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from Americas Freedom Fighters
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
The primary moral message of Atlas Shrugged, I would argue, is the idea that evil has, to a large degree, only the power that its victims grant to it.
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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com) [Information from this site may be unreliable.]New Revelation That Shows Obama Wants Israel To Face Another Holocaust
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‘Humiliating’ Cheese Sandwich Given to Mom’s Kids Sets Off Fiery Debate Over School Lunch Policy
Archives officials worried about preserving Hillary’s records
Before Hillary Clinton stepped down as secretary of state in early 2013, National Archives officials were warned that her official records might wind up outside the control of the State Department and pledged to take steps to address the issue, newly released records reveal.
East Valley teachers vote to join walkout
Teachers in the East Valley School District have voted to join Spokane Public Schools teachers in a one day walkout on Wednesday. Teachers in 64 Washington school districts have voted to walk out in protest of the state legislature’s failure to fully fund schools, according to the Washington Education Association.
Prosecutor: 6 officers indicted in death of Freddie Gray
The state’s attorney in Baltimore says all six officers charged in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a grand jury. State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby made the announcement Thursday. The charges returned by the grand jury were similar to the charges Mosby announced about three weeks ago.
State hires wildlife-conflict specialist
The state of Washington has hired an internationally known wildlife-conflict specialist to help diffuse tensions over the state’s expanding wolf population. Francine Madden is the executive director of the nonprofit Human Wildlife Conflict Collaboration in Houston, which also does work in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The nonprofit works to resolve conflicts that arise when protecting animals such as lions, leopards and elephants leads to problems in local communities.
Civil rights complaint charges Idaho’s charter school enrollment system discriminates
A nonprofit that advocates for Idaho Hispanics has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the state and all of Idaho’s public charter schools, charging that the state’s charter school system has evolved into “a separate but unequal public school system that discriminates against students of color.”
Boy hit by car while riding bike in NW Spokane
A boy was hit by a car while riding a bike shortly before 4 p.m Wednesday afternoon in Northwest Spokane near the intersection of Nettleton Street and Liberty Avenue.
Corrections Corporation of America cleared in Idaho prison scandal
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file criminal charges of fraud or public corruption in connection with Idaho’s controversial private prison contract with Corrections Corporation of America.
Catholic Diocese of Spokane installs Thomas Daly as bishop
The Most Rev. Thomas Daly was installed as the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane Wednesday as the fifth and sixth bishops looked on. Hundreds of people packed into the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes for Daly’s installation Mass, including family and friends of Daly’s. Half the church was filled with deacons and priests from all corners of the diocese, which covers 13 counties in Eastern Washington. Daly, 55, was introduced by Archbishop Peter Sartain. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who is the Vatican’s ambassador to the United States, read the apostolic mandate signed by Pope Francis appointing Daly as the new bishop of Spokane.
David Letterman signs off after 33 years on late-night TV
David Letterman was ushered into retirement Wednesday by four presidents declaring “our long national nightmare is over” and a succession of stars delivering a final Top Ten list of things they always wanted to say to the late-night host.
Spokane teachers approve May 27 strike
Spokane Public Schools teachers and staff voted Wednesday to have a one-day walkout on May 27 to protest a lack of state funding for schools. All classes and other school-related activities will be canceled the day of the strike, and students will have to attend school on June 18, one day longer than originally scheduled. In addition, the district is canceling its early start schedules on Thursdays starting May 28 until the remainder of the year.
Rand Paul commandeers Senate to protest Patriot Act
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver a nearly 11 hours-long protest against renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the post-Sept. 11 law government intrusion on Americans’ privacy.
Oil spill not first for Santa Barbara
Nearly 50 years ago, a blowout on an offshore oil platform spewed more than 3 million gallons of oil into the Santa Barbara Channel and devastated the coastline, killing thousands of seabirds and galvanizing the U.S. environmental movement. The spill that occurred Tuesday when a pipeline ruptured near U.S. 101 was far smaller – up to 105,000 gallons. But the incident gave rise to similar anger and frustration on the part of residents and environmentalists who have long feared a repeat of the 1969 disaster along the same sensitive coastline.
