Monday, June 30, 2014

In the news, Wednesday, June 11, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)

from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
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from The Atlantic

Why Eric Cantor Lost and Lindsey Graham Won
The lessons Republicans will take from Tuesday night—that immigration reform is toxic and the Tea Party is formidable—aren't the ones they should take.

Iraqi Insurgents Capture Northern Cities, Move Toward Baghdad

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Rep. Salmon: Obama 'Hasn't Lifted a Finger' to Help U.S. Marine in Mexico Jail

ABC, NBC Too Busy With O.J. Simpson Police Chase Anniversary To Cover V.A. Scandal
CBS Evening News was the only Big Three evening newscast on Wednesday to report that the FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the V.A. scandal.

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from DW (English) (Deutsche Welle)

Spanish parliament approves succession from Juan Carlos to Felipe VI
The Spanish parliament has given the green light to King Juan Carlos' abdication, paving the way for a royal succession. The abdication has led to protests against the monarchy, but also a rise in support.

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from EarthSky

Solar maximum is back!
Solar Max has arrived, but this “mini Max” is not like any other solar maximum of the Space Age.

Far side of the moon mystery solved
When spacecraft first transmitted the images of the moon’s far side to Earth, we saw the lunar farside lacks the large dark areas called maria, or seas.

Mercury passing in front of the sun, seen from Mars
Transit of planet Mercury across the sun on June 3, as seen from Mars by a camera on the Curiosity rover.

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from FactCheck.org

‘Cassidycare?’ Come On!
A Democratic TV ad makes some audaciously false claims about Rep. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu’s main Republican opponent.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Heritage Foundation
from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

More than 300 Boko Haram Militants Raids North Cameroonian Village, Burn Churches
ICC Note: Villagers in northern Cameroon have reported more than 300 Boko Haram militants raided Gorsi Tourou Village, burning churches and looting property. Though no deaths were reported following the attack Friday, under-reporting and misinformation have plagued the region, providing further impetus, beyond the lack of security, for Boko Haram to act.  A radical Islamic insurgency designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States and an al-Qaeda affiliate by a United Nations Security Council Committee, Boko Haram continues to wage a campaign of terror against Christians, moderate Muslims, educators, students, government officials and military personnel.

Up To 1000 Christian Families Flee Iraq’s Second City
With a power vacuum emerging in Iraq, a Sunni extremist group has taken over the second largest city in Iraq. This takeover has caused over a thousand Christian families to leave the area to find a safer place. ISIS, the radical Sunni extremist group, has been taking military advantage in Iraq since the Prime Minister won in the recent election and continues to struggle to form a government.

Arkansas Congressman Introduces Bill to Grant Meriam Permanent Legal Status in US
ICC Note: In the latest development on Capitol Hill regarding the case of Meriam Ibrahim, Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton has introduced a bill that would grant Meriam Ibrahim, as well as her two children, permanent resident status in the United States. Meriam was sentenced to death by hanging last month in Khartoum, Sudan, after refusing to give up her Christian faith. She is currently imprisoned with her 20-month-old son Martin and newborn daughter Maya in Khartoum. Meriam's husband, Daniel, is a US citizen and a resident of New Hampshire.

Europe: Anti-Christian Hostility Growing Rapidly?
ICC Note: The following article takes a look at numerous alarming cases of Christians in Europe facing hate-speech, job loss, and high levels of hostility for publicly stating traditional orthodox Christian perspectives on sensitive social issues. Even a Christian member of parliament in the UK has had his children bullied in school and has received large amounts of hate mail for taking a traditional Christian viewpoint of marriage. ICC has been carefully monitoring increased hostility towards Christianity both in Europe and the United States.

