Saturday, February 14, 2015

In the news, Friday, January 30, 2015


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JAN 29      INDEX      JAN 31
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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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

from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

#42 – “Jesus Christ Was a Progressive Because He Advocated Income Redistribution to Help the Poor”
Myth: Jesus Christ was a progressive because he advocated income redistribution to help the poor. You don’t have to be a Christian to appreciate the deceit in this canard. You can be a person of any faith or no faith at all. You just have to appreciate facts.

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from The Heritage Foundation
from Mad World News
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

FINALLY: Obama Implicated In MAJOR Scandal And The GOP Says There’s Proof

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from Money Talks News

Take 5: A Roundup of Reads From Around the Web
1. The Psychological Hack That Can Help You Save $1,431.00 (or More) in 2015
2. A Robot Cleans My Floors
3. Are Realistic Goals Overrated?
4. The Complete Guide to Egg Donation: Advice From a Five-Time Donor
5. Banish Stress: Easy Ways to Get Calm Now and Forever

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from National Geographic

Naked Titan Viewed for First Time
As Saturn swans into sight for stargazers, the sun blasts its largest moon.

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from The New American Magazine

Seattle’s Garbage Police Ticketing Those Who Throw Away Food

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from Right Wing News

VIDEO: Tom Selleck Just Said What Cop Haters Need to Hear; Way to Stand Up for the NYPD!

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from Science (& News from Science)

Breach of trust: Can mathematicians trust the NSA?
After the Snowden revelations, U.S. mathematicians are questioning their long-standing ties with the secretive National Security Agency.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Central Washington residents say Natural Resources failed them in battling Carlton Complex fires
Government agencies failed to react fast enough to smaller fires that grew last July into the largest wildfire in state history, Central Washington residents told legislators Thursday. While Department of Natural Resources officials defended their efforts to battle the Carlton Complex in hot, dry, windy conditions, Okanogan County officials and residents accused them of being disorganized and ill-prepared. They’re worried about a repeat this summer, when weather conditions are expected to be similar.

Investigation shows deputy did not strike teenage bicyclist who died
Three separate investigations into a May bicycling fatality have determined that the patrol car driven by Spokane County sheriff’s Deputy Joe Bodman did not strike 15-year-old bicyclist Ryan Holyk, according to the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office.

Julyamsh Pow Wow canceled
The big Julyamsh Pow Wow held annually at the Greyhound Park in Post Falls has been cancelled, the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort announced Friday.

Idaho horse racing regulator resigns after reports of possible conflict of interest
Frank Lamb. head of Idaho’s agency that regulates horse racing, has retired following increased scrutiny over possible conflicts of interest surrounding his consulting work out of state.

Former GOP nominee Romney will not run for president in ‘16
After a three-week flirtation with a new campaign for the White House, Mitt Romney announced Friday that he will not seek the presidency in 2016.

Court orders initiative vote
Envision Spokane, the twice-failed initiative seeking to bolster environmental protection and neighborhood and labor rights, will be before voters again, after a decision Thursday by a state appellate court.

Budget fight looms as Obama wants 7 percent spending increase
Setting up a showdown with the new Republican-controlled Congress, the Obama administration said Thursday that the president’s proposed 2016 federal budget would include a $74 million increase in discretionary spending that blew past the caps in place under current budget law.

Party-line vote kills gay rights bill in Idaho
Idaho lawmakers heard three days of intense, emotional testimony on a bill to provide civil rights protections for gays before killing the legislation on a party-line vote.

Balloon crew sets distance world record
Two pilots soaring over the Pacific Ocean made history Thursday, first matching and then surpassing the 5,209-mile official world distance record for human flight in a gas balloon.


Mexico hospital blast kills three
Injured and bleeding, mothers grasping infants in their arms fled from a maternity hospital shattered by a powerful gas explosion Thursday, and rescuers began smashing sledgehammers through fallen concrete hunting for others who might be trapped.

Senate panel approves Iran sanctions bill
A bill that would levy tough new sanctions on Iran if it fails to sign an agreement to curb its nuclear program cleared a Senate committee Thursday. But lawmakers are holding off on a full Senate vote to see whether diplomatic negotiations yield a deal.

After weeks of unusually robust debate, the Senate on Thursday approved legislation to expedite construction of the massive Keystone XL pipeline, brushing aside President Barack Obama’s threat to veto the measure.

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack at the Kabul airport in which a gunman shot and killed three American contractors and one Afghan man.
Texas man executed for 1996 slaying
A Texas man convicted of killing a 38-year-old woman nearly two decades ago while he was on parole for a triple slaying years earlier was executed Thursday evening.
AG nominee backed by two key Republicans
Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman in the nation’s top law enforcement job.

Malaysia’s government formally declared still-missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 an accident Thursday and said all those on board were presumed dead, paving the way for compensation claims but angering victims’ families still waiting for evidence of the plane’s fate.

Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced “King of Kitsch” whose avalanche of music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and ’70s overwhelmed critical mockery and made him an Oscar-nominated songwriter and one of the best-selling poets in history, has died. He was 81.

Militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car bomb and mortar rounds on Thursday, killing at least 26 security officers.

