Friday, January 2, 2015

In the news, Tuesday, December 23, 2014


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from Christian News Network
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from Conciliar Post

The body of American Christians stands at a crossroads. Are we so in love with the security and comfort that this country provides—and that these abhorrent tactics supposedly protect—that we are willing to look the other way when such acts are done in the names of Americans?

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from Daily Mail (UK)

Reporter who spent ten days with ISIS says the West 'has no concept' of how dangerous the group is and says they want to 'kill all non-believers and enslave their children'



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from The Heritage Foundation

Before Sony Caved, New Yorkers Arranged Live Reading of ‘The Interview’

New Poll: Do Americans Think Police Have a Racism Problem?
Forty percent of Americans think almost none of their local police officers “are prejudiced against blacks,” but 25 percent think most or some of their local police officers are. There is a stark racial division between perceptions of the U.S. criminal justice system and its officers, according to a CNN/ORC poll released today.

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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Reading On A Screen Before Bed Might Be Killing You
You've heard that using screens before bedtime can mess with your sleep, but new research suggests the problem is even more serious.

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from The Irish Times

Christians most persecuted and discriminated against worldwide
Most violations of religious freedom occur in Muslim countries
According to the International Society for Human Rights, a secular group with members in 38 states worldwide, 80 per cent of all acts of religious discrimination today are directed at Christians.

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from Money Talks News

12 Things That Will Be Less Expensive in 2015
From cranberry sauce to a Kia sedan, read our predictions for items that will drop in price in the coming year. Peruse the list, then consider also checking out what items are increasing in price in 2015.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from Newsweek

The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin

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from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)

911 operators made ‘anti-police’ remarks, said cops ‘deserved it, causing quarrel with FDNY dispatchers as 2 NYPD cops were dying

French authorities: No evidence of religious motive or terror behind 3 “allahu akbar” attacks that have injured dozens

17,500 Patriots Gather to Sing Christmas Carols Against Islamisation in Germany

FBI Warns of Islamic Terror Plot to Blow Up Memphis Bridge

President of Montreal’s police says jihadists pose real threat to police

Canada: 21-year-old Muslim convert arrested for Islamic terrorist plot against Montreal police precincts

Thug Siege: NYPD Tells Cadets Not to Wear Uniforms or Any NYPD Clothing in Public.

Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti says nothing wrong with child marriage

NYPD cop killer worked for Hamas-linked Islamic Society of North America

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from The Raw Story
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from RELEVANT Magazine

When Going Home for the Holidays Hurts
Sometimes, there really is no place like home for the holidays.

The Unexpected Lessons of Your Nativity Scene
A few things we can learn from the circumstances of Jesus' birth.

5 Things I Wish Christians Would Admit About the Bible
We do God and His Word a disservice when we turn Scripture into something it's not.

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from ScienceAlert

WATCH: Progress is being made on revolutionary Hyperloop train
Proposed by billionaire inventor Elon Musk, the Hyperloop is designed to get you from New York to China in two hours. And now a team of top engineers plans to take it from pipe dream to reality.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Dow tops 18,000 as market reaches new highs
Stocks are pushing further into record territory as the Dow Jones industrial average tops 18,000 points for the first time.

Daughter of man rescued from lake thanks ’angels’
The daughter of a man rescued by two bystanders from his submerged car in an Idaho lake says her family is grateful to the two “Christmas angels.”

Study: Reading tablet before bed may disrupt sleep cycles

North Korea back online after widespread Internet outages

Downtown Spokane buildings dressed up with light shows

Tunisian voters choose former insider as president
In a triumph of the old guard, a former senior member of Tunisia’s pre-revolution government has won the presidency, according to official preliminary results released Monday.

Court grants orangutan rights
An orangutan that has lived 20 years at the Buenos Aires zoo is entitled to some legal rights enjoyed by humans, an Argentine court has ruled, a decision the ape’s attorney called unprecedented and a ticket to greater freedom.

Cuba maintains right to grant asylum to female prison escapee
Cuba said Monday that it has a right to grant asylum to U.S. fugitives, the clearest sign yet that the communist government has no intention of extraditing America’s most-wanted woman despite the warming of bilateral ties.

Pope’s blistering critique stuns insiders at Vatican
Francis issued a blistering indictment of the Vatican bureaucracy Monday, accusing the cardinals, bishops and priests who serve him of using their Vatican careers to grab power and wealth, of living “hypocritical” double lives and forgetting that they’re supposed to be joyful men of God.