Shocking Video Shows Dozens of Chinese Christians’ Desperate Attempts to Halt Destruction of Church Cross
After 3 ½ -hour Standoff, Church Members Begin 24-hour Vigil Through the Night
Early this morning, International Christian Concern (ICC) obtained a video of Christians in Wenzhou City, China, attempting to stop the forcible demolition of a church cross. At 5:00 a.m., June 11, 2014, hundreds of government personnel equipped with a crane and other construction machines, without any legal documents or advanced warning, forcibly broke into BaiXiang GuanTou Church attempting to remove the cross from the building’s roof. Church members responded by mounting a standoff for three-and-a-half hours. Local sources report that, though the government demolition team retreated temporarily, they are not done with the church yet. Around 80 believers are gathering in the church through the night to keep watch and protect the cross.

Why is Obama Silent about Meriam?
ICC Note: In the following Op-Ed, Rebecca Tinsley explores the question of why no senior level official in the U.S. administration has publicly spoken out on behalf of Meriam Ibrahim, the mother of two and wife of a U.S. citizen sentenced to death for apostasy last month in Khartoum, Sudan.  The article provides an insightful overview of the U.S relationship with touches on Sudan's atrocious human rights record. This week, ICC will be co-sponsoring two protests on behalf of Meriam Ibrahim at the White House and the Sudanese Embassy.

Turkey Blacklists Boko Haram As Terrorist Organization, Imposes Sanctions
ICC Note: Turkey formally listed Boko Haram a terrorist organization Tuesday, joining several other nations that had already done so in the past year, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Boko Haram, or "Western education is forbidden," is a radical Islamic insurgency responsible for more than 2,000 deaths this year alone and the mass-kidnapping of more than 240 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria. The group, founded in 2001, has pursued the establishment of a separate Islamic state for more than a decade. Following its most recent spat of indiscriminate killings, however, questions remain as to whether the group maintains a specific, achievable goal, or if it has simply become an equipped insurgency bent on terrorizing Nigeria's north.

European Commission, Council and Parliament Condemn Sudan
ICC Note: Presidents of the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament joined religious leaders in issuing a statement condemning Sudan's sentencing to death a mother of two and wife to an American citizen for her Christian faith. The statement joins still growing international outcry over Meriam's conviction of and sentencing for adultery and apostasy, in this case the crime of leaving Islam

Despite Being a Religious Minority, Christians Play a Big Role in Bangladesh
ICC Note: In Bangladesh, a Muslim majority country, Christians make up less than one percent of the country's population. Despite this, the Christian community continues to play a major role in the development of Bangladesh and the protection of human rights. In many areas, Christians are discriminated against and persecuted, especially when caught proselytizing to the Muslim community. Please pray for the small Christian community of Bangladesh.

Iraqi Christians Flee as Jihadist Group Captures Iraq’s Second Largest City
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has taken control of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The extremist group has been among the most violent fighting in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad over the past three years, and now has once again attacked important areas in Iraq, bringing new threats to the already struggling Iraqi church.

Christian in India Murdered After His Son Receives Baptism
ICC Note: According to reports, a Christian man living in India's northeastern state of Orissa, now called Odisha, was murdered by a mob of Hindu radicals after his son received baptism. In the village of Dherubada, a local Christian community baptized 29 new Christians. Following the ceremony, the father of one of those baptized was attacked by a mob of radicals and murdered. Shortly after the attack, the son of the man witnessed the Hindu radicals with his fathers body and had his life threatened. Now the Christian community in that area is demanding justice, but is also finding itself under greater threat from local radicals. Please pray for these persecuted Christians.

American Held in North Korea Is A Christian
ICC Note: On June 6th, North Korean state media announced that Jeffrey Edward Fowle was detained "in violation of the DPRK law, contrary to the purpose of tourism during his stay." Japan's Kyodo News reported that Mr. Fowle left a Bible in his hotel room which may cause the North Korean regime to suspect that he was a Christian proselytizer. Mr. Fowle is a municipal road-maintenance man from southwestern Ohio and he attends Urbancrest Baptist Church in nearby West Carrollton, Ohio, according to the Wall Street Journal. The lawyer who represents Mr. Fowle's family said Mr. Fowle wasn't on a mission for his Church.

