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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
REPORT: DRUG CARTEL PLACES $45 MILLION BOUNTY ON RICK PERRY’S HEAD
Cartels previously set bounties on Sheriff Arpaio and Border Patrol agents
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from Americans Against the Tea Party
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from The Christian Science Monitor
In a US first, New Orleans finds homes for all its homeless veterans
More than 300 mayors have vowed to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. New Orleans celebrated the new year by becoming the first city to do so.
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from Daily Mail (UK)
David Cameron to plead case of Briton held in Guantanamo Bay without charge for nearly 13 years with Barack Obama
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from DW (English) (Deutsche Welle)
Gorbachev issues new warning of nuclear war over Ukraine
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that the crisis in Ukraine could lead to a major war, or even a nuclear war. In an interview with a German magazine, he criticized both Russia and the West.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Myth: Free Markets Exploit Women
A growing debate in the United States is that working women are exploited by a free labor market where they are paid, on average, significantly less than their male counterparts. Followed by this assertion is the conclusion that capitalism exacerbates the gender-wage gap and exploits women. The freer the market, the more opportunities there are for women (and anyone else, for that matter) to progress up the economic ladder. Most of the 17.9% wage gap in the United States can be explained by number of hours worked, marriage and age. Women who work full-time and who have never married make 95.2% of male earnings narrowing the gender-wage gap to less than 5%.
Myth: Free Markets Exploit Women
A growing debate in the United States is that working women are exploited by a free labor market where they are paid, on average, significantly less than their male counterparts. Followed by this assertion is the conclusion that capitalism exacerbates the gender-wage gap and exploits women. The freer the market, the more opportunities there are for women (and anyone else, for that matter) to progress up the economic ladder. Most of the 17.9% wage gap in the United States can be explained by number of hours worked, marriage and age. Women who work full-time and who have never married make 95.2% of male earnings narrowing the gender-wage gap to less than 5%.
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from Huffington Post
from The Independent (UK)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Raif Badawi: Saudi Arabia publicly flogged liberal blogger and activist accused of 'insulting Islam'
Raif Badawi: Saudi Arabia publicly flogged liberal blogger and activist accused of 'insulting Islam'
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from Investor's Business Daily
from Jews News
from Money Talks News
from NBC News (& affiliates)
Boko Haram May Have Killed Thousands in Attack, Say Experts
Terror experts and U.S. officials say a Boko Haram assault this week on a small city on the northern border of Nigeria may have killed as many as 2,000 civilians.
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from RedState
Gas tax fight shaping up in Congress
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from RT (Russia Today)
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
Snowden: Cyber war more damaging to US than any other nation
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Snowden: Cyber war more damaging to US than any other nation
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from Salon
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Conservatives feel sorry for themselves: Sarah Palin, Fox News and the right’s persecution complex
The former governor's recent meltdown over a family photo speaks to a larger, more disturbing right-wing pathology
Conservatives feel sorry for themselves: Sarah Palin, Fox News and the right’s persecution complex
The former governor's recent meltdown over a family photo speaks to a larger, more disturbing right-wing pathology
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
from The Spokesman-Review
Buyouts, debt service leaves WSU athletics in $13 milllion hole
Moos says deficit was expected, but WSU on track to be even by 2019
Hydros could return to Lake Coeur d’Alene this summer
H1 Unlimited, which sanctions hydroplane races, said it has signed an agreement with Coeur d’Alene Hydroplane Regatta LLC, to stage unlimited hydroplane races on the lake from Aug. 14-16. The new races would be called the Coeur d’Alene Silver Cup.
Otter defiant in third inaugural message
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter struck a defiant tone in his third inaugural address today, declaring, “We stand for what’s right, here in Idaho.”
Sex offender attacks another resident at McNeil Island
A resident at the state’s Special Commitment Center for sex offenders who once gained notoriety for trying to kill Kevin Coe now faces the prospect of life imprisonment for attacking another resident at the McNeil Island facility.
House poised to pass pipeline bill as state court clears way
As House Republicans prepared to pass legislation Friday to authorize construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, Nebraska’s highest court removed a major obstacle to the project and a major reason behind President Barack Obama’s opposition to the bill.
6 dead in terror clashes in Paris; several hostages freed
Two al-Qaida-linked brothers suspected in the Charlie Hebdo massacre came out of their hideaway with guns blazing Friday and were killed in a clash with security forces, French police said. Moments later, another hostage-taker in Paris was killed in a separate clash, along with three of his hostages.
Police storm Paris grocery where gunman holds 5 hostages
Fear, turmoil in Paris with 2 hostage-taking attacks
Terrorists linked to each other seized hostages at two locations around Paris on Friday, facing off against hundreds of French security forces as the city shut down a famed Jewish neighborhood and scrambled to protect residents and tourists from further attacks.