Nebraska lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty
Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill abolishing the death penalty that would make it the first conservative state to do so since 1973 if the measure becomes law.
House panel votes to repeal country-of-origin meat labeling law
The House Agriculture Committee voted 38-6 to repeal a “country-of-origin” labeling law for beef, pork and chicken Wednesday – just two days after the World Trade Organization ruled against parts of the law. The labels tell consumers what countries the meat is from: for example, “born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United States.” The WTO ruled Monday that the U.S. labels put Canadian and Mexican livestock at a disadvantage, rejecting a U.S. appeal after a similar WTO decision last year.
To join al-Qaida, first a few applicant questions
In Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida, applicants for the terrorist roster were asked a battery of sometimes surprisingly mundane questions, according to a U.S. translation of captured documents.
In brief: Iran leader bans inspections key to deal
Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday banned a key component of a pending nuclear deal with the West: inspections of military sites by the international nuclear watchdog. “No permit will be issued for that,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, adding that the International Atomic Energy Agency would also not be allowed to conduct interviews with Iranian nuclear scientists. Khamenei has the last word in all strategic matters according to the Iranian constitution.
Women saved from extremists in custody
All 275 women, girls and children rescued from Boko Haram and taken to the safety of a northeast Nigerian refugee camp have been taken into military custody amid suspicions that some are aiding the Islamic extremists, a camp official and a Nigerian military intelligence officer said Wednesday.
UW outlines expanded Spokane medical school
The University of Washington is confident it can have an expanded Spokane branch of its medical school operating in conjunction with Gonzaga University by 2016, depending on state allocations. Gonzaga, however, says that while discussions with UW are ongoing, it’s too early to discuss details.
NC, Rogers students honored for being first in family to graduate
More than 50 students were honored Wednesday night for becoming the first in their family to graduate from high school or the first family member to head to college. The annual event started in 2009 to recognize North Central students. This year, it expanded to include Rogers High School students.
Federal official tours North Spokane Corridor
The Federal Highway Administration’s top official lobbied for passage of a $478 billion transportation bill while touring Spokane’s unfinished North Spokane Corridor on Wednesday. Gregory Nadeau, acting administrator of the agency, said that while the community has identified the freeway as a priority, there’s no long-term funding for the project or thousands of others across the country.
Murder charge still pending in shooting of Coeur d’Alene officer
Sixteen days after he allegedly shot and fatally wounded a Coeur d’Alene police officer, Jonathan Daniel Renfro has not been charged with murder. A judge Wednesday was ready to take up a motion to charge Renfro with first-degree murder in the May 5 shooting death of Sgt. Greg Moore. But the defendant’s court-appointed lawyer said her office didn’t receive the Kootenai County prosecuting attorney’s notice of the hearing on that motion. First District Senior Magistrate Barry Watson reset the hearing for 9:30 a.m. June 5.
In brief: Plummer man pleads guilty to killing birds of prey
A Plummer man pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act after federal investigators found a large number of eagle and hawk feathers and a wide array of bird skulls and feet at his residence. Adrian Q. Brown-Sonder, 23, could get up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine when sentenced in U.S. District Court Aug. 18, a court news release said.
Man faces another charge of indecency
A 40-year-old man accused of dropping his trousers at a Spokane Valley sandwich shop has a criminal history of assaulting fast-food customers. James S. Huber was arrested just after 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Jimmy John’s on North Pines Road.
Agency: Pot sold to minor at 4 stores
Four licensed marijuana stores in Western Washington were accused this month of selling pot to a minor who was working with the state licensing agency on “compliance checks.” The stores – two in Everett and two in Tacoma – could be hit with $2,500 fines and suspensions. The person who did the selling could be charged by a local prosecutor.
Libby Dam to raise flows for sturgeon
Flows through Libby Dam will start increasing on Friday to help endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon as they spawn.
N.Y. Times writer to speak at Whitworth
New York Times columnist David Brooks will speak in Spokane at the Whitworth University President’s Leadership Forum on Oct. 13.