House of Lords Demands Refugee Status for Meriam Ibrahim and Her Children
ICC Note: Britain's House of Lords held a robust discussion regarding Meriam Ibrahim's detention and sentencing to 100 lashes and death for her Christian. Suggestions of Lord members included ensuring British aid is conditioned on religious freedom issues to an extension of refugee status for Meriam and her children should she be released. The United Kingdom has spoken out regarding Meriam's case for  weeks, Prime Minister David Cameron having categorized Meriam's sentencing as "barbaric."

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from Liberal America

This Supreme Court Case Will Likely Kill Unions, Convert Entire Country To ‘Right To Work’
A Supreme Court case that will most likely be decided upon by the end of this month could effectively kill public unions throughout the country. The expected ruling in the case of Harris v Quinn has the possibility of converting the entire country to right to work status as far as public unions are concerned.

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from National Review

The New Dumping Grounds
The administration quietly redistributes illegal aliens through military bases.

Obama’s Enforcer 
Eric Holder’s tenure in the Justice Department has been marked by scandal after scandal.

Obama: ‘Our Future Rests’ On The Success Of DREAM KidsPresident Obama reminded Democratic donors that “our future rests” on the success of people brought to the United States illegally as children, who would qualify for citizenship if Congress had passed the DREAM Act.

Unknown New York Congressman Takes on Heritage Foundation
Chris Collins makes a name for himself, probably by accident.

Gun Control and Mass Murders
Multiple-victim shootings are, fortunately, very rare, but when they occur in the U.S. they skew the public's perceptions about gun control.

The Lighter Side of Pregnancy Termination 
An abortion-themed romantic comedy is about as funny as you’d expect.

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from Nature News and Comment

A test that fails
A standard test for admission to graduate school misses potential winners, say Casey Miller and Keivan Stassun. Universities in the United States rely too heavily on the graduate record examinations (GRE) — a standardized test introduced in 1949 that is an admissions requirement for most US graduate schools. This practice is poor at selecting the most capable students and severely restricts the flow of women and minorities into the sciences.

Origins of Arctic fox traced back to Tibet
High terrains might have been training ground for cold adaptation before the Ice Age struck.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

Neil deGrasse Tyson Turns Down Pluto Debate Challenge

Obama: Gun violence in US is ‘off the charts’
President Obama lashed out in frustration over the Oregon shooting Tuesday, saying “no advanced developed country on earth would put up with this.” NBC chief political director Chuck Todd reports.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

WA:

Franchise owners file federal lawsuit over $15 minimum wage

Seattle police chief nominee answers questions by public

Three hurt in Renton apartment shooting

Amazon launches Prime Music streaming service without fanfare

Plans for 'Troll's Knoll' in Fremont bring parking concerns

Suspect cleared in Seattle double homicide

Eastern Washington soldier killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan

NTSB report will address aging Skagit Bridge infrastructure

World Cup big business for small Seattle companies

Warhol 'Flower For Tacoma Dome' test begins

Tacoma teen claiming to have killed father appears in court

Dozens of new laws take effect in Washington state

Witness reported pilot car pole hit Skagit River Bridge

School shootings: Coping tips to help kids deal with stress

Take a bike ride, save some lives

Nintendo's E3 offerings lean on 'Amiibo' figures, beloved characters

Health:

Study: Red meat possibly linked to breast cancer

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from Personal Liberty

Liberty News:

Entrepreneur Survey Reveals Best, Worst Places For Small Business

Earthquake! Stunning! OMG! Watch Smoke Come Out News Anchors’ Ears As Brat Defeats Cantor

Analysis: Cantor’s Primary Loss Sends Shock Wave Through House

Cantor To Resign As Majority Leader; GOP Leadership Scramble Begins

Official: More Transfers From Guantanamo Prison Not ‘Imminent’

Senate Refuses To Take Up Bill To Refinance Student Loans

Video: President Obama Rejects All The Absurd Views Held By Political Straw Men

Wednesday Morning News Roundup 6-11-2014

U.S. Intelligence Anticipates Four Of The Freed ‘Taliban Five’ Will Return To Terror

Obamacare Opt-Out Penalties Will Hit 1 Million Low-Income Americans In First Year

Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues To Get Government To Rat On Itself

Blaming The Constitution For A Meth Head’s Rampage

Conservative Politics:

Why Does Obama Want New Graduates In Perpetual Debt?