Pontiff lists 15 ‘ailments’ Vatican Curea is suffering

NYC mayor requests suspension of protests
As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift with those in a grieving force who accuse him of creating a climate of mistrust that contributed to the executions of two officers.

Bear eludes capture in Arizona
Authorities called off the search Monday for a black bear that caused a stir when it was spotted running through an alfalfa field on the eastern edge of metropolitan Phoenix.

Senator: Artificial insemination arranged by U.S. helped Cuban spy’s wife get pregnant

U.N. schedules debate on North Korea human rights
The U.N. Security Council took up the issue of North Korea’s bleak human rights situation for the first time Monday, a groundbreaking step toward possibly holding the nuclear-armed but desperately poor country and leader Kim Jong Un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity. North Korea quickly denounced the move. The meeting appeared to be the first time that any country’s human rights situation has been scheduled for ongoing debate by the U.N.’s most powerful body.

In brief: Army general will decide if Bergdahl is charged
The Army has referred its findings on the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a senior official who will determine whether Bergdahl will face criminal charges, it was announced Monday.

North Carolina abortion law unconstitutional, court rules
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a North Carolina abortion law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and describe sonogram images to women is unconstitutional because it violates free speech rights. The panel upheld a federal judge’s ruling that doctors cannot be compelled to deliver the anti-abortion views of lawmakers.

Idaho must pay attorney fees in same-sex marriage case
The state of Idaho must pay more than $400,000 in attorney fees and costs to the lawyers who represented four lesbian couples in overturning the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Salvation Army finds gold coin in store kettle for sixth year in row
For the sixth year in a row, an anonymous donor has dropped a 1-ounce gold piece wrapped in a $100 bill into a Salvation Army kettle at the Wandermere Fred Meyer store.

In brief: Stolen gifts found; suspect arrested
Spokane police were able to return several stolen Christmas presents after arresting a suspected thief Monday morning.
Brick thrown at officers in car
Police arrested a Spokane woman after she threw a brick through the driver’s-side window of an unmarked police car Friday.
Prostitute alleges rape at gunpoint
A man accused of pointing a gun at a prostitute and demanding sex acts has been arrested for alleged rape.
Stolen money spent at store, police say
Two accomplices to an armed robbery of the Maverick Gas Station in Cheney were identified by police after one returned to the gas station the same day to buy cigarettes with cash presumably taken during the robbery.
Dynamite found in wooded area
Spokane police neutralized several sticks of dynamite found in a forested area off Government Way on Sunday afternoon.

Long jail waits for mentally ill ‘must stop,’ federal judge rules
Washington state’s lengthy warehousing of mentally ill defendants in jails before trial is “far beyond any constitutional limits” and “must stop,” a federal judge said Monday.

Business briefs: BMW agrees to replace air bags nationwide
BMW has agreed to demands from the government to replace driver’s-side air bags across the entire U.S. The decision affects 140,000 BMW 3 Series cars made between January 2004 and August 2006.
U.S. home sales hit slowest pace in months
Fewer Americans bought homes in November as buying slid to its slowest pace in six months.

Shippers, retailers learn from last year’s delays
As the holiday shopping season winds down, FedEx, UPS and online retailers are using the last few days to try to avoid the problems that occurred last year when severe winter weather and a surge in late orders from shoppers caused delivery delays.

Railroad industry questions need for conductors
When American freight trains delivered cargo after World War II, the steam-belching beasts commonly had seven people aboard – an engineer, a conductor, up to four brakemen and a fireman. Trains have since grown much longer, seemingly stretching to the horizon and often taking 20 minutes to pass through a crossing. And crews have been reduced in size – to five people in the 1970s and two in 1991. Now U.S. railroads want to put a single person in charge of today’s huge locomotives.

Just a trickle of rum coming from Cuba
U.S. imports will remain limited as long as embargo is in place

Robert J. Samuelson: Digital dependence getting risky

Editorial: Look beyond gas tax for funding of state’s roads

STAR treatment: Radiofrequency energy used to kill tumors in vertebrae
The procedure STAR, or spinal tumor ablation radiofrequency, goes directly into afflicted vertebrae with a specially designed instrument that destroys tumors with radiofrequency energy. The resulting void is then filled with a special stabilizing procedure.

