Monday, June 17, 2013

In the news, Saturday, June 15, 2013


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FRI 14      INDEX      SUN 16
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On the 1st of August, President Obama's HHS Mandate will force religious charities to either violate their religious beliefs or pay massive fines. Help us keep this from happening.

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from Breitbart


WAG THE SYRIAN DOG
by CHRISS W. STREET


MEESE: ROVE 'WAY OFF THE MARK' ON 1986 AMNESTY
by MIKE FLYNN



'UNDER THE DOME' EDITS OUT OBAMA AUDIO
by CHRISTIAN TOTO

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Photo of bride and groom praying before their wedding has gone viral.
BY FOX NEWS INSIDER




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from Human Events
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from The Jerusalem Post


Obama urges CIA to arm Syrian opposition
US says Assad's use of chemical weapons 'crosses' a red line, Obama instructs CIA to provide rebels with small, lethal arms.
By MICHAEL WILNER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT


Iran officially names Rohani as next president
Iran's interior minister announces moderate cleric's victory on live TV. Rohani to promote "constructive interaction with the world."
By REUTERS

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from KREM 2 News


Former Harley Davidson building transforming into SCRAPS


Authorities reveal seven most dangerous Spokane area parks
by WHITNEY WARD & KREM.com


USDA: Modified wheat in Oregon field appears to be isolated
by Associated Press

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from National Review Online


Our Partisan Bureaucracy — Lawyers Love President Obama
By David French

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from Mother Nature Network


Use baking soda for easy-to-peel hard-boiled eggs
Our food blogger couldn't figure out why her hard-boiled eggs, which she's cooked for years, were looking so beat up — until she learned this trick.

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from NPR


Australian General's Frank Talk On Sexual Abuse Wins Fans
by BILL CHAPPELL

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from Space.com


Where the Sun Don't Shine: Alien Life in Sunless Places
Adam Hadhazy      Astrobiology Magazine


Major Milestone: 50 Years of Women in Space
by Miriam Kramer      SPACE.com Staff Writer

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from The Spokesman-Review


Blaze damages Geno’s restaurant, nearby apartments
Kaitlin Gillespie      The Spokesman-Review


Moderate cleric wins Iran’s presidential vote
Ali Akbar Dareini, Brian Murphy      Associated Press


Gunmen take over hospital in southwestern Pakistan
Abdul Sattar      Associated Press


HotZone’s free Wi-Fi to fold
City’s 2004 venture bold at the time, but technology, users leave it behind
Tom Sowa      The Spokesman-Review


USDA: GMO wheat isolated
No evidence that modified wheat entered market
Mary Clare Jalonick      Associated Press


Stolen property investigation nets police chief’s bike
Jonathan Brunt      The Spokesman-Review


Rain shower helps slow Colorado wildfire
Dan Elliott      Associated Press


Google launching Internet balloons
Miles-high inflatables will circle planet
Nick Perry      Associated Press


Pope Francis treads lightly on gay unions
Nicole Winfield      Associated Press

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In brief:  From Staff and Wire Reports:

Now you can call him ‘Doctor’ Haggard

They call him “The Hag,” but now Merle Haggard can answer to “doctor” as well. Haggard was presented an honorary doctorate Friday by California State University, Bakersfield.

The doctor of fine arts honor was conferred during School of Arts & Humanities commencement ceremonies that also celebrated the late Buck Owens. The university does not bestow honorary doctorates posthumously, so Owens was instead awarded the President’s Medal.

The music of Haggard and Owens exemplifies country music’s “Bakersfield Sound.”


Berger once served as reserve deputy

The man who died after a confrontation with Spokane County sheriff’s deputies in south Spokane was a former reserve deputy for Whitman County.

Whitman County Undersheriff Ron Rockness said Friday that William Berger completed the six-month reserve deputy program in 2005 and worked for part of that year before quitting.

“He basically stopped showing up or doing anything, and because of inactivity was let go,” Rockness said. “That sometimes happens with younger guys going to college.”

Witnesses said Berger, 34, began behaving irrationally June 6 at the Oz Fitness gym at 5501 S. Regal St. Deputies Steve Paynter and Shawn Audie responded, and a confrontation ensued in which Berger continued to struggle despite being shocked three times with a Taser. Berger reportedly tried to take a Taser and use it on one of the deputies before Audie placed him in a chokehold that sheriff’s officials call a lateral-vascular neck restraint, designed to restrict blood flow to the brain.

He was taken off life support the next day, and the Spokane County Medical Examiner has not determined cause of death.

Thomas Clouse


Inslee approves estate tax bill

OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a revision in the estate tax law shortly after midnight Friday, after a day of negotiating pushed the bill through both houses of the Legislature.