Living And Dying Under Radical Islam



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We Could Build a Solar-Powered Roadway. But Will We?
New roadway technologies from interactive lighting and pavement markings to anti-icing and energy-gathering surfaces have been in the works for years. So why don’t we have them yet?

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from Popular Science

Human In Robotic Exoskeleton To Kick Off The World Cup
The brain-controlled augmented suit was developed to give mobility to victims of paralysis.

Big Pic: The Sun Emitted Three Enormous Flares In 24 Hours
The sun emitted three X-class flares—the most powerful type—over June 10 and June 11. Very sparkly. Each flare blasted enough radiation to cause blackouts in radio communications for about an hour on the sunlit side of Earth, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.

When NASA Paid Researchers To Learn To Talk To Dolphins
Plus, the strange relationship one researcher developed while living with a dolphin for six months

Building Soluble Circuits To Help End E-Waste
It takes 1,000 years for a typical silicon wafer to dissolve in a bucket of water.

How Male Dwarf Spiders Use Chastity Belts To Safeguard Their Fatherhood

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

MSNBC Panel Mocks Hillary Clinton, But the Real Story is the Disturbing ‘Fact’ About Politics
“In politics, it almost seems to go with the territory that you’re rich.”

Obama to Congress: So What If I Released Terrorists; I Owe You No Explanation

Charles Krauthammer Beautifully Explains Why Hillary is so Unlikable

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from Universe Today

An Astronomical Eloping: How Rare is a “Friday the 13th Honey Moon?”
You have to go all the way back to June 13th, 1919 to find a Full Moon that fell on a Friday the 13th in the month of June. This will next occur on June 13th, 2098.

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from USA Today
from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from WIRED

Salesforce Makes a Crafty Play to Bring Wearables to the Workplace

Cops Can’t Collect Your Cell Tower Data Without a Warrant, Court Rules

Amtrak Plans to Lure Riders With Screaming-Fast Wi-Fi

Very Serious Superbugs in Imported Seafood
Breaking news today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, out of its open-access journal Emerging Infectious Diseases: Researchers in Canada have identified a very highly resistant bacterium in squid imported from South Korea and being sold in a Chinese grocery store.

The Future of Computer Intelligence Is Everything but Artificial

First It Was Books. Now Amazon Has Frozen Some DVD Preorders

TweetDeck Hacked—Panic (And Rickrolling) Ensues

How Car Recalls Work

In Batman: Arkham Knight, the Batmobile Is Your Sidekick—And a Tank

Amazing Video of a Pyroclastic Flow at Santiaguito in Guatemala

Gmail Bug Could Have Exposed Every User’s Address

MIT Develops a Novel Camouflaging Algorithm That Hides Eyesores

Here’s the 3-D Printed Duffel Bag Ronaldo Will Tote to the World Cup

The Bitcoin App That Could Create a Black Market for Leaked Data

This Jazz Album Is All Love Songs for Awesome ’70s Cars

This Brazilian Soccer Team Plays for a Chance to Battle Their Prison Guards

The Man Who Ran Across America to Raise Bitcoins for the Homeless

Purge Your Inbox’s Unwanted Newsletters in One Clean Sweep

How Atari Plans to Bring Itself Back From the Dead

A New Way to Look at Law, With Data Viz and Machine Learning

Headed to Bonnaroo? Here’s Everything You Need to See in Nashville

12 Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff

Google’s New All-Seeing Satellites Have Huge Potential—For Good and Evil

Grado Tweaks Its New Headphone Line for a Big Sonic Boost

WIRED Summer Binge-Watching Guide: Battlestar Galactica

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In the news, Tuesday, June 10, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)

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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

BORDER AGENT ISSUES PLEA FOR HELP, SAYS US OVERRUN BY CRIMINAL ALIENS
“The ones we are losing are convicted felons, aliens from special interest countries, and other high risk individuals. We are so overwhelmed and preoccupied by the flood of juveniles and family units that we cannot use our resources to catch the more serious aliens."