Washington’s first dinosaur fossil found on San Juan Islands
Scientists have uncovered Washington’s first dinosaur fossil, in a state park on the San Juan Islands. Researchers found part of the left femur of a theropod dinosaur while collecting fossils of a sea creature on the shores of Sucia Island State Park.
First dinosaur bone discovered in Washington
The fossil has the sexy name of UWBM 96770, but at the Burke Museum in Seattle, they’re pretty excited. The fossil is not that big – 1 1/2-feet long, weighing maybe 15 pounds. But it is the first dinosaur bone ever found in Washington. It was a leg bone from an animal from the T. rex family, but smaller by tyrannosauroid standards – around 36 feet long.
Washington jobless rate drops to 5.5 percent in April
Washington’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent last month, the lowest it’s been in nearly seven years, officials said Wednesday. The latest report from the state’s Employment Security Department shows that the jobless rate dropped from March’s 5.9 percent and the state gained 8,200 new jobs from March to April.
Group of California farmers proposes deal to cut water use
A group of California farmers, in a surprising turnaround, is volunteering to give up a fourth of its available water this year, sharing a resource all but guaranteed to them for more than a century.
Health insurer CareFirst says 1.1 million profiles were hacked
In the latest disclosure of a cyberattack against a health insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield said attackers gained access to a database that included the names of 1.1 million people.
Banks to pay more than $5 billion, plead guilty to market rigging
Four of the world’s biggest banks agreed Wednesday to pay more than $5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to rigging the currency markets – a rare instance in which federal prosecutors have wrung an admission of criminal wrongdoing from a major financial institution. Traders at JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup’s banking unit Citicorp, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland were accused of working together to manipulate rates on the foreign exchange market, where hundreds of billions of dollars and euros change hands back and forth.
In brief: WSU to offer degree combining Doctor of Pharmacy, MBA
In a move it hopes will appeal to entrepreneurial-minded pharmacy students, Washington State University is rolling out a new joint degree program. Students will be able to simultaneously earn Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration in four years, the university announced. The joint degree will be available to students at WSU’s pharmacy college in Spokane and through its extension program at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima. Enrollment will open this summer.
Oil rig owner settles over spill
A committee of lawyers representing businesses and individuals claiming damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill announced a $211 million settlement Wednesday with Transocean Ltd., owner of the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
Judge: RadioShack auction final
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday refused to reopen a disputed auction for the sale of RadioShack’s intellectual property, including trademarks and data on some 67 million customers of the electronics retailer.
Fed: No rate hike in June
Federal Reserve policymakers largely agreed when they met last month that June would be too early to start raising interest rates, as they debated whether the economy’s winter weakness would fade or persist.
Editorial: Highway funding needs local, state support
Dana Milbank: Commitment to campaign finance reform can save Clinton from herself
Ask Dr. K: Botox can treat chronic migraines
‘Out-of-body experience’: Immersive art installations on display downtown
“The Introspection Game,” a new immersive art experience designed by New York-based artists Yang Wang and Zhenzhen Qi, premieres tonight at Laboratory Art Space at 301 W. Main St. It’s a 3-D virtual reality experience that lasts about 10 minutes and adapts to an individual’s physical and emotional responses.
Associated Garden Clubs’ sale a second chance
The Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane has a lot of plants left over from its annual fundraising sale earlier this spring, and the organization is now giving the public a second chance to purchase a wide variety of plant stock.
Pat Munts: Gardening: When blooms gone, it’s time to trim lilac bush
Cliff Cannon mini-park takes shape
The little sitting wall and pocket park on the southeast corner of 14th Avenue and Lincoln Street on Spokane’s South Hill was supposed to look different than it does – but that’s what happens when history intervenes.
Randy Mann: Lots of earthquakes, but numbers near normal
Front Porch: The world has lost yet another WWII hero
The world lost another hero when George “Bud” Garvin passed away on April 15. But like so many who served in World War ll, Garvin shunned the label.
‘Happy’ Rockefeller, widow of former vice president, dies
Margaretta “Happy” Rockefeller, the widow of former U.S. Vice President and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and one of the first women to speak publicly about her breast cancer in the 1970s, has died. She was 88.
