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from iFIBER ONE News
Feds approve Grant PUD removing residents from Crescent Bar Island
By Cameron Probert
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Soap Lake holds discussion on costs and repairs of piping lake water
By Ryan Lancaster
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from POLITICO
Immigration reform could be bonanza for Democrats
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS
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from PreventDisease.com
Earth Balance Betrays Consumers With False Non-GMO and Organic Claims
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from The Spokesman-Review
Authorities say brothers in Boston incidents motivated by religion
Mcclatchy-Tribune
Marilynn Marchione Associated Press
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Cost of gas gives fuel to economy
Prices may fall another 20 cents over next two months, some say
Jonathan Fahey Associated Press
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Pollution rules delayed after Boeing balks
Meeting with Gregoire precedes halt to new fish-consumption regulations
Robert Mcclure, Olivia Henry InvestigateWest
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency issued a sharply critical assessment of the State Department’s recent environmental impact review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a move certain to complicate efforts to win approval for the $7 billion project.
In a letter to top State Department officials overseeing the permitting process for the pipeline, the EPA lays out detailed objections regarding greenhouse gas emissions related to the project, pipeline safety and alternative routes. Based on its analysis, the EPA said it had “Environmental Objections” to the State Department’s environmental assessment due to “insufficient information.”
The State Department assessment concluded that Keystone XL, which would connect Canada’s oil sands to the U.S., would have a minimal impact on the environment. But the EPA analysis appears to challenge that conclusion.
The EPA’s assessment came during the public comment period for the draft supplemental environmental impact statement that the State Department issued last month. The study is supposed to be an exhaustive look at the effect of the proposed pipeline on air, water, endangered species, communities and the economy.
Other federal agencies have the right to comment on the assessment, but the EPA’s is the one most anxiously awaited because a negative analysis by the regulator could raise barriers to the project’s approval.
Inaugural committee raised $43 million
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s second inaugural committee raised a little more than $43 million to put on the official festivities surrounding his January swearing-in, backed by major donations from big corporations, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
The total brought in by the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee was $10 million less than the amount raised in 2009 for Obama’s first inauguration.
The smaller haul came despite the fact that – in a reversal from 2009 – this year’s inaugural committee accepted corporate donations.
In all, for-profit corporations donated $15.5 million to help put on this year’s parade and official balls, according to an analysis by the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau.
The biggest donation came from AT&T, which contributed $4.6 million in equipment and other in-kind services.
Taliban take 11 civilians hostage
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban took 11 civilians prisoner, including eight Turks and a Russian, after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, in the first large-scale capture of foreigners there in nearly six years.
Security forces dispatched to the remote area retreated after engaging in firefights with the insurgents but failing to secure the area or retrieve the captives.
The crisis began Sunday when the civilian transport aircraft was forced down in bad weather in the village of Dahra Mangal in the Azra district of Logar province, southeast of Kabul, District Governor Hamidullah Hamid told the Associated Press. Taliban fighters then captured everyone aboard the helicopter and took them away, Hamid said.
In a telephone interview, Arsala Jamal, the Logar provincial governor, identified the prisoners as eight Turks, one Afghan translator and two foreign pilots of unknown nationality.
Second arrest made in rape of girl, 5
NEW DELHI – A second suspect was arrested Monday in the rape of a 5-year-old girl who New Delhi police say was left for dead in a locked room.
Pradeep Kumar, a 19-year-old garment factory worker, was arrested Monday in the eastern state of Bihar and was being brought to the capital, police said.
Police said questioning of the first man arrested in the case, Manoj Kumar, led them to the second suspect. Manoj Kumar, 24, was arrested Saturday in Bihar and flown to New Delhi. The two men are not related.
The men are accused of abducting, raping and attempting to murder the 5-year-old, who went missing April 15 and was found two days later by neighbors who heard her crying in a locked room in the same New Delhi building where she lives with her family.
The girl was in critical condition Thursday, but D.K. Sharma, medical superintendent of the hospital in New Delhi where the girl was being treated, said Monday that she was responding well and that her condition had stabilized.
