Sunday, November 2, 2014

In the news, Tuesday, October 21, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)

Arizona ballot mix up gets national attention
ABC15 has since reached out to the Maricopa County Elections Committee about the report, and while the story may be true, Recorder Helen Purcell said the act is completely legal. Why? The man was casting ballots on behalf of other people. Purcell said there was a bill  introduced last year that would have made it illegal for a person to cast other peoples ballots, but that bill did not pass.

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)

Just Guess What Ferguson Police Found on Missouri Democrat Who Has Sponsored Several ‘Anti-Gun’ Bills
Missouri state Senator Jamilah Nasheed, a Democrat who was sponsored several “anti-gun” bills in her state, was arrested Monday night during a protest outside of the Ferguson Police Department.
She was carrying a loaded 9mm handgun and extra rounds of ammunition, according to Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson. She also refused to take a breathalyzer test after officers determined she “smelled strongly of intoxicants,” sources told KMOV-TV.

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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

15 Tiny Texas Towns That Are Totally Worth The Trip
The Lone Star State is a haven for the small and quaint.

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from Christianity Today

Three Views: Do the Common Core Education Standards Endanger Religious Freedom?
Why a nationwide standard for classrooms may cause concern.

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from Conciliar Post

You occasionally hear it from the talking heads or on the History Channel. Maybe you notice an article about it on your newsfeed. Or catch the random title while browsing Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. Pagan Christianity: What you do on Sundays is really from Ancient Egypt, Imperial Rome, or Royal Greece and certainly is not real Christian worship. Is our Sunday worship really little more than worship of Anubis, Zeus, or Mars? Have we really just called pagan practices “Christian” for hundreds of years?

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

Muslims Take Thirty Christians, Brutally Butcher All Of Them
Fulani Muslims in Taraba State, Nigeria, took thirty Christians and brutally butchered all of them.

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from Independent Journal Review


from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Top U.S. Aid Recipient Is Set to Hang a Christian Woman for Blasphemy

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
from The Right Scoop

Sarah Palin RIPS Tina Brown on Obama making women feel unsafe – “Chick, you’re a day late and a dollar short”

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

See the Partial Solar Eclipse Thursday with a Pinhole Camera

Partial Solar Eclipse of October 2014: Visibility Maps

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from The Spokesman-Review

Pullman arsonist sentenced to four years, ordered to pay $4 million
The plumber’s apprentice who admitted to setting a fire that razed portions of a massive student apartment complex at Washington State University in Pullman will spend a little more than four years in federal prison, a judge ruled Tuesday. The apartment complex was about two weeks from completion.

Police shooting of dog Arfee brings $350,000 claim
A Bellingham attorney representing the owner of a dog shot and killed by a Coeur d’Alene police officer earlier this year is asking the city for a $350,000 settlement.

Otter asks 9th Circuit to re-hear Idaho’s same-sex marriage case
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter announced today that he’s filing a petition with the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for a re-hearing of Idaho’s same-sex marriage case.

Christian right group targets Coeur d’Alene law
The American Family Association, a fundamentalist Christian organization in Mississippi, has spearheaded a protest of Coeur d’Alene’s anti-discrimination ordinance, resulting in thousands of emails and phone calls today to the mayor and to Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s office. In November 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center designated the AFA a “hate group” for its “propagation of known falsehoods and demonizing propaganda.”

Teen charged in Spokane Valley fires released from jail
A judge ordered the release from juvenile detention to electronic monitoring Tuesday morning of the teen charged with arson for seven fires in the Spokane Valley area on the condition that the teen may not possess any weapons or incendiary devices, and must comply with counseling recommendations.

Domestic violence suspect arrested after standoff
Donald R. Caldwell, 53, was believed to be armed with a knife and refused to answer the door of his residence on West Sixth Avenue. Officers contacted him as a suspect in several domestic violence threats made over the weekend.

Newborn Puget Sound killer whale presumed dead
A killer whale born to much hope in early September apparently died while its pod was in the open ocean off Washington or British Columbia, the Center for Whale Research said. The baby was the first known calf born since 2012 to a population of endangered orcas that frequent Puget Sound in Washington state.

N. America treated to partial solar eclipse Thurs.

Inland NW LGBT Center announces closure

Nigeria beats Ebola outbreak

Liberty Lake ordinance targets minor pot users

Indonesia’s new president sworn in after close election
After a bruising election campaign, former businessman Joko Widodo was sworn in Monday as president of Indonesia, becoming the first man from outside the country’s political and military elite to lead the world’s 10th-largest economy.

Canadian police shoot, kill driver who struck soldiers
A man who was fatally shot by police after he struck two members of the Canadian military with his car Monday in a city near Montreal had become influenced by radical Islam, an official familiar with the case said.

U.K. company reports oil find in Paraguay

Hottest year on record ‘pretty likely’
Earth is on pace to tie or even break the mark for the hottest year on record, federal meteorologists say.

In brief: Brazilian president gains ground in poll
A poll released Monday night shows Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff gaining ground over her rival in a tight re-election race, though the contest remains in a technical tie.
Oil company CEO killed in plane crash
The CEO of French oil giant Total SA was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine late Monday night at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, the company said.

