Monday, October 27, 2014

In the news, Wednesday, October 8, 2014


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from The Blaze
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from Christian News Network
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Kentucky Commission Orders Christian Company to Print Pro-Homosexual T-Shirts

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Piers Morgan: CNN Needs to Find 'More Of Its Own Megyn Kellys'

CBS Hypes Facebook Criticism of GOP Campaign Ad: ‘Sick, Pathetic, And Disgusting’

CBS Buries Results of Own Poll Showing Poor Ratings for Obama, Democrats Ahead of Midterms

New York Times Thrilled By 'The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher' Story

Flashback: MSNBC Assured Viewers in July That Ebola 'Only Found in Africa'

MSNBC Host: Declining to Take Gay Wedding Photos Is ‘Bigotry’
Only to an MSNBC panel would this pass as a sound argument.

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from Conciliar Post

Life is messy. Then again, that’s probably to be expected when spending time with sinners. When that intersects with our Christian community though, things can become a bit more puzzling. These are the people who are supposed to know right and wrong, follow Christ, and live holy lives. How should we react when coming across sin in others? 

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from Conservative Tribune

WATCH: Judge Jeanine’s Plan to Stop Ebola Shows She’s a Better Leader than Obama  [VIDEO]
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from Daily Kos
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Yes, the Koch brothers really are that evilThe Bridge Project recently released a 16 page report [pdf] detailing the some of the most egregious of the Koch brothers' political efforts to make life as miserable as possible for minorities, the elderly, and pretty much everyone who isn't rich. Alternet distills it down to the seven worst among their "efforts to dismantle years of civil rights progress."

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from Dc Gazette

[Watch] Raven Refuses to Call Herself “African American” – Oprah Flips Out

OOPS – ISIS Protesters Forgot About Suicide Belt  (Video)
A suicide bomber was shot dead by Israeli forces, Muslims took up his body and started protesting and these Dumbos did not know that that suicide belt was still tied to the bomber’s body they were carrying. What happened next is in the video.

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

from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Heritage Foundation
from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

One person hurt in collision near Mattawa Tuesday

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from IFL Science

Small Black Hole Has Huge Appetite That Defies Theory

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from The Inquisitr
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Palestinians Offered State Five Times The Size Of Palestine By Egyptian President, Abbas Rejects

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from KREM 2 News (CBS Spokane)
from Money Talks News
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from National Geographic

Giant Blast of X-Rays Traced to Dead Star
Ultraluminous x-rays found spurting from dead stars may overturn the idea that only actively feeding black holes have the power to fire up these displays.

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from National Journal

Google Chairman: 'We're Going to End Up Breaking the Internet'
Eric Schmidt said the Internet as we know it will fail unless governments reform their surveillance practices.

Land of the Free? 
By measures such as size of government, rule of law, and free trade, we’re out of the top ten.

Embattled House Democrats Turn Against Nancy Pelosi
She has long been among Republicans' top targets, but some of her own now see value in turning against their leader.

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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Every ISIS Victory Will Be Perceived as an American Defeat

School Told to Call Kids ‘Purple Penguins’ Because ‘Boys and Girls’ Is Not Inclusive to Transgender

The Left’s Legal War on ChildrenNearly 60 years after Milton Friedman proposed a system of universal school choice in his seminal essay “The Role of Government in Education,” his vision is more popular than ever — and opponents of school choice are taking every measure to fight it.

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from PBS (& affiliates)

These six diseases should worry you more than Ebola
ENTEROVIRUS D-68; MEASLES; WHOOPING COUGH; DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

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from POLITICO
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from Salon
from Science-Based Medicine

Sh*t naturopaths say

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from ScienceDaily

Mind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life are now a reality
For the first time, robotic prostheses controlled via implanted neuromuscular interfaces have become a clinical reality. A novel osseointegrated (bone-anchored) implant system gives patients new opportunities in their daily life and professional activities.