Some on council seek halt on pair of citizen initiatives
Signatures on petitions in support of two proposed citizens’ initiatives in Spokane will be counted and verified. But council members hinted Monday that they may block the proposals from the ballot even if activists collected enough support.
The Spokane City Council voted 6-0 to ask the Spokane County Auditor’s Office to verify the signatures collected for Envision Spokane’s Community Bill of Rights and Spokane Moves to Amend the Constitution’s initiative that would, in part, outlaw people representing corporations from discussing legislation with elected leaders in private settings.
Some City Council members said they supported a city legal review to determine if the proposals are unconstitutional and if the city can block the initiatives from the ballot even if the county verifies that activists collected enough signatures. They argued that if voters approve an unconstitutional initiative, the city would be forced into costly legal battles.
Brad Read, Envision’s board president, said the group likely would file suit if the council prevented voters from having the final say.
Already-built home sales dip
WASHINGTON – Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes dipped in March as the supply remained tight, though the pace remained ahead of last year’s.
The National Association of Realtors says sales dipped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.92 million, from 4.95 million in February. February’s figure was revised lower.
Sales in March were 10.3 percent higher than a year earlier.
The number of homes for sale rose 1.6 percent to 1.93 million. That is still 16.8 percent below the supply of a year earlier. The Realtors group says it expects a rising number of homes to become available.
The median home price rose 11.8 percent from February to March to $184,300, the biggest one-month gain since 2005. That might have caused some investors to hold off on purchases.
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Musician Havens dies at age 72
Guitarist, singer first at Woodstock
Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press
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Tax-free online sales could end
Senate bill would give states power
Associated Press
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No ricin found in man’s home
Feds hold Mississippi suspect without bail
Jeff Amy Associated Press
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TSA delays lifting knife prohibition
Rule change has wide opposition
Joan Lowy Associated Press
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Crashed SUV was full of immigrants
Associated Press
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Terror plot halted
Two in Canada accused of al-Qaida support
Levon Sevunts McClatchy-Tribune
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Top scientist brings education to life at NC
Instruments to map human genome among Hood’s accomplishments
Jody Lawrence-Turner The Spokesman-Review
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Hunting lobby has pull in D.C.
Safari’s contributions total nearly $400,000
Kip Hill Correspondent
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Idaho health exchange board threatened with lawsuit
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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Washington man is teacher of year
Yakima Valley science teacher wins national award
Donna Gordon Blankinship Associated Press
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Europe’s austerity measures achieved little
Despite budget cuts, many countries still borrowed more
Pan Pylas Associated Press
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Solar power options can leave buyers in the dark
Experts offer advice on assessing your need, picking panels and more
Troy Wolverton McClatchy-Tribune
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‘Fiscal cliff’ not so steep
Most businesses see no effect, survey finds
Associated Press
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Fed leader will miss yearly meeting
Absence may signal Bernanke’s departure
Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press
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opinion:
Mona Charen
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health:
Advance directives for health care evolve to acknowledge the unknown in life, death
Adrian Rogers The Spokesman-Review
Dr. Alisa Hideg
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Cinnamon capsules can counteract carbs
Joe Graedon M.S. PeoplesPharmacy.com.
Rachael Levy Chicago Tribune
Andrea K. Walker Baltimore Sun
Monica Eng Chicago Tribune
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from The Wenatchee World
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| APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE, 1923: It must have been a smooth ride with those rubber tires on Wenatchee Avenue wood block paving when this commercial float rolled along the 1923 Apple Blossom Festival parade route. The two-mile parade had 100 floats and 2,500 marching school children. |
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By Rick Steigmeyer World staff writer
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Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran
AP National Security Writer
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Hospital no-tobacco policy wafts onto area residents
By Dee Riggs World staff writer
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Setting the bar
Homemade granola easy to create — and so much better than store-bought
By Sharon K. Ghag The Modesto Bee
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In the Garden: If done right, arborvitae is a good choice
By Bonnie Orr Master Gardener
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Sports Commentary: Kings mayor a formidable foe for Seattle
By Jerry Brewer The Seattle Times
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Supreme Court cases put spotlight on gay parenting
By David Crary The Associated Press
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