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from Al Jazeera

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from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens
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from The American Spectator

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from Ancestry.com

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from The Atlantic

How Lindsey Graham Stomped the Tea Party
One of the Senate's most liberal Republicans is rolling to victory in one of the reddest states. Are other Republicans watching how he did it?

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from BizPac Review

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from Choice and Truth
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

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from The Christian Science Monitor

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from Christian Today

Mosul Islamist take-over: Up to 1,000 Christian families have reportedly fled Iraq's second biggest city
A mass exodus is underway from Iraq's second largest city Mosul after its seizure by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS, an Iraq and Syria-based Sunni Muslim extremist group.

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from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism

Mass Sexual Assault on 19-Year Old in Tahrir Square
The brutal assault, one of many, was captured on video. Activists say the attackers were 'spoilers' angry over El-Sisi's victory.

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

Obama Suggests US Needs Ban On Semiautomatic, Automatic Weapons
President Barack Obama Tuesday suggested that the U.S. government should follow Australia’s example in dealing with shooting sprees, which involved strict gun bans on semiautomatic and automatic weapons.

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from Daily Mail (UK)

Obama opens third military base to deal with flood of illegal child immigrants as officials insist they are being cared for despite abuse allegations
Senior administration officials, who asked not to be identified, told reporters that an Army base at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, will initially hold 600 ‘unaccompanied minors’ and eventually will be able to accommodate up to 1,200. In recent weeks, the Obama administration has opened similar emergency shelters at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and Naval Base Ventura County in Southern California.

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from Downtrend.com

Detroit...A bankrupt city governed by Democrats for decades. It's a city with one hand outstretched, waiting to collect bail out money (they believe they are somehow entitled to) from neighboring counties in Michigan, while using the other hand to beat you unconscious if you dare make a wrong turn in a city where outsiders are clearly not welcome.

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from DW (English)

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from EarthSky

Human face evolved to take a punch
The structure of human faces evolved to be punched by human fists, according to new research.

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from East Oregonian

Echo man jailed for murder; victim's name released
A man living near Echo is behind bars on one count of murder. Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan said Tuesday morning that detectives arrested Daniel Lee Smith, 31, for the murder of Samantha Lee Brown. Brown was 24 and a mother, according to court records. Rowan said he would release the cause of her death following findings from a state medical examiner.

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from Examiner.com
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)

“Game of Thrones” Cancellation Hoax Spreads on Facebook
[Scam Alert] 'Game of Thrones' is not being cancelled, so fans can rest easy. This scam message serves up a couple of good reminders. The first is not to believe everything you read on Facebook, and always double check sources and facts before sharing with your friends. The second is not to download software updates or extensions from sketchy websites!

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from FactCheck.org

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from Family Tree Magazine

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

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from The Federalist

With Eric Cantor Gone, Will John Boehner Try To Stick Around As Speaker?
Many assumed Boehner would step down as Speaker at the end of the year and hand the gavel to his lieutenant Eric Cantor. Then Dave Brat happened. Now what?

‘Maleficent’: A Story Of Repentance
‘Maleficent’ is just the latest film in Angelina Jolie’s ongoing crusade to reshape how you think about good, evil, and forgiveness.

The New York Times Sneers At Religion. Again.The problem isn't even that the New York Times frequently mocks Christians so much as that they are very bad at it.

