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These are the most adulterous professions
Data from Illicit Encounters, the dating site for married people, reveals that those working in financial services are wildly over-represented among their user base. The site lists 20 occupations for users signing up to the service to choose from - and 18 per cent are bankers.
These are the most adulterous professions
Data from Illicit Encounters, the dating site for married people, reveals that those working in financial services are wildly over-represented among their user base. The site lists 20 occupations for users signing up to the service to choose from - and 18 per cent are bankers.
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from The Spokesman-Review
By 2050, warm winter could be normal for Northwest
Climate scientists are eager to study our unusual winter. By 2050, it could be the Northwest’s new normal. Average amounts of moisture fell over most of Washington, Idaho and Oregon this winter, but warmer temperatures meant that most of the precipitation fell as rain instead of snow. The snow deficit in the mountains isn’t a direct result of climate change, scientists say. They attribute the lack of snowfall to warmer ocean temperatures off the Washington coast and a persistent high-pressure ridge. Both phenomena fall within the range of normal climate variations, but they raised average temperatures 4 to 10 degrees in March.
US, Canada unveil rules to boost oil train safety
Rail tank cars used to transport crude oil and many other flammable liquids will have to be built to stronger standards to reduce the risk of a catastrophic train crash and fire, under sweeping new safety rules unveiled Friday by U.S. and Canadian transportation officials.
Prosecutor charges 6 Baltimore officers in Gray’s death
Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying “no one is above the law.”
Firefighters responded around 3 a.m. to 4908 N. Nelson St., the department said in a news release. The fire started near the home’s rear exterior and spread inside to the first floor kitchen, second floor and attic.
Tribe demands Idaho certify new law banning instant racing machines
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has delivered a six-page legal demand letter to Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney, asking him to certify SB 1011, the instant racing repeal bill, as the law of the state.
Baltimore police have found that Freddie Gray suffered a serious head injury inside a prisoner transport wagon, with one wound indicating that he struck a protruding bolt in the back of the vehicle, according to sources familiar with the probe. New details of the investigation into Gray’s death emerged as police officially turned over the case to city prosecutors Thursday. Police said they have “exhausted every lead.”
Ex-Pasco police officer is suspect in 1986 killing
A transient found Ruby Doss’ body on a January morning in 1986. The 27-year-old woman from Detroit had been struck in the head and strangled near East Sprague Avenue. Her death was the first of at least five strangulations of Spokane-area women, most of whom worked as prostitutes, in a 20-month period from 1986 to 1987. Doss’ murder confounded police for nearly three decades.
Dental care gap problem for adults
Medicaid payments too low, expert says
Study: Warming will push 1 in 13 species to extinction
Global warming will eventually push 1 out of every 13 species on Earth into extinction, a new study projects. It won’t quite be as bad in North America, where only 1 in 20 species will be killed off because of climate change or Europe where the extinction rate is nearly as small. But in South America, that forecasted heat-caused extinction rate soars to 23 percent, the worst for any continent, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science.
Global warming will eventually push 1 out of every 13 species on Earth into extinction, a new study projects. It won’t quite be as bad in North America, where only 1 in 20 species will be killed off because of climate change or Europe where the extinction rate is nearly as small. But in South America, that forecasted heat-caused extinction rate soars to 23 percent, the worst for any continent, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science.
The U.S. Air Force is keeping close tabs on Russia’s tumbling, out-of-control space capsule as it comes closer to re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. NASA said Thursday that the Progress spacecraft, launched earlier this week with supplies for the International Space Station, is expected to plunge from orbit between May 9 and 11.
NASA’s Mercury mission ends
The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday. NASA’s Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun’s closest planet at about 8,750 mph, creating a crater an estimated 52 feet across.
Obama library to be in Chicago
President Barack Obama has chosen his hometown of Chicago to host his future presidential library, two individuals with knowledge of the decision said Thursday, placing the permanent monument to his legacy in the city that launched his improbable ascent to the White House.
U.S. steps up Middle East ship security
Navy ships on Thursday began accompanying U.S.-flagged cargo vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in a maritime show of force in response to Iran’s seizure Tuesday of a container ship from the Marshall Islands.
A judge sharply reduced the sentences Thursday for three former Atlanta public school educators who received the harshest prison terms in the trial stemming from the city’s standardized test cheating scandal.
Feds, New Mexico settle radiation claim
The Energy Department will funnel more than $73 million toward road and water projects around New Mexico as part of a settlement over a radiation leak that forced the indefinite closure of a troubled nuclear waste dump.
