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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from Business Insider
The best and worst states for making a living in 2015
Texas topped the "best" list with a below-average cost of living and no state income tax. [Washington was second.] Other states, such as Hawaii and Oregon [the two worst], have much higher costs of living and state taxes.
Ted Cruz slams NBC for cutting ties with 'terrific' Donald Trump
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) thinks NBC was wrong to cut off its business relationship with real-estate mogul and television personality Donald Trump.
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Dr. Ben Carson at National Sheriffs' Association Conference
Dr. Ben Carson, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, spoke about community policing, investing in U.S. cities, mental health care, immigration, border security, and counter-terrorism. This was part of a Presidential Forum at the National Sheriffs' Association’s 75th Anniversary Conference and Exhibition, held at the Hilton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore.
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from Mad World News
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SEE IT: Family Notices Mystery Fluid Leaking From Home, Make TERRIFYING Find
Inside the walls was actually a colony of honey bees, including a hive, queen, and even some larvae for next generation. Luckily, Louise explains that they mostly kept to themselves. Although they thought the problem was rather containable, you can imagine their surprise to learn that their house’s walls contained about 50,000 bees and was growing by the day. In fact, it was predicted that by next month, the home would house about 80,000 bees in total.
Obama CAVES To Islam, Forces U.S. Troops To ‘Bow Down’ Or Face Jail Time
Recently released via the U.S. Central Command website was a set of orders to military personnel currently stationed in the Middle East, saying that they were “required to adhere” to the Muslim practice and not eat anything during the day when off base.
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SEE IT: Family Notices Mystery Fluid Leaking From Home, Make TERRIFYING Find
Inside the walls was actually a colony of honey bees, including a hive, queen, and even some larvae for next generation. Luckily, Louise explains that they mostly kept to themselves. Although they thought the problem was rather containable, you can imagine their surprise to learn that their house’s walls contained about 50,000 bees and was growing by the day. In fact, it was predicted that by next month, the home would house about 80,000 bees in total.
Obama CAVES To Islam, Forces U.S. Troops To ‘Bow Down’ Or Face Jail Time
Recently released via the U.S. Central Command website was a set of orders to military personnel currently stationed in the Middle East, saying that they were “required to adhere” to the Muslim practice and not eat anything during the day when off base.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Health Advisory issued for Avondale Lake
A second North Idaho lake has tested positive for blue-green algae, which can produce dangerous toxins. A health advisory was issued Tuesday for Avondale Lake by the Panhandle Health District and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. An advisory for Fernan Lake is also in effect.
Reminder: Fireworks are illegal in most of Spokane County
Local firefighters are reminding residents that fireworks pose a significant threat to life and property during one the worst heat waves in recent memory. Hot and dry conditions have fueled well over 300 brush fires in Washington this summer.
Schweitzer Resort to build new summit lodge
Schweitzer Mountain Resort plans to build a new lodge at the top of its Great Escape Quad lift. Work on the two-story, $3.8 million lodge will begin in early July and be completed by fall 2016.
Arrest made in connection to Spokane woman’s death
A man was arrested last week in connection to the suspicious death of a Spokane woman whose body was found partially submerged in a slough in Hauser Lake, Idaho. Spokane police arrested Patrick Neil McGhee, 47, in connection to the death of Kelly Lynne Sallee, 55, who was found June 11 in a slough off the west side of Hauser Lake Road.
Chris Christie opens 2016 presidential campaign
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie opened his 2016 campaign for president Tuesday and, never one to aim small, declared he’s “out to change the world.” The Republican governor, a one-time GOP favorite who faded and now tries to climb back, told a kickoff rally in the gymnasium of his old high school that his last 13 years as a U.S. attorney and governor have been about “fighting for fairness and justice and opportunity” and he wants to do the same for the country.