Obituary: Dormaier, George H.
3 Jan 1921 - 18 May 2015 Hartline
Obituary at Strate Funeral Home
Sheriff Clarke – Elitist Obama Kicking White Voters In The Teeth, Creating Permanent Underclass In US
Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, WI, notes that he recently provided testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, contrasting his credentials as a true law enforcement professional with the “lap dog bureaucrats” and “academic elitists” which populated the so-called “President’s” Task Force on 21st Century Policing.”
250+ Tech Companies and Digital Rights Groups: TPP Could Criminalize Journalism and Whistleblowing
Hundreds of tech companies and digital rights groups – including Imgur, DreamHost, Namecheap, AVG, Mediafire, Internet Archive, BoingBoing, Piwik, Private Internet Access, and more than 200 others – signed a letter to Congress today stating: "Criminalizing Journalism and Whistleblowing: TPP’s trade secrets provisions could make it a crime for people to reveal corporate wrongdoing “through a computer system.” The language is dangerously vague, and enables signatory countries to enact rules that would ban reporting on timely, critical issues affecting the public."
Angry Thug Confronts Whites On Streets, Gives Ultimatum To Bow To Blacks Or…
A disturbing confrontation was caught on video on the streets of New York City, showing just how bad the racial animosity has gotten between blacks and whites, following Obama and Al Sharpton’s endless quest to divide America on all fronts.
‘Humiliating’ Cheese Sandwich Given to Mom’s Kids Sets Off Fiery Debate Over School Lunch Policy
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from Pew Research Center
The new Republican-led Congress is drawing harsh reviews from the public – including most Republicans. Just 23% of Americans say congressional Republicans are keeping the promises they made during last fall’s campaign, while 65% say they are not.
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from POLITICO
Archives officials worried about preserving Hillary’s records
Before Hillary Clinton stepped down as secretary of state in early 2013, National Archives officials were warned that her official records might wind up outside the control of the State Department and pledged to take steps to address the issue, newly released records reveal.
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from The Spokesman-Review
East Valley teachers vote to join walkout
Teachers in the East Valley School District have voted to join Spokane Public Schools teachers in a one day walkout on Wednesday. Teachers in 64 Washington school districts have voted to walk out in protest of the state legislature’s failure to fully fund schools, according to the Washington Education Association.
Prosecutor: 6 officers indicted in death of Freddie Gray
The state’s attorney in Baltimore says all six officers charged in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a grand jury. State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby made the announcement Thursday. The charges returned by the grand jury were similar to the charges Mosby announced about three weeks ago.
State hires wildlife-conflict specialist
The state of Washington has hired an internationally known wildlife-conflict specialist to help diffuse tensions over the state’s expanding wolf population. Francine Madden is the executive director of the nonprofit Human Wildlife Conflict Collaboration in Houston, which also does work in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The nonprofit works to resolve conflicts that arise when protecting animals such as lions, leopards and elephants leads to problems in local communities.
Civil rights complaint charges Idaho’s charter school enrollment system discriminates
A nonprofit that advocates for Idaho Hispanics has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the state and all of Idaho’s public charter schools, charging that the state’s charter school system has evolved into “a separate but unequal public school system that discriminates against students of color.”
Boy hit by car while riding bike in NW Spokane
A boy was hit by a car while riding a bike shortly before 4 p.m Wednesday afternoon in Northwest Spokane near the intersection of Nettleton Street and Liberty Avenue.
Corrections Corporation of America cleared in Idaho prison scandal
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file criminal charges of fraud or public corruption in connection with Idaho’s controversial private prison contract with Corrections Corporation of America.
The Most Rev. Thomas Daly was installed as the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane Wednesday as the fifth and sixth bishops looked on. Hundreds of people packed into the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes for Daly’s installation Mass, including family and friends of Daly’s. Half the church was filled with deacons and priests from all corners of the diocese, which covers 13 counties in Eastern Washington. Daly, 55, was introduced by Archbishop Peter Sartain. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who is the Vatican’s ambassador to the United States, read the apostolic mandate signed by Pope Francis appointing Daly as the new bishop of Spokane.
