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In the news, Monday, March 23, 2015


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from The American Conservative

Seven Questions for Benjamin Schwarz
Talking post-Cold War foreign policy, consumer capitalism, and Churchill with our national editor.

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from BizPac Review

‘Did we survive?’ NY Times leaks info on unreleased Hillary Benghazi emails
If the emails being investigated by the House are any indication Hillary Clinton’s emails show a woman whose main concern is herself.

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from Blue Nation Review
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Judge to Sheriff Joe Arpaio: You, Not Taxpayers, Will Pay for Your Mistakes

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from Conservative Post
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Embarrassing and Scandalous $44 Million Obama Family Purchase Exposed to the Public
According to recent reports, the Obamas, in total, have spent just a smidgeon over $44 million on private family vacations.

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from Conservative Tribune
from Dc Gazette
from Jews News

MUSLIM WAR ON ISRAEL: Obama Says He Will No Longer Protect Jewish State
Obama rewards U.S. enemy Iran with nukes while punishing U.S. ally Israel every way he can. What does that tell you?

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from National Review
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In Philadelphia, a Good Guy with Gun Saves ‘a Lot of People’

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from On Pasture



Your animals have a lot more to do than just walk around and eat. Understanding what they’re doing ensures that you’re making it easy for them to harvest their own food with the least amount of effort so you get the best performance from them.

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from The Seattle Times

Wolves thriving in Washington, but only in the east
Wolves are thriving in Washington, primarily on the eastern side of the Cascade Range. That has sparked conflict because much of the support to bolster the wolf population comes from urban and liberal western Washington, but the negative impacts strike eastern Washington.

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from The Spokesman-Review

State auditor says he’s cooperating with federal investigators
Washington state auditor Troy Kelley returned to work Monday following a week where his home was raided by federal agents and his office turned over records that were subpoenaed by the Justice Department. But the statewide elected Democrat continued to stay out of the public eye, and issued a written statement to reporters waiting in his lobby saying that he was aware that the U.S. Attorney has questions about financial activities at a business he owned before he was elected, and said he has fully cooperated but remains “puzzled by their interest.”

Millennials’ urban lifestyle driving transit improvements
Research shows that millennials are trending toward an urban lifestyle not linked to vehicle ownership. Experts say that new urbanization is closely tied to improvements in mass transit.

Oso marks landslide’s anniversary with gathering at site
A solemn crowd gathered in Oso on Sunday to honor 43 people who lost their lives a year ago in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. A moment of silence was observed at 10:37 a.m. at the site on Highway 530.

Couple consumed by loss year after Oso mudslide killed kids, grandkids

Second-seeded Zags top No. 7 Iowa
The second-seeded Zags topped No. 7 Iowa on Sunday to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009.

Lee, founder of modern Singapore, dies at 91
Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations, “passed away peacefully” at Singapore General Hospital at 3:18 a.m. today (Monday, March 23), the prime minister’s office said on its website.

Artist’s tower burned in Ireland as memorial
Over the past week, more than 60,000 people have taken turns writing messages – often to loved ones in the grave or still in the midst of suffering – on a hand-carved wooden temple overlooking Northern Ireland’s second-largest city. California artist David Best, who is famous for his temples built for the Burning Man festivals in Nevada. was invited to build one in Northern Ireland, where bonfires usually are a magnet for community division, and specifically in Londonderry, a city so divided that its residents cannot even agree on its name. While it’s legally Londonderry, the name preferred on the predominantly Protestant east side, the Catholic majority insists on its pre-British version of Derry.

Ted Cruz launches 2016 presidential run
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has become the first major candidate for president, kicking off what’s expected to be a rush over the next few weeks of more than a dozen White House hopefuls into the 2016 campaign.

Orthodox Jewish community mourns seven killed in fire
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish community shattered by the deaths of seven siblings in a house fire carried out their funerals Sunday, a day after a hot plate left on for the Sabbath is believed to have sparked the fire that killed them.

