Saturday, April 25, 2015

In the news, Saturday, April 11, 2015


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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from CNN

Shooting at U.S. Capitol was a suicide, police say
The U.S. Capitol building was locked down as a precaution after shots were fired on the west front of the building. The lockdown continued even after the incident was described as a suicide.

Crazy video shows armed Christian musicians brawling with police in fight that left one dead

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from The Columbus Dispatch
from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)  [Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Turkey Just Made A New National Anthem, And It Is Dedicated To The Antichrist
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan never ceases to shock, as Nero, an archetype of Antichrist wanted a new Rome, Erdoğan’s new anthem hails Erdogan himself as the reviver of a “New Turkey”. Erdoğan’s restless Antichrist spirit yesterday dedicates the anthem all with an Ottoman style performance as if reviving a wounded beast. Turkey wants to increase their influence in all Turkic lands in Central Asia by strengthening ties with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan via the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.

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from Independent Journal Review

When Toddler Runs From His Dad in the Store, His Father Catches Up and Does Something Really Heinous

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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)

Florist in gay rights storm: 'I'm a little grain of sand'
The 70-year-old grandmother who owns a flower shop in Washington state and became a national figure for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding says she was surprised her actions gained such notoriety.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
from The Spokesman-Review

Former U.S. ambassador looks back with regret on fall of Cambodia
Twelve helicopters, bristling with guns and U.S. Marines, breached the morning horizon and began a daring descent toward Cambodia’s besieged capital. Forty years later, John Gunther Dean recalls one of the most tragic days of his life – April 12, 1975, the day the United States “abandoned Cambodia and handed it over to the butcher.” “We’d accepted responsibility for Cambodia and then walked out without fulfilling our promise. That’s the worst thing a country can do,” he says in an interview in Paris. “And I cried because I knew what was going to happen.” The pullout, three weeks before the end of the Vietnam War, is largely forgotten, but for historians and political analysts, it was the first of what then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger termed “bug-outs.”

Obama, Castro hold first formal U.S.-Cuba meeting in a half-century
President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro sat down together Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country’s leaders in a half-century, pledging to reach for the kind of peaceful relationship that has eluded their nations for generations.

Obama, Castro make history with handshake at summit
With a cordial evening handshake, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro moved Friday toward a groundbreaking meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in what would be a remarkable display of reconciliation between two nations.


An 85-year-woman died Saturday after she apparently failed to stop at a stop sign and hit a semi truck at the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Pleasantview Road near Hauser, Idaho.

Four people were arrested Saturday after refusing police orders to move from the street and onto the sidewalk during a rally and march in Pasco.

Neighbors relieved as city shutters nuisance house
Needles and broken glass. Naked people showering outside in broad daylight. A woman getting “beaten by eight people with sticks over stolen peanut butter.” Those are just a few of the problems neighbors of a West Central house say they’ve put up with over the past three years. But 2332 W. College Ave. has been quiet since Thursday, when Spokane officials boarded up the house after a judge signed an order declaring the property a drug nuisance. The owner, Janette Johnson, 52, was taken to jail after police found a syringe with heroin on the premises.

Washington House approves $5 fee on studded tires
Legislation that cleared the state House of Representatives on Friday, and appears to already have Senate support, would impose a $5 fee on each studded tire sold in Washington state beginning next year. Backers describe it as a way to both discourage their use and raise extra money for road repairs.

Study says ocean acidification led to mass extinction
If you thought the worst extinction event on the planet was the one that killed the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago, think again. A far worse event, the Permo-Triassic Boundary mass extinction event, happened some 252 million years ago, and over the course of about 60,000 years is thought to have wiped out more than two-thirds of land species and more than 90 percent of marine species on Earth. Scientists have debated exactly what caused this devastating die-off. Now, in a new paper, a team led out of the University of Edinburgh has found that there were two major phases to this extinction that acted as a one-two punch to wipe out most living things.

In brief: Fatal police shooting case headed to grand jury
Prosecutors in South Carolina plan to go to a local grand jury with the case of the former North Charleston police officer who shot and killed a black man during a traffic stop.
Pitchman pleads guilty to kicking owl
SALT LAKE CITY – A former TV pitchman in Utah accused of kicking a barn owl in flight while riding a motorized paraglider pleaded guilty to the charges Friday, one day after a proposed plea deal fell through when he refused to admit to the crime.

Survivors of Fort Hood attack receive Purple Heart
Thirteen people were killed and 31 were injured in the 2009 attack carried out by an Army psychiatrist who is now on military death row. Following years of tension, the Army gave the Purple Hearts to survivors and relatives of the dead in a somber ceremony on the Texas military post, just 2 miles from where Nidal Hasan had opened fire in a room of unarmed soldiers.