Shining a light on MS rates
The Pacific Northwest is a great place to live. However, we have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis. A couple factors contribute to our region’s high rate of MS. One, our population is predominantly of northern European descent, the ethnic group at the highest risk of MS. And second, growing evidence suggests our low levels of vitamin D – the “sunshine vitamin” – may play a role in development of MS.

Ask Dr. K: Low majority of vasectomy reversals take

Storms may hinder mountain pass travel
The National Weather Service today said a pair of Pacific storm systems could create travel problems on mountain passes of the region, mainly on Wednesday and again on Saturday.

British singer Joe Cocker, 70, dies of lung cancer
Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends,” the teary ballad “You Are So Beautiful” and a contorted performing style uncannily parodied by John Belushi on “Saturday Night Live,” has died of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades.

Former Spokane Police Chief Terry Mangan dies
Former Spokane Police Chief Terry Mangan died on Monday at hospital outside of Washington, D.C., following a long illness. Mangan, 76, served from 1987 until 1998 and was the first person selected to Spokane’s top cop job from outside the department.

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

Ten Quick Facts You May Not Know About NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio

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from The Weekly Standard

Video: U.S. Airstrike on ISIS in Iraq
U.S. Central Command has released this video of an airstrike that took place December 18 on ISIS in Iraq:

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In the news, Monday, December 22, 2014


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from Breitbart
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Dish Drops Fox News, Fox Business Channels
Joe Flint at The Wall Street Journal reports Satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. is no longer carrying Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network after the companies couldn’t come to terms on a new contract. “The channels went dark for Dish customers Saturday night, and there are currently no talks between the two companies, a senior Fox News executive said.”

BREAKING: ThinkProgress Uncovers Catholic Group Acting Catholic

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Heritage Foundation

How Much Was Misspent on Food Stamps in 2014
This year the U.S. Department of Agriculture misspent $2.4 billion on food stamps, according to a November report from the USDA Office of Inspector General.

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from The Inquisitr
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Brandeis University Removes Student Leader After Twitter Rant Over NYPD Deaths
A Brandeis University student is in hot water with the Massachusetts institution, after posting a series of anti-police and anti-America comments on Twitter, including calling for violence.

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from Media Matters for America
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Misinformer Of The Year: George Will

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

Obama Support among Military Plummets to 15 Percent

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from The New Yorker

Torture and the Truth
It’s hard to describe it as a positive development when a branch of the federal government releases a four-hundred-and-ninety-nine-page report that explains, in meticulous detail, how unthinkable cruelty became official U.S. policy. But last Tuesday, in releasing the long-awaited Senate Select Intelligence Committee report on the C.I.A.’s interrogation-and-detention program, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee chairman, proved that Congress can still perform its most basic Madisonian function of providing a check on executive-branch abuse, and that is reason for gratitude.

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from New York Times

from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)

Who at the @StateDept @ThinkAgain_DOS is Working with Terror Group Hamas-CAIR?

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from POLITICO

New York Times: Prosecute Cheney
The New York Times editorial board has called upon President Barack Obama to prosecute former Vice President Dick Cheney for the torture of terrorism suspects.

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from Real Clear Politics
from RT (Russia Today)
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

China pledges to help Russia overcome economic hardships

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from ScienceAlert

Artificial sweeteners bring on glucose intolerance and alter gut microbiota
Those who consume high amounts of artificial sweetener may be putting themselves at risk of developing glucose intolerance, according to new research.

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from The Spokesman-Review

North Korea experiencing severe Internet outages
North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.

Idaho must pay more than $400K in attorney fees for its fight against gay marriage

Police neutralize dynamite found in forest
Police received a report of dynamite in the area of 1200 N. Government Way around 2 p.m. Sunday, after a person with a metal detector found multiple sticks buried in a metal barrel.

Frontier Airlines ending service at Spokane International Airport
Frontier Airlines is leaving Spokane. The Denver-based carrier will make its last flight from Spokane International Airport on Jan. 6.

Obama weighs response to Sony ‘cybervandalism’
President Barack Obama says the United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism as Washington decides how to respond to what he calls an “act of cybervandalism,” not one of war, against a movie company. Obama is promising to respond “proportionately” to an attack that law enforcement blames on North Korea. “We’re not going to be intimidated by some cyberhackers,” he said.

NYC shooter told bystanders to watch
Incident increases tensions between police unions, mayor

Christie seeks return of fugitive cop killer
 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie disagrees with President Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba and wants the president to demand the immediate return of a convicted cop killer from the country “before any further consideration of restoration of diplomatic relations with the Cuban government.”