Brothers sought in French attack were on U.S. no-fly list
Spokane shooting leaves victim in critical condition
Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting that left a man in critical condition about 1 a.m. Friday in Spokane, near the corner of Bridgeport Avenue and Napa Street.
Landowners draw plan for downtown eyesore
One of the first things that visitors to Spokane see when they exit Interstate 90 at Division Street is an empty lot behind temporary murals. A Lutheran church that stood at the site at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Division for decades was demolished in 2008 to make room for a proposed new motel. But the Great Recession put the kibosh on that project, leading to the vacant space at the city’s all-important Division gateway.
Court may be near gay marriage settlement
The Supreme Court has quietly engineered a dramatic increase in the number of states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. That increase also has raised the chances the justices soon will settle the legal debate.
In brief: Sri Lankan president loses to former aide
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has conceded defeat in his bid for a third term in office, his spokesman said today. In a result unthinkable just weeks ago, Rajapaksa lost to his former friend and health minister, Maithripala Sirisena, who defected from the ruling party and turned the election into a referendum on the president and the enormous power he wields over the island nation of 21 million.
Vermont Legislature re-elects governor
Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin was sworn in to a third two-year term after his failure to win a majority of the popular vote in November forced state lawmakers to decide the winner Thursday.
S. Korea weighs deportation of American
South Korean officials said today they were considering whether to deport a Korean-American woman accused of praising rival North Korea during a recent lecture.
Memphis celebrates Elvis
Singer’s wife, daughter attend birthday bash
Boxer won’t seek 2016 re-election
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer’s departure from the Senate in 2016, announced Thursday, will conclude a 33-year congressional career defined by liberal causes and a buoyantly combative spirit.
Oklahoma prisons chief ‘confident’ in execution process, staff
One week before a man’s scheduled execution for killing a baby, the director of Oklahoma’s prison system said he’s confident in his staff’s ability to carry out the first lethal injection in the state since one went awry in April.
Bills in Congress take on president
In command and ready for a fight, defiant Republicans ignored two White House veto threats and advanced bills in Congress on Thursday curbing President Barack Obama’s cherished health care overhaul and forcing construction on a proposed oil pipeline. The top House Democrat predicted her party would uphold vetoes on both.
Giffords, Obama meet on somber anniversary
Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords spent part of the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting that left her gravely wounded meeting with President Barack Obama as her city paused to remember the tragedy that left six dead and 13 injured.
GOP senators joining Obama in Tennessee
When President Barack Obama travels to Tennessee today, Air Force One will be carrying some unusual cargo: Republicans.
Weather brings deaths, frustration
Dangerously cold air has sent temperatures plummeting into the single digits around the U.S., with wind chills driving them even lower. Throw in the snow some areas are getting and you’ve got a bone-chilling mix that may also be super messy.
Dozens of Cuban dissidents freed
At least 25 dissidents were free Thursday in what a leading human rights advocate said was part of Cuba’s deal with Washington to release 53 members of the island’s political opposition.
Otter says 2015 budget will reflect state’s financial health
“Financially speaking, the state is in great shape,” Otter said. “So my budget is going to reflect that.” Still, he said he wants state government to grow more slowly than the economy. “So you can expect us to make an effort to put money into savings, you can expect us to return money that we don’t need. Now, whether or not we’re going to do it this year is another question, and that’s subject to debate once the Legislature gets started.”
STA reports record ridership in 2014
Five years after a recession-caused slump in Spokane Transit Authority bus ridership, the agency this week reported that 2014 brought a record number of 11.3 million passenger trips.
Hill says Washington’s two-year revenue will be $3 billion higher, so no tax hike needed
Sen. Andy Hill, the Republican who heads the Ways and Means Committee, insisted Thursday that any claim the state budget faces a deficit is a myth because revenue will be about $3 billion higher for the next two-year budget cycle than the current one. “We can keep everything in the government running and put another billion into education,” Hill, of Redmond, told reporters and editors gathered for the annual Associated Press legislative preview before Monday’s start to the session. There’s no automatic need to raise existing taxes or impose new ones, he said.
In brief: Six-time felon pleads guilty to gun charge
Matthew Baumrucker, 31, was arrested at a Spokane Valley motel in March. Police found a gun on an air conditioning unit outside the room where Baumrucker was staying, and later linked it to the six-time convicted felon.
Judge postpones trial in slaying of WWII vet
The trial for teenage murder suspect Demetruis Glenn was pushed back Thursday to March 10 at the request of Glenn’s attorney, Christian Phelps.
Local police academy welcomes trainees
Spokane kicked off the Basic Law Enforcement Academy this week, offering four-month training for 30 police officer candidates from the Tri-Cities, Pullman, Wenatchee, Yakima and other towns on the east side of the state.
Driver loses control of SUV, runs into building
An SUV crashed through the wall of a building at 251 E. Fifth Avenue, which Stahl Optical shares with Prosser Dentistry.