Sub hunt in Baltic Sea sends Cold War chill
Sweden’s biggest submarine hunt since the dying days of the Soviet Union has put countries around the Baltic Sea on edge.

Indiana murder suspect hints at more victims
Police investigating the slayings of seven women whose bodies were found in northwest Indiana over the weekend said Monday they believe it is the work of a serial killer, and that the suspect has indicated there could be more victims going back 20 years.

In brief: Obama votes, visits election volunteers
President Barack Obama cast his ballot Monday in Chicago as Illinois began early voting for the Nov. 4 election.
WTO rejects meat label requirements
In a ruling Monday, the World Trade Organization rejected U.S. rules requiring labels on packaged steaks, ribs and other cuts of meat identifying where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. The WTO said the requirements put Canadian and Mexican livestock at an unfair disadvantage.
Speaker indicted for felony corruption
Mike Hubbard, the speaker of Alabama’s House of Representatives, was arrested and indicted Monday on 23 felony corruption charges, according to the state attorney general’s office.

Pew study shows politics affects choice of news sources
Liberals favor CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio and the New York Times, but none of those sources more dramatically than another. Conservatives have an overwhelming favorite: Fox News Channel, according to a study of media habits released today by the Pew Research Center.

Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer, dies at 82
Oscar de la Renta, the worldly gentleman designer who shaped the wardrobe of socialites and Hollywood stars for more than four decades, has died. He was 82.

Modernization is key goal for county clerk candidates

Belmont, Brannon square off in Kootenai clerk’s race

WSU Greek leaders call on students to ditch Yik Yak app
After a series of malicious posts targeted students at Washington State University, leaders of the fraternity and sorority system urged others to stop using Yik Yak, the newest hot social media tool.

In brief: Zombie show filmed in Spokane gets second season on Syfy
“Z Nation,” the zombie TV series filmed and produced in Spokane, will be picked up for a second season, Syfy and North by Northwest Productions announced on Monday.
CdA asks wedding chapel to abandon lawsuit
City attorney Michael Gridley wrote to the wedding chapel and pointed out that two weeks ago the business took steps to become a nonprofit religious corporation. Thus, the Hitching Post is exempt from the city’s ordinance that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Police search for more victims of child luring
Spokane County sheriff’s detectives are trying to find more people who may have been victims of Konstantin A. Sergienko, 38, arrested Friday on suspicion of child luring and kidnapping.

Report on Hanford whistleblower case inconclusive
The U.S. Department of Energy’s inspector general on Monday said it could not determine if a whistleblower on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was fired for raising safety concerns because two contractors failed to provide all the documents needed in the investigation.

In brief: Seattle police officers’ lawsuit rejected
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by more than 100 Seattle police officers who said new guidelines on using force jeopardized their safety.
No bail for man accused in shooting spree
EVERETT – A man accused of shooting at police stations, patrol cars and officers in three Washington cities has been ordered held without bail after a brief court appearance Monday.
Hatchery gives away salmon to public
POULSBO, Wash. – People lined up with coolers Monday to wait for free fish as coho and chum salmon returned to spawn at a hatchery on Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula.
Mental health insurance review ordered
Washington’s insurance commissioner has ordered all companies selling health insurance in the state to review their mental health policies in the wake of a Washington Supreme Court decision earlier this month.
Minnesota man arrested with pot on train
HAVRE, Mont. – A Minneapolis man, Mohamed Yasin Aboubaker, faces felony drug charges in Montana after a search of the luggage he checked on an Amtrak train turned up more than 31 pounds of marijuana and pot products, officials said.

$1.1 million renovations planned for county jail elevators
Workers from Schindler Elevator Corp., a Spokane Valley division of a nationwide company, will renovate four elevators at the aging Spokane County Jail during the next several months at a cost of $1.1 million. The elevators haven’t been overhauled since the jail opened in 1986.

Driver acquitted after second trial for 2009 vehicular homicide case
Jon A. Strine, 46, was found not guilty more than five years after he broadsided a motorcycle at the corner of West Fourth Avenue and South Browne Street on June 2, 2009, killing 48-year-old elementary school secretary Lorri Keller. The crash left her husband, Gary Keller, 61, paralyzed.

Balukoff targets Otter connections to prison scandal in ad
The gloves have come off in Idaho’s governor’s race, with Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff launching a hard-hitting new ad faulting GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s handling of a scandal involving the state’s largest prison.

Spokane area agencies prioritize fixing family relationships, rather than traditional foster care routes

Mockingbird Society gives foster kids a voice in the system
The Mockingbird Society, headquartered in Seattle with chapters in Spokane, Yakima, Everett, Tacoma and Olympia, is an organization dedicated to reforming the foster care system and helping homeless youth.

Pilot program aims to monitor, evaluate social service contractors
The Children’s Administration at Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services works with hundreds of contractors throughout the state. All receive the same fees no matter the quality of services they provide. A 2012 law directed the Children’s Administration to shift from fee-for-service payment to performance-based contracting.