Francis’ approach splits Cuban-American Catholics
The key role Pope Francis played encouraging talks between Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro left fractures among his flock in South Florida, where many older Roman Catholics equate the Castro brothers with the devil.

N.Y. gets subway upgrade on track
New York City’s subways – the nation’s biggest mass transit network – serve more than 6 million daily riders who depend largely on a signal system that dates to the Great Depression. That 8-decade-old system slowly is being replaced by 21st-century digital technology that allows up to twice as many trains to safely travel closer together. But it could take at least 20 years for the city’s 700 miles of tracks to be fully computerized.

Arizona immigrants line up for driver’s licenses
Thousands of young immigrants protected from deportation under a federal program will begin lining up for Arizona driver’s licenses today after a federal judge removed the final barrier preventing them from applying for the documents.

Federal prosecutor reportedly pegged for deputy AG
President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate the top federal prosecutor in Atlanta to the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with the move. They said Sally Quillian Yates is Obama’s pick for deputy attorney general. If confirmed by the Senate, she’ll oversee day-to-day operations.

Fugitive kills Tampa police officer
A fugitive trying to evade an arrest warrant shot a Tampa-area police officer and then ran him over early Sunday, killing the officer, police said. Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 23, crashed his car into a pole and another vehicle after running over Tarpon Springs Officer Charles Kondek. Parilla was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Tom Brokaw says cancer is in remission
The veteran NBC newsman announced Sunday that, after months of chemotherapy, he soon will begin a drug maintenance program.
Elton John marries longtime partner
Entertainer Elton John and longtime mate David Furnish officially married Sunday on the ninth anniversary of the day they entered into a civil partnership. The couple converted their civil bond under new laws implemented in England earlier this year that allow same-sex marriages.

Kurds enter town held by Islamic State
Kurdish fighters backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Sunday entered the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, which has been held by Islamic State militants for months.

In brief: Arrests made in school attack
Authorities made several arrests Sunday in a school attack by the Taliban that killed 148 in the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.
Haiti names interim premier
Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume was named as Haiti’s interim prime minister Sunday following the resignation of her predecessor a week ago amid a stalemate over delayed legislative elections.
Missing father, sons found alive
SYDNEY – A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old brother were admitted to an Australian hospital after surviving with their father for 10 days in a remote national park.

In brief: 7-year-old boy dies after Coeur d’Alene pool accident
A 7-year-old boy pulled from a Coeur d’Alene hotel swimming pool Friday has died.
Ione driver dies in off-road crash
Gregory D. Keithley, 55, of Ione, Washington, died Saturday in a car accident on Cedar Creek Road about 2 miles northwest of the Pend Oreille County town.
49 Degrees North to open limited runs
49 Degrees North Mountain Resort east of Chewelah, Washington, said it will open for skiing today.

Gina Barreca: Parents’ best gifts last lifetime

Smart Home Project records movement, behavior
The Smart Home Project, being conducted by the Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems, is an unusual academic blend of technology engineers and psychologists – two disciplines not known for their collaboration.

Opportunistic scammers get busy during holidays

Give your self-esteem a healthy boost

Tools can help aged keep independence
Sometimes a simple tool to help someone put on a pair of socks or open a jar can keep an elderly person or someone with disabilities living independently in their own home for longer.

The Rock Doc: Keeping warm on a cold night with gold fever

Then and Now: The Sherwood Building
The Sherwood Building, center, is shown in 1917 shortly after it opened as an eight-story tower.  New owner Tom Clemson is renovating the building on the 500 block of West Riverside Avenue, and has renamed it Cutter Tower, after the famous architect.

Joe Cocker, Woodstock rocker, dead at 70

Obituary: Anyan, Violet R. (Johnson)
(12 Dec 1926 - 17 Dec 2014)  Peach, Lincoln, Creston

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from The Washington Post (DC)

As Christmas approaches, Baghdad Christians lament empty pews
The instability and violence following the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 have driven many Christians out of the country. The nation’s Christian population has plummeted from more than a million to what community leaders estimate is less than 400,000 today.

A primer on the divisive issue that may cost Jeb Bush the Republican nomination: Common Core

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In the news, Sunday, December 21, 2014


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from Conservative Post
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President George W. Bush visited children’s hospital in Dallas to hand out toys
Former President George W. Bush put on a Santa suit for a hospital visit in Dallas.