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*from The Federalist Papers

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from Food & Wine

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from Forbes

The Richest Of The Rich Get Richer

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

Clinton deflects Benghazi criticism, discusses Monica in book rollout rounds
Hillary Rodham Clinton's family was dead broke and saddled with legal bills when she and her husband left the White House, the former first lady said in an interview that aired Monday.

‘An Unbelievable Miracle’: Dave Brat Talks to Hannity After VA Primary Win

14-year-old boy shot to death in boys locker room of Reynolds HS
A gunman carrying a rifle opened fire and killed a student at Reynolds High School on Tuesday, and Troutdale police confirmed the gunman himself is also dead.

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)

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from FrontPage Magazine

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from Gawker

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from Gizmodo

NASA releases spectacular X-ray image of an entire spiral galaxy

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from Global Research
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

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from The Guardian (UK)

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from h+ Magazine

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from Hartford Courant

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from History

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from Huffington Post
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from IdahoReporter.com

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Man passed out on bus found by police, arrested for trying to escape
A man was found passed out on a bus by Moses Lake police and he had warrants for his arrest for escaping custody and assaulting a police officer. Police took Terry T. Kuhlman, a 33-year-old Soap Lake resident, to Samaritan hospital to be examined, according to police Capt. Dave Sands.

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from Independent Journal Review

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from International Business Times

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Next Indonesian President Urged To Fight Religious Intolerance
ICC Note: Religious intolerance against Christian churches is increasing across Indonesia. Local authorities shut down churches at an average of 40 per year under the pressure of radical Islamist and usually citing the lack of a legal building permit (it is almost impossible to obtain these permits and even possessing a legal one does not guarantee protection). The current government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been turning a blind eye and acting passively toward worsening religious intolerance. As the presidential election on July 9 is approaching, human rights groups are urging the next president to fight persecution in Indonesia.

ICC to Host D.C. Demonstrations on Behalf of Mother Sentenced to Death in Sudan
This Thursday, International Christian Concern (ICC) will be joining forces with 36 other human rights and faith-based organizations to sponsor a demonstration in front of the White House on behalf of Meriam Ibrahim, the 27-year-old mother of two sentenced to death for apostasy in Sudan on May 15. A follow-up demonstration will be held Friday in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. Both demonstrations are scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.

Iran Intelligence Authority Summons Evangelical Pastor Amid Crackdown
ICC Note: Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has summoned Pastor Keyvan Rajabi to appear before the ministry in an effort to crack down on continued Christian practices. Several pastors have already been arrested while others have fled Iran all together. Last month, Pastor Irani, a local pastor, was also confronted by the authorities who confiscated any Christian literature including his Bible. He has since been transferred and his current location is unknown.

Russian Takeover in Crimea Leaves Non-Russian Orthodox Christians Unprotected
Earlier this year, Russian President Vladmir Putin authorized a referendum for Russia to take control of Crimea. As a result, while the Russian Orthodox Church has experienced no difficulties, other denominations of Christianity in Crimea have suffered violence, church closure, and other forms of discrimination. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Protestants within Crimea have all reported hostility from pro-Russian groups and the new authorities.

North Korea Unleashes Crackdown on Christianity
Fearful of ideological unrest, North Korea continues to detain or repatriate its citizens with ties to the church in China. According to Daily NK, “personnel from a number of state organs, including the State Security Department, General Reconnaissance Bureau and diplomatic corps, have received additional orders on the matter.”

Court Begins Hearing Case of Mother Sentenced to Death for Her Christian Faith
ICC Note: The Khartoum Court of Appeals began hearing Meriam Yahia Ibrahim's case this morning following a court committee's determination the court would do so. According to Meriam's legal defense, it could be weeks before the court renders a decision. The defense remains positive, however, asserting it has ample evidence to see to Meriam's initial sentences to 100 lashes and death being overturned.

