Saturday, April 18, 2015

In the news, Saturday, April 4, 2015


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from The D.C. Clothesline
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Federal Judge Hands Tea Party Huge Victory Against the IRS

Harry Reid Accident with Exercise Equipment a Cover for Corruption Involving Mafia and Robert Menendez Indictment

New Black Panthers Finally Get Indicted

‘Are You Muslim or Christian? Death to Christians!’

Are They Arming for Riots Across America? Homeland Stockpiling “Less Lethal Specialty Munitions”

Leftists Attempt to Shut Down Fundraising for Memories Pizza

Obama Appointed Judge Rules California Taxpayers Must Foot 100k Sex Change Bill for Convicted Murderer

If Anyone Doubts That We Are In A Stock Market Bubble, Show Them This Article

Can You Handle the Truth? Ted & Heidi Cruz and the North American Union

Barack Obama and Jeh Johnson Punishing ICE Workers Who Follow the Law…Multiple Lawsuits Pending

CLEAR SIGNS THAT JADE HELM 15 IS GOING LIVE

As Gay Nazi Persecution & Middle East Massacre Of Christians Rages, Barack Hussein Obama Paved The Road For Each

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from If You Only News
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from The Spokesman-Review

Pope presides over Easter Vigil service amid martyr concerns
Pope Francis is presiding over the symbolic and solemn Easter Vigil service amid mounting Vatican concern for modern-day Christian martyrs.

More than 300 slave fishermen now safe on Indonesian island
The same trawlers that had enslaved countless migrant fishermen for years carried more than 300 of them to freedom Saturday, following a dramatic rescue from a remote Indonesian island that many men believed would likely be their final resting place.

News report leads to rescue of fishing company slaves
BENJINA, Indonesia – At first the men filtered in by twos and threes, hearing whispers of a possible rescue. Then, as the news rippled around the island, hundreds of weathered former and current slaves with long, greasy hair and tattoos streamed from their trawlers, down the hills, even out of the jungle, running toward what they had only dreamed of for years: freedom.

Quantum leap: WSU grad student, adviser craft next-level cybersecurity code
What began as Nathan Hamlin’s doctoral thesis as a graduate student at Washington State University has become the first complex encryption code that may be able to thwart the hacking superpower of next-generation quantum computers.

Mars rover Curiosity offers hint of water on Red Planet
Climbing up Mt. Sharp in the middle of Gale Crater, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has discovered a two-tone vein of minerals that reveals multiple episodes of water flowing through rock – even after the lake that once filled the bottom of the crater had ceased to be. The rover’s discovery points to an even more complex, and perhaps long-lived, watery environment on the Red Planet.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rips deal with Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and his Cabinet are united in “strongly opposing” an emerging framework agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program and demanded that any final deal contain Iranian recognition of Israel’s right to exist.

Nuclear deal: Disarray, catnaps, uncertainty preceded Iran agreement

Iran’s clerics back nuclear deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iran’s powerful religious establishment on Friday embraced the outlines of an accord with world powers aimed at preventing Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.

Buying on Craigslist? Head to the ‘Safe Zone’
If you want to buy something on Craigslist without getting ripped off – or worse – your best bet might be to have a police officer nearby. That’s the idea behind the Spokane Police Department’s new “Safe Zone” at the North Precinct in Hillyard. Police are offering the precinct parking lot as a meeting place to complete online transactions arranged on Craigslist and similar websites.

French law would ban anorexic models
In one of the most image-conscious cities on Earth, France’s Parliament has moved to make it a crime to use anorexic models or encourage anorexia, as authorities try to crack down on the glorification of dangerously thin women.

‘Black box’ shows co-pilot sped up plane on descent
Information retrieved from the “black box” data recorder of a doomed German jet shows its co-pilot repeatedly accelerated the plane before it slammed into the French Alps, investigators said Friday.

In brief: Mother, child missing after flood
A mother and child remained missing Friday, hours after they were swept into a flooded creek in eastern Kentucky, as torrential rains swamped portions of the state and forced emergency crews to make more than 160 rescues farther west in Louisville.
Clinton team rents office in Brooklyn
Hillary Clinton’s team has signed a lease for office space in Brooklyn, a person familiar with the move said Friday, triggering a regulatory countdown clock toward a more formal acknowledgment of what’s already clear: She’s running for president.
Native Hawaiians oppose telescope
Scientists hoping to see 13 billion light years away, giving them a look into the early years of the universe, are facing opposition from Native Hawaiian groups who say the construction site of a new telescope is on sacred land.

Massacre spurs curfew as ID of victims in Kenya begins
Kenyan authorities began the grim task Friday of identifying the dead from an attack by al-Shabab Muslim extremists that killed at least 147, mainly Christian students, at a university in Garissa near the border with Somalia.

