Monday, October 27, 2014

In the news, Monday, October 6, 2014


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OCT 05      INDEX      OCT 07
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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
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from Algemeiner

Toronto Mayoral Candidate Doug Ford Booed Over Anti-Semitism Accusation Involving Brother Rob

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from Al Jazeera

Syrian Kurds push back ISIL from Kobane hill
Kurdish fighters make progress against ISIL on Mishtenur hill, which overlooks key Syrian town on border with Turkey.

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from Breitbart

TED CRUZ TO INTRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT DEFENDING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE

ON NOV. 4, JOE BIDEN COULD BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD
If Democrats can hang onto four toss-up seats, but no more than that, the Senate that emerges on Election Day will be deadlocked in a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats (including three independents that caucus with Democrats).

EXCLUSIVE - RAND PAUL TO PROSPECTIVE 2016 FIELD: IF YOU SUPPORT COMMON CORE, YOU WILL LOSE GOP PRIMARY

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from The Daily Caller

Ted Cruz To Help Get Conservative Vote Out For Pat Roberts

from Examiner.com
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]
from FactCheck.org

Obama’s Numbers October 2014 Update
Income, Poverty, Spending and Obamacare: Our regular update of the statistical record.

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from First Things

THE DOMINICAN OPTION
There’s been a long conversation in America about the degree to which Catholic Christianity is compatible with liberalism. From the beginning of the American founding, bishops and theologians claimed that for all the flaws of liberal political philosophy, the American founders “built better than they knew.” And yet Pope Leo XIII could warn Cardinal Gibbons to avoid the errors of an “Americanism,” which would distort the teaching of the Church on the proper relationship between politics and the church. First Things’s default position derives from this “built better” argument. Yet the incompatibility side has always been there as well, and now is coming to the fore. The cultural and political landscape has changed. If the “built-better” argument made sense for nearly two centuries, it has become clear that evidence in its favor is currently in short supply. Without necessarily saying that the “built-better” argument is always wrong, we need to face up to the growing discord between Catholic Christianity and the new world liberalism that is building in America.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Supreme Court paves way for gay marriage in several states, leaves issue unresolved nationally

Weed Legalization Prompts Uptick in Homelessness in Colo.
Urban Peak CEO Kim Easton says there has been a 153 percent increase in homelessness in the Denver area because of the legalization of marijuana.

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)
from Heartland Institute

No Global Warming for 18 Years
According to Professor John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama/Huntsville, October 1 marked the 18th anniversary of no warming as measured by Earth’s climate satellite system.

Obama's CO2 Cuts Are Simply Not Possible

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from The Heritage Foundation
from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

An Open Letter to Moderate Muslims

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Wilson Creek celebration features food, music and a Cow Pie Plop

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from Independent Journal Review

Former CIA Chief’s Comment on How Long It Will Take to Defeat ISIS Will Make Your Head Spin

FBI Director’s Disturbing Comment on What Happens to Americans Who Join ISIS and Want to Come Back to U.S.

Touré’s Demeaning Comment on ‘Token’ Blacks in GOP Says Everything Wrong with Race Relations

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from The Jerusalem Post

Watch: IDF helicopters evacuate injured soldier during Operation Protective Edge
IDF's elite 669 Unit rescues a Golani commander who was injured in Gaza over the summer.

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from KGW-TV (NBC Portland)
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from Money Talks News
from National Geographic

Why Didn't They Win? 10 Huge Discoveries Without a Nobel Prize
National Geographic science writers, bloggers, and editors pick groundbreaking advances and inventions that should have won a Nobel.

Rare Illness in California Afflicts Children With Polio-Like Symptoms
A California toddler learns to cope with the effects of a mysterious disease that paralyzes.

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from Northwest Watchdog

The state of boys: In crisis
We’ve heard plenty about the so-called “War on Women” and how society doesn’t do enough to nurture its girls, but I’ve got news for you: Boys aren’t doing so well, either.

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from The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle

The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office was notified by authorities in Oregon that Parker M. Bachtold and Shalin E. Alltus, sought in connection with a Tunk Valley man’s death, were located south of Eugene, Ore.

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from POLITICO

Supreme Court to South Carolina: Drop dead
The justices don’t care what voters think. Is that democracy?

from The Right Scoop

“Judicial Tyranny” — Mark Levin on the Supreme Court’s “sleazy as it gets” non-ruling today on gay marriage

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from ScienceDaily

Why is educational achievement heritable?
The high heritability of exam grades reflects many genetically influenced traits such as personality, behavior problems, and self-efficacy and not just intelligence. The study looked at 13,306 twins at age 16 . The twins were assessed on a range of cognitive and non-cognitive measures, and the researchers had access to their GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) scores.