Muslim NGO in Pakistan Highlights Epidemic of Forced Conversion of Christian Women
ICC Note: One of the major issues facing the already extremely persecution Christian population of Pakistan is the abduction and forced conversion of Christian women to Islam. According to a recent study conducted by a Muslim organization in Pakistan, as many as 700 Christian women are abducted and forcefully converted to Islam every year in Pakistan. Because Christians are extremely poor and marginalized in Pakistani society, Christian women are easy targets for abduction, sexual assault and forced conversion. Will the international community finally speak out against this epidemic?

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from The Jerusalem Post

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from KATU News (Portland)

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from KING 5 (Seattle)

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from KOIN Local 6 News (Portland)

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from KOMO News (Seattle)

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from KREM 2 News (Spokane)

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from KXLY 4 News (Spokane)

from LiveScience

Why Haven't We Encountered Aliens Yet? The Answer Could be Climate Change

Mini-Retina Created with Stem Cells
Scientists have created what they say is essentially a miniature human retina in a dish, using human stem cells. This development could one day lead to treatments for those with several forms of vision loss, including blindness, researchers added.

Sun Unleashes 2 Major Solar Flares Back-to-Back

Boom! Enormous Supernova Explosion Created in the Lab

Chimps Outsmart Humans in Simple Strategy Game

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from Los Angeles Times

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from MEDIAite

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from Media Matters for America

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from Money Talks News
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from Mother Nature Network

The hygiene hypothesis: Is our obsession with cleaning making us sick?
Research links allergies and asthma to one of the trappings of modern living.

10 uses for eggshells
Before you throw out those scraps, consider their uses in the garden, kitchen and more.

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from myscienceacademy.org
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from NASA

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from The National Audubon Society

Shady Endeavor Could Help Combat Coffee Rust
Coffee farmers—and birds—could benefit from a shift toward shade-grown crops, researchers say.

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from National Geographic

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from National Journal

Eric Cantor Falls to Shock Defeat in Primary
A little-known economics professor who campaigned against immigration reform defeated the House majority leader in his Republican primary Tuesday.

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from National Review

Obama Praises Australia’s Gun Confiscation
Speaking to users of the blogging platform Tumblr, President Obama today praised Australia’s confiscation of firearms.

White House Struggles With Naming Foreign Policy Achievements

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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

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from Nature News and Comment

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

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from The New Republic

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from Newsmax

Central America Newspapers Tout Open US Door for Illegal Minors

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from New York Daily News

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from New York Magazine

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from New York Post

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from New York Times

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from Northwest Watchdog

Walmart in this tiny town beats Seattle’s minimum wage
A tiny town in the midst of North Dakota’s oil boom raised local wages without forcing the issue through city ordinances or state laws — looking at you, Seattle. In fact, the evidence of the salary spike comes from the much-demonized Walmart, a corporation under fire from leftists who believe the company doesn’t pay enough.

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from NPR (& affiliates)

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

WA:

WSP educating drivers about 'move over' law
When drivers in the far right lane come within 200 feet of an emergency vehicle on the shoulder, the driver is required to move to the next lane, as long as it’s safe.


Anchor found off Whidbey Island might be from 1792 expedition
The Seattle Times and the Peninsula Daily News report the 900-pound (408-kilogram) anchor might be the one lost by the HMS Chatham, a Royal Navy survey brig. The ship accompanied the HMS Discovery as British explorer George Vancouver's charted the West Coast in 1792.

Crash shuts down Highway 99 for five hours

Funding shortage could put DUI drivers back on road





Arena investor Chris Hansen signs deal for more SoDo land

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City may tax nonprofit hospital for first time
As a non-profit due to its affiliation with the Catholic church, Bellingham's PeaceHealth Saint Joseph Medical Center has enjoyed a generous tax break for more than 120 years. "For me, it’s a matter of tax fairness," said City Councilman Michael Lilliquist.

