off the table

Unemployment rate down in Spokane County

Bill allowing discussion of autopsies goes to Inslee
Examiner could remark on police-related deaths

Vestal: Anti-school message hits the road with Alton money

Border-town businesses wary of U.S. entry fee
Homeland Security wants to study effect

Flight delays lessen, but furloughs loom

Horse slaughter at issue
Plant that would process meat gains USDA approval

Trade Alliance agrees to merge with Greater Spokane

FAA gave Boeing say in tests of 787 battery
NTSB investigating Dreamliner problems

Flight delays lessen, but furloughs loom

Study: Wealth gap wider in recovery
Only richest 7 percent saw net worth go up from ’09-11

Editorial: State science teachers offer passion, knowledge

Roe v. Wade here for a reason
Michael Smerconish      Philadelphia Inquirer

This does not necessarily reflect the views of Cousin Sam.

Derby delights
Give your ‘Run for the Roses’ party a traditional flair

Sort-of carpaccio a great compromise
Dinner tonight, lunch tomorrow, made easy

The egg salad solution
Get the most out of hard-boiled leftovers

With the grain
Let the sauce enhance your whole-wheat pasta

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from The Star

A citizen is a terrible thing to waste
Editorial By Scott Hunter editor & publisher

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from The Wenatchee World

APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CORONATION, 1938:
Washington State Gov. Clarence D. Martin officially crowns and congratulates Lois Jo Strong as queen of the 1938 Apple Blossom Festival. The princess at left is Susan Hilt and the one at the right is Doris Ames.

‘Bringing a hero home'

It you must tax, be evenhanded

For small business, health care

‘Their life isn’t over’: Amputee veterans show off carbon legs to Boston survivors

U.S. hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home

College Football Playoff to replace BCS

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Apple Blossom Festival:

Festival's queen goes full bore — most of the time

Includes "Queens Over the Years," Apple Blossom Queens 1920-2013

Apple Blossom Festival event schedule

Apple Blossom Junior Royalty

Keyes Fibre Youth Parade Lineup

Apple Blossom Festival entertainment schedule

Royalty float schedule

Classy Chassis 2013 is all revved up

Food vendors serve up tasty treats
This year’s vendors and their offerings

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