Key Tronic announces plans to cut 10 positions
Valley manufacturer says first-quarter income fell

Feds issue urgent warning to get air bags fixed
Inflator mechanism can eject metal fragments during deployment

Business briefs: Gold Crest Mines agrees to reverse acquisition
Gold Crest Mines Inc., a junior mining company in Spokane, is getting into the oil and gas business.
Potlatch buying land in Alabama, Mississippi
Potlatch Corp. has signed a purchase agreement for 201,000 acres of timberland in Alabama and Mississippi, company officials said Monday.
Newest iPhone sends Apple sales soaring
The iPhone again proved to be the engine behind Apple’s blockbuster financial performance, driving quarterly results well past expectations.

Gold Reserve awarded $740 million in claim against Venezuela
A Spokane mining company, Gold Reserve Inc. was awarded $740.3 million in a multimillion-dollar dispute with Venezuela over the government’s decision to revoke the firm’s permits to build an open-pit gold mine in the South American country. The award is one of the larger ever issued by the three-member tribunal at the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.

A la carte pay TV no big threat to cable
Switchover actually could help boost broadband sales

Sacred Heart patient didn’t meet Ebola criteria

Inland Northwest delegates differ on Ebola travel ban
Republican House members from the Inland Northwest say the United States should consider travel restrictions for West African countries to guard against the spread of Ebola, but their Democratic challengers say that’s the wrong course of action.

Robert J. Samuelson: Rising global debt a real danger

Editorial: Balukoff can bring needed pragmatism to Idaho

Father launches Bread Tie Challenge to erase stigma of depression
Three years ago, Joe Martin’s son, Josh, committed suicide. Working with friends, Martin launched a grass-roots campaign called the Bread Tie Challenge to help erase the stigmas associated with depression and suicide. The idea is simply to wear a twist-tie around your finger to let people know suicide or depression has touched your life and it’s OK to talk about it.

Ask Dr. K: Blood test leads to parathyroid scan

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from Talking Points Memo

Chris Christie: 'I'm Tired Of Hearing About The Minimum Wage'
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday that he's "tired" of hearing discussion on the minimum wage and seemed to suggest that a higher minimum wage isn't something to "aspire to."

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from The Wenatchee World (WA)

Making a difference wins Seahawks tickets
Kimberly Gormley, Waterville, received two tickets to the Nov. 9 home game against the New York Giants, courtesy of the Pete Carroll Compete to Make a Difference contest. She earned the award with ongoing acts that truly have made a difference for many people who lost their homes this summer during the devastating Carlton Complex Fire.



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from Yahoo News

Russia blames 'negligent' airport bosses for Total CEO's crash

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from Yakima Herald-Republic

Former U.S. senator launches anti-Didier PAC
The insiders I spoke to were mum last week when a previously unheard-of political action committee called Washington’s Future began airing negative ads against congressional candidate Clint Didier. Now we know: Former Republican U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton is leading the effort to expose what the PAC calls Didier’s “weird and extreme views,” and purchased $55,000 in advertisements to spread that message.

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from 12Tribe Films Foundation

The Awesome Video that will make a Muslim Apologists’ head Explode
David Wood on the 3 stages of Jihad: David Wood explains the three stages of jihad and how Muslims use the concept of the takkiya to lie and deceive Westerners so that they can keep defending the cause of Islam.

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from 100 Percent FED Up


In the news, Monday, October 20, 2014


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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from American News
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

City Arrests Pastors For Refusing To Perform Gay Weddings
Its one thing to amend the law to support gay marriage, but it’s entirely another to force religious entities to perform them. Such is the case for two Christian ministers who own a wedding chapel in Couer d’Alene, Idaho. The pair is facing some serious fines and even jail time for refusing to perform same-sex ceremonies.

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from Bloomberg
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from The Daily Caller

Facebook Marks Yahoo Story On Crowd Walking Out Of Obama Speech As Spam

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Liberty and Property
by Ludwig von Mises. One of his greatest essays, this paper was originally delivered as a lecture at Princeton University, October 1958, at the 9th Meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. "The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote."

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

WEAK CHRISTIANS ARE THE PROBLEM
Homosexuals and Muslims are not the problem, they are simply a symptom to the problem. The problem is weak Christians who accept these evils.

Man Restores A One Thousand Year Old Church, And Gets Death Threats From Satanists
A Man in Britain has used his money to resort a thousand year old church, and for this he has received death threats from satanists who were using the church to conduct their horrid rituals.

Pope Francis Fights Against The Islamic Persecution Of Christians, And Says That The Violence Against Christians Is “Unimaginable”

American Government To Christian Pastor: Do A Homosexual Wedding Or Get Thrown Into Prison

US Government Is Now Forcing Five American Pastors To Turn In Their Speeches (Homosexual Sharia Continues On)

Obama Virus Infects Two Mainstream Media Celebrities
When you’re afflicted with the Obama virus, the first symptom is stupidity. In particular, when Obama puts forth an argument that makes no sense, it is the media’s job to challenge the argument. Mainstream media figures, however, have long ago contracted the Obama virus and now the full blown condition of parroting and defending those completely illogical arguments is manifested in two members of that media – Candy Crowley and Andrea Mitchell.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Mom says 10-year-old bullied after cutting hair short to donate to charity
An Ohio mother is speaking out after she says her 10-year-old daughter was bullied at school because she cut her hair short to donate it to charity.