Fire scorches Wenatchee neighborhood, destroys dozens of homes
Eight strike teams of firefighters from around the state converged on the Wenatchee River valley late Sunday, attempting to funnel a rapidly growing brush fire south and away from the city of 32,700 residents. Strong winds made the fire act erratically and blew embers as far as a downtown recycling facility about a mile away. Explosions rang out in the evening as propane tanks burst in the industrial area along North Wenatchee Avenue, damaging several fruit-packing businesses along the street.
After 165 days of partisan bickering over taxes and spending, the Legislature moved swiftly Monday to pass a $38.2 billion budget to run state government for the next two years. The Senate also passed and sent to the House a plan to spend $16.1 billion on transportation projects over the next 16 years.
Spokane named All-America city again
For the third time in 41 years, Spokane has been named an All-America City. The award from the National Civic League went to 10 U.S. cities. Spokane, which previously won the award in 1974 and 2004, was recognized this year for focused efforts to boost high school graduation rates.
Anxious pensioners swarmed closed bank branches Monday and long lines snaked outside ATMs as Greeks endured the first day of serious controls on their daily economic lives ahead of a referendum that could determine whether the country has to ditch the euro currency and return to the drachma.
‘Leap second’ will make today a bit longer
Tonight, the world will receive a gift of time: a single, extra second known as a “leap second.” At that moment, the official atomic clocks that keep Universal Coordinated Time will mark the time as 23h 59m 59s, followed by the leap second 23h 59m 60s. July 1 will continue as usual, beginning with 0h 0m 0s. The June 30, 2015, leap second is the 26th time an extra second has been tacked on to a day since atomic clocks began governing our time in 1967.
The corpse of a 17-year-old boy has tested positive for Ebola in Liberia, but no other cases have been reported, the country’s deputy health minister said late Monday.
Burundi elections held despite boycott
Burundians voted Monday in parliamentary elections marked by an opposition boycott and the threat of violence in the capital. About 3.8 million people had been expected to vote, according to the electoral commission, but it appears a boycott by 17 opposition groups kept the turnout low.
U.N. peacekeepers will remain in Sudan
The Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a one-year extension of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s western Darfur region where conflict is intensifying, rejecting the Sudanese government’s demand that the troops leave. A resolution keeps the size of the force the same.
Trading sharp words, a deeply divided Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal-injection executions Monday, even as two dissenting justices said for the first time they think it’s “highly likely” the death penalty itself is unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry has left some state officials grappling with another legal question: Are government employees with conflicting religious beliefs obligated to issue licenses and perform weddings for gay partners?
Bomb kills Egypt’s top prosecutor
A car bomb killed Egypt’s chief prosecutor Monday in the country’s first assassination of a senior official in 25 years, marking what could be an escalation in a campaign by Islamic militants toward targeting leaders of a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Hisham Barakat led the prosecution of members of the Brotherhood and other Islamists, including former President Mohammed Morsi, who was overthrown by the military in July 2013. The courts have been handing out mass death sentences against them in trials harshly criticized as lacking due process. Monday’s assassination of the 65-year-old Barakat came on the eve of the second anniversary of the mass demonstrations against Morsi that led to his ouster.
California Legislature passes strict school immunization bill
California lawmakers on Monday sent the governor a contentious bill that would impose one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country in reaction to a recent measles outbreak at Disneyland. The Senate reaffirmed the bill striking California’s personal belief exemption for immunizations on a 24-14 vote. Mississippi and West Virginia are the only two states with such strict requirements in place. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown has not said if he would sign it. Although the bill passed the Senate and the Assembly with bipartisan support, it did not pass with a two-thirds threshold that would be needed to override a governor’s veto.
In brief: New federal rules will expand overtime pay
Millions of Americans could see a boost in wages or reduced workload as a result of new federal regulations on overtime pay the Obama administration is unveiling this week. Under the regulations, private-sector workers who make up to $50,400 a year will be guaranteed the right to earn additional pay if they work more than 40 hours per week. Currently, only workers who make $23,660 a year, or less than $455 a week, have those same protections.