The bill, called a fix of a technical glitch by supporters and a retroactive and unconstitutional reach-back by opponents, was designed to prevent some $40 million worth of checks from being mailed out to heirs of estates affected by a state Supreme Court decision.

“I hope this is a harbinger of things to come,” Inslee said as he signed the bill at 12:30 a.m., about a half-hour after it passed the Senate on a 30-19 vote.

The Legislature had just finished the second day of its second special session, and passed two bills – the estate tax fix and a change in the state’s Model Toxics Control law – two more than had passed in the entire 30 days of the first special session.

Jim Camden

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Microsoft limiting Office app to iPhone
Software maker trying to boost its tablet sales
Anick Jesdanun      Associated Press


Week ends with another pullback
Kate Gibson      MarketWatch


U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent last month
Christopher S. Rugaber      Associated Press


Two hospital CEOs announce exits
Deaconess, Valley hospitals both have searches underway
Jennifer Pignolet      The Spokesman-Review


Airbus A350 takes off
Boeing gets competition for key long-haul market
Lori Hinnant      Associated Press


More input sought on Riverpoint bridge
Funding for $16 million span worries some
Kip Hill      The Spokesman-Review


Flag, stories help ease jolt of organ gift
Recipients, as well as donors’ families, find emotional outlets
Kaitlin Gillespie     The Spokesman-Review


City cooking up simpler rules for food trucks
Shawn Vestal      The Spokesman-Review


Spokane Park Board resolution honors Jim Quigley
Jonathan Brunt      The Spokesman-Review

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opinion:

Editorial: Budget cuts stoke danger as season for fires nears
Security programs need tougher safeguards
Charles Krauthammer


The fight against high heels
Froma harrop


Guest opinion: Farmers will keep adapting
Eric Maier

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letters:

Germany and coal

I would like to add a little perspective to the coal train controversy.

Last week, while sitting in my hotel in Mainz, Germany, I lost count of the number of uncovered barges loaded with coal going up the flooding Rhine River. It didn’t seem to be a potential ecological crisis to the Germans.

Jeff Reyburn      Spokane


Defying the Constitution

I appreciated James Ramsey’s June 8 letter, which referenced U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ dissenting 2008 opinion that the Second Amendment applies to state militia service only.

In 2011, former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack, a hero of the militia movement in the 1990s, formed the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the fear of federal gun confiscation by United Nations troops is very real to extreme-right groups such as the John Birch Society, Oath Keepers and the Tenth Amendment Center. More than 400 of the nation’s 3,080 county sheriff’s have signed the CSPOApledge to “oppose and disallow” new gun measures. According to Mack, many sheriffs who signed the pledge are willing to lay down their lives rather than allow any more federal control of guns.

My concern is, if your local county sheriff signed the pledge, is he willing to create his own county militia of deputized citizens to fight the feds? If so, the U.S. Constitution does not grant that authority to sheriffs, and they can be removed from office for not enforcing the law.

James Perkins      Colville


History behind Gerlach

Historically, provocation when taken to protect yourself, your family or belongings has always been an accepted defense in court. In Spokane, as in all communities, police have shot numerous people in the process of committing major crimes. It’s known as justice and consequences and was the karma a person brought upon themselves for preying on others.

On Nov. 3, 1898, an article appeared in the Spokane Daily Chronicle stating: “Shoot Down the Thugs. Every Able Bodied Man in Spokane Is Called to Take Arms in Defense of Life and Property. Reign of Terror Must Be Ended.” This headline was announced by Mayor E.D. Olmsted and supported by the police chief. As a consequence, crime did decrease.

Gail Gerlach was presented with a decision he had seconds to make. Brendon Kaluza-Graham was stealing his vehicle and the tools of his trade, a felony against Gerlach that was about to drastically impact his family and his livelihood. The selfish act Kaluza-Graham was in the process of committing was unfortunate, as his joyride was cut short. Mostly, he provoked a responsible, law-abiding citizen who made a split-second decision.

I don’t think Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker thought this one out.

Tony Bamonte     Spokane

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sports:

Mickelson leads after 3rd round at US Open
Lefty holds one stroke advantage heading into final day at Merion
Doug Ferguson      Associated Press
earlier:
Doug Ferguson      Associated Press


Everett knocks off Indians by same score
Greg Lee      The Spokesman-Review


Wolff and son bookend Indians’ history as Single-A club
John Blanchette      The Spokesman-Review



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A way with words
Spokane’s Kenn Nesbitt plans to hit ground running as children’s poet laureate
Adrian Rogers      The Spokesman-Review


Build up ankles to minimize future sprains
Anthony L. Komaroff      Universal Uclick

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from The Wall Street Journal


Phones Leave a Telltale Trail
By EVAN PEREZ and SIOBHAN GORMAN


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