U.S. woman accused of trying to join IS
A Philadelphia woman was arrested Friday on charges she tried to join and martyr herself for the Islamic State group, a day after two women in New York were charged with plotting to wage jihad by building a bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type attack.

Lack of evidence frees inmate on death row
A man who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row walked free Friday, two days after prosecutors acknowledged that the only evidence they had against him couldn’t prove he committed the crime.

Dog who lost paws to frostbite gets prosthetics
A 2-year-old Rottweiler who lost his paws when he was left out in the freezing cold as a puppy is learning to walk on prosthetics for all four legs.

Associated Press denies China’s claims of social media partnership
Memo to U.S. media executives: If you do a photo op in the headquarters of China’s state-run Xinhua news agency, be prepared for some surprises. Gary Pruitt, CEO and president of the Associated Press, learned that this week following a March 27 meeting with his counterpart, Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao. During his visit, Pruitt shook hands, posed for photos and toured Xinhua’s social media operations center. On Monday, Xinhua published a story saying “the world’s two leading news agencies have agreed to strengthen cooperation in social media.” The only problem? The story wasn’t true, at least according to AP.

Nuclear energy getting Washington legislative support
Support for nuclear power has radiated through the Legislature this session with bills to promote power plant manufacturing and develop a nuclear science education program in public schools.

Spokane City Council hires Brian McClatchey as legal adviser
An ally of Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart has been chosen to replace city attorney Mike Piccolo as the council’s legal adviser, a move designed to assert the council’s independence from Mayor David Condon’s administration.

Fourth DUI a felony under bill OK’d by Washington Senate
Motorists who rack up four convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs would face a felony charge under a bill that the Washington Senate passed unanimously Friday.

In brief: Girl thwarts abduction at Wal-Mart, police say
Spokane police arrested a 51-year-old man about 2 p.m. Friday after he reportedly tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Wellesley Avenue.
Three boys admit plastic wrap prank
Shoshone County deputies have identified three boys believed to be the “Saran Wrap Bandits” who were stretching kitchen plastic wrap across Interstate 90 in late March.
Boyfriend denies he shot girlfriend
Cameron D. Keith, who was on the run from police for more than a week, has denied shooting his girlfriend in the abdomen.

Washington’s Senate Republicans hope to broaden 2006 energy sources law
Senate Republicans in Washington are looking to amend the 2006 Energy Independence Act, a voter initiative that requires large power utilities to get a growing share of their power from renewable resources such as wind and solar.

Seattle zoo can move elephants, judge says
A judge declined Friday to block the transfer of Woodland Park Zoo’s two elephants, putting them closer to a new home at an Oklahoma zoo. Animal-welfare activists vowed to continue their fight to have the aging female elephants moved to a sanctuary.

Spokane County projects worth $95 million in House’s Capital Budget
Projects in Spokane County ranging from improvements at Mount Spokane to updates at Eastern Washington University would get a total of $95 million from the state under a plan approved this week by the House of Representatives.

In brief: Moses Lake teenagers hurt in crash
A car with three teenagers inside crashed on State Route 17 near Ephrata just after 1 p.m. Friday after the 14-year-old driver lost control.
Recall papers filed on state auditor
A former state legislator has filed recall paperwork against embattled state Auditor Troy Kelley, who is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation.
Official’s son dies of gunshot wound
Authorities say a 21-year-old Bellingham man has been charged with first-degree manslaughter, accused in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old friend who was the son of city Councilman Terry Bornemann.
Elk herd plunges into icy reservoir
Wildlife officials say more than 30 elk died after they fell through the ice on Palisades Reservoir, which straddles the Wyoming-Idaho border.
Highway Patrol settles race lawsuit
The Montana Highway Patrol reached a settlement Friday with plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming the patrol improperly detained Hispanic drivers over unfounded concerns they were in the country illegally.

Spokane company, Schweitzer group in legal battle over Montanore mine
Attorneys for a Washington state company proposing a major new mine in Montana will ask a court-appointed panel of experts next week to reject a $10 million compensation request from a group that includes former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Schweitzer is an investor in Optima Inc., which holds mining claims, or rights, that stand in the way of the Montanore silver and copper mine near Libby.

Hash oil explosions prompt lawmakers to seek tighter rules
Alarmed by a rash of explosions and injuries caused when amateurs make hash oil, lawmakers in Colorado and Washington are considering spelling out what’s allowed when it comes to making the concentrated marijuana at home.

