Tuesday, September 30, 2014

In the news, Monday, September 15, 2014


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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

Did We Learn Anything from Libya? To Take Obama’s Syria Strategy, No

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Are Men Womanizers or Intimacy-Seekers?

British Sports Store Apologizes After Security Guard Allegedly Denies Entry to Jewish Students

A Familiar Plague Infests IsraelLast week 43 Israeli soldiers from Unit 8200 of the IDF Intelligence Corps sent a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Grantz that has gone viral.

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from Al Jazeera

Russia: We warned the Americans about Islamic State
Russian officials fear regional war may turn into a world war.

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from Breitbart
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from CBS News (& affiliates)

Texas Sheriff: Reports Warn Of ISIS Terrorist Cells Coming Across The Border

Don’t be fooled by these 7 common scams
1. Grandparent scams
2. IRS phone calls
3. 'Microsoft Support Center'
4. Disaster scams
5. Change your password emails
6. Fake debt collection calls
7. Calls about lowering your credit card interest rates

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

from The Daily Caller

Krauthammer: Obama ‘Clearly A Narcissist,’ ‘Lives In A Cocoon Surrounded By Sycophants’  [AUDIO]

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from Daily Mail (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Luxury Mexican beach resort favored by celebrities including George Clooney is battered by Hurricane Odile's 125 mph winds

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from Defense One

Here’s A Chart Showing 30 Years of Military Pay Raises
Civilian federal employees appear headed for a 1 percent pay raise for fiscal year 2015. The fate of military pay, however, is still in limbo.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Attorney: University broke law by banning crosses on football helmets
The cross decals were meant to memorialize former player Markel Owens who was killed in January and former equipment manager Barry Weyer, who was killed in a June car crash. “ASU’s actions in defacing the students’ memorial stickers to remove their religious viewpoint is illegal viewpoint discrimination against the students’ free speech,” said Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for Liberty Institute.

Teenage founder of multi-million dollar lip balm brand lends support to girl fighting school ChapStick ban

Rand Paul attacked by mainstream media: liberals are running scared

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from The Guardian (UK)

Landing on a comet: animation of Rosetta's mission  [video]

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from Haaretz.com

Unit 8200 refuseniks shed light on ethics of Israel's intel gathering
For the first time, a distinction has been drawn between intel gathering against Israel's enemies, and spying on ordinary Palestinian citizens. By not exiling like Snowden, the signatories were willing to pay the price of their actions.

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from The Heritage Foundation
from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Firefighting assistance for fatal Soap Lake fire delayed due to money concerns

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from The Jewish Press

Swastikas Again in Series of Philadelphia Attacks of Anti-Semitism
In the past several months in Philadelphia, there have been repeated acts of anti-Semitic vandalism against Jewish sites and symbols, including swastikas and broken windows.

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from Jews News
from Judicial Watch, Inc.

Judicial Watch Uncovers HHS Documents Detailing “High Risk” Security Problems with Obamacare Internet Site

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from Money Talks News

How to Keep Your Grandparents From Being Ripped Off by Mail Scams
How many "official" notices and sweepstakes entries did you receive in the mail last week? Read this to find out what is allowed and what to do about lawbreakers.

Hooray to the Dakotas! But thumbs down if you live in the South.
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from National Geographic

Landing Site Chosen for Spacecraft's Daring Rendezvous With Comet
Finding a safe place to set down the European Space Agency's Rosetta lander was harder than expected.

8 Places That Showcase Atomic Age Archaeology for Tourists
Eight places tell the story of the nuclear era.

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from National Review

from New York Magazine

25 Famous Women on Childlessness

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from On Pasture



Whether you’re a beginning farmer looking for affordable access to land, or an old pro ready to expand your operation, leasing can be an affordable way to go. Landowners who want to keep their property in production, but don’t want to do it themselves, find that leasing is a good way to offset ownership costs.

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from POLITICO

Charles Krauthammer: Barack Obama ‘narcissist’

Science education group raises red flag about Texas textbooks
The new social studies textbooks up for consideration this week by the Texas Board of Education have already come under heavy fire for their emphasis on America’s Christian heritage. A new analysis just out by the National Center for Science Education raises more red flags — about the textbooks’ treatment of global warming.

from Salon
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from ScienceDaily

The science behind swimming: From whales to larvae, common principles at work in swimming
Using simple hydrodynamics, a team of researchers was able to show that a handful of principles govern how virtually every animal -- from the tiniest fish to birds to gigantic whales propel themselves though the water.

Run, cheetah, run: New algorithm enables cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass
Speed and agility are hallmarks of the cheetah: The big predator is the fastest land animal on Earth, able to accelerate to 60 mph in just a few seconds. As it ramps up to top speed, a cheetah pumps its legs in tandem, bounding until it reaches a full gallop.