Tumors might grow faster at night
A hormone that keeps us alert also suppresses the spread of cancer, researchers have discovered. The study suggests, therefore, that nighttime is the right time for cancer to grow and spread in the body, and that administering certain treatments in time with the body's day-night cycle could boost their efficiency.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Private Inflatable Room Launching to Space Station Next Year

Private Dream Chaser Space Plane May Launch from Giant Aircraft

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from The Spokesman-Review

U.S. Supreme Court begins term today

High court denies gay marriage appeals from five states
The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.

Though gay marriage becomes legal today in 30 states, Idaho still awaits decision
With Idaho’s same-sex marriage case still pending at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys in the case were surprised today that the U.S. Supreme Court denied seven petitions from five states seeking a high court decision on the matter.

Idaho cities must meet tougher phosphorus standards
Idaho cities will be required to cut their phosphorus discharges into the Spokane River by more than 90 percent over the next decade to protect water quality.

Prosecutor: No charges for officers in shooting captured on camera
The Spokane police officers who shot and killed a homicide suspect in April armed with a replica handgun while TV cameras rolled will not face criminal charges, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.

Okanogan authorities looking for teens in apparent homicide
Authorities are searching for two Okanogan County teens, Parker Bachtold and Shalin Alltus, for questioning in an apparent Riverside homicide discovered late Sunday.

Hong Kong officials return to work as protests abate

STA open houses will seek public input on bus service plans
The first will be Thursday at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley. The others will be Oct. 28 at the Wren Pierson Community Center, 615 Fourth St., Cheney; Nov. 6 at the STA Plaza, 701 W. Riverside Ave.; and Nov. 7 at the Quality Inn Oakwood, 1919 N. Division St. All are from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Road, freeway projects bring delays, closures

SFCC dedicates new Early Learning Center

Raiders’ Paul Revere, 76, dies from cancer in Idaho

New rules make hydrocodone painkillers harder to refill

In brief: Islamic State fighters shell Syrian town
Islamic State militants on Sunday shelled a beleaguered Syrian Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, sending smoke billowing into the sky as Kurdish militiamen scrambled to repel the extremists’ offensive, activists said.
Family says aid worker wrote letter
An Indiana aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group said in a June letter that he’s afraid to die and is saddened by the pain his captivity must be causing his family, his parents said Sunday.
Biden calls UAE over remarks on Syria
Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday called the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates to clarify that he did not mean to imply in his remarks last week that the Gulf ally was supporting al-Qaida fighters in Syria, the White House said.
Brazil election headed for runoff
A year after a spasm of huge anti-government protests across Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff piled up more votes in Sunday’s election than any challenger, but it wasn’t enough to avoid a runoff in three weeks.

Typhoon washes airmen out to sea in Japan

Cameraman with Ebola will be treated in Nebraska

Mexican forensic experts find 28 bodies in mass grave

Freight train derails in collision with truck
A train conductor was seriously injured and an engineer suffered minor injuries when a freight train hit a truck Sunday in northeast Louisiana, derailing two engines and 17 cars, according to Union Pacific Railroad Co. The police chief said the transport trailer got caught on the tracks. “It was a lowboy. We’ve had this occur numerous times in the past, where trailers would get hung up on tracks.”

Report: Hewlett-Packard splitting in two
Move separates PC, printer divisions from technology services

Plants respond to sounds of insects eating leaves
Dr. E. Kirsten Peters

Then and Now: The New Washington Hotel
The New Washington Hotel, on the southwest corner of First and Washington, was built in 1901 and was known for illegal liquor sales during Prohibition. The 401 Condos, with street-level retail shops, now occupy the building.

In brief: Teen shot while playing with loaded gun, police say
Swastika painted on wall of Temple Beth Shalom
Spokane Valley collision kills motorcyclist
Local man faces mischief, gun charges in Oregon
CdA credit union robbed; FBI opens investigation
A man brandishing a gun made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from Global Credit Union, 320 E. Neider Ave., about 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
National parks seeking entry fee increase

Idaho Secretary of State hopeful wants to eliminate primary election

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Racial divide evident in video

Kale plays role in healthy meals

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from The Toronto Star

Doug Ford booed for reference to Jewish lawyer, accountant, dentist
When challenged on Rob Ford’s usage of an anti-semitic slur, Doug Ford first attempted to avoid the issue, then listed various Jewish people in his life.

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from Townhall.com

FBI Director: We Can't Stop Americans Fighting With ISIS From Re-Entering on U.S. Passports

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

President Ebola
What does it tell you when Britain and France have stopped flights to and from the nations in Africa where Ebola has become a threat and the United States has not taken a similar measure?

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Weekly Standard

Obama: Ebola 'A Top National Security Priority'
'Chances of an Ebola outbreak in the United States is extremely low.'

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