Lawmakers in S.C. say flag should go
The Post and Courier newspaper, the South Carolina Press Association and the Associated Press asked all lawmakers how they intend to vote. At least 33 senators and 83 House members say the flag should go. That appears to meet the two-thirds majority needed from both chambers to move the battle flag. That rule is part of the 2000 compromise that took the flag off the Statehouse dome and put a smaller, square version beside a monument to Confederate soldiers.
Engineers review SpaceX explosion
SpaceX officials say they will be holding daily meetings with NASA and the Air Force in hopes of quickly determining what caused an unmanned rocket carrying cargo for the International Space Station to explode in midair just minutes after liftoff Sunday.
UC Berkeley sued over investigations
Three current and former University of California, Berkeley students sued the school Monday, accusing administrators of not doing enough to investigate their sexual assault claims and hand out punishment. The three women said the administrators mishandled their claims, failed to keep them informed about the disciplinary process, and handed out inadequate punishment.
Two prison escapees parted for a few days
Two convicted killers who staged a complicated prison break together and then spent more than two weeks roaming in thick New York woods finally split up when one man decided his companion was slowing him down, going their separate ways a few days before one was shot and the other captured.
NBC said Monday that it is ending its business relationship with mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump because of comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the announcement of his campaign. The network said it would no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which had been a joint venture between the company and Trump. Miss USA has aired on NBC since 2003, and this year’s edition was set for July 12.
Redford urges U.N. action on climate
Robert Redford said he came to the United Nations Monday not as an actor but as an environmental advocate, father, grandfather and concerned citizen to urge the world’s nations to take action now on climate change. The 78-year-old Oscar winner said his environmental activism began more than 40 years ago and has grown stronger as he has seen the threat of global warming grow.
Spokane NAACP moves forward after Rachel Dolezal controversy
There was a sense of hope, tinged with wariness, at the first Spokane NAACP community meeting since the national furor over former chapter president Rachel Dolezal’s lies about her race.
Wings of Freedom tour stops in Spokane
Three WWII aircraft, a B-24, a B-17 and a P-51 Mustang stopped in Spokane as part of the Wings of Freedom tour by the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation.
One dead, several hospitalized from heat, drugs after Paradiso music festival
The Paradiso electronic music festival in Central Washington turned deadly for one young man and sent dozens more to area hospitals for heat- and drug-related illnesses, officials said Monday. Beau B. Brooks, a 22-year-old Port-land man, died at Confluence Health-Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee Sunday morning after attending Paradiso at the Gorge Amphitheater in Central Washington.
Spokane Tribe, Hard Rock team up on planned casino
The Spokane Tribe’s casino and hotel proposed for the West Plains would carry the Hard Rock brand if it receives the final go-ahead, the tribe announced Monday. Rudy Peone, tribal chairman, said the partnership would bring energy and excitement to the West Plains.
Sheriff: Extremists are breeding danger
The political rhetoric from the far right is breeding homegrown dangers, and local police agencies are no more militarized than they’ve ever been. Those were the two main points from a speech Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich gave Monday night, which was hosted by the Republicans of Spokane County at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley.
13 states sue over water authority rule
Thirteen states led by North Dakota filed a lawsuit Monday challenging an Obama administration rule that gives federal agencies authority to protect some streams, tributaries and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Idaho is one of the 13 states. North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the “Waters of the U.S.” rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers is a “federal power grab” that is “unnecessary and unlawful and will do nothing to increase water quality.”
In brief: Spokane auto theft rate highest in state
The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s 2014 Hot Spots report shows Spokane suffered from the highest rate of vehicle theft of any Washington city in 2014, and again was among the 10 worst in the country.Motorists reported 3,032 stolen vehicles in 2014 in Spokane, about 560 for every 100,000 people. That was the sixth-highest rate in the United States, pushing Spokane up from seventh in 2013 despite a 5.4 percent drop in the number of vehicle thefts reported last year.
Bouncer at Globe Bar and Grill injured in fight with customer
A bouncer at the Globe Bar and Grill broke three vertebrae in a fight with an unruly customer this weekend. Jason Hogan was removing a patron from the bar on Friday. As he turned around to go back into the bar, the man attacked him from behind and locked his arms around Hogan’s neck, according to witnesses.
