Wednesday, December 10, 2014

In the news, Tuesday, November 25, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

“Stunning and offensive” Obama publicly insults Australia’s leader at G20

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from BuzzPo
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Ronald Reagan’s 1985 Thanksgiving Speech & American Liberty

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

In Time for Thanksgiving, Obama White House Serves Up 3,400 Regulations
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House quietly released word that it has 3,400 regulations in the pipeline for next year. For those who’d like to check out the Obama administration’s proposed new government red tape, released Friday, it’s called the Unified Agenda.

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from Money Talks News
from New York Times

Documents Released in the Ferguson Case
Here are documents and evidence presented to the grand jury in Clayton, Mo., that was deciding whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting of Michael Brown. The documents were released by the St. Louis County prosecutor, Robert P. McCulloch.

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from POLITICO
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from The Spokesman-Review

Rates for Avista’s Washington customers to rise on Jan. 1
Residential electric rates are increasing by about 2.7 percent. Typical customers using 965 kilowatt hours of electricity per month will see their bills increase by $2.13 for a total of $81.16 monthly. Natural gas rates will increase by about 6.1 percent. Typical residential customers using 65 therms of gas will see their bills increase by $3.71 per month for a total of $64.89.

Former prosecutor sentenced for helping felon evade police
Former Spokane County deputy prosecutor Marriya Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree rendering criminal assistance today in front of a visiting judge from Whitman County.

Suit filed over Lower Snake River dredging
Environmental groups and the Nez Perce Tribe have filed a lawsuit to prevent dredging of the lower Snake River that enables Lewiston, Idaho, to be the most inland seaport on the West Coast.

VA fires troubled Phoenix hospital director

Ferguson, Missouri, officer cleared in shooting
A grand jury declined Monday to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests and inflamed deep racial tensions between many African-Americans and police.

Ferguson businesses torched in overnight protests
Monday night’s protests were far more destructive than any of those that followed Brown’s Aug. 9 death, with more than a dozen businesses badly damaged or destroyed. Authorities reported hearing hundreds of gunshots, which for a time prevented fire crews from fighting the flames.

A look at what’s ahead in the Ferguson case

About 100 protest Ferguson decision in Spokane NAACP rally
About 100 people turned out for a NAACP rally in downtown Spokane Tuesday, marching down sidewalks and chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot,” to show their support of the community of Ferguson, Missouri.

Council strips pay hikes from city budget
Almost $50,000 in proposed salary increases for 12 nonunion city employees were stripped from Mayor David Condon’s 2015 budget proposal Monday night, including those for the mayor’s cabinet, as Spokane City Council members approved a modified budget with more than $600,000 in new spending focused on their own priorities.

Hagel out at defense as mission shifting
The high-profile departure means Obama is on the hunt for his fourth defense secretary in six years, a total matched only by Harry S. Truman, who created the position in 1947.

AG’s office: No consent needed for body cameras
The cameras that will soon be worn by all Spokane police officers on patrol may continue rolling without consent in most cases. Most interactions between officers and citizens are public and exempt from the state’s stringent privacy laws, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and members of his team told reporters Monday.

Eighteen receive nation’s highest civilian honor
President Barack Obama recognized 18 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, including Tom Brokaw, Stevie Wonder and Meryl Streep.

Colorado pot merchants tempt with holiday hemp items, deals

FDA to order calorie counts on menus
Counting your calories will become easier under new government rules requiring chain restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores – and even movie theaters, amusement parks and vending machines – to post the calorie content of food “clearly and conspicuously” on their menus.

Here’s who will be counting calories

Nor’easter in travel forecast
A nor’easter is expected to develop Wednesday along the East Coast just as millions of travelers are heading to their Thanksgiving destinations.

Buffalo’s flooding fears ease
Fears of disastrous flooding from a rapid meltdown of the Buffalo area’s 7 feet of snow eased on Monday, but high winds became a menace, threatening to knock down trees and power lines.

Latinos like Obama’s immigration action
President Barack Obama’s decisions on immigration last week have angered Republicans, but have drawn strong support from a key audience, Latino voters, according to a new survey. Roughly 9 in 10 Latino registered voters said they supported Obama’s move to shield parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents from deportation, according to the survey by Latino Decisions, a polling firm that specializes in Latino voters.

In brief: Drug cartel lieutenant sentenced to 22 years
A U.S. judge sentenced a reputed lieutenant of captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to 22 years in prison Monday for his role in a $1 billion trafficking conspiracy, saying the stiff sentence should send a message to traffickers everywhere.
Democrats pick three ’16 convention finalists
Democrats narrowed the list of contenders for their 2016 national convention to three cities Monday, announcing the party’s next presidential candidate will be formally nominated in New York City, Philadelphia or Columbus, Ohio.
Tainted sprouts sicken 63 people in 10 states
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 63 people from 10 states concentrated on the East Coast fell ill with salmonella linked to bean sprouts from a supplier in New York City. The CDC said the supplier, Wonton Food Inc. of Brooklyn, has agreed to stop production, for now.

Turkish president declares, men, women are not equal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred controversy again with a speech Monday to the Women and Justice Summit in Istanbul, disputing gender equality and defining women’s role in society as motherhood.

Mexico first lady in spotlight over deal on mansion
Mexico’s first lady, soap opera star Angelica Rivera, is back in the spotlight. But rather than receiving public adulation, she’s the subject of ridicule.

In brief: Netanyahu tables bill on Jewish nationality
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday staved off a potential splintering of his governing coalition, at least for now, with an agreement to delay bringing a contentious nationality bill before the Knesset, or parliament.
Sanctions, oil price slump costing Russia $100 billion
International sanctions and slumping oil prices are costing Russia well over $100 billion a year, a top official acknowledged Monday.