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from The Daily Caller

Sen. Mike Lee: Congress Is Allowing Itself To Become Irrelevant

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from The Heritage Foundation

Government Audit Finds Welfare Fraud, Lack of Oversight
Nebraska’s state auditor has unearthed a variety of problems with the way Nebraska doles out welfare and monitors the program, including $11,000 in payments for six months’ worth of cab rides, even though the welfare recipient owned a car.

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from The Spokesman-Review

‘New age of terror’ has Spokane link
On the Fourth of July in 1995, a Spokane native named Donald Hutchings was kidnapped by armed militants while he was trekking high in the Himalayas. The 1995 kidnapping was a signal development in the rise of brutal Islamic terrorism, and it attracted worldwide attention. In a book published in 2012, “The Meadow,” authors Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark argued that the kidnappings “marked the beginning of a new age of terror.”

Gunman targets two NYPD officers
Killings revenge for Garner’s death

2 cops ambushed, fatally shot in car; gunman kills himself
The warning came just moments too late: A man who had shot his ex-girlfriend a few hours earlier had traveled to New York City and vowed online to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Florida authorities say 1 police officer shot and killed
Florida authorities say a police officer was shot and killed in Tarpon Springs early today. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the shooting occurred at around 3 a.m. in the Tampa Bay-area city and that a suspect has been taken into custody.

Spokane’s medical school expansion a complex venture

Fact-checking doctors give TV’s ‘Dr. Oz’ a poor grade

North Korea proposes joint inquiry into Sony hacking case

Castro says détente won’t change Cuba
Cuban President Raul Castro sent a blunt message to Washington Saturday as the White House works to reverse a half-century of hostility between the U.S. and Cuba: Don’t expect détente to do away with the communist system.

Police protesters cause partial shutdown at Mall of America
A mass of demonstrators chanting “Black lives matter” converged in the Mall of America rotunda Saturday as part of a protest against police brutality that caused part of the mall to shut down on a busy day for holiday shopping.

In brief: Kurdish fighters make gains on IS
Kurdish fighters advanced on the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, pushing into the contested, refugee-packed Sinjar mountains and gaining ground in the embattled Syrian border town of Kobani after heavy clashes, Kurdish officials and an activist group said.
Officials say drones killed five militants
A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a militant hideout in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least five Taliban fighters, two security officials said.
Woman charged in deaths of children
SYDNEY – An Australian woman was charged with murder today in the deaths of seven of her children and her niece, whose bodies were found Friday inside her home, police said.

U.S. releases four from Guantanamo
The Pentagon announced Saturday that four detainees have been sent home to Afghanistan from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of the U.S. government’s ongoing release of former terrorism suspects who have been held for years.

Immigrants building paper trail for reprieve
The search for documents is on for immigrants who may qualify for a work permit and reprieve from deportation under measures President Barack Obama announced last month. Applicants must prove they have been in the country continuously since Jan. 1, 2010 – a tall order for many accustomed to avoiding trails. For critics, conditions are ripe for fraud.

Ebola death toll passes 7,000
The worst Ebola outbreak on record now has killed more than 7,000 people, with many of the latest deaths reported in Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization said as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continued his tour of Ebola-affected countries in West Africa on Saturday.

‘Constitutionalists’ protest at Spokane Valley Police Precinct
A protest spurred by a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy’s statement that angered self-described constitutionalists drew more than 300 people to the Spokane Valley Police Precinct parking lot Saturday afternoon.

Port Angeles considering Indigenous People’s Day
Port Angeles is the latest city in Washington to consider adopting a holiday honoring Native Americans – but not on Columbus Day. Port Angeles Mayor Dan Di Guilio, who is of Italian descent, said he thinks it’s appropriate to honor Native Americans on a different day – perhaps around the summer solstice, to coincide with Canada’s National Aboriginal Day.

Hayden home draws crowd with Christmas cheer
One guy’s dream of decorating his house and serving free hot chocolate has turned into an extravaganza of blazing lights, caroling choirs, a carrot-eating camel and visits by Santa in a Hayden subdivision.

Idaho’s longtime Secretary of State Ysursa to retire
After 40 years in state government, Ben Ysursa has strong opinions about how things ought to work in Idaho – and how, on occasion, they have.