Elementary school students brought guns
A first-grader and his brother in kindergarten took two handguns, one of them loaded, on a bus to a Kentucky elementary school Thursday morning after apparently thinking they were toys, authorities said. They said no one was hurt and the firearms were seized when the boys reached school.
16 co-workers split $58M lottery jackpot
Sixteen co-workers at a New York City biopharmaceuticals company have won a $58 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Crews in Nepal find two survivors
Boy, woman were buried in building rubble for five days
The Iraqi government has agreed to a limited – and as yet undefined – deployment of Shiite Muslim militias in the primarily Sunni Muslim province of Anbar in a last-ditch effort to stabilize an area that’s been primarily under the control of the Islamic State group since early last year, according to Iraqi and Kurdish officials.
10 sentenced for attack on Malala
A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 militants to life in prison for their involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, a public prosecutor said.
Pakistan drops case against ex-CIA chief
Pakistani police dropped a case that was recently registered against a former CIA station chief and a former agency lawyer over a 2009 drone strike that killed two people in a tribal region, police said Thursday.
Raid foils terror attack, German officials say
German authorities foiled what they believe may have been an imminent Boston Marathon-style attack on a professional cycling race planned for today, seizing a cache of weapons, including a pipe bomb, and chemicals that can be used to make explosives in a raid on a suspected Islamic extremist’s home outside Frankfurt.
Chile volcano erupts again
The Calbuco volcano erupted again Thursday, sending dark bursts of ash and hot rock billowing 2.5 miles into the air and prompting Chilean officials to order a new evacuation of nearby residents.
Scores more women and children have been rescued from Islamic extremists in the remote Sambisa Forest, Nigeria’s military said amid reports that some of the women fought their rescuers fiercely. A community leader from the area of northeast Nigeria said Thursday that a senior army officer who was at the scene described the women opening fire on shocked troops in the village of Nbita a week ago, with Boko Haram Islamic insurgents using the women to shield their main fighting force.
Affordable housing for Spokane’s poor woefully scarce
For every 100 of Spokane County’s poorest residents – those who earn 30 percent or less of the median family income – there are 12 affordable apartments for rent.
Idaho senators say they are interviewing both men and women for judge post
Idaho’s two U.S. senators insisted Thursday they are interviewing both “men and women” for a federal judicial appointment. The announcement from Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo came two days after The Spokesman-Review reported that just four finalists – all men, including two state judges and two lawyers with GOP ties – have been interviewed during the highly secretive process. At least five prominent female Idaho attorneys, including the current U.S. attorney and a U.S. magistrate, have applied for the lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court bench but have not been interviewed. The senators said the process is “ongoing” but did not indicate whether they’ve actually interviewed any women or explain anything else about their selection process.
Afghan group takes tour of SCC
Trained technicians are in such short supply across Afghanistan that workers have to be brought in from Pakistan and Turkey to keep sophisticated medical equipment operating properly. Afghan educators have spent this week in Spokane touring both community college campuses and putting the finishing touches on a new international partnership designed to help improve workforce training in the war-torn nation. Of particular interest to the delegation is SCC’s biomedical equipment technician program, one of just 10 in the United States.
Sheriff’s office opens investigation into Chattaroy boy’s death
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation into the death of a 5-year-old Chattaroy boy who died April 17 from a brain injury. Gary Blanton III was in custody of his aunt following the death of both of his parents, according to an affidavit for a search warrant.
Rep. Susan Fagan delivered a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee officially resigning her 9th District seat as of today. Fagan, R-Pullman, announced her resignation Wednesday in the wake of an ongoing investigation by the Legislative Ethics Board into allegations she falsified expense reports.
In brief: Measles concerns prompt quarantine
Health officials have put two people with the measles and three other unvaccinated residents in close contact with the sick under a mandatory quarantine, the first such action in Spokane County since a mandatory tuberculosis quarantine about 10 years ago.
Wage protesters’ trial underway
Kshama Sawant, a Seattle city councilwoman, and two other activists went on trial in the city of SeaTac on Thursday for disorderly conduct charges connected with a November minimum wage protest outside Alaska Airlines headquarters.
Oregon House OKs self-serve gas bill
Oregon drivers haven’t been able to pump gas since 1951. Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states that don’t offer self-service gasoline. But, under a bill passed unanimously by the House this week, gas station operators in remote sections of the state could choose to keep their stations open when no owner, operator or employee is around to pump gas for customers. The law would be limited to counties where there are fewer than 40,000 residents.