David Letterman signs off after 33 years on late-night TV
David Letterman was ushered into retirement Wednesday by four presidents declaring “our long national nightmare is over” and a succession of stars delivering a final Top Ten list of things they always wanted to say to the late-night host.
Spokane Public Schools teachers and staff voted Wednesday to have a one-day walkout on May 27 to protest a lack of state funding for schools. All classes and other school-related activities will be canceled the day of the strike, and students will have to attend school on June 18, one day longer than originally scheduled. In addition, the district is canceling its early start schedules on Thursdays starting May 28 until the remainder of the year.
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver a nearly 11 hours-long protest against renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the post-Sept. 11 law government intrusion on Americans’ privacy.
Oil spill not first for Santa Barbara
Nearly 50 years ago, a blowout on an offshore oil platform spewed more than 3 million gallons of oil into the Santa Barbara Channel and devastated the coastline, killing thousands of seabirds and galvanizing the U.S. environmental movement. The spill that occurred Tuesday when a pipeline ruptured near U.S. 101 was far smaller – up to 105,000 gallons. But the incident gave rise to similar anger and frustration on the part of residents and environmentalists who have long feared a repeat of the 1969 disaster along the same sensitive coastline.
Islamic State advancing on ancient Palmyra in Syria
Islamic State forces are closing in on the ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, authorities said Wednesday, drawing alarm worldwide about the fate of one of the world’s most spectacular architectural treasures.
Islamic State forces are closing in on the ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, authorities said Wednesday, drawing alarm worldwide about the fate of one of the world’s most spectacular architectural treasures.
Palmyra a crossroads of civilizations
An oasis in the Syrian desert, northeast of Damascus, Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world.
An oasis in the Syrian desert, northeast of Damascus, Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world.
Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill abolishing the death penalty that would make it the first conservative state to do so since 1973 if the measure becomes law.
House panel votes to repeal country-of-origin meat labeling law
The House Agriculture Committee voted 38-6 to repeal a “country-of-origin” labeling law for beef, pork and chicken Wednesday – just two days after the World Trade Organization ruled against parts of the law. The labels tell consumers what countries the meat is from: for example, “born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United States.” The WTO ruled Monday that the U.S. labels put Canadian and Mexican livestock at a disadvantage, rejecting a U.S. appeal after a similar WTO decision last year.
To join al-Qaida, first a few applicant questions
In Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida, applicants for the terrorist roster were asked a battery of sometimes surprisingly mundane questions, according to a U.S. translation of captured documents.
Israel enacts, then suspends, plan for West Bank bus segregation
Hours after announcing the launch of separate buses for Palestinians and Jews in the West Bank, Israel’s government was forced to back down Wednesday in response to a wave of domestic outrage that included comparisons to apartheid-era South Africa.
Hours after announcing the launch of separate buses for Palestinians and Jews in the West Bank, Israel’s government was forced to back down Wednesday in response to a wave of domestic outrage that included comparisons to apartheid-era South Africa.
U.S. offers public look at Osama bin Laden’s private library
Suffice it to say Osama bin Laden’s bedside table held no beach reads or steamy novels. But the Obama administration’s release Wednesday of more than 400 documents, reports, books and other materials that were seized by U.S. Navy SEALs during the 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida chief in Pakistan provides new insight to the mindset of the man who sponsored the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Suffice it to say Osama bin Laden’s bedside table held no beach reads or steamy novels. But the Obama administration’s release Wednesday of more than 400 documents, reports, books and other materials that were seized by U.S. Navy SEALs during the 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida chief in Pakistan provides new insight to the mindset of the man who sponsored the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday banned a key component of a pending nuclear deal with the West: inspections of military sites by the international nuclear watchdog. “No permit will be issued for that,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, adding that the International Atomic Energy Agency would also not be allowed to conduct interviews with Iranian nuclear scientists. Khamenei has the last word in all strategic matters according to the Iranian constitution.