Eye on Boise: Otter cautious about potential conflicts of interest
A consultant’s recommendations on how to better manage the state endowment’s land assets include steps to bring more professional management to the endowment’s land investment portfolio. The consultant, Callan Associates, also recommends Idaho prudently divest its portfolio of commercial property; hire new staff at the state Department of Lands; and extend its contract with Callan Associates for four years at $145,000 a year.
Cabin site auction plan approved
Plans for additional auctions of state endowment-owned cottage sites on Priest and Payette lakes won approval of the Land Board at its December meeting, calling for 60 lots a year to be auctioned for the next three years.
Sandahl named state fire marshal
Knute Sandahl has been named Idaho’s new state fire marshal, replacing former Fire Marshal Mark Larson, who retired in October.

Boy dies from hotel pool swimming incident
A 7-year-old boy pulled from a Coeur d’Alene hotel swimming pool Friday has died.

In brief: Coeur d’Alene man critical after car falls into lake
A 66-year-old Coeur d’Alene man was in critical condition Saturday evening after his car plunged into the cold waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene from Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive near Silver Beach.
Swimmer, 7, still in critical condition
A 7-year-old boy found unresponsive in a hotel pool Friday evening remained in critical condition Saturday, Coeur d’Alene police reported.
Obama signs Montana wilderness law
President Barack Obama has signed wilderness legislation that preserves large areas of land in the North Fork of the Flathead and on the Rocky Mountain Front.

Legislators rarely are constrained by grammar or logic as they argue for or against things. It was likely in this spirit that Gov. Jay Inslee, in announcing his budget proposal Thursday, wandered into references to human physiology without brushing up on his Gray’s Anatomy.
Area lawmakers snag committee slots
Most of Spokane’s legislative delegation is Republican, which is handier in the Senate, where the GOP is in the majority, than in the House, where it is not, because a majority in the chamber means a majority on the panel and control of the agenda.

A group of lawmakers peeved at the Washington Supreme Court has filed a bill that would turn races for the state’s high court into partisan contests.

The Washington Supreme Court has declined to consider the dismissal of a case brought by Hanford whistleblower Walter Tamosaitis against Bechtel National, effectively ending that case filed in Benton County Superior Court.

POCATELLO – A national farm animal rescue organization said it wants to take possession of two cows that escaped from an Idaho slaughterhouse – but first, it has to find the missing animals.

Huckleberries: Police blotter writer worthy of praise

Kathleen Parker: California fire case worthy of cinema

Smart Bombs: A constitutionalist context

Editorial: Foundation has been established for ongoing police reforms

Guest opinion: Profiling is not always harmful

Jamie Tobias Neely: Don’t respond to racism with silence

Building block
In the early 1990s, Shannon Ahern and his sister-in-law, Chris O’Harra, investigated buying a building to house Auntie’s Bookstore and Uncle’s Games.

On Kickstarter, everyone wants to be ‘Staff Pick’

BlackBerry launches Classic in new quest for relevance
BlackBerry is returning to its roots with a new phone that features a traditional keyboard at a time when rival Apple and Android phones — and most smartphone customers — have embraced touch screens.

Hunter soured by elk tagging citation

After cancer forced him to wear a fake beard, Spangle Santa looks forward to next year

Radical reboot
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, revamped, restored and expanded after a three-year closure, has reopened at last, all decked out for the 21st century in its historic Carnegie Mansion home just a few blocks up Fifth Avenue from the Guggenheim and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Fuss over ‘The Interview’ is truly absurd

Feud between Amazon-Hachette highlights the year in books

Travel off the beaten path to these weird museums

Last Tower standing
Iconic music store keeps spinning in Tokyo

Holiday events around the region

Obituary: Sneva, Edsol “Ed”
(24 Jun 1929 - 1 Dec 2014)

Obituary: Whitehouse, Virginia O.
(c. 1918 - 14 Dec 2014)

Obituary: Anyan, Violet R. (Johnson)
(12 Dec 1926  - 17 Dec 2014)  Peach, Lincoln, Creston

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from WND (World Net Daily)
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CONGRESSMAN: CHRISTMAS DAY OBAMACARE SURPRISE

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Belarus blocks sites, closes stores to stem currency panic
Belarus blocked online stores and news websites Sunday, in an apparent attempt to stop a run on banks and shops as people rushed to secure their savings.

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In the news, Saturday, December 20, 2014


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from CNN

John Philip Sousa IV has a mission: Convince a retired neurosurgeon with no political experience to run for President -- and then help him win.