Wolf killed by vehicle may verify migration to West Side
A wolf that was struck and killed by a vehicle in Western Washington this week may provide the first verification that the animals have crossed the Cascade Range, an official for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday.
Vets start businesses in war-torn lands
Senators devise plan to speed oil rail car safety upgrades
U.S. senators from six states on Thursday proposed that the government charge companies a special fee to ship oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids in older railroad tank cars that have been involved in fiery explosions. The fee would start at $175 and increase to $1,400 per car by 2018. It would raise an estimated $600 million to train first responders, clean up spills and relocate rail tracks around populated areas. The proposal would be paired with tax breaks for upgrades to newer tank cars, so they can better withstand derailments.
Tesla offers battery technology for home use
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to steer his electric car company’s battery technology into homes and businesses as part of an elaborate plan to reshape the power grid with millions of small power plants made of solar panels on roofs and batteries in garages.
Business briefs: Anthony’s coming to CdA
Anthony’s Restaurants is coming to the Riverstone mixed-use development along the Spokane River in Coeur d’Alene. The Bellevue-based seafood chain will open a restaurant this year on Riverstone Drive near Bardenay restaurant. Also, Advanced Health Care is building a surgical facility with 80 outpatient units; and home builder Aspen Homes will move into a new building on Lakewood Drive. Pinkerton Retirement Specialists has nearly finished building new offices on John Loop. A new senior living community for people 55 and older also is planned, as are more riverfront townhomes. Five new retail tenants have moved into the Village at Riverstone this year.
Bird flu losses top 20 million
Agriculture officials said five more farms likely have been affected by the deadly H5N2 bird flu virus, including an egg-laying operation with 5.5 million chickens. Thursday’s announcement means Midwest losses will top 20 million turkeys and chickens. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said more than 15 million of Iowa’s 60 million egg-laying chickens are now affected with the news of it spreading to another farm in Buena Vista County. Thursday’s numbers include two turkey farms in the same county with an unknown number of birds, an egg-laying farm in Sioux County with 84,000 chickens and an unknown number of chickens on a Clay County egg farm.
Apple Watch waiting for part
Shipments of the highly anticipated Apple Watch are reportedly being slowed by a faulty component manufactured by one of Apple’s suppliers in China. The Wall Street Journal said the problem centers on a part called the taptic engine, a component designed to mimic being tapped on the wrist. The engine powers a small rod back and forth to alert users in lieu of a vibration or a ringer.
GM upgrading U.S. factories
General Motors said it will spend $5.4 billion to improve its U.S. factories during the next three years, creating about 650 new jobs.
$100 million luxury homes new threshold
The poshest of luxury homes are acquiring the cachet of a masterwork by Picasso or Matisse. Rather than settle for garages of antique cars or a museum’s worth of paintings, billionaires are increasingly willing to pay $100 million for homes that can serve as showcases for their fortunes, according to an analysis issued Thursday by Christie’s International Real Estate.
Time Warner mum on merger
The cable giant released its first-quarter profit Thursday, just one week after its $45 billion takeover bid by Comcast Corp. collapsed under pressure in Washington from federal regulators.
Baltimore riots hit small businesses hard
About 200 small businesses were unable to open the day after the violence, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said.
Tulsa sheriff limits reserve deputy duties
Reserve deputies with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office can no longer patrol alone, the agency announced Thursday, but attorneys for the family of a man who was fatally shot by a volunteer said the move came too late.
Lake Mead water falls to historic low
For Western states enduring a debilitating drought, the news is bone-dry bad: Anemic Lake Mead has hit a historic low level. The surface of the sprawling reservoir outside Las Vegas late Tuesday afternoon fell to 1,079.76 feet above sea level – nearly 140 feet below capacity – as the prolonged drought continues to evaporate the beleaguered Colorado River system.
Drought degrades air quality across portions of California
Despite increasingly aggressive clean air and fuel standards, years of drought are taking a toll on California’s air quality. The portion of California’s Central Valley from Fresno to Madera was the most polluted region in the nation on any given day in 2013 with microscopic particulates, or soot, thanks in large part to the changing climate and drought, according to an annual report on air quality released Wednesday by the American Lung Association.
Editorial: Revive bill on cellphone safety while behind the wheel
Amy Goodman: Women’s league makes case for peace at The Hague
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