In brief: Suspect dead, officer wounded in Arizona Wal-Mart brawl
An overnight brawl in an Arizona Wal-Mart parking lot has left one person dead and two others wounded, including a police officer who was shot in the leg.
Trains derail in Texas, Colorado
While a crew worked Sunday to clean up the scene in Central Texas where the derailment of about a dozen train cars resulted in an industrial solvent leaking from one tanker, a train jumped its tracks in northern Colorado, dumping coal from more than two dozen cars.
Hiker killed in cliff collapse
One person is dead and another being treated for life-threatening injuries after a bluff collapsed at a popular Northern California hiking trail.
Remains may be linked to family
Human remains found along an Alaska trail may be connected to the disappearance of a family of four missing since May, Kenai police said Sunday.

Crowd honors Richard III before reburial
Richard III was finally getting the ceremony and honor a king deserves, 530 years after his ignominious death in battle. Richard, the last Plantagenet king, was killed in battle against Henry Tudor in 1485 and buried hastily without a coffin in a long-demolished monastery.

In brief: Syrian military helicopter crashes, crew captured
Syrian insurgents captured several government airmen after their helicopter crashed in a rebel-held area of northwestern Syria on Sunday, activists said.
Woman buried after brutal killing by mob
Afghan women’s rights activists dressed head-to-toe in black broke with tradition Sunday to carry the coffin of a woman who was beaten to death by a mob in the capital Kabul over allegations she had burned a Quran.

U.S. training Iraqi forces as battle for Tikrit rages
As the U.S. mission to Iraq expands, so do its efforts to arm and train the country’s security forces to combat the Islamic State group, with large-scale operations continuing to recapture territory from the Sunni militants.

Yemen rebel leader vows to take fight south
Yemen’s Shiite rebel leader escalated his attack Sunday against the country’s embattled president, vowing to send fighters to the south where Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi has taken refuge. The fiery speech came hours after his militia seized the third-largest city of Taiz, an important station in its advance. Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, who is backed by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, said the mobilization is aimed at fighting al-Qaida and other militant groups, as well as forces loyal to Hadi who are in the south intending to further destabilize Yemen.

Then and Now: Shriners Hospital bought for housing
The fez-wearing Shriners began as a fun-loving offshoot of the Masons, the ancient fraternity known for arcane rituals and hierarchy, in the 1870s. The first Shriners hospital began in New Orleans in 1922, and Spokane’s El Katif Shriners operation started in 1924. It included a small medical staff and a handful of beds in St. Luke’s Hospital, which had just opened on Summit Boulevard. Polio, bone deformities and tuberculosis were common among children in those days.

The Dirt: Catholic Charities plans second Father Bach apartment building
Catholic Charities Spokane plans to build a second apartment building that matches the design of its 2012-constructed Father Bach Haven Home located downtown. Father Bach II will be built on a vacant lot at 201 W. Second Ave.
Etailz leases space in Valley park
Etailz Inc., a Spokane-based e-commerce retailer, has leased about 7,200 square feet at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park in Spokane Valley. The new space is primarily for use as a warehouse processing facility.
Blackbird gastropub construction begins
Construction began earlier this month for interior work on a restaurant, The Blackbird, a new gastropub in the lower level of the Broadview Dairy building, at 905 N. Washington St.

In brief: Four injured in car-trailer crash near Rosalia
Four people were injured Saturday about 5:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 195 a mile north of Rosalia, Washington, when a car being towed on a trailer broke loose and smashed into an oncoming vehicle, which then was struck by another car.
Idaho jobless rate hits 7-year low
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Idaho fell to a seven-year low of 3.9 percent in February, but it’s a bit higher in Kootenai County and higher still in other Panhandle communities.
Air passenger cited for bear paws
Authorities said they have issued a citation to an Oregon man who tried to board an airplane with bear paws in his luggage.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Thank you, Ashley, for taking a stand

Guidance through the health coverage maze
In Spokane and Whitman Counties, call Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington at (509) 458-2509 or email action@altcew.org. SHIBA offers a free Medicare workshop the third Tuesday of every month from 1 to 4 p.m. at Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington at 1222 N. Post St. For more information, call (509) 458-2509 or go to www.altcew.org/shiba/.

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Senators Call For Defunding The United Nations If Obama Goes To The UN Against Israel

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