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from Freedom Outpost
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Donald Trump to Obama on Ebola: You're a Psycho!

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from The Heritage Foundation
from History

10 Things You May Not Know About Herbert Hoover
After suffering for days from a massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 90-year-old Herbert Hoover died in Suite 31-A of New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on October 20, 1964. On the 50th anniversary of Hoover’s death, learn 10 surprising facts about America’s 31st president.

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Crowd in Moses Lake pub pepper sprayed, catches assailant for police
More than 15 people were affected by a man using pepper spray in a pub in Moses Lake late Saturday night.

The sheriff’s office proposes placing cameras around the Grant County Courthouse, the Larson housing area, Desert Aire, Beverly, and Schwana.


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from KREM 2 News (CBS Spokane)

The 10 worst states for women
1. Utah; 2. Wyoming; 3. Idaho; 4. Mississippi; 5. North Dakota; 6. Montana; 7. South Dakota; 8. Indiana; 9. Alabama; 10. Kansas.

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from KXLY 4 News (ABC Spokane)
from Money Talks News
from National Geographic

"Lost" Satellite Photos Reveal Surprising Views of Earth in the 1960s
Images reveal the most Antarctic ice on record and the Aral Sea before it dried up.

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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Bigoted American Studies Assocation Reverses Course on Israel Boycott

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

NASA Spacecraft at Mars Survive Close Encounter with Comet

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from The Spokesman-Review

Expelled Nazis paid millions in Social Security
Dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in U.S. Social Security benefits after being forced out of the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Property taxes will fund I-90 overpass in Post Falls
Local property taxes collected for urban renewal will pay for a new Interstate 90 overpass for Greensferry Road in east Post Falls.

Fixing Foster Care: Fostering stability
Washington foster families help form the backbone of a system dedicated to helping victims of ‘a broken society’

Advocates want what’s best for children in foster care

Mudslides, floods kill six in southern Mexico
Heavy rains brought by the remnants of Tropical Storm Trudy have caused mudslides and flooding in southern Mexico that left at least six people dead.

Rain storms bringing big weather change

Hawaiians breathing easier as Hurricane Ana moves past




Food truck park planned in Spokane

Former Kettle Falls man dies in Montana crash

CdA officer’s pay cut after dog shooting

Students clean up after chaotic pumpkin fest
CONCORD, N.H. – Keene State College students quickly cleaned up from a chaotic weekend on Sunday after violent parties near the city’s annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries.

In brief: Police search area where Virginia body was found
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – After finding remains that could be University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, authorities interviewed nearby residents and picked through leaves on the side of a sparsely populated highway, searching for any clues or evidence.
Police detain man in deaths of 4 women
HAMMOND, Ind. – An Indiana man confessed to killing a woman whose body was found in a Motel 6 and told police where the bodies of three more women could be found, police said Sunday.

CDC revising Ebola protocol
Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear “with no skin showing,” a top federal health official said Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the U.S., if needed.

Test shows Spaniard has beaten Ebola
A Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola after treating missionary priests with the disease repatriated from West Africa has managed to beat it after nearly two weeks of treatment in Madrid and has no traces of the virus in her bloodstream, according to test results released Sunday by Spain.

Ebola quarantine for 48 ends today
The first wave of 48 people, including the fiancée of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, will emerge from a state-ordered, 21-day Ebola quarantine today.

WHO: Nigeria’s Ebola outbreak is officially over

In brief: Federal police take control of 13 towns
Security officials say federal police have taken control of 13 municipalities in southern Mexico where local police are suspected of links to organized crime and the case of 43 missing students.
Sweden: foreign undersea activity
The Swedish military said Sunday it had made three credible sightings of foreign undersea activity in its waters during the past few days amid reports of a suspected Russian intrusion in the area.
North, South Korea exchange gunfire
Troops from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire Sunday in the second such shooting in 10 days, South Korean officials said.

U.S. airdrops supplies to Kurds fighting in Kobani
The U.S. military said Sunday it had airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani against Islamic State militants.

Pope Francis beatifies predecessor Paul VI
Pope Francis on Sunday beatified Pope Paul VI, concluding the remarkable meeting of bishops debating family issues that drew parallels to the tumultuous reforms of the Second Vatican Council which Paul oversaw and implemented.

Then and Now: Hennessey Funeral Home
The Hennessey Funeral Home has been at 2203 N. Division since 1934.

Navy’s training plan stirs questions
The plan is for Growler jet pilots flying out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island to pick up skills in detecting radar, as that is what the Growlers do.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Church’s move is worth praise

Life expectancy on the rise among senior men
Forget the baby boom. A man boom is coming, and it will make the senior scene of tomorrow vastly different from the one today.

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

Ebola Vaccine Abandoned in 2008 After Showing Promise in Trials

The Daily Beast Founder’s Slobbering Love Affair With Obama Just Ended; Says Obama is Scaring Women

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from Tri-City Herald

A Richland grandfather was killed early Monday when he was hit by a commercial truck on Interstate 84 east of Boardman, the Oregon State Police reported. Melvin J. Mitchell, 80, was a passenger in his grandson’s Ford Mustang.

