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from Allen West
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from American Thinker
An evening with Dr. Ben Carson
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APNewsBreak: IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000
Thieves used an online service provided by the IRS to gain access to information from more than 100,000 taxpayers, the agency said Tuesday. The information included tax returns and other tax information on file with the IRS.
from Americas Freedom Fighters
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APNewsBreak: IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000
Thieves used an online service provided by the IRS to gain access to information from more than 100,000 taxpayers, the agency said Tuesday. The information included tax returns and other tax information on file with the IRS.
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India heatwave toll passes 1,000
The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas.
from BBC News (UK)
India heatwave toll passes 1,000
The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas.
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from The Blaze (& Glenn Beck)
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Obama’s Forthcoming Executive Action Could Impact Your Property
The Obama administration is expected to announce final details of “Waters of the United States” rule this week that could impact any property owner with water or a ditch that occasionally fills with water on their land. Moreover, the regulation could even conflict with two Supreme Court rulings.
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from Conservative Post
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Breaking: Obama is Preparing To Seize 401K Pensions
Reports say that a Supreme Court ruling last week has set the stage for Obama’s federal government to start seizing 401K pensions from hardworking Americans. Noted economist Martin Armstrong has warned that the outcome of the Tibble v. Edison, which found that it is up to employers to protect their workers’ 401(k) plans from mutual funds that don’t perform well, could open the door for the feds to seize private funds and prosecute companies that manage mutual funds performing poorly.
Breaking: Obama is Preparing To Seize 401K Pensions
Reports say that a Supreme Court ruling last week has set the stage for Obama’s federal government to start seizing 401K pensions from hardworking Americans. Noted economist Martin Armstrong has warned that the outcome of the Tibble v. Edison, which found that it is up to employers to protect their workers’ 401(k) plans from mutual funds that don’t perform well, could open the door for the feds to seize private funds and prosecute companies that manage mutual funds performing poorly.
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from Forbes
California's Imported Oil Problem
No matter how clean a state wants its petroleum-based fuels to be, the real “sustainability” problem is a law that favors OPEC and Middle Eastern oil producers over domestic and Canadian ones.
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from The Hill
Obama suffers another defeat on immigration in federal court
A federal appeals court dealt President Obama a defeat on Tuesday as it declined to lift a judge’s order blocking his sweeping executive action on immigration. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a Texas judge who issued an injunction preventing the programs from going into effect. The appeals judges ruled 2-1 that the order must stay in place.
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from IFL Science
How To Grow Your Own Bismuth Crystals
Glittering iridescently, bismuth crystals are hypnotically stunning and you can make your own at home!
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
The excluded middle
At least in America, politics has become a classic misapplication of the excluded middle. One must agree with a party platform in its entirety, or one is a Republican In Name Only or a Democrat In Name Only. RINOS and DINOS are not welcome at the table. Moderate Democrats are held in no less scorn than moderate Republicans. He who is not with us is against us. There is no room for compromise. Not only is the middle ground excluded, but so are any individuals who dare to occupy it. The same party spirit has invaded the Church. To be taken seriously, one must be either a traditionalist or a progressive. Anyone who tries to stake out a middle ground will be attacked from both sides, because one must either be a sheep or a goat. To even accept the possibility of compromise is to brand oneself as outside the pale.
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Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer Who Documented Difficult Subjects, Dies at 75
Mary Ellen Mark, whose unflinching yet compassionate depictions of prostitutes in Mumbai, homeless teenagers in Seattle and mental patients in a state institution in Oregon made her one of the premier documentary photographers of her generation, died on Monday in Manhattan.
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Motorcycle rider ran red light before collision with STA bus, police say
A motorcycle rider killed in a collision with an STA bus on Friday ran a red light shortly before the accident, Spokane Police say. The rider, whose identity hasn’t been released, “failed to stop for the steady red signal at North Foothills/Crestline.”
Three people are dead following an early morning fire Tuesday that consumed part of a home at 20 E. Chattaroy Road southeast of Deer Park.
Three teens injured in crash near Inchelium
Authorities say inattentive driving is to blame for a single-car accident that injured three Colville teenagers Monday evening. Austin B. Arrell, 18, and his two passengers, Aysia I. Hoag, 17, and Livia S. Schweyer, 16, were injured in the crash.
Court won’t lift hold on Obama immigration action
A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action that could shield as many as 5 million immigrants illegally living in the U.S. from deportation.
The unemployment rate for Spokane County fell to 6 percent in April. It was 6.6 percent in April 1014. The Washington unemployment rate stood at 5.5 percent. The job market is especially hot in the Seattle area: King County’s unemployment rate for April is 3.3 percent.
Kenck to step down as Idaho Dems chair
Larry Kenck, chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party, will step down for medical reasons at the end of this week, and party Vice Chair Jeanne Buell will become acting chair and will head the search for Kenck’s replacement.
One man dead following shooting on North Monroe Street
One man is dead after an overnight shooting at a business on North Monroe Street. Police are still looking for a suspect in the shooting, which was reported shortly after midnight Tuesday at a business called Northwest Accessories, 3400 N. Monroe St. The business is listed as a tattoo, tobacco and piercing shop.