Amanda Knox vows to work on behalf of the wrongly convicted
Finally cleared of involvement in her roommate’s 2007 murder in Italy, Amanda Knox says she will work on behalf of the wrongly convicted. Knox, 27, wrote in a letter published Friday in the Seattle Times that the kindness of friends, family and strangers has sustained her in the seven-plus years since she was arrested in Meredith Kercher’s death in Perugia. “Whatever the future holds for me, I know that I must give back,” Knox wrote.

Wolves on rise in Idaho, agency says
The Idaho Fish and Game Department says the number of wolves in the state has reached its highest level since 2010, following a corresponding decline in wolves killed by hunters and trappers.

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s decision on instant racing to be announced Monday
Gov. Butch Otter will wait until Monday to announce his decision on legislation seeking to repeal slot-like machines in Idaho.

Dockworkers’ reps recommend contract approval
A tentative contract agreement that restored the flow of international trade through West Coast seaports earlier this year took a big step closer Friday to becoming official, as representatives of the dockworkers’ union recommended that rank-and-file members vote to approve the deal.

In brief: Coffman Engineers buys Montana company
Coffman Engineers has acquired a Bozeman company that specializes in fire protection engineering. Absorbing the operations and personnel of Sprinkler Technology Design Inc. will help Coffman Engineers continue to expand its fire engineering department.
Alliant Insurance adds Sandpoint company
Alliant Insurance Services continues expanding in the Inland Northwest with the acquisition of North Idaho Insurance of Sandpoint. Newport Beach, California-based Alliant Insurance bought Moloney O’Neill of Spokane in 2014.
Microsoft reverses on ‘do not track’ default
Microsoft has changed course on a Web browsing feature that was the subject of a heated Internet privacy debate. Microsoft took a firm stance on the issue, enabling “do not track” by default beginning with the 2012 release of Internet Explorer 10. Now, the company is reversing that decision for its new browsers.
DishWorld changing to Sling International
Dish Network’s Sling TV said Friday the live streaming, multilanguage television service DishWorld will now be called Sling International.

Jeep case could spur more suits
The stunning $150 million jury verdict in a Georgia case involving a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee is likely to spell more legal trouble for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The verdict, rendered after a dramatic two-week trial, has already prompted renewed pressure on government regulators to take another look at Jeep SUVs with rear-mounted fuel tanks.

Trader Joe’s third in list of top 10 grocery names
According to the May issue of Consumer Reports, the most highly rated name in the “2014 Supermarket Survey” is Wegmans. Publix 2nd, Fareway Stores 4th, Market Basket 5th, Costco 6th, Raley’s 7th, Sprouts Farmers Market 8th, The Fresh Market 9th, Stater Bros 10th, WinCo 11th, Whole Foods Market 15th, Fred Meyer 19th, QFC 30th, IGA 34th, Piggly Wiggly 37th, Target 45th, Sam’s Club 47th, Albertsons 50th, Safeway 58th, and Walmart Supercenter 67th (of a total of 68).

Illinois businessmen invest millions in medical marijuana
Cresco Labs is poised to become the state’s largest marijuana grower. It won three cultivation permits, more than any other company. But the risks are daunting. Illinois’ marijuana pilot program expires at the end of 2017 unless state lawmakers extend it. Far fewer patients have signed up than projected; only 2,000 have been approved at last count. Some Illinois doctors are skeptical. What’s more, Cresco is a defendant in two lawsuits filed by unsuccessful applicants. Cresco plans to build 40,000-square-foot growing facilities in Joliet, Kankakee and Lincoln, but the litigation could delay construction.

Editorial: Washington Voting Rights Act offers sound steps for resolving disputes

Michael Gerson: Deal with Iran ignores aggression in region

Froma Harrop: Lawsuit perhaps not best for soft discrimination

Guest opinion: House bill offers needed reforms of court-imposed debts

Guest opinion: Events at Selma spur renewal

Ask Dr. K: No muscles, but our fingers work well

Eggs to dye for
Fruits, spices, vegetables combine to create natural colors

Religion calendar
Easter events and services around the region today and Sunday

‘Old Before My Time’ author Okines dies at 17
A campaigner who raised awareness of the rare genetic condition progeria, which causes those affected to age about eight times faster than average, has died at age 17. The U.S.-based Progeria Research Foundation said Hayley Okines, from East Sussex in England, died Thursday at her home. No other details were provided.

Sarah Brady, gun control advocate after husband’s shooting, dies at 73
Sarah Kemp Brady, who became an activist for gun control after her husband was shot in the head in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, died Friday.

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from The Telegraph (UK)

Russia 'bought' Marine Le Pen's support over Crimea
France's far-Right Front National accused of taking millions of pounds in loans from Russian bank as "reward" for backing Vladimir Putin on Crimea

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