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from The Washington Times (DC)

Idaho city’s ordinance tells pastors to marry gays or go to jail
Coeur d‘Alene, Idaho, city officials have laid down the law to Christian pastors within their community, telling them bluntly via an ordinance that if they refuse to marry homosexuals, they will face jail time and fines.

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

What Just Happened To Obama Should Have Every Democrat Candidate Running For Cover
If ever there were a picture of Barack Obama’s seriously sinking popularity, this is it — a shot taken at a rare campaign appearance made by the president — a photo showing people leaving a Democrat rally in Maryland while Obama was speaking.

OUTRAGE! What Government Just Demanded Of These Ordained Ministers Is More Than Chilling
Donald and Evelyn Knapp, both ordained ministers, have run the Hitching Post Wedding Chapel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho since 1989. The Knapps have been married to each other for 47 years and are “evangelical Christians who hold to historic Christian beliefs” that “God created two distinct genders in His image” and “that God ordained marriage to be between one man and one woman.” And now, because of their adherence to these deeply held religious beliefs, the Knapps face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to marry a same-sex couple in their tiny chapel.

See Why Lower Gas Prices Could Foreshadow The Kiss Of Death To The US Economy
Why are gas prices plunging?  Why is the stock market correcting?  Why is the Fed worried? The answer is slowing economic growth, all over the world. Western societies have built up mountains of debt that they don’t have the will to pay back. Their economies could probably handle the huge debt service load if they decided to do so, but their populations don’t have the will to pay.

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from Yahoo News

Citizen Pulls Over Police Officer
Ephrata resident and former congressional candidate Gavin Seim is gaining attention for his video discussion with a Grant County Sheriff's Office deputy.

Pumping for change: 'The Oracle of Oil' T. Boone Pickens on low gas prices and keeping them that way

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from Zero Hedge

"Anti-Petrodollar" CEO Of French Energy Giant Total Dies In Freak Plane Crash In Moscow

Living The Grecovery Dream: Two Jobless Parents, Two Kids, One Cat All Living In A Car
It’s Greece’s new homeless: decent families who lost everything due to economic crisis and austerity measures and they live their own hell in social isolation in a collapsed welfare state.

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from 100 Percent FED Up
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

VACCINE FOR EBOLA ABANDONED IN 2008 AFTER SHOWING PROMISE

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In the news, Sunday, October 19, 2014


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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Reuters: People Left Obama's Md. Speech Early; But at AP, It Was a 'Rowdy Rally'

Ted Cruz Schools Candy Crowley on Travel Ban From Hot Zone Ebola Countries

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from Conservative Post

Navy Seal takes a symbolic stand against Obama and Islam
Watch how former navy Seal Benjamin Smith, in his short speech, calls president Obama a Muslim TRAITOR.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from Gateway Pundit

SOURCE OF CURRENT EBOLA EPIDEMIC IDENTIFIED: Bat-Eating Family in Guinea Village
Despite warnings from health officials, villagers in West Africa continue to purchase and eat bats, rodents and bush meat.

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from The Inquisitr
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Are Hospitals And Child Protective Services Conspiring To Kidnap Children?

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from The Jerusalem Post

Israeli hospital confirms that it treated Haniyeh's daughter
Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv notes that Hamas leader's daughter is one of thousands of Gazans that it treats every year.

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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
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from KING 5 (NBC Seattle)

Highly educated, unemployed and tumbling down
In the upside-down, topsy-turvy world of jobs these days, even an advanced degree can't protect some Americans from tumbling down the economic ladder.

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from National Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Ted Cruz: Ebola Experts Are Repeating Obama’s Talking Points

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from New York Daily News

Andrew Cuomo campaigns without traditional events, while challenger Rob Astorino crosses the state
While underdog Republican Rob Astorino criss-crosses the state in a desperate hunt for votes, Gov. Cuomo is running out the clock until Election Day — a Rose Garden strategy on steroids.

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from The Political Insider

BOMBSHELL: New York Times Reports WMDs WERE Found in Iraq!

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from Reuters

Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early
President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, but early departures of crowd members while he spoke underscored his continuing unpopularity.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Spacecraft Watched the Lunar Eclipse from Mercury

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from The Spokesman-Review

Powers, beloved journalist, dies at 93
Dorothy Rochon Powers, whose enterprising journalism often focused on people in need during a four-decade career at The Spokesman-Review, died early Saturday. She was 93.

‘The Row’ belongs to broken men, shattered dreams – tomorrow
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Spokesman-Review on Nov. 21, 1955. It was topped with the following: “Who and what make up the legendary words ‘Skid Row,’ or Road? To find out, a Spokesman-Review reporter [Dorothy Rochon Powers] went “inside” the Row – into dreary 50-cent hotel rooms, taverns and back alleys. Here is the answer.”

US airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani
The U.S. military said today it had airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani against Islamic State militants.

Fixing foster care: ‘Where do I belong?’
Now evidence is mounting that taking children from the home, even for their own protection, may not always be what’s best. What awaits too many of them is a future marred by drugs, crime and homelessness – the vestiges of abandonment.