Student killed at Oregon HS, shooter also dead

Police: Shooter at Oregon's Reynolds High is dead

Breaking: Police race to active shooter at Oregon High School

Tacoma teen claims to have killed father; body found in backyard

Forbes: Washington No. 1 state to make a living

Friendly fire kills 5 American troops in Afghanistan

Idaho Universities gearing up for guns on campus bill

Petitions to get entire Seahawks Legion of Boom on Madden cover

Sterling changes mind again, plans to fight Clippers sale to Ballmer

Seattle Pacific shooting victim: 'I am healing and getting stronger'

74 school shootings since Sandy Hook

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from The Oregonian

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from PBS (& affiliates)

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from Personal Liberty

Liberty News:

‘That’s Enough’: Farmers Protest EPA’s Water Takeover With ‘Frozen’ Parody

More Selective Enforcement Of Obamacare As States See Key Provision Delayed

Your Cell Phone Likely Isn’t Impervious To Snoops Even When The Device Is Off

White House: Obama Prepared To Act ‘Unilaterally’ Again Using ‘Executive Authority’ On Guns

Key Teacher Job Protections Violate California’s Constitution, Judge Rules

FAA For The First Time OKs Commercial Drone Flights Over Land

Police, Army Flee As Al-Qaida Group Seizes Iraq’s Second Largest City

5 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Apparent ‘Friendly-Fire’ Strike In Afghanistan

Lack Of Residencies Leaves Some Medical Students High And Dry

Four In 10 Millennials Say They Feel Overwhelmed By Debt, Poll Finds

Tuesday Morning News Roundup 6-10-2014

Woman Files Federal Lawsuit Over Naked Pepper Spraying Ordeal At Indiana Jail

Former Soldiers Recount Trying Search For Missing POW Bowe Bergdahl

Hillary’s Hard Choices Is Hard To Praise, Say Critics

Conservative Politics:

From Normandy To Afghanistan: Peewee To Bergdahl

A Second American Revolution Is Now Inevitable

More Phantom Jobs Created — All In The Wrong Places

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from Pew Research Center

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from Phys.org

Herschel observatory's population of trans-Neptunian objects
ESA's Herschel space observatory has observed 132 of the known 1400 cold worlds that inhabit a region of the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune, some 4.5–7.5 billion km from the Sun.

New paper suggests High Tibet was cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals

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from PJ Media

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from POLITICO
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from PoliticusUSA

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from PolitiFact

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from Popular Science

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?
Your voice changes. You get rashes. You want to put hot sauce on everything you eat. Fabien Cousteau and his team are setting out to break the record for living in an underwater habitat.

This Newfound Species Has The Highest-Pitched Call Recorded
Which it uses to attract mates, natch.

Ford Motor Company said this morning that it plans to develop a recycled material using the waste of another U.S.-based giant: the H.J. Heinz company.

The FAA has given the first-ever authorization of a commercial drone flight over land. The drones will check BP pipelines. Disruptive this isn't.

A Spaceship For The Sea
This vertical structure will allow scientists to better study the ocean.

97 percent of water on Earth is salt water. What if we could drink it?


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from Press TV (Iran)

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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

How To Cleanse With Juicing and Juice Fasting
I'm often asked to name one thing that can be done right away to get healthier. With respect to food choices, the best suggestion I have is to begin drinking freshly pressed vegetable juices. Drinking just one freshly pressed juice each day is a reliable way of infusing your body with a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that can protect your cells against premature aging and disease.

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from Psychology Today

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from Q13Fox News (KCPQ Seattle)

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from Rare

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from Real Clear Politics

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from RedState

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from RetroVision (news.kjosy.com)

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from Reuters

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from Riel World View (Dan Riehl)

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from The Right Scoop

In light of Dave Brat’s win tonight, Mark Levin was on Hannity tonight and he was on fire!

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from Right Wing News

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

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from Salon

Drudge’s new fixation: Eric Cantor and the right’s frenzied paranoia
Eric Cantor should beat his primary challenger tonight, but the anti-immigration crowd has already made its point

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from Science-Based Medicine

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from ScienceDaily

Earth is