Congress in tussle over how to weigh in on Iran deal
A bill calling for Congress to have a say on an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran has turned into a tug of war on Capitol Hill, with Republicans trying to raise the bar so high that a final deal might be impossible and Democrats aiming to give the White House more room to negotiate with Tehran.

Pakistan votes to sit out Yemen fight
Pakistan’s parliament voted unanimously Friday to stay out of the Saudi-led air campaign targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen, offering instead to mediate a solution, in a blow to Saudi Arabia’s attempts to build a Sunni front in an increasingly sectarian conflict. Pakistan’s decision is unlikely to greatly affect the Saudi-led coalition’s military capabilities. But it was an embarrassment to the kingdom from a traditionally close ally, now reluctant to get pulled into a conflict that is threatening to escalate into a new proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

In brief: Suspected leader of Mumbai attack out on bail
The suspected mastermind of the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008 was released on bail Friday by a Pakistani court – a move likely to further strain relations with India, which has accused Islamabad of turning a blind eye to Islamic militancy.
Mayors take lead in drought fight
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced this week that his city would be deploying water cops and offering money to rip up lawns in an effort to save water during an escalating drought.
Man charged with plotting base attack
John T. Booker Jr., 20, of Topeka, Kansas, charged Friday with plotting a suicide bomb attack on a Kansas military base to help the Islamic State group, is mentally ill and was acting strangely only days before his arrest, according to a Muslim cleric who said he was counseling him at the request of the FBI.
U.S. nixed invite to Kim Jong Un
A former ambassador to South Korea says he once suggested that Kim Jong Un be invited to the United States for an “orientation trip” when Kim’s father still led North Korea, but the idea was rejected – which he calls a mistake.
Analysis: Work was likely Shakespeare’s
“Double Falsehood,” a play said to have been written by William Shakespeare but whose authorship has been disputed for close to three centuries, is almost certainly the work of the 16th-century poet and playwright, new research finds.

FEC brief says Idaho senator used campaign funds for personal gain
In a new brief that resurrects details about Craig’s 2007 arrest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the FEC suggests Craig’s use of campaign funds to pay legal fees heeded the “famous observation that it is often easier to seek forgiveness than permission.”

Hillary Clinton to launch campaign with video, small events
Clinton is expected to formally enter the race Sunday in a video before traveling to Iowa, a critical swing state where she finished a humiliating third place in the 2008 caucus. Officials in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said that events in those states were still being finalized.

People: Bostonians not ready for film on bombing
Two words: too soon. That’s the overwhelming reaction to actor Mark Wahlberg’s plans to produce “Patriots’ Day,” a feature film about the deadly bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon.
Arrest warrant issued for Bieber
An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Justin Bieber on Friday, saying the singer failed to respond to summons related to allegations he ordered bodyguards to attack a photographer in 2013.

Spokane dance teacher accused of slapping autistic 8-year-old girl
Cynthia L. Hamilton, who founded HYPER-Formance Jazz Dance Club in the early 1990s, has been charged with second-degree assault of a child after she was accused of assaulting an 8-year-old autistic girl during a dance competition on March 22. The club is promoted as a place for those who want to dance “regardless of age, gender, financial status, physical or mental disability.”

Spokane bike swap features plenty of pedals to be peddled
Beginning today, the fourth annual  Spokane Bike Swap and Expo will take over the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center with more than 1,000 new and used bikes for sale, from kids’ bikes to road bikes to tandem cycles to everything in between.

Idaho roads deal reached; child-support enforcement in jeopardy
In a tumultuous final day that ran long into the night, Idaho lawmakers on Friday brokered a transportation funding compromise that satisfied no one and killed critical child-support enforcement legislation out of concerns over Sharia (Islamic law), despite warnings that they were gutting Idaho’s child-support enforcement system.

STA, policy center spar over Proposition 1 ballot measure
CEO Susan Meyer of STA said the Washington Policy Center is distributing material with factual errors in a series of published papers and appearances. Meyer wrote a memo to the policy center asking for corrections to and clarifications of seven statements. In a response, the policy center this week said, “The WPC research staff has reviewed each of the points of dispute” and “found that none of the objections made by STA officials merit a correction.”

Conversion therapy under fire
Several states consider tighter rules on controversial practice
Conversion therapy has made headlines after President Obama called for an end to the controversial practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation.

Columbia Basin tribes lead effort to save lamprey
Native American tribes in the Columbia Basin are leading an effort to save the lamprey, catching them with nets before they reach the dams, driving them upriver to hatcheries, and then releasing them each spring. This month, the tribes will release about 350 lamprey into Northwest rivers to spawn.