Church site near ground zero blessed
Hundreds of members of New York’s Greek Orthodox community attended a blessing ceremony Saturday for a new church near ground zero in Lower Manhattan that will replace a house of worship destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Obama seeks to calm fears over Ebola
Trying to calm an increasingly alarmed public, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to keep the Texas Ebola cases “in perspective,” as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepared new guidelines for health care workers who might handle patients with the deadly virus.

Bishops divided over church stance on gay couples
Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families.

Social Security increase likely less than 2 percent
For the third straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits come January.

Remains might be missing UVa student
Searchers found human remains Saturday that could be those of a University of Virginia sophomore who has been missing since Sept. 13, police said.

Runners don masks on smoggy Beijing day
Despite heavy pollution blanketing Beijing today, the 34th Beijing International Marathon began at Tiananmen Square with many of the tens of thousands of participants wearing face masks.

Cargo ship towed from Canadian coast
A large tugboat was pulling a disabled Russian cargo ship along British Columbia’s coast late Saturday, ending fears that the vessel carrying hundreds of tons of fuel would drift ashore, hit rocks and spill.

Court lets Texas keep voter ID law
The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in the November election even after a federal judge said the law was the equivalent of a poll tax and threatened to deprive many blacks and Latinos of the right to vote this year. Like earlier orders in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, the justices’ action before dawn Saturday, two days before the start of early voting in Texas, appears to be based on their view that changing the rules so close to an election would be confusing.

Iranian concerns rise over falling oil prices
Iranian officials are expressing new worry over the global oil price slump, which is threatening the country’s budget and could undermine its strategy in international nuclear negotiations.

In brief: U.S.-led airstrike in Syria sets off explosions, kills eight
 A U.S.-led coalition airstrike on a gas distribution facility in a stronghold of the Islamic State group set off a series of secondary explosions and killed at least eight people in eastern Syria, activists said Saturday.
Iraq approves Sunni, Shiite national security appointees
BAGHDAD – After a month of political wrangling, Iraq’s parliament on Saturday approved Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s choices for two crucial national security ministries at a time when the country is struggling to contain an assault by Islamic State militants.

Spokane City Countil to consider registry for abandoned homes

Election 2014: Otter aims for third term
Challengers say Idaho’s schools, economy need work

McMorris Rogers criticism can’t find a home in reality

Betsy Russell: Bujak says he’d consider a future switch to GOP
John Bujak, the Libertarian candidate for governor, says if he’s elected and then runs for a second term, “I will likely run for a second term as a Republican, and I think it will heal the Republican Party.”
Ad raps Dems
An ad paid for by the Idaho County Republicans in the Idaho County Free Press takes partisan rhetoric to a new level: It says, “Voting democrat will assure redistribution of your money, veterans and all military abandoned, unknown illnesses crossing our unsecured borders. Vote & Keep Our Religious Freedom.”
Debate gets hot
Wow. During last week’s KTVB-TV debate in the 2nd Congressional District race, former Rep. Richard Stallings said “load of crap” while describing the push to have the state take over public lands. He also said “stupid” – lots of times. Current Rep. Mike Simpson decried his opponent’s language as “absurd” and “offensive,” particularly after Stallings said Republicans don’t like poor people.
Balukoff: ‘Come clean’
A.J. Balukoff, Democratic candidate for governor, is calling on GOP Gov. Butch Otter to release immediately all public records and communications related to the Corrections Corporation of America, after Thursday’s Idaho Statesman reported that Otter’s top staffers were involved in negotiating a $1 million settlement with the firm, a major donor to Otter’s campaigns and the troubled former private operator of Idaho’s largest state prison.
Cemetery relents
The director of the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery said Friday that there’s no longer any reason to deny a request from an Idaho veteran to be buried there with the remains of her same-sex spouse.
‘You’re no Pete Cenarrusa’
A letter to the editor last week from Penny Ysursa, retired longtime employee of the Idaho secretary of state’s office and wife of current GOP Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, is drawing attention; it’s aimed at Republican Lawerence Denney, who is vying with Democrat Holli Woodings to be Idaho’s next secretary of state when Ben Ysursa retires at the end of his current term.

In brief: Corn maze reopens after fatal accident
The Incredible Corn Maze in Hauser reopened for business Saturday for the first time since a fatal accident there Oct. 10. The zombie bus attraction remains closed.
Police seek suspect in stand robberies
Spokane police believe two coffee stand robberies reported Friday and Saturday are connected and are looking for a suspect.

Catherine Rampell: Sex education is a worthwhile investment

Editorial: McMorris Rodgers in best position to serve Eastern Washington

Smart Bombs: Smart to deter gun crimes

Wild moose chase: Researchers tracking 25 collared moose in NE Washington

11 fast facts about moose

Field Reports: Increased fees sought at Lake Roosevelt
Prices are likely to go up for visiting and boating at the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation area next year as the National Park Service is proposing fee increases at parks across the country.
Fish passage topic at Columbia conference
Scientists will discuss potential for building fish passage over Grand Coulee Dam during one of many sessions scheduled during the international Columbia Basin Conference Tuesday through Thursday at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Spokane.
State buying 4,200-acre ranch
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved purchasing 4,200 acres of a Douglas County ranch to protect shrub-steppe habitat for wildlife, especially for threatened sharp-tailed grouse, and provide public access for outdoor recreation.