Women saved from extremists in custody
All 275 women, girls and children rescued from Boko Haram and taken to the safety of a northeast Nigerian refugee camp have been taken into military custody amid suspicions that some are aiding the Islamic extremists, a camp official and a Nigerian military intelligence officer said Wednesday.
UW outlines expanded Spokane medical school
The University of Washington is confident it can have an expanded Spokane branch of its medical school operating in conjunction with Gonzaga University by 2016, depending on state allocations. Gonzaga, however, says that while discussions with UW are ongoing, it’s too early to discuss details.
NC, Rogers students honored for being first in family to graduate
More than 50 students were honored Wednesday night for becoming the first in their family to graduate from high school or the first family member to head to college. The annual event started in 2009 to recognize North Central students. This year, it expanded to include Rogers High School students.
Federal official tours North Spokane Corridor
The Federal Highway Administration’s top official lobbied for passage of a $478 billion transportation bill while touring Spokane’s unfinished North Spokane Corridor on Wednesday. Gregory Nadeau, acting administrator of the agency, said that while the community has identified the freeway as a priority, there’s no long-term funding for the project or thousands of others across the country.
Murder charge still pending in shooting of Coeur d’Alene officer
Sixteen days after he allegedly shot and fatally wounded a Coeur d’Alene police officer, Jonathan Daniel Renfro has not been charged with murder. A judge Wednesday was ready to take up a motion to charge Renfro with first-degree murder in the May 5 shooting death of Sgt. Greg Moore. But the defendant’s court-appointed lawyer said her office didn’t receive the Kootenai County prosecuting attorney’s notice of the hearing on that motion. First District Senior Magistrate Barry Watson reset the hearing for 9:30 a.m. June 5.
In brief: Plummer man pleads guilty to killing birds of prey
A Plummer man pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act after federal investigators found a large number of eagle and hawk feathers and a wide array of bird skulls and feet at his residence. Adrian Q. Brown-Sonder, 23, could get up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine when sentenced in U.S. District Court Aug. 18, a court news release said.
Man faces another charge of indecency
A 40-year-old man accused of dropping his trousers at a Spokane Valley sandwich shop has a criminal history of assaulting fast-food customers. James S. Huber was arrested just after 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Jimmy John’s on North Pines Road.
Agency: Pot sold to minor at 4 stores
Four licensed marijuana stores in Western Washington were accused this month of selling pot to a minor who was working with the state licensing agency on “compliance checks.” The stores – two in Everett and two in Tacoma – could be hit with $2,500 fines and suspensions. The person who did the selling could be charged by a local prosecutor.
Libby Dam to raise flows for sturgeon
Flows through Libby Dam will start increasing on Friday to help endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon as they spawn.
N.Y. Times writer to speak at Whitworth
New York Times columnist David Brooks will speak in Spokane at the Whitworth University President’s Leadership Forum on Oct. 13.
Washington’s first dinosaur fossil found on San Juan Islands
Scientists have uncovered Washington’s first dinosaur fossil, in a state park on the San Juan Islands. Researchers found part of the left femur of a theropod dinosaur while collecting fossils of a sea creature on the shores of Sucia Island State Park.
First dinosaur bone discovered in Washington
The fossil has the sexy name of UWBM 96770, but at the Burke Museum in Seattle, they’re pretty excited. The fossil is not that big – 1 1/2-feet long, weighing maybe 15 pounds. But it is the first dinosaur bone ever found in Washington. It was a leg bone from an animal from the T. rex family, but smaller by tyrannosauroid standards – around 36 feet long.
Washington jobless rate drops to 5.5 percent in April
Washington’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent last month, the lowest it’s been in nearly seven years, officials said Wednesday. The latest report from the state’s Employment Security Department shows that the jobless rate dropped from March’s 5.9 percent and the state gained 8,200 new jobs from March to April.
Group of California farmers proposes deal to cut water use
A group of California farmers, in a surprising turnaround, is volunteering to give up a fourth of its available water this year, sharing a resource all but guaranteed to them for more than a century.
