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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from ConservativeByte
This is the peaceful revolution that can change and save our country.
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from Conservative Tribune
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from The Daily Caller
from Freedom Outpost
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The Gospel – The Only Hope in Stopping Muslim Violence
The Gospel – The Only Hope in Stopping Muslim Violence
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from ITV News (U.K.)
Fifty years after his death we try and capture some of the strongest and best loved moments of Churchill's war speeches.
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from Newsmax
from The Spokesman-Review
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch new offensive
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and launched a new multipronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, upending recent European attempts to mediate an end to the fighting.
The Supreme Court is stepping into the issue of lethal injection executions for the first time since 2008 in an appeal filed by death row inmates in Oklahoma.
The law firm of Paine Hamblen has settled a bankruptcy malpractice case regarding its multimillion-dollar representation of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane.
Saudi Arabia’s newly ascended King Salman buried his predecessor, King Abdullah, on Friday, then moved quickly at a time of regional turmoil to allay fears of a looming power struggle among hundreds of princes in the next generation of the House of Saud.
1. Yemen is home to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a Paris satirical magazine this month. 2. Hadi’s resignation leaves the U.S. without a faithful partner amid its drone-strike and counter-terrorism campaign. 3. The Houthis are seen as a proxy of Shiite Iran. 4. Nearly two-thirds of the remaining 122 Guantanamo detainees are from Yemen.
Electronic cigarettes, the hip alternative to smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes, may pose a fire hazard when they are put in checked luggage on planes.
Pope urges cardinals to prioritize service, not parties
Pope Francis is warning his new cardinals to keep the partying to a minimum – and keep their egos in check – when they are formally elevated at a Vatican ceremony next month.
In brief: TSA says guns seized in 2014 break record
A Transportation Security Administration report released Friday showed that agents seized a record number of guns last year.
U.S. woman jailed for attempt to help ISIS
A 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who tried to go to Syria to help Islamic State militants was sentenced to four years in prison Friday, even as she tearfully told a judge that she never wanted to hurt anyone and has disavowed jihad.
California court bans Boy Scouts as judges
San Francisco – California’s Supreme Court voted Friday to prohibit state judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts on grounds that the group discriminates against gays.
Official: Rio won’t meet cleanup pledge
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games’ sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state’s top environmental official acknowledged Friday.
Federal judge strikes down gay marriage ban in Alabama
Alabama became the latest state to see its ban on gay marriage fall to a federal court ruling Friday, as the issue of same-sex marriage heads to the U.S. Supreme Court.
India’s hazy sky backdrop to Obama’s climate talks
When President Barack Obama arrives in New Delhi on Sunday he will join the Indian capital’s masses in breathing some of the world’s filthiest air.
McDonald’s sees low 4Q earnings; plans to open fewer locations
The world’s largest hamburger chain reported falling earnings and sales for its fourth quarter on Friday and says it is going to take action this year to save money and bring customers back. This includes slowing down new restaurant openings in some markets.
Idaho reports seven-year low in jobless rate; Washington rises slightly
Idaho finished 2014 with an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent in December, which represents a seven-year low, according to preliminary state forecasts. In Washington, the jobless rate rose slightly in December to 6.3 percent, but the big news from the state Employment Security Department is that employment growth last year was the highest in 17 years.
Snowboarding takes big slide in popularity
Aging athletes, new skis and a lack of snow are ganging up on the once-edgy sport of snowboarding, which has seen a marked drop in participation over the last decade.
In brief: MasterCard to honor transactions in Cuba
MasterCard on Friday became the first major credit card company to say it will start handling U.S. card transactions in Cuba.
SkyMall files for bankruptcy
Apparently, airline passengers aren’t buying enough garden gnomes, superhero pajamas and heated cat shelters. SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy.
Anheuser-Busch gulps Seattle brewer Elysian
Anheuser-Busch is buying Seattle’s Elysian Brewing Co., expanding further its collection of craft brewers.
Gas under $2 gallon
Plunge is saving average American household $750 over last year
Spokane County CEO selection committee includes donors to likely candidate
Two members of the seven-member committee who will help choose the next CEO of Spokane County are campaign contributors to one of the likely candidates for the job, County Commissioner Todd Mielke.