Truck carrying hives overturns on I-90; 2 million honeybees die
About 2 million honeybees perished in Sunday’s semitrailer wreck on Interstate 90 in Coeur d’Alene. The truck, from Belleville Honey and Beekeeping Supply in Burlington, Washington, was hauling about 400 hives to Montana when the rear trailer swayed and overturned in the eastbound lanes near the East Sherman Avenue interchange. The hives spilled onto the freeway, releasing swarms of agitated bees in 105-degree heat. State police and Spokane Fire Department responders were stung repeatedly, and firefighters sprayed water on the bees to try to calm the swarm. Firefighters then sprayed the hives with foam to kill the remaining bees so the mess could be loaded for disposal.
Two attic fires in north Spokane blamed on electrical malfunctions
Electrical malfunctions started attic fires in two Spokane homes late Sunday. No injuries were reported. Firefighters cut through wired lath in the ceiling to contain a fire to the attic space above the kitchen at 1218 E. Walton Ave. It appears the fire was caused by electrical wiring and a ceiling fan. A fire at 2601 E. Illinois Ave., reported at 6:27 p.m., also was in the attic and also appeared to be electrical in nature.
Sisters suspected of shoplifting, assaulting store’s employees
Twin sisters are suspected of stealing merchandise from the General Store and then assaulting employees who were trying to stop them. Jackee and Jamee Stearns, who are 26, were observed shoplifting by a General Store employee who followed them out of the store,
Motorcyclist suffers broken leg when run over by minivan
A motorcyclist suffered a broken leg after being run over by a minivan Saturday evening near the intersection of West Sprague Avenue and South Browne Street, according to police. Both the motorcycle and the rider became stuck under the minivan driven by 43-year-old Eduardo Hernandez-Sanchez, witnesses told police. Hernandez-Sanchez tried to dislodge the motorcycle and rider. After the rider came free, Hernandez-Sanchez drove forward over the motorcycle in an attempt to flee. He was stopped by nearby witnesses and police arrested him.
Lake Roosevelt campers warned of danger from rising water levels
The Bureau of Reclamation is alerting anyone who plans to camp along Lake Roosevelt over the holiday weekend to be aware of potential dangers from rising lake levels. The reservoir above Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River is about 90 miles west of Spokane.
Rich still richer as rest of incomes rise
Incomes for the bottom 99 percent of American families rose 3.3 percent last year to $47,213, the biggest annual gain in the past 15 years, according to data compiled by economist Emmanuel Saez and released Monday by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. “For the bottom 99 percent of income earners, this marks the first year of real recovery from the income losses sparked by the Great Recession,” Saez, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, said in a summary of his findings. Still, income inequality worsened in 2014. The richest 1 percent of Americans posted a much bigger increase in pay: their incomes soared an average of 10.8 percent to $1.3 million. The wealthiest 1 percent also captured 21.2 percent of all income in 2014, up from 20.1 percent the previous year. The top 10 percent of income earners also boosted their share in 2014, receiving 49.9 percent of total income, up from 48.9 percent in 2013.
Spokane businessman accused of fraud related to oil drilling company
Federal stock regulators accuse a South Hill businessman of defrauding investors with false and misleading claims about the prospects of his Texas-based oil drilling company. The lawsuit, filed this month by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Glen Landry, claims that he used a series of newsletters to promote unrealistic projections for his company, Norstra Energy Inc., shortly after he became its president and chief executive officer in March 2013.
Colstrip coal-powered generator profitable, will stay open
The formation of a new company to run Montana’s largest power plant has raised questions among analysts and plant detractors about how long it can keep going, as pollution control costs rise and coal’s share of the electricity market crumbles. The plant’s new operator, Talen Energy, has an answer: There are no plans to shut down the 2,100-megawatt Colstrip Steam Electric Station.
Puerto Rico to seek debt moratorium
Puerto Rico’s governor said Monday night he will form a financial team to negotiate with bondholders on delaying debt payments and then restructuring $72 billion in public debt that he says the U.S. island can’t repay.