Health insurer CareFirst says 1.1 million profiles were hacked
In the latest disclosure of a cyberattack against a health insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield said attackers gained access to a database that included the names of 1.1 million people.
Banks to pay more than $5 billion, plead guilty to market rigging
Four of the world’s biggest banks agreed Wednesday to pay more than $5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to rigging the currency markets – a rare instance in which federal prosecutors have wrung an admission of criminal wrongdoing from a major financial institution. Traders at JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup’s banking unit Citicorp, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland were accused of working together to manipulate rates on the foreign exchange market, where hundreds of billions of dollars and euros change hands back and forth.
In brief: WSU to offer degree combining Doctor of Pharmacy, MBA
In a move it hopes will appeal to entrepreneurial-minded pharmacy students, Washington State University is rolling out a new joint degree program. Students will be able to simultaneously earn Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration in four years, the university announced. The joint degree will be available to students at WSU’s pharmacy college in Spokane and through its extension program at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima. Enrollment will open this summer.
Oil rig owner settles over spill
A committee of lawyers representing businesses and individuals claiming damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill announced a $211 million settlement Wednesday with Transocean Ltd., owner of the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
Judge: RadioShack auction final
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday refused to reopen a disputed auction for the sale of RadioShack’s intellectual property, including trademarks and data on some 67 million customers of the electronics retailer.
Fed: No rate hike in June
Federal Reserve policymakers largely agreed when they met last month that June would be too early to start raising interest rates, as they debated whether the economy’s winter weakness would fade or persist.
Editorial: Highway funding needs local, state support
Dana Milbank: Commitment to campaign finance reform can save Clinton from herself
Ask Dr. K: Botox can treat chronic migraines
‘Out-of-body experience’: Immersive art installations on display downtown
“The Introspection Game,” a new immersive art experience designed by New York-based artists Yang Wang and Zhenzhen Qi, premieres tonight at Laboratory Art Space at 301 W. Main St. It’s a 3-D virtual reality experience that lasts about 10 minutes and adapts to an individual’s physical and emotional responses.
Associated Garden Clubs’ sale a second chance
The Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane has a lot of plants left over from its annual fundraising sale earlier this spring, and the organization is now giving the public a second chance to purchase a wide variety of plant stock.
Pat Munts: Gardening: When blooms gone, it’s time to trim lilac bush
Cliff Cannon mini-park takes shape
The little sitting wall and pocket park on the southeast corner of 14th Avenue and Lincoln Street on Spokane’s South Hill was supposed to look different than it does – but that’s what happens when history intervenes.
Randy Mann: Lots of earthquakes, but numbers near normal
Front Porch: The world has lost yet another WWII hero
The world lost another hero when George “Bud” Garvin passed away on April 15. But like so many who served in World War ll, Garvin shunned the label.
‘Happy’ Rockefeller, widow of former vice president, dies
Margaretta “Happy” Rockefeller, the widow of former U.S. Vice President and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and one of the first women to speak publicly about her breast cancer in the 1970s, has died. She was 88.
Obituary: Dormaier, George H.
3 Jan 1921 - 18 May 2015 Hartline
Obituary at Strate Funeral Home
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from Universal Free Press
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, WI, notes that he recently provided testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, contrasting his credentials as a true law enforcement professional with the “lap dog bureaucrats” and “academic elitists” which populated the so-called “President’s” Task Force on 21st Century Policing.”
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from Washington's Blog
Hundreds of tech companies and digital rights groups – including Imgur, DreamHost, Namecheap, AVG, Mediafire, Internet Archive, BoingBoing, Piwik, Private Internet Access, and more than 200 others – signed a letter to Congress today stating: "Criminalizing Journalism and Whistleblowing: TPP’s trade secrets provisions could make it a crime for people to reveal corporate wrongdoing “through a computer system.” The language is dangerously vague, and enables signatory countries to enact rules that would ban reporting on timely, critical issues affecting the public."
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from X Tribune
A disturbing confrontation was caught on video on the streets of New York City, showing just how bad the racial animosity has gotten between blacks and whites, following Obama and Al Sharpton’s endless quest to divide America on all fronts.
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