Proposal would curb catch-and-release steelheadingSteelhead anglers in southeastern Washington could be required to keep all hatchery steelhead they catch, including from the Grande Ronde River, if a proposed rule is adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Out & About: No more buckskin gloves for deer hides at Pacific
A decades-old tradition of trading a deer skin for a pair of buckskin gloves is just a memory this year. Pacific Steel and Recycling in Spokane is no longer taking deer, elk and moose hides.
Bear biologist fined $10K for shooting grizzly
A Wyoming Game and Fish employee who pleaded guilty to mistakenly shooting a grizzly bear last fall has been ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution.
Duh! Hikers already knew what researchers proved
British and American scientists have published new research showing that group nature walks help us combat stress while boosting mental well-being.

Young farmers encounter lack of money, available land

Valley man tackles clutter, shares advice on blog

On the Money: Consider key issues before choosing health plan

Tom Kelly: Renters put themselves at risk by ignoring property insurance

BBB Tip of the Week: AT&T cramming settlement

Motley Fool: Aggressive strategies send T-Mobile down positive path

Obituary: Tower, Ray Arthur
Dec. 9, 1921 - Oct. 13, 2014
WWII: 104th Infantry Division

Obituary: Alter, Dorathy (Holton) “Dee”

Obituary: Wuesthoff, Margaret Belle (Schultz) Hardin
Valley, Davenport   Jun. 13, 1919 - Oct. 17, 2014

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Conservative Group’s Ad Campaign Featuring Beheaded American Journalist Pulled From YouTube
James Foley’s parents asked for the ad to be removed.

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UN Security Council calls for beefed-up campaign against Islamic State
Statement by 15 members of council says jihadist group's violence, hatred must be stamped out.

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Dorothy Powers, beloved S-R journalist, dies at 93

City Council’s Stratton partner in pot production

Police search for suspect in robberies

Room to shrink
Initiative calls for reduced class sizes; opponents fault lack of funding mechanism

Report: Islamic State flying captured planes
Syrian activists say the Islamic State militant group has captured some MiG fighter jets and is test-flying the warplanes in Syria with the help of former Iraqi air force pilots.

Gonzalo’s 110-mph winds hit Bermuda
Hurricane Gonzalo crushed trees, flattened power lines and damaged Bermuda’s main hospital during an hours-long battering that was the second pummeling of the tiny British territory by a powerful storm in less than a week.

Ferguson officer feared for his life, newspaper reports
The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old in a St. Louis suburb last summer has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as they struggled over his gun, the New York Times reported.

Fuel-laden container ship adrift off B.C. as storm nears
Canadian Coast Guard officials secured a towline to a Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel as it drifted without power in rough seas off British Columbia’s pristine northern coast. The move lessened the threat of the ship running aground, hitting rocks and causing a spill.

‘Easy Rider’ chopper heads to uneasy auction
Bike’s authenticity no longer certain

3 more states await same-sex marriages
Rulings void Arizona, Wyoming, Alaska bans

CdA chapel sues city in fight against same-sex weddings
The owners of The Hitching Post wedding chapel filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Coeur d’Alene on Friday, claiming the city is unconstitutionally forcing them to violate their religious beliefs by performing same-sex marriages.

In brief: Old Ironsides plies harbor before dry dock
The USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, was pushed along by a tugboat, its sails already taken down as it prepares to enter dry dock for the repairs, which the Navy says could take about three years.
Storm approaching Hawaii a hurricane
The National Weather Service said Friday that Ana became a Category 1 hurricane about 230 miles south of Hilo with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour.

U.N. takes blame for Ebola response
Cites incompetent WHO staff, bureaucracy

Putin gives little in discussions on Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with European leaders Friday, but little progress was made toward ending the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. Putin continued to insist his nation bears no responsibility for the conflict that has taken more than 3,700 lives since April.

Protest reignites in Hong Kong; arrests made
Police clashed with thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok neighborhood early today, leading to at least 26 arrests. Police said 15 officers were hurt in the fracas.

Hart index sees slip in regional companies
The index compiled by Spokane-based Hart Capital Management is a way to look at the performance of the 12 largest publicly traded companies in the region.

In fraud fight, feds to lead on using cards with chips instead of magnetic strips
Saying more must be done to stop data breaches affecting consumers, President Barack Obama announced on Friday a government plan to tighten security for the debit cards that transmit federal benefits like Social Security to millions of Americans.

Fed chair says she’s worried by rising inequality in U.S.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sounded an alarm Friday about widening economic inequality in the United States, suggesting that America’s long-standing identity as a land of opportunity was at stake.