Spokane City Council will hire its own attorney
The Spokane City Council is poised to assert its independence from Mayor David Condon’s administration as it begins a search for its own attorney.
Idaho senators’ bill would repeal 2013 law on horse-racing betting
An Idaho Senate committee agreed unanimously Friday to introduce legislation to repeal the 2013 law that authorized betting on “historical” horse races, and led to slot machine-like “instant racing” machines in three locations around the state, including the Greyhound Park in Post Falls.
Plan for tobacco ban at WSU presented
Using tobacco or e-cigarettes could soon be banned at Washington State University. Proposed rules banning smoking were presented this week at a public forum on the Pullman campus. The rules would ban “all forms of tobacco and any nicotine delivery devices, including electronic cigarettes, in or on WSU Pullman campus grounds and state-owned vehicles and equipment.”
Washington granted REAL ID deadline extension
The federal government on Friday granted Washington state a temporary extension from the enforcement of federal requirements for state driver’s licenses and ID cards that require proof of legal U.S. residency for holders who want to use them to access certain areas of federal buildings and eventually board a commercial flight.
Exxon fined $1 million for 2011 Montana oil spill
Federal officials have issued a $1 million penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp. for safety violations stemming from a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled 63,000 gallons of crude into Montana’s Yellowstone River.
New spill into Yellowstone River prompts pipeline upgrade order
Federal regulators on Friday ordered a pipeline company to make major upgrades to a line that spilled almost 40,000 gallons of oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River and fouled a local water supply.
Downtown stabbing suspect claims self-defense
The man who allegedly stabbed another man several times in the back in a downtown Spokane apartment building on Wednesday told police that he did it in self-defense, court documents show.
In brief: Five days after prison release, man arrested
A man released from prison last week allegedly broke through three locked doors before surprising a woman asleep in her bedroom Wednesday morning.
Idaho veterans home staff turnover high
BOISE – A statewide assessment indicates a fourth veterans home is needed in Idaho, but employee turnover at the facilities is becoming a critical concern.
Man on trial for 4 counts of robbery now faces 5
A man set to go to trial next month on four counts of first-degree robbery is facing a fifth charge relating to a string of robberies in north Spokane last April.
Department of Ecology to talk on watershed
The Washington Department of Ecology has scheduled several workshops to talk to farmers and ranchers about watershed assessments in Eastern Washington.
Obamacare a shot in arm for Gem State
Reliance on Idaho’s indigent health care program is down 25 percent the past two years, in part because more people are purchasing insurance through the state exchange.
Promising nuclear waste cleanup stalls at Hanford
The Department of Energy is considering its next steps to empty waste from an underground tank after its most robust retrieval technology failed to work as expected when equipped with a vacuum attachment.
Bill aims to fund postage for ballots, increase turnout
Poison centers see increase in pot-related calls
Editorial: Vaccines save lives; denial, fear undermine public safety
Charles Krauthammer: Iran is on the rise, and U.S. no help to allies
Froma Harrop: Google falls short on Glass gamble
Rourke L. O’Brien: Examine biases before changing disability rules
Tucked away in a corner between the restaurant and bar at the Elks Temple in Spokane Valley is a unique piece of Spokane’s colorful history. It’s an enormous gambling wheel, called a Wheel of Fortune, once owned by saloon and hotel owner Dutch Jake Goetz. At one time the wheel stood in Goetz’s popular restaurant and bar, the Hotel Coeur d’Alene, which still stands at Spokane Falls Boulevard and Howard Street.
Paul Graves
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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
Boehner, McConnell: Obama tax hikes 'dead' on arrival
Some of the economic ideas President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address will be "dead" if they reach Capitol Hill, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in their first-ever joint TV interview.
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from The Washington Times (DC)
from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
ELIGIBILITY NIPPING AT OBAMA'S HEELS AGAIN
Supreme Court again faced with unresolved questions over current administration
ELIGIBILITY NIPPING AT OBAMA'S HEELS AGAIN
Supreme Court again faced with unresolved questions over current administration
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