Early Earth less 'Hellish' than previously thought
Conditions on Earth during its first 500 million years may have been cool enough to form oceans of water instead of being too hot for life to form. This alternate view of Earth's first geologic eon, called the Hadean, has gained substantial new support from the first detailed comparison of zircon crystals that formed more than 4 billion years ago with those formed contemporaneously in Iceland, which has been proposed as a possible geological analog for early Earth.

Researchers control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals
Researchers have developed a technique for controlling the surface tension of liquid metals by applying very low voltages, opening the door to a new generation of reconfigurable electronic circuits, antennas and other technologies.

Neuroscientists identify key role of language gene
Neuroscientists have found that a gene mutation that arose more than half a million years ago may be key to humans' unique ability to produce and understand speech.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet

Saturn's Weird Fast-Changing Ring Baffles Scientists

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from The Spokesman-Review

UW calls WSU medical school study flawed
Tensions rise over push for WSU Spokane medical school

Four suspects arrested in Pateros slaying
Murder charges likely after fight became deadly, investigators say

I-90 reopens in both directions at Liberty Lake
Interstate 90 has reopened this morning after crews sealed the leak in a tanker hauling hazardous liquid that shut down the highway for 18 hours. The tanker truck, which belongs to a company in Florida, was traveling to Moses Lake carrying 7,000 gallons of anhydrous trimethylamine.

Leaking truck forces long I-90 shutdown
Vapors posed explosion threat, health risk near state line

Arab nations offering airstrikes on Islamic State, Kerry says
President Barack Obama won’t approve widening the current U.S. air war in northern Iraq until the coalition is firmed up, said senior administration officials... Nor, they said, would the White House extend the campaign until the new Shiite-led government in Baghdad does more to bring the marginalized Sunni minority into Iraq’s fractured political process.

U.S. man sentenced to 6 years of hard labor in North Korea

In brief: Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola
Queen urges Scots to consider future
Egypt will hunt Brotherhood leaders

Interplayers merges with Lake City Playhouse

Project to replace lighting on Interstate 90 almost complete
Keller Ferry still out for repairs
State Highway 20 to be U.S. bike route
Riverpoint buildings being demolished

Hurricane Odile closes in on Mexican resort area
Storm prompts evacuations, flight cancellations

East Ukrainian city celebrates
Residents emerge as cease-fire holds

Sweden shifts leftward in vote
Sweden’s Social Democrats were poised to return to power after a left-leaning bloc defeated the center-right government in a parliamentary election Sunday that also saw strong gains by an anti-immigration party. The result marks the end of an eight-year era of tax cuts and pro-market policies under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. Many Swedes worried that his tax cuts have undermined the country’s famed welfare system.

Pope Francis marries 20 couples at Vatican
Forty “I do’s” – or “Si” in Italian – were pronounced in St. Peter’s Basilica Sunday as Pope Francis married 20 couples. Among the couples, all from the Rome area, is one in which the groom’s first marriage was annulled by the church and the bride has a daughter from an earlier relationship. Some of the other couples already were living together.

Clinton’s Iowa visit stirs talk about 2016
Ex-senator, first lady rallies for Democrats

NYC subway restored post-Sandy
Trains will once again roll through a New York subway tunnel that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, taking in 27 million gallons of water.

In brief: Navy IDs pilot presumed dead after collision
Small quake hits Northern California
Lava flow might block Hawaii road

Hundreds flee California fires

Then and Now: McGoldrick lumber mill

In brief: Sea-Tac visitors warned of measles exposure
Turtles from Montana to be released in Texas
Red-eared sliders now are illegal to own in Montana without a permit. Red-eared sliders are popular pets but also an invasive species.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: If only we could learn the lesson

AARP program aims to protect older Americans from scams

Avista cautions customers about scams

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from ThatsNonsense.com

The 6 Most Common Internet Scams 2014
1. Advance Fee Lottery Scams
2. Social media “competitions” and “giveaways”
3. Romance Dating Scam
4. Phishing Attacks & Spoof Websites
5. Share-To-Watch Facebook Links
6.Email Malware Attachments

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from Think Progress

Republicans Unanimously Block Equal Pay Bill

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from The Times of Israel

British sports store turns away Jews, later apologizes
Security guard at a branch of Sports Direct fired after telling identifiably Jewish students: ‘No Jews, no Jews’

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from The Wall Street Journal

Tens of Thousands Likely to Lose Health Insurance at End of September
115,000 People Could Lose Coverage Because of a Missed Deadline to Prove Legal Residency

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Foreign Senator Takes An Epic Stand Against Sharia Law That U.S. Politicians Should Notice
Recognizing the increased call for Sharia compliance among Australia’s Muslim population, Palmer United Party Sen. Jacqui Lambie issued a direct statement aimed at those unwilling to live by the nation’s laws. “Anybody that supports Sharia law in Australia should not have the right to vote,” she asserted, “should not be given government handouts and should probably pack up their bags and get out of here.”

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from 100 Percent FED Up


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