In brief: Microsoft CEO again apologizes for raise remark
Still working to repair damage caused by his gaffe about women seeking pay raises, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has again apologized to employees and announced in a companywide memo that all workers will receive expanded training on how to foster an inclusive culture.
Advertisement coming to strapped Snapchat
The messaging app based in Los Angeles said Friday that this weekend it plans to place an advertisement in the app, likely a video, that users in the U.S. can voluntarily watch by clicking a link within a section that links to multimedia updates from their friends. Like those updates from friends, called “Stories,” the ad will disappear 24 hours after it is posted.
Criticized GM lawyer will retire in 2015
General Motors’ chief lawyer Michael Millikin, who withstood withering criticism from lawmakers for his department’s handling of an ignition switch recall, is retiring early next year.

Impasse between Germany, central bank weighs down Europe
Concern that the 18-country currency union, which accounts for 17 percent of the world economy, has no clear path out of its economic trouble is among the key factors in this week’s global market turmoil. After a mere four quarters of sluggish recovery from its crisis over government debt, the bloc saw no growth at all in the second quarter. Not only that, but the eurozone has dangerously low inflation, which can depress growth over years, if not decades. A sudden decline in exports and industrial activity in Germany, long the region’s source of growth, heightened those concerns.

Inland Northwest winter won’t be backbreaker, outlook says

Avista sees range of job openings over next five to 10 years

Detectives rush kidnap charge to keep suspect in jail
Spokane County sheriff’s detectives rushed to keep a man behind bars on Friday after a prosecutor earlier in the day decided to let him go, citing a lack of evidence to pursue child luring charges against him.

In brief: Bruce Road Bridge open weekends, evenings
The Bruce Road Bridge over Peone Creek will open this weekend and remain open on weekends and during evening hours while a contractor finishes work. Bruce Road, which has been closed for months because of the $2 million bridge replacement, is the main route north from Argonne Road and Millwood to Green Bluff.
Whitworth project gets $3 million gift
Whitworth trustee Walt Oliver and his wife, Kay, have contributed $3 million to the university’s planned music center expansion. It marks the second major contribution to the $13.5 million project announced this week. Plans call for the addition of teaching studios, practice and rehearsal rooms and enclosed lobby space linking the center to the existing Cowles Auditorium.
Man loses license to hunt for five years
A Naples, Idaho, man has been banned from hunting for five years after he admitted taking three North Dakota men hunting for mountain lions and putting his tag on an animal they killed.

In brief: Bank robbery suspect says he had lost job
The man accused of robbing a South Hill bank Thursday reportedly cried as he told police officers he committed the crime because he had just lost the job he had held for 13 years and was about to lose his house.
Lewis-McChord man held in wife’s death
A 20-year-old Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier has been ordered held without bail for three days while police continue to investigate the shooting death of his 19-year-old wife at their Lakewood, Washington, apartment.
Baby dies when left in car for six hours
PORTLAND – The father of an Oregon baby who died after being left in a parked car told police that he was supposed to take her to day care but forgot and went to work instead.
Boat sinks; 2 rescued off Washington coast
SEQUIM, Wash. – The Coast Guard says a 67-foot recreational vessel with 700 gallons of diesel onboard has sunk off the coast of Washington state after a man and woman were rescued.

Cowan, Johnson adding voiced party affiliations to TV spots
Democratic state Senate challenger Rich Cowan and Spokane County Commission challenger Mary Lou Johnson, also running as a Democrat, dispute assertions that they were trying to hide anything but each is adding spoken references to being Democrats in their TV ads, which is required under state campaign rules. The advertisements already included written on-screen descriptions of their party affiliation.

Rebuttals lacking, sheriff’s candidates focus on staff, officer-involved shootings

Legal marijuana-tied businesses in Spokane County lead state in sales

Shawn Vestal: Same-sex marriage opposition falls short

Editorial: Choices for Washington’s top court few but easy: Stephens, Johnson

Charles Krauthammer: Ebola demands we bear down – quickly

Froma Harrop: The young are driving changes in our car habits

Special to The Spokesman-Review: Please vote yes for better streets, improved Riverfront Park
Mayor David Condon And City Council President Ben Stuckart

Steve Massey: God ready to hold, strengthen those in depression

New Jersey hazing arrests put focus on policies
As classes resumed in a New Jersey town for the first time since the arrest of seven high school football players on charges of sexually assaulting younger teammates, attention turned to whether the state’s anti-bullying laws adequately address team sports.

Ask Dr. K: Choose toothpaste with fluoride

More bodies spotted on Nepal trekking trail

Rome’s mayor defiantly registers 16 gay marriages

Obituary: Kasai, Leonard Mitsuru
12 Jun 1925 - 14 Oct 2014

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Bishops Reject Language Highlighting ‘Precious Support’ Committed Gay Couples Lend Each Other

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Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
The idea of a meritocracy is a myth. Don't believe me, look at the research. "Even poor kids who do everything right don't do much better than rich kids who do everything wrong. Advantages and disadvantages, in other words, tend to perpetuate themselves. ... Specifically, rich high school dropouts remain in the top about as much as poor college grads stay stuck in the bottom — 14 versus 16 percent, respectively. Not only that, but these low-income strivers are just as likely to end up in the bottom as these wealthy ne'er-do-wells. Some meritocracy."

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CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT LAUNCHED OVER ELECTION OF SENATORS
Lawsuit challenges adoption of 17th Amendment

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