Iran nuclear talks extended to July 1
The failure of six world powers to complete a nuclear deal with Iran by Monday’s deadline sets up a political battle between Congress, where lawmakers are calling for tougher sanctions, and the White House, which fears such a move would drive Tehran away from the negotiating table.

In brief: Ferris assistant principal resigns amid charges
Ferris High School Assistant Principal Todd Bender has resigned amid criminal charges of child molestation.
Accused of rape, lawyer, 76, out of jail
A 76-year-old Spokane lawyer accused of rape and unlawful imprisonment has been released from Spokane County Jail on his own recognizance and ordered to stay away from the victim in the case.
Suitcase near heater blamed for fatal fire
The house fire that killed a 97-year-old woman in north Spokane was caused by a suitcase being placed too close to a baseboard heater, Assistant Fire Marshal Michael Miller said Monday.

Idaho man gets 20 years to life for kidnap, rape of girl
Michael David Nixon, 32, of Coeur d’Alene, will spend at least 20 years behind bars for beating, raping and tying up a 13-year-old female relative last year.

Community solar project to pay off
A community solar project sponsored by Inland Power and Light Co., when fully built, will generate enough electricity to power about 3 1/2 homes.

In brief: CdA Thanksgiving Day dinner still needs pies, cash
Organizers of a free Thanksgiving Day meal at the Lake City Center in Coeur d’Alene are in need of a few more pies and about $1,000 to pull off Thursday’s dinner.
Stay is granted in wedding chapel suit
A federal judge on Monday issued a 60-day stay in a wedding chapel’s civil rights lawsuit against the city of Coeur d’Alene concerning same-sex marriage and a discrimination law.
Jitterz Java stand is robbed again
Workers at the Jitterz Java coffee stand in northwest Spokane are understandably nervous. It was robbed Sunday night for the fourth time in the past year.
Cosby appearance in Yakima canceled
An appearance by embattled comedian Bill Cosby in Yakima has been canceled amid numerous allegations of sexual assault.
Everett-based ship decommissioned
The Navy recently decommissioned the guided missile frigate USS Ingraham at Everett. It will be towed to Bremerton and scrapped.
Copter contractor enters guilty plea
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A former executive of a southern Oregon company has pleaded guilty to providing false aircraft weights to the U.S. Forest Service to win a firefighting contract. A helicopter the company provided crashed, killing nine people fighting a wildfire.

Idaho legislative panel kills public defender resolution
Lawmakers on a committee charged with improving Idaho’s public defense system have killed a resolution that would have given the state full responsibly for assigning attorneys to indigent defenders.

Progress seen in Coeur d’Alene River Basin cleanup efforts

Ex-Sen. Larry Craig appeals order to pay $242,000
Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, the newly named finance chairman for the Idaho Republican Party, is appealing a federal judge’s order that he pay $242,000 to the U.S. Treasury to make up for improperly using campaign funds to cover legal expenses incurred after his 2007 arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.

GMO label vote to be recounted in Oregon
Statewide vote totals released Monday show an Oregon ballot measure that would require labeling of genetically modified foods was losing by a mere 809 votes and will go to an automatic recount.

Proposed Vancouver oil terminal would be biggest in volume
At full capacity, the proposal known as Vancouver Energy would handle more oil by rail than any facility in the United States, according to an analysis of crude-by-rail terminals by the Columbian.

Business briefs: GM admission on recall clears driver in fatality
A Texas judge has cleared a woman accused in a fatal wreck after General Motors acknowledged her car would have been among millions recalled for an ignition switch problem that may have contributed to the death.
Redbox rental rate going up 25 percent
Redbox is raising its DVD rental prices by 25 percent in an effort to wring more revenue from the shrinking audience that still watches movies on discs rather than online.
Bud’s Clydesdales out to pasture for holidays
The country’s No. 3 beer brand said the horses will not play a role in its traditional advertising for the season, although the company added later Monday that they will be featured in spots promoting responsible drinking. Anheuser-Busch InBev also said the Clydesdales will return to be part of its upcoming Super Bowl ads.

Cheaper smartphones come with some frills
It might seem as though everyone has an iPhone or Galaxy smartphone. But many customers are eschewing the best cameras and screens – and their top-end price tags – and choosing models that can get the job done at less than a third of the cost.

Automakers aiming to keep hackers away

Honda admits not reporting deaths
Honda is admitting that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles to U.S. safety regulators, a violation of federal law.

Merck enters partnership to develop Ebola vaccine

Editorial: City sewer revamp, funding plan deserving of praise

Robert J. Samuelson: Climate pact a triumph of politics, if not substance

Left untreated, diabetic eye disease can rob vision
Dr. Alisa Hideg

Flying Doctors setting up in Inland Northwest
An organization that sends doctors, dentists and nurses to remote parts of the world is setting up an office in the Inland Northwest and seeking volunteers to treat “the poorest of the poor.”

DOCTOR K: Colonoscopy better than home test kit

Angler sets record with bluefin tuna catch
An Ellensburg angler has set a new Washington record by catching a Pacific bluefin tuna weighing just over 39 pounds.

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from Time

Here Are the American Counties That Struggle Most With Hunger
One in seven Americans face food insecurity. This map shows where people are hurting.

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from USA Today
from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from 100 Percent FED Up
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

RAW VIDEO: WOMAN FIGHTS OFF LOOTERS WITH HER BARE HANDS...WHAT A WOMAN!

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