Business in brief: Pending home sales hit nine-year high
More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in May, as pending sales climbed to their highest level in more than nine years.
Microsoft, AOL strike deal on digital ads
Microsoft is handing off some its digital advertising business to AOL and selling its street-image mapping operation to Uber, as the giant software company tries to focus on activities more relevant to its core business.
Hyundai in, GM out as official NFL sponsor
The National Football League is getting a new official automotive sponsor: Hyundai. The Korean automaker announced the sponsorship deal Monday, replacing General Motors Co. The deal gives Hyundai the ability to use NFL trademarks in its marketing and access to big events year-round such as the Super Bowl, playoffs and the widely watched draft of college players.
Discovery wins rights to Olympic broadcasts
U.S.-based media giant Discovery Communications Inc. secured the European broadcast rights for four Olympics through 2024 on Monday in a landmark deal worth $1.45 billion. The parent company of the Discovery Channel and Eurosport won the rights to the games of 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024, and also agreed to collaborate with the IOC on its new year-round Olympic Channel.
Editorial: Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling good news for Washington
Robert J. Samuelson: Global economy can handle Greek crisis
Ask Dr. K: Rapid strep tests not perfect for diagnosing sore throat
VA contract in Ferry County expires
Lack of high-level doctors, expired contract with the local health district, leave vets in Ferry County facing even more obstacles to reliable health care services
Cancer drugs get new consumer guide
Proposed resource would provide easy-to-understand graphics on new medications
Dr. Alisa Hideg: Advancements give sickle cell sufferers hope
Drinks before dining led many women in study to overeat
Obituary: Koch, Leona
14 Feb 1909 - 26 Jun 2015 St. John
Obituary: Whiting, George William
7 Feb 1918 - 26 Jun 2015 Spokane
WWII - Normandy
Obituary: Brigman, Vicki Rose
27 Feb 1953 -26 Jun 2015 Nespelem
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from Universal Free Press
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from USA Today
FBI investigating 11 attacks on San Francisco-area Internet lines
Poll: After Charleston, a nation divided on the Confederate flag
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Revealed: The Dying Wish Of This Top Dem’s Child Could Keep Hillary Out Of The White House
“Before his death last month [of brain cancer], elder son Beau Biden encouraged his father to get into the race, people familiar with the matter said. And Hunter Biden told a friend in recent weeks he, too, would like to see the vice president wage one more campaign for the White House,” reports The Wall Street Journal.
Former Senator Slams Washington As Corrupt "Sewer", Calls For Outraged Young Americans To Revolt
A former senator from Colorado, Gary Hart, has written an extremely powerful and accurate critique of the unfathomably corrupt and crony state of the U.S. government in 2015. It covers several very important angles, including how appalled and disgusted our founders would be at the current state of affairs. How a once great republic has devolved into a thieving oligarchy in which the pursuit of money at power at the expense of the public good has been elevated into something that’s not just tolerated, but actually celebrated and encouraged amongst an ethics deprived status quo.
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(Western Journalism)
Revealed: The Dying Wish Of This Top Dem’s Child Could Keep Hillary Out Of The White House
“Before his death last month [of brain cancer], elder son Beau Biden encouraged his father to get into the race, people familiar with the matter said. And Hunter Biden told a friend in recent weeks he, too, would like to see the vice president wage one more campaign for the White House,” reports The Wall Street Journal.
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from Zero Hedge
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Former Senator Slams Washington As Corrupt "Sewer", Calls For Outraged Young Americans To Revolt
A former senator from Colorado, Gary Hart, has written an extremely powerful and accurate critique of the unfathomably corrupt and crony state of the U.S. government in 2015. It covers several very important angles, including how appalled and disgusted our founders would be at the current state of affairs. How a once great republic has devolved into a thieving oligarchy in which the pursuit of money at power at the expense of the public good has been elevated into something that’s not just tolerated, but actually celebrated and encouraged amongst an ethics deprived status quo.
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