Amputees discern familiar sensations across prosthetic hand
Patients connected to a new prosthetic system said they 'felt' their hands for the first time since they lost them in accidents. In the ensuing months, they began feeling sensations that were familiar and were able to control their prosthetic hands with more -- well -- dexterity.

Grapefruit juice stems weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, study finds
Mice fed a high-fat diet gained 18 percent less weight when they drank clarified, no-pulp grapefruit juice compared with a control group of mice that drank water, a new study demonstrated. Juice-drinking mice also showed improved levels of glucose, insulin and a type of fat called triacylglycerol compared with their water-drinking counterparts.

Antarctic sea ice reaches new record maximum
Sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached a new record high extent this year, covering more of the southern oceans than it has since scientists began a long-term satellite record to map the extent in the late 1970s.

Fusion reactor concept could be cheaper than coal
Engineers have designed a concept for a fusion reactor that, when scaled up to the size of a large electrical power plant, would rival costs for a new coal-fired plant with similar electrical output.

Hungry black hole eats faster than thought possible
Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is consuming gas from a nearby star 10 times faster than previously thought possible. The black hole -- known as P13 -- lies on the outskirts of the galaxy NGC7793 about 12 million light years from Earth and is ingesting a weight equivalent to 100 billion billion hot dogs every minute.

Astronomers see right into heart of exploding star
Astronomers have been able to see into the heart of an exploding star, by combining data from telescopes that are hundreds or even thousands of kilometers apart.

Dynamic motion of HIV as it readies an attack: Seen in real time, for the first time
Technologies that allow investigators, for the first time, to watch what they call the 'dance' of HIV proteins on the virus' surface, which may contribute to how the virus infects human immune cells, have been developed by scientists. The new technology platform opens new possibilities for devising an approach to prevent HIV infection, note researchers.

Impossibly bright dead star: X-ray source in the Cigar Galaxy is the first ultraluminous pulsar ever detected
Astronomers working with NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) have found a pulsating dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. The object, previously thought to be a black hole because it is so powerful, is in fact a pulsar -- the incredibly dense rotating remains of a star.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Water On the Moon Came from Solar Wind

Black Hole Gas Guzzler May Explain Weird Superbright X-rays

Shockingly Bright Dead Star with a Pulse Is an X-ray Powerhouse

Space Center Houston is 1st Smithsonian Affiliate in Houston

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from The Spokesman-Review

First U.S. Ebola patient dies in Dallas

WSP: One dead in head-on collision
One person is dead after a head-on collision with a semi trailer that closed Trent Avenue in Spokane Valley for several hours this morning.

Otter gets last-minute stay to block Idaho gay marriages
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, at the request of Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, issued an emergency stay this morning blocking same-sex marriage from starting in Idaho – just as couples lined up at county clerk’s offices around the state were about to receive their licenses.
earlier:
Same-sex marriage begins in Idaho as 9th Circuit lifts stay

Spokane mayor’s budget plan includes raises for himself, his cabinet

Swing sets becoming scarce on school playgrounds
Swings, once the emblem of school playgrounds, are slowly disappearing, with only two swing sets remaining in Washington’s second-largest school district.

Spokane County approves hiring more nurses, guards for jail

Three share Nobel Prize for creating blue LEDs

At least 14 die as Kurdish protesters clash with police

Train derails in Saskatchewan, catches fire

In brief: Train derails in Canada, catches fire
A Canadian National Railway Co. freight train carrying flammable goods derailed in central Saskatchewan on Tuesday and caught fire.
Talks aim to end Hong Kong protests
North Korea admits nation’s labor camps
Peacekeeper killed in Mali attack

Enforcement delayed on home-care worker protections
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it is delaying enforcement of its initiative to extend minimum-wage and overtime protections to the nation’s nearly 2 million home-care workers.