In brief: U-High bomb threat investigation focuses on email account
Investigators are trying to determine who set up the email account used to send a bomb threat to University High School administrators on April 1.
Military personnel honored by GSI
Armed Forces Persons of the Year were recognized Friday morning at Greater Spokane Incorporated’s monthly breakfast meeting. Nominations were solicited from each branch of the armed services, with recipients chosen after interviews by a group of volunteer judges.
DAR plans Lincoln remembrance
The Esther Reed Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a remembrance ceremony Tuesday evening to mark 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln was mortally shot.
Komen gives $25,000 to group
The Idaho affiliate of Susan G. Komen has award $25,000 to North Idaho health organizations for breast cancer screening and other services.
Pickup lands on I-5 below; driver dies
Authorities in Tacoma say a pickup truck drove through a guardrail on an overpass Friday afternoon and landed on the southbound lanes of Interstate 5. The driver died. Southbound rush-hour freeway traffic backed up at least 12 miles after the crash, from the Tacoma Dome to Federal Way.

House bills rewrite pot laws
Medical marijuana patients would have to register with the state and pay some taxes on the products they buy from state-licensed stores under major rewrites of Washington’s pot laws that passed the House Friday evening. Cities and counties, which are currently cut out of the tax revenue that legal marijuana generates, would get a cut of some of the taxes. But they couldn’t ban marijuana businesses without a public vote.

Montana House endorses abortion-related health insurance bill
The Montana House endorsed a bill Friday that would require health insurance companies to offer coverage plans that do not include elective abortions.

Chuck E. Cheese’s offers menu ‘for grown-up tastes
The place where a kid can be a kid also wants to be the place where mom can get a cappuccino and dad can chow down on an artisan-like pizza.

Panama airline orders 61 Boeing 737 MAXs
Boeing announced a big order for its forthcoming 737 MAX jets from Panama’s Copa Airlines to coincide with the attendance of President Barack Obama at a political summit in Panama City.

GE to shed GE Capital in refocusing move
General Electric is leaving the lending business, a major source of both profit and risk, as it continues to whittle its focus down to an industrial core.

Business briefs: Apple Watch now in stores
From Beijing to Paris to San Francisco, the Apple Watch made its debut Friday. Customers were invited to try them on in stores and order them online.
Netflix paid CEO $11.1 million
Netflix boosted CEO Reed Hastings’ pay by 43 percent to $11.1 million last year as the Internet video service raised its prices and still added the most subscribers in its history.
Bird flu hits four more farms
The lethal bird flu that’s been spreading through the Minnesota turkey industry has hit four more farms, bringing the number to 13, animal health regulators said Friday.
Sprint settles overcharging case with feds
Sprint Corp. has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle charges it had “defrauded federal law enforcement agencies when recovering its costs of carrying out court-ordered wiretaps, pen registers and trap devices,” according to the U.S. attorney in San Francisco.
Alaska Airlines tops on-time list again
Alaska Airlines continued its winning ways this week with a new report from the federal Department of Transportation naming the Sea-Tac-based carrier tops in on-time performance in February.

FDA panel wary of snus label request
Government health advisers have serious reservations about a proposal by Swedish Match to market its smokeless tobacco pouches as less harmful than cigarettes and other tobacco products. The company is seeking Food and Drug Administration permission to remove or revise several warning labels on the pouches, called snus. It’s the first formal request the FDA has considered publicly since it gained authority to regulate tobacco products in 2009.

Charles Krauthammer: Deal with Iran makes a bad situation worse

Froma Harrop: Brits’ The Economist has housing advice for us

Editorial: Lawmakers’ tweaks of pot law: Some smart, others not

Lisa Brown and Mary Cullinan: Higher ed funds critical to region

Denim’s day has dawned
In the world of high fashion, this casual fabric rises to shine

Ask Dr. K: Be prepared for next visit with doctor

Steve Massey: The more open we become, the closer to Christ we get

Orville Moe, motorsports entrepreneur, dies at age 78
Orville Moe, the man who built Spokane Raceway Park and supported regional motorsports for more than three decades, died Thursday.

Obituary: Hunter, Earl D.
11 Sep 1915 - 8 Apr 2015
In the early 1940's, Earl served as pastor of Grand Coulee Church of the Nazarene, were his son Earl Dean Jr was born. See also his wife, Mabel Irene (Allen) Hunter, 11 Apr 1915 - 5 Dec 2012

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from Yahoo News

Pro-Russians blast destruction of Soviet statues in Ukraine
Masked men toppled Soviet-era statues in night raids in Ukraine's second city Saturday, as moves to erase fraught symbols of the past widen the country's divide. Monuments to three Bolshevik heroes were smashed in the dead of night in the Russian-speaking city of Kharkiv, close to the northeastern border with Russia, 48 hours after parliament passed controversial laws banning Nazi and Communist symbols.

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