One dead in accident west of Newport
A man is dead following an accident late Monday about 12 miles west of Newport.
Alzheimer’s study will use tau brain scans
No one knows what actually causes Alzheimer’s, but the suspects are its two hallmarks: the gunky amyloid in those brain plaques or tangles of a protein named tau that clog dying brain cells. New imaging can spot those tangles in living brains, providing a chance to finally better understand what triggers dementia.
Vice President Joe Biden reassured Iraq’s government on Monday of U.S. support in the fight against the Islamic State group, telephoning Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi with thanks for “the enormous sacrifice and bravery of Iraqi forces” one day after Defense Secretary Ash Carter questioned the Iraqi military commitment.
Violent weather leaves 13 dead in Mexico, 12 missing in Texas
Spokane man’s 343 stair-climbs honor firefighters lost on 9/11
Spokane Fire Department Capt. Roger Libby was on a mission Monday. He would complete his 343rd stair-climb, in honor of the 343 New York firefighters who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center’s twin towers.
Spokane Fire Department Capt. Roger Libby was on a mission Monday. He would complete his 343rd stair-climb, in honor of the 343 New York firefighters who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center’s twin towers.
A fire captain who died 121 years ago was honored Monday with a plaque and a ceremony, the last of 17 members of the Spokane Fire Department recognized over the past year.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is getting a house of his own at the family compound on the coast of Maine where generations of Bushes have spent summers. The likely Republican presidential contender and his family will stay in the cottage on Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport during summer visits, the family said. Bush and his wife also have a home in Coral Gables, Florida.
In brief: Students charged for loosing ladybugs
Police have charged seven suspects in a senior prank that released 72,000 ladybugs at Chopticon High School in Morganza, Maryland.
Waterspout sends bounce houses flying
A waterspout uprooted an inflatable bounce house with three children inside it on a South Florida beach Monday, but the youngsters were ejected before it flew above palm trees across four lanes of traffic into a parking lot, police said.
Fan celebrates roller coaster’s 95th year
An 82-year-old fan of a historic Pennsylvania roller coaster celebrated his 5,000th ride on it over the holiday weekend – sitting for more than eight hours straight and logging 95 spins around the wooden ride in a single day. Vic Kleman, 82, marked the milestone Sunday on the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin. His number of rides honored the roller coaster’s 95th birthday this season.
Mississippi Sen. Cochran marries longtime staffer
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran – the Mississippi Republican whose 2014 primary campaign drew national attention over an aspiring blogger’s photos of his bedridden wife – has married his longtime aide, his office said Monday. The wedding to Kay Webber took place privately Saturday in Gulfport. The senator’s first wife, Rose Cochran, died in December at age 73 from dementia after living in a nursing home for 13 years.
Cleveland, feds reach deal on policing
The city of Cleveland has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations by the police department, and the agreement could be announced as soon as today, a senior federal law enforcement official said.
Obama pays tribute to Americans lost
President Barack Obama on Monday saluted Americans who died in battle, saying the country must “never stop trying to fully repay” them for their sacrifices. He noted it was the first Memorial Day in 14 years without U.S. forces engaged in a major ground war.
Nigeria’s crippling gas crisis resolved
Distributors agree to resume deliveries
Nigeria’s gasoline scarcity was resolved Monday, but only after the shortages had damaged the economy, canceled or diverted commercial flights, shut down radio stations and put mobile phone networks at risk.
Anonymous threats against airliners prompt plane searches
Anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners on Monday, possibly from the same source, caused a scare involving at least six international flights at airports in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Authorities said the threats did not appear to be credible. They described searches done on the jets as a precaution.
Anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners on Monday, possibly from the same source, caused a scare involving at least six international flights at airports in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Authorities said the threats did not appear to be credible. They described searches done on the jets as a precaution.
Taliban gunmen have surrounded a police compound in the volatile southern province of Helmand after killing 19 policemen and seven soldiers in an ongoing siege, a senior police officer said on Monday from inside the compound.
Thirsty California looks to Australia
Australia, the land poet Dorothea Mackellar dubbed “a sunburnt country,” suffered a torturous drought from the late 1990s through 2012. Now Californians are facing their own “Big Dry” and looking Down Under to see how they coped. Australia also faced tough water restrictions – along with dying cattle, barren fields and monstrous wildfires that killed 173 people. But when the rains finally returned, Australians had fundamentally changed how they handle this precious resource. They treat water as a commodity to be conserved and traded, and carefully measure what’s available and how it’s being used. Efficiency programs cut their average daily use to 55 gallons, compared with 105 gallons per day for each Californian.
The rhino’s rescuers gave her a name: Hope. Poachers in South Africa had darted the rhino with a tranquilizer and hacked off her horns while she was sedated, leaving the animal with a horrific wound covering much of her face. A couple of days later, staff on a wildlife reserve found the grievously injured rhino – alive.
