Monday, September 16, 2013

In the news, Monday, September 16, 2013


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SUN 15      INDEX      TUE 17
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On this day in 1959, the Spokane Valley Project was approved. The Spokane Valley Project provides an irrigation and domestic water supply for lands lying east of the city of Spokane, extending eastward to the Washington-Idaho boundary and into Idaho for a short distance. Extensive benefits are realized through the development of an adequate water supply for domestic, municipal and industrial use. Because of urban growth, domestic service demand on the project is increasing constantly.

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from Columbia Basin Herald

Storm blasts through the Basin

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from Daily Mail

ELEVEN die and up to 15 are wounded in Washington Navy Yard rampage: One gunman is dead but TWO more could still be at large

The snail with a TRANSPARENT shell: New species of mollusc with a glass-like home is discovered inside Croatia's deepest cave

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from Daily Paul
note: Cousin Sam does not support Ron Paul.

High School AP History Book Rewrites 2nd Amendment

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from The D.C. Clothesline
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

Common Core…stealth jihad directed at America’s children

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from East Oregonian

Classic Saddle Bronc | Pendleton Round Up 2013Video.

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from Facecrooks

The IRS and NSA More Trustworthy Than Facebook?

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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)

8 Items in your kitchen that will make you a better gardener

Why the Juicing Craze May Not Be So Healthy As It Seems

13 Medicinal Plants Worth Planting

8 Natural Remedies Using Tea Tree Oil

Danger: ER Visits Doubled in 4 Years Due to this Popular Grocery and Convenience Store Product

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from Fox News

It's the law: Washington state lawmakers don't get speeding tickets

12 Dead in Navy Yard Shooting, Police Searching for 2 More Potential Suspects

State Department’s Benghazi review let senior officials off the hook, report finds

Body Artists Infuriated Over Proposed Tattoo Law: It Would Be a "Job Killer"

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from The Guardian

Obituaries. Full of 'eccentricities' and 'devotion'. Time for a bit of honesty
A true representation of human complexity is something to be respected in life. So why are the dead treated so differently?

Benefit fraudsters face increased sentences of up to 10 years in jail
Director of public prosecutions sets out tougher guidelines, including use of the Fraud Act, which carries longer sentences

Longer sentences for benefit fraud: will it work?
The latest effort to 'get tough' on benefit fraud will see maximum sentences increased to ten years. We look at current conviction rates to see whether the new measures will have any effect

Can you really be 'a little' prejudiced?
The British Attitudes Survey has found that 74% of us view ourselves as 'not at all prejudiced', but what of the 24% who admit to still hanging on to a small amount? Surely you are or you aren't?

Richard Dawkins: 'I don't think I am strident or aggressive'
Richard Dawkins is outspoken in denouncing religion. But what really drives him, he says, is the wonder, and truth, of Darwinism

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from iFIBRE ONE News

Thunderstorm left homes without power Monday, schools closed

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Assault on Christian Women in India Continues to go Ignored

Third Acid Attacks on Priests in Zanzibar in Two Months

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from io9

The Union Jack on the Moon

In January-July 1939 the British Interplanetary Society concluded a 2-year engineering study of a manned moon landing. Its spaceship was a radically new design, completely different than anything previously suggested. In fact, this was the first time in history a group of engineers and scientists had ever sat down and designed a realistic, scientifically feasible manned spacecraft. Although the Apollo lunar landing program was still nearly a quarter of a century in the future, the BIS scheme turned out to be uncannily similar.

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from The Jerusalem Post

Israel cannot detain African migrants for up to three years without trial, High Court rules
In unanimous verdict, nine-judge panel overturns government policy, gives state 90 days to free more than 2,000 migrants being held in Negev detention center.  What should Israel do next regarding the tens of thousands of migrants within its borders?

Former European leaders call on EU to enforce ban on Israeli settlements
EJC chief decries letter as danger to peace process, which "hands one side a political victory."

Ex-British army colonel to Post: Russian-US plan on Syria chemical weapons ‘not realistic’
Former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Richard Kemp, says Israel may be "the only reliable power in the region" and "only one the world can count on" to maintain security.

Even amid Syrian crisis, Kerry makes clear his eye still on Palestinian track

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from KHQ Local News


12 Dead In Naval Yard Shooting, Police Look For 2 Other Possible Gunmen

PHOTOS & VIDEO: Wild Storm Hits The Inland Northwest

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from KREM 2 News

12 killed in Navy Yard shooting rampage; suspects may be on loose

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from KXLY 4 News

Spokane County Fair attendance down due to weather
What about the economy? - C. S.

Miss America 1st winner of Indian descent
Nina Davuluri is first Indian-American to be crowned Miss America

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from Money Talks News

50 Ways to Make a Fast $50

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from Natural Society

Our Greatest Health is Happiness: How Compassion Makes Us Happy and Healthy

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from NPR

Attack At The Navy Yard: Latest On The Shootings In D.C.

Getting Personal With Your Health Insurance Exchange Questions
Can I wait to sign up for health insurance under Obamacare until I get sick? Do young people really have to buy it? And isn't Obamacare really a negative term? Julie Rovner answers these and more as opening day looms for the new health exchanges.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpacc)

Harvest Full Moon Rises This Week
This week's full moon carries the title of "Harvest Moon" for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. But what gives the special moon its name?

Voyager 1 Really Is In Interstellar Space: How NASA Knows
Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space. But given the many false alarms over the years, what makes scientists so confident now?

Midcentury Life, on Mars (Op-Ed)
What will life on Mars look like when the first settlers arrive? Saturday, Aug. 31, marked the end of the Mars One application period for future astronauts hoping to catch a ride on a rocket to Mars, and in this op-ed, science fiction writer, Doug Turnbull, envisions what life might be like as a settler on Mars 35 years from now.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, WA

Charles A. Blodgett, born 1893 in Victor, Montana, came to Spokane at 18 and set to work. He learned the retail business working at a North Monroe grocery store. He opened his own store, Blodgett Mercantile, on the corner of Nevada and Wellesley in 1909.

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from The Wall Street Journal

Have High Gas Prices Become the New Normal?
Tuesday (September 17) will mark the 1,000th day of average U.S. gas prices of $3 or more per gallon – the longest such streak in history.

Say Goodbye to the Password
New technology aims to offer security that is more convenient and more effective
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from The Washington Post

At least 9 dead in Navy Yard shooting; two possible suspects at large

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from The Weekly Standard

Ineptitude at the Top
How not to be a war president.

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from Wellness Mamma

9 Tips to Help Balance Hormones

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from WorldTruth.TV
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]


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