Two charged with smuggling people
On Wednesday a federal grand jury indicted two Canadian men, Mohinder “Paul” Chawla and Terry Franklin Bens, with three counts of illegally helping people from Pakistan, India and other countries enter the country at a border crossing near the town of Lynden and one count of conspiracy to smuggle people without legal documentation into the U.S.
Army engineers wait out Ebola quarantine at JBLM
Colorado unit arrived Jan. 2 from West African mission
In brief: Woman charged in purse-snatching
Police arrested Wenona Gent, 38, on Tuesday after officers identified her as a suspect based on surveillance footage taken from the Dec. 28 robbery at Yoke’s Fresh Market, 210 E. North Foothills Drive.
Homeowner’s actions lead to arrest
A homeowner in northwest Spokane successfully detained a would-be thief after a fight earlier this week, leading to the arrest of Jeffrey E. Krell on assault and burglary charges, according to court documents.
Tips lead to arrest in carjacking
After receiving multiple tips about her identity from the public, Spokane police arrested Starsha Thorp, 32, Wednesday on first-degree robbery charges connected to a carjacking incident, which took place Dec. 11.
Father arrested on child assault charge
A man accused of picking up his 1-year-old daughter by her feet and repeatedly hitting her as they crossed a north Spokane street has been arrested on suspicion of child assault.
Vigil to focus on human trafficking
Lutheran Community Services Northwest and Partners through Arts will hold a candlelight vigil Sunday to bring awareness to human trafficking.
Death penalty cases cost more, study finds
A new study at Seattle University has found death penalty cases in the state cost roughly $1 million more than similar Washington cases where capital punishment is not sought.
In brief: Pickup hits, kills woman; son unhurt
The Washington State Patrol said a 36-year-old Yakima woman identified as Antonia Vazquez Ruiz who was holding her 17-month-old son was killed when she stepped outside her car after a crash on Interstate 82 near Selah and was struck by a pickup.
Billions spent on outdoor recreation
A new state study finds that people in Washington spend nearly $22 billion each year hiking, skiing, boating, golfing, and in other outdoor pursuits.
No fees for distillers not using distributor
Washington’s Supreme Court said distillers who ship their own spirits – rather than using a distributor – don’t have to help cover a $105 million shortfall in licensing fees.
Oregon’s wandering wolf gains official pack status
OR-7 has mate, pups in Rogue River area
Honda fined $70M
The Obama administration said Thursday it is fining Honda $70 million – the largest civil penalty levied against an automaker – for not reporting to regulators 1,729 complaints that its vehicles caused deaths and injuries, and for not reporting warranty claims.
J.C. Penney closing 40 stores in ’15
J.C. Penney Co. said it will close about 40 stores this year and cut about 2,250 jobs as it tries to improve its profitability. Most of the stores, located in malls around the country, will close by April 4. The Plano, Texas, company currently runs about 1,060 stores.
Macy’s to lay off 2,200 workers amid restructuring of operations
Macy’s plans to restructure its merchandising and marketing operations in response to changes in the way customers shop in stores and online. It said it’s even contemplating an off-price business that would be similar to a TJ Maxx. It also will close 14 department stores but open two new locations, resulting in annual savings of roughly $140 million.
Smartwatches getting high-fashion upgrade
Smartwatches don’t have to look ugly to be functional. Clothing and accessories designers are collaborating with engineers to produce computerized wristwatches that people will want to wear all day and night.
Business briefs: Applications for jobless benefits fall
The unemployment rate has slid to 5.8 percent from 6.7 percent at the start of 2014.
Coca-Cola to cut 1,600 to 1,800 jobs
The world’s biggest beverage maker said it began notifying workers in the U.S. and some international locations Thursday. It said job types are across all parts of its business and include about 500 cuts at its Atlanta headquarters.
Average fixed rate for 30-year mortgage falls
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said the nationwide average for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell to 3.73 percent this week from 3.87 percent last week. The average for a 15-year mortgage slid to 3.05 percent from 3.15 percent last week.
Starbucks COO taking ‘extended unpaid leave’
Starbucks said its chief operating officer, Troy Alstead, is taking an “extended unpaid leave” after 23 years with the company.
Retailers saw better sales than expected
Holiday numbers rose 4.6 percent in 2014
Kansas governor’s campaign loans under scrutiny
A federal grand jury is looking into loans made to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s re-election campaign and has ordered the state’s ethics chief to testify next week as part of its investigation, according to a subpoena obtained by the Associated Press.
White House sued over Gulf fracking information
An environmental advocacy group sued the Obama administration in federal court on Thursday for refusing to release documents detailing the extent of fracking in the Gulf of Mexico.
Amy Goodman: Close Guantanamo, return land to Cuba
Editorial: STEM scholarship plan right for Spokane
Boeing founder’s son dies at 92
William Boeing Jr. helped create Museum of Flight
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