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from Forbes
How the FDA Stifles New Cures, Part I: The Rising Cost of Clinical Trials
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
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[Family Channel]
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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:
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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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
Unemployment rate down in Spokane CountyNevada lawmaker tells colleagues: ‘I’m gay’
Israel accuses Syria of nerve agent use
Skeptical U.S. says assertion warrants probe
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
Homeland Security wants to study effect
Flight delays lessen, but furloughs loom
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
Michael Smerconish Philadelphia Inquirer
This does not necessarily reflect the views of Cousin Sam.
Give your ‘Run for the Roses’ party a traditional flair
Dinner tonight, lunch tomorrow, made easy
Get the most out of hard-boiled leftovers
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
‘Bringing a hero home'
It you must tax, be evenhanded
A citizen is a terrible thing to waste
Editorial By Scott Hunter editor & publisher
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| 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
‘Their life isn’t over’: Amputee veterans show off carbon legs to Boston survivors
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
This year’s vendors and their offerings
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