Gay couples may wed before recess
Some of Ireland’s gay couples planning a civil partnership may receive a surprisingly fast upgrade to marriage. Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced Monday that the bill to legalize gay marriage, following its landslide approval in Friday’s referendum, should be passed before lawmakers’ planned July 16 summer recess.
Olmert gets more prison time for bribe
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for accepting bribes, a court in Jerusalem said on Monday.
Scores die, six hurt in fire at rest home
A fire that swept through a rest home in central China killed 38 people and injured six, Chinese authorities said today.
Legal marijuana bringing changes to liquor board
Big changes are coming to the state Liquor Control Board, including a name change. The same law that will change the Liquor Control Board’s name July 24 to the “Liquor and Cannabis Board” also directed the agency to decide which unlicensed medical marijuana shops and grow operations to legitimize by July 1, 2016.
Rapist’s South Hill rental property fixed up, listed for sale
Six months after the fire marshal temporarily shut down a rental property owned by convicted rapist Arlin Jordin, neighbors, tenants and inspectors say his house on the lower South Hill is in much better shape. But neighbors who sued Jordin in small claims court over the disturbances at the property say they’re still eager to see it sold, a condition Jordin agreed to in a court settlement signed last November.
In brief: Dog dies in Spokane Valley house fire
Spokane Valley Fire Department firefighters performed CPR on a dog rescued from the flames of a house fire Monday afternoon, but the dog died despite their efforts. The fire at 11524 E. Broadway Ave. was called in just after noon.
Activist ends protest on ship
The woman who had been hanging off the anchor chain of a support ship that is part of Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean ended her dayslong protest north of Seattle on Monday morning.
Spotty storms will continue today
Hit-and-miss thunderstorms swept through Eastern Washington and North Idaho on Monday, leaving some areas awash in more than an inch of rain and others with hardly a drop in the rain gauge.
Idaho woman jailed in hatchet killing
A man died in a hatchet attack that was planned and carried out by his wife and her brother on a Memorial Day visit to Las Vegas, police said.
Charter buying Time Warner Cable as TV viewers go online
As TV watchers increasingly look online for their fix, cable companies are bulking up. In the latest round, Charter Communications is buying Time Warner Cable for $55.33 billion. And executives say they’re confident regulators will allow the creation of another U.S. TV and Internet giant.
Charter Communications Inc. is close to buying Time Warner Cable for about $55 billion, according to two people familiar with the negotiations. One of the people said the deal will be announced early this morning. Charter had wanted to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. earlier, but Time Warner Cable chose a $45 billion offer from Comcast Corp. instead. Comcast walked away from the Time Warner Cable deal after regulators pushed back against it. Regulators had concerns that the two companies together would undermine online video competition. The combined company would have served more than half the country’s broadband subscribers, and consumer advocates said a merger would limit choices and lead to higher prices.
As President Barack Obama pushes for a federal law to get paid leave to care for a new baby or an ailing relative, residents of one of the three states that already provide it sing its praises. New Jersey and California are the other states that provide it, and several states are considering it. Washington state passed legislation but has put off implementing it.
KING-TV reported that millions of pounds of apples are being dumped to rot under the sun in places like Pateros. Industry officials blame a combination of issues. Last season, Washington growers produced the biggest apple crop in their history. In addition, recent labor disputes at Washington ports left apples sitting, sometimes for weeks. That left lots of apples unusable, even for processing.
GM ignition switch death toll rises to 107
The death toll from faulty ignition switches in small cars made by General Motors has reached 107. Victims’ families are being offered compensation of at least $1 million each. In addition, GM has agreed to make offers to 199 people who were injured in crashes caused by the switches in the Chevrolet Cobalt and other older-model cars.
Taxi drivers march against Uber in Mexico
Hundreds of taxi drivers marched through Mexico City Monday chanting “Uber Out!” and demanding city authorities ban the online ride service. The drivers say Uber and other ride-sharing services evade the tax, registration and safety laws that regular cabs are subject to.
China cuts import tax on clothes, other goods
China has announced it will cut import taxes on clothing, cosmetics and some other goods by half in a new tactic to spur consumer spending.
BP Gulf Coast ads credited with return of tourists
Five years after the BP disaster, the petroleum giant that was vilified during heated town hall meetings for killing a way of life is now being praised by some along the coast for spending more than $230 million to help lure visitors back to an area that some feared would die because of the spill.
Robert J. Samuelson: China’s slowdown worrisome
Outside view: WTO ruling on labels highlights trade deals’ double edge
Ask Dr. K: Surgery for basal cell skin cancer
Dr. Alisa Hideg: Help your kids get serious about playing healthy
No smoke with vaping, but not without some fire
Running IQ
We were born to run. As a species, we’ve always been runners – chasing down our next meal or high-tailing it to avoid becoming prey.
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Police Make Heartbreaking Discovery Next To White Man Gunned Down By Black Teens
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Police Make Heartbreaking Discovery Next To White Man Gunned Down By Black Teens
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Cleveland, Justice Department announce police settlement
Cleveland agreed to sweeping changes in how its police officers use force, treat the community and deal with the mentally ill, under a settlement announced Tuesday with the federal government that will put the 1,500-member department under an independent monitor.
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