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from Conservative Post
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

‘Merry Christmas’ Sign Removed From Road After Complaint
The “War on Christmas” has come to Marshfield, Massachusetts. Last weekend, some of the DPW (Department of Public Works) employees put an electric holiday sign on a friend’s property.

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from Daily Mail (UK)
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Man who executed two cops shot his girlfriend in Baltimore then traveled to New York and BRAGGED on Instagram that he was going to get revenge for Eric Garner and Mike Brown before launching deadly attack and finally killing himself

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from Eagle Rising

The Reverend Franklin Graham has been much more politically outspoken than his father, the Reverend Billy Graham, ever was. However, the issues that the younger Rev. Graham has been vociferous on all have to do with the church in our world. Whether on gay marriage, abortion or our conflict with Islam - including the violence being face by Christians in the Islamic world - the Reverend Graham has been a voice in the darkness calling our nation to repent.

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

The Man Who Just Murdered Two Police Officers In Brooklyn Is A Muslim Jihadist (BE PREPARED FOR MORE MUSLIM VIOLENCE IN AMERICA)

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from International Business Times

Miley Cyrus is causing a major rift within the Kennedy family this festive season. Cyrus is on a whirlwind romance with her new found love, Patrick Schwarzenegger, but is getting a cold shoulder from his mother Maria Shriver.

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from The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA)

JBLM C-17 squadron will be inactivated in 2016
One of four C-17 squadrons, representing about 400 Air Force jobs, will be inactivated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in summer 2016, JBLM announced Saturday.

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from New York Post

Gunman executes 2 NYPD cops in Garner ‘revenge’

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Active Sun Unleashes Massive Solar Flare
The sun fired off a massive solar flare late Friday (Dec. 19), after days of intense storms from our nearest star. The huge solar flare registered as an X1.8-class event, one of the most powerful types of flares possible, and was captured on camera by NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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from The Spokesman-Review

WSU to begin American Indian studies certificate
Washington State University is launching an online certificate program in American Indian studies next year, with the goal of broadening understanding of native history and culture.

Obama says changes in Cuba are inevitable
Two days after ending a half-century-long diplomatic freeze with Cuba, President Barack Obama warned Friday that the pace of reform on the communist island nation will be uncertain but that change is inevitable.

Justice Department recommends police reforms; chief embraces report
With the family of Otto Zehm looking on, Spokane police Chief Frank Straub said his department has an obligation to enact large-scale reforms announced by the Department of Justice on Friday.

Police reforms are more than ‘simple policy change’
Spokane is the second city to undergo a voluntary review with the Community Oriented Policing Services office of the Justice Department, after Chief Frank Straub requested an audit of use-of-force policies and practices in the fall of 2013.

Five facts from the DOJ report

Obama criticizes Sony’s choice not to release ‘The Interview’
President Barack Obama on Friday said Sony Pictures “made a mistake” in canceling the release of the satirical film “The Interview” after threats from anonymous hackers, offering an unusual public rebuke by a president of a corporate decision along with a strong defense of free expression.

FDA approves new ovarian cancer drug
Opening a new chapter in the use of genomic science to fight cancer, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved olaparib, a medication for advanced ovarian cancer associated with a defective BRCA gene.

In brief: Same-sex marriages will stand in Florida
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to block gay marriages in Florida, the latest of about three dozen states allowing same-sex weddings.
EPA will regulate toxic coal waste
Six years after a catastrophic coal ash spill in Tennessee washed away homes and polluted rivers, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced the first federal regulations for the toxic wastes created by coal burned to produce electricity.
Suspect’s parents plead for son’s life
The parents of shooting suspect James Holmes on Friday pleaded that their son be spared the death penalty in a deadly rampage in a suburban Denver movie theater that shocked the nation two years ago.

Pakistan begins executions in wake of school massacre
Pakistan executed two convicted terrorists Friday, the first of as many as 400 militants headed to the hangman’s noose amid a government crackdown ordered after Taliban attackers gunned down 148 children and teachers Tuesday at a school in the northern city of Peshawar.

Prepackaged caramel apples blamed for four deaths
Health officials are warning consumers to avoid prepackaged caramel apples because they are linked to four deaths and more than two dozen illnesses in 10 states.