Earthquake strikes southwestern China
Temblor hits off Mexican coast

California coast sees wave of sperm whales
More than 50 sperm whales emerged off the Southern California coast in an extremely rare, hours-long sighting that had whale watchers and scientists giddy with excitement.

In brief: Pilot dies in crash fighting wildfire near Yosemite
An air tanker fighting a wildfire on the edge of Yosemite National Park in Northern California smashed into a steep canyon wall Tuesday, killing the pilot who was believed to be the only person aboard.
Dog at risk of Ebola may be euthanized
At least one major study suggests that dogs can be infected with the deadly virus without having symptoms. But whether or how likely they are to spread it to people is less clear.

Anger over wolf attacks rekindles at Washington agency meeting
A tense summer between ranchers and wolves led to a packed crowd Tuesday night in Colville at a public meeting with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson.

Spokane County requests cellphone registration for emergency alerts

Rockwood Health System offering new insurance plan

In brief: Riverside man was shot multiple times
Patrick M. Alltus, 39, was found by a friend at his home at 151 Hosheit Road in Riverside in Okanogan County.
Business group to host candidates
The Spokane Valley Business Association will host a candidate forum during its monthly meeting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
Missing Montana boy safe in Spokane
Robber steals gun from new owner

Army corps ordered to improve fish passages
Federal fisheries biologists told the Army Corps of Engineers it must improve dam operations on the White River to protect endangered salmon. NOAA Fisheries found that too many migrating fish, including endangered Chinook salmon, can’t make it safely down the White River or to spawning habitat upriver above Mud Mountain Dam near Enumclaw, Washington.

Business in brief: IMF adjusts down economic forecast
The International Monetary Fund slightly lowered its outlook for global economic growth this year and next, mostly because of weaker expansions in Japan, Latin America and Europe.
August home prices decline from July
Fewer hires than jobs posted in August
Billion-dollar casino sold for $110 million

Spokane County Septermber home prices fall, sales rise

Sales for November-December predicted to reach three-year high
Americans are expected to increase spending at the highest rate in three years during what’s traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, according to the nation’s largest retail industry trade group.

More Wal-Mart workers to lose health insurance
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to eliminate health insurance coverage for some of its part-time U.S. employees in a move aimed at controlling rising health care costs of the nation’s largest private employer.

EU opens tax evasion probe on Amazon
The European Union is broadening its crackdown on multinationals’ tax avoidance schemes, opening Tuesday an investigation into Amazon’s practices on suspicion the online retailer is not paying its dues on profits made across the 28-nation bloc.

Shawn Vestal: Arritola, Shea both were in good form for debate

Doyle McManus: Feds have management problems

Editorial: Dalton deserves to keep county auditor job

Studies find voice-activated systems distract drivers

Hand pies easy to make, fun to stuff
Versatile, convenient and almost unbearably cute, turnovers – or patties, pastys or hand pies – can be stuffed with pretty much anything.

Dinner together: Seasonal veggies elevate enchiladas
Butternut squash, black beans give traditional dish a healthy upgrade

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from The Telegraph (UK)

Man with first mind-controlled prosthetic arm shows off his new skills
A man fitted with the world's first mind-controlled arm can now tie the laces on his children’s skates; unpack eggs and chop wood

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from Think Progress

Senate Candidate Tells Women That Repealing Obamacare Will Help Them Get Birth Control
Virginia Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie is attempting to portray Obamacare as a barrier to birth control access, downplaying the fact that the health reform law is responsible for expanding no-cost contraception to millions of American women.

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)

Nonprofit health insurance pioneer closes its doors due to Obamacare costs
Freelancers Insurance Company, the pioneering nonprofit health insurer that was once hailed as a model for the Affordable Care Act, is closing its doors because of the high cost of complying with Obamacare regulations.

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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)
from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Weekly Standard

Michelle Obama Hosts Fashion Workshop at White House
'We all wear [Spanx] with pride.'

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