A deadline of sunset Thursday for a possible prisoner swap purportedly set by the Islamic State group holding a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian military pilot passed with no sign of whether the two men were still alive.

The American public and U.S. scientists are light-years apart on science issues. And 98 percent of surveyed scientists said it’s a problem that we don’t know what they’re talking about.

Spokane police arrested on Wednesday four men accused in a brutal robbery-turned-homicide on the lower South Hill last week. Isaiah S. Freeman, 24; Christopher J. Hall, 34; Ricky A. Cox, 29; and Richard J. Richardson, 49, allegedly beat, stabbed and strangled Damien Stewart, 33, in his apartment at 525 S. Hatch St. All four face charges of first-degree murder.

State engineers have scrapped plans to construct a $3.7 million two-lane roundabout at the intersection of Day Mount Spokane Road and U.S. Highway 2 near Mead, electing to slow traffic on the accident-prone corridor by other methods.

Hundreds of Spokane County’s homeless were counted Thursday in the annual nationwide Point-in-Time Count for 2015. The homeless census provides data for grant applications and reports required by state and federal governments and reveals service gaps within a community.

Ybarra unclear on budget figures in public instruction presentation to legislators
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra wants local school officials to decide how money should be spent in the classroom. During her first budget presentation to the Legislature on Thursday morning, Ybarra said she hadn’t yet determined how funds for some of her biggest policy initiatives would be spent. Instead, Ybarra said, she wanted to determine those details once she saw how much money the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee budgets for each line item.

House collectively passes ‘Joel’s Law’
Rep. Tom Dent urged his colleagues to pass “Joel’s Law” by recalling his son’s tense standoff late last year with Spokane County sheriff’s deputies. The bill, unanimously passed Thursday, is named for Joel Reuter, a Seattle man with severe bipolar disorder fatally shot in 2013 during a standoff with police after his parents had tried for weeks to have him committed. It’s one of many proposals to improve the state’s faltering mental health system.

In brief: Teen’s statements may be used in case
A Coeur d’Alene teenager accused of killing his father and brother knew what he was doing last April when he waived his Miranda rights, answered police questions and confessed, a judge said.
Addy robbery suspect arrested
A suspected robber described by law enforcement as armed and dangerous was arrested Thursday morning at a home in Marysville, Washington, the Steven County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Michael Ray Snyder, 31, is a suspect in the Saturday robbery of the Old Schoolhouse Trading Post in Addy, Washington.
Gonzaga Day set for Saturday
Gonzaga University alumni and other backers will gather across North America on Saturday to celebrate the institution’s influence on their lives and communities.

Lawmakers look at banning hazardous, yet popular microbeads
Many facial soaps contain tiny, gritty pieces of plastic called microbeads, for scrubbing away dead skin and stubborn blemishes. Some Washington lawmakers want to ban them. The exfoliating beads present an environmental hazard, researchers warn. Small enough to slip through bathroom drains, the beads end up in rivers, lakes and oceans around the world. They are easily swallowed by fish and other creatures and are known to cause cell damage, even death.

Former soldier charged with stealing $250,000 in benefits
A former Idaho National Guard soldier who is also an official in Snoqualmie, Washington, has been indicted on charges that he lied his way to a Purple Heart and more than $250,000 in government benefits.

McDonald’s new CEO faces hungry competition

Rate of death for drivers drops sharply
The chances of a driver dying in a crash in a late-model car or light truck fell by more than a third over three years, and nine car models had zero deaths per million registered vehicles, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The vehicles with the highest death rates were the Kia Rio, a four-door minicar, 149 deaths per million registered vehicles; Nissan Versa, a small 4-door sedan, 130 deaths, and Hyundai Accent, a four-door minicar, 120 deaths.

Americans’ paychecks stretched thin
The Federal Reserve has declared economic growth “solid.” But several new reports show most Americans are treading along a dangerous financial tightrope, where one slip could be devastating.

Central Pre-Mix wins award
Central Pre-Mix was honored by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency Thursday for changes at its Sullivan Road gravel plant that dramatically cut dust and fuel emissions. The 2015 clean air award recognized $9 million worth of investment in the operation since 2009.

Airbag may have killed Texas man
Federal safety regulators are looking into the death of a Texas man who may be the latest victim of exploding automobile air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan.

Shawn Vestal: Spokane mayor struck by cordiality at State of Union

Amy Goodman: Civil rights history can’t be rewritten, but it can be righted

Editorial: Prepaid postage for ballots would boost voter participation

Obituary: Dorman, Janice Jane (Fitzsimmons)
28 Dec 1926 - 26 Jan 2015     Pomeroy, Lacrosse

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from Time

Meet the Latest Driver of the Anti-Vaccine Clown Car (Who Thinks You’re a ‘Bad Mother’)
The new medical reprobate is Dr. Jack Wolfson, an Arizona-based cardiologist and practitioner of holistic medicine.

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
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from US Herald


from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Washington Times (DC)

David Clarke, Milwaukee sheriff, rips Eric Holder as rallying ‘cop-haters’

No, there shouldn’t be a law
In Seattle, a new ordinance on the books sets rules on what can go in the trash. It’s complete garbage.

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