In brief: Israel hits Hamas site after rocket fired from Gaza
Israel’s military struck a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip early today in its first airstrike on the Palestinian territory since this summer’s war.
Woman held in deaths of eight children
Police have arrested a 37-year-old Australian woman in the deaths of eight children who were all discovered in her home Friday afternoon.
Korean-American, 74, arrested in China
A Korean-American aid worker running a school in a Chinese city near North Korea has been arrested on charges of embezzlement and possession of fake invoices, his lawyer said Friday, in a sign that authorities are increasingly sensitive about activities by foreigners in the border region.

Liberty Lake Safeway store part of huge Haggen acquisition
Haggen will buy 146 Safeway and Albertsons stores in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. The company will balloon from a small chain with 18 stores and 16 pharmacies to one with 164 stores and 106 pharmacies, The Liberty Lake Safeway store is the only location in Spokane County affected by the Haggen deal. The Bellingham company also will acquire Albertsons stores in Wenatchee and Walla Walla.

Homeless, supporters gather for 10th annual memorial
Homeless advocates read aloud the names of 33 Spokane-area homeless men and women who have died since November 2013 Friday during the 10th annual homeless memorial at Community Health Association of Spokane.

In brief: Young boy in critical condition after pool incident
A 7-year-old boy was in critical condition Friday night after he was found unresponsive in a hotel swimming pool in Coeur d’Alene.
EWU coach gets restraining order
Eastern Washington University basketball coach Jim Hayford has requested a restraining order against a man who he said has been making threatening phone calls since June 2013.
Stabbing victim out of hospital
A man stabbed in the neck Tuesday evening in Riverfront Park has been released from the hospital, said Spokane police spokeswoman Monique Cotton.
Man sentenced for extortion, theft
A Post Falls man was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison this week after sending texts to his daughter that threatened to kill his ex-wife if she didn’t give him $25,000 for back surgery.
CdA police ID burglary suspects
Coeur d’Alene police have identified two juveniles suspected in recent burglaries and believe there may be more involved.

Wind farm operator pleads guilty in bird deaths
Wind farm operator PacifiCorp Energy will pay $2.5 million in fines after pleading guilty Friday to charges related to the deaths of protected birds in Wyoming.

Former Fed chair criticizes Volcker rule delay
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on Friday criticized a decision to delay full implementation of a rule that bears his name and aims to curb banks’ risky investments.

NLRB deals blow to McDonald’s
The National Labor Relations Board on Friday designated McDonald’s Corp. as a “joint-employer” with franchisees at nearly 14,000 U.S. restaurants, delivering a big win to unions.

U.S. growers eager to see Cuba trade open up
U.S. agriculture has a big appetite for freer trade with Cuba. From wheat to rice to beans, the industry stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Obama’s plan to ease economic and travel restrictions imposed against the island.

Avista, Clearwater Paper plan to buy back stock
Avista will repurchase up to 800,000 shares of the company’s common stock through a program that starts in January and continues through the end of March. Clearwater Paper, which is also based in Spokane, announced plans to repurchase up to $100 million worth of the company’s common stock.
T-Mobile to pay $90M in FTC settlement
T-Mobile US will pay at least $90 million, mostly in refunds, for billing customers for cellphone text services they didn’t order, under a settlement with federal regulators.
Thai food company bids for Bumble Bee
Thai Union Frozen Products, which already owns Chicken of the Sea, another major seller of tuna and other seafoods, has now hooked the largest canned seafood company in North America with its $1.5 billion bid for Bumble Bee Seafoods.

Workers can take steps to shield email from hackers
The Sony hack, the latest in a wave of company security breaches, exposed months of employee emails. Other hacks have given attackers access to sensitive information about a company and its customers, such as credit-card numbers and email addresses. One way hackers can sneak into a company is by sending fake emails with malicious links to employee inboxes.

Shawn Vestal: Census shows millennials are better educated, lower paid

Charles Krauthammer: ‘Lone wolf’ terrorists fed from abroad

Froma Harrop: Today offers eerie parallels to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

Editorial: County contract for bad check collection needs hard look

Guest opinion: Senate report on torture a sad chapter for U.S.

A higher calling
The Rev. Tom Altepeter of St. Clare Ecumenical Catholic Community, a church he once described as “a homeless shelter for homeless Catholics,” was selected as the first bishop-elect for the region on Sept. 28 and will be the sixth regional bishop in the ECC.

Ask Dr. K: Anti-anxiety drugs linked to dementia

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