Monday, October 27, 2014

In the news, Sunday, October 12, 2014


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from The Daily Caller
from Fox News (& affiliates)

House GOP rallying around Boehner's concern about Obama's purported ‘dangerous’ plan to close Guantanamo
House Speaker John Boehner has denounced any potential White House effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, saying that such a move is "dangerous," could result in terrorists being relocated into the United States and that overriding Congress is another example of the Obama administration’s “legacy of lawlessness.”

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from Hot Air

You can find out your 2015 Obamacare premiums… after the election

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from Huffington Post
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Jimmy Carter Returns To The Georgia Campaign Trail
Carter's just turned 90, but he was out campaigning on Sunday for his grandson Jason, a Democratic state senator and lawyer who's challenging the Republican governor, Nathan Deal, on Nov. 4, in a close race.

44 Ways to Make the Day of Someone With Cancer

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from The Spokesman-Review

CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient
Top federal health officials said today that the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital clearly indicates a breach in safety protocol.

In Ebola measure, JFK screeners take some travelers’ temperatures

Nighttime maze fun turns to tragedy when teenager killed

Election 2014: I-591, I-594 differ over gun control

Safe passage: Wildlife passageway beneath Newport Highway part of larger habitat effort

Typhoon hits Japan; 35 injured

St. Louis demonstrators gather for ‘Ferguson October’ protest

FDA approves new daily pill to cure hepatitis C

Artists pull religious Barbie exhibit following threats
A provocative art exhibit featuring Barbie fashion dolls as religious figures such as the Virgin Mary and her boyfriend Ken as a crucified Jesus Christ has been canceled amid complaints and threats by angry believers, the artists behind the collection said Friday.

IMF vows ‘bold’ global recovery efforts
Economic growth an ‘utmost priority’

In brief: Maine debates bear baiting measure
A ballot question that could ban the use of dogs, bait and traps for bear hunting in Maine has outside groups pouring money into the state on both sides of the issue.
Student may get diversion for threat
A Harvard University student accused of making a bomb threat to get out of a final exam may avoid federal prosecution.
Casino closed after armed showdown
A federal judge closed a Central California casino after an armed showdown between tribal factions caused many gamblers to flee with chips left on the tables.

Second child dies of enterovirus sweeping U.S.
A 21-month-old girl who tested positive for the enterovirus D68 in Michigan died after a monthlong battle with the respiratory illness, marking the second time a child succumbed to the virus in the U.S. last week, health officials said.

Turkey will train Syrian rebels, official says
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday the U.S. is making “considerable progress” in its negotiations with Turkey over the plan to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels in their fight against Islamic State militants.

Yazidi girl, 15, tells of capture and escape from Islamic State

Car bombs kill dozens in Baghdad; U.S. resupplies Iraqi forces

In brief: Russia intercepts Finnish research ship
The Finnish Environment Institute said Saturday that Russian military ships have twice recently intercepted one of its research vessels in international waters in the Baltic Sea.
Chinese scholar, rights advocate arrested
A Chinese scholar and rights advocate who founded an influential non-governmental think tank has been detained on the criminal charge of provoking troubles, his lawyer said today.

Judge blocks Texas voter ID law

Terrorism becoming issue in some campaigns

SCRAPS showcases new building at pets’ Halloween party
The brightly lit and spacious new Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service shelter at 6815 E. Trent Ave. is a far cry from what people often imagine, especially compared with the cramped former facility on Flora Road.

Risch, Mitchell vie for U.S. Senate in Idaho

Spokane police surround house after stabbing
Spokane police late Saturday were surrounding a home in southwest Spokane where they believed a man who stabbed another was hiding. Police were called to the 2000 block of West Seventh Avenue about 7 p.m. where the victim was stabbed in his car.

Bellingham refinery, citing safety, only uses new tank cars
A refinery here says it will no longer accept any volatile North Dakota crude oil unless it arrives in newer-model tank cars.

Idaho’s first same-sex spouses eager to see others wed

Some Mormons pushing church on gay marriage

Eye on Boise: Denney’s latest clarification is about his view on primary

Spin Control: Seattle’s Indigenous People’s Day misses the mark

Editorial: Al French still best choice for County Commission

Catherine Rampell: Here’s an anti-poverty model worth checking out

Smart Bombs: Mayor’s salary small part of larger issue

Guest opinion: We must stand together and fight hate
Rabbi Tamar Malino

Speeding tickets tossed after police given pass

WSP trooper, pilot caught on tape

Field reports: Field reports: Washington dumping steelhead into lakes
About 340,000 steelhead raised at hatcheries to be released in Puget Sound streams will instead be stocked in Western Washington trout lakes this month. A lawsuit filed by wild steelhead advocates prevented Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife managers from releasing young ocean-going rainbows this spring in most streams where they’ve been released for years.
North Idaho wolf makes way to Utah
A gray wolf that had been radio collared in North Idaho has hoofed it to a new home 850 miles south into Utah.Nine Mile Reservoir drawdown increasing
Generator updating at Nine Mile Dam on the Spokane River will require a further drawdown of Nine Mile Reservoir starting Monday, Avista officials say.

Victoria’s Butchart Gardens dazzle in any season

Verizon sets pace in move to a la carte TV pricing
As more people abandon pricey cable and satellite services, the pay-TV industry may be finally waking up to the reality that if it wants to survive, it’s going to have to give consumers what they desire. And that’s a la carte programming – paying only for the channels you watch.

Small businesses can make easy targets for hackers
It’s not just big businesses like JPMorgan Chase, Target and Home Depot that get hacked. Small companies suffer from intrusions into their computer systems, too.

BBB Tip of the Week
Ponzi schemes are run by con artists who pretend to be investment aficionados offering high returns on investments.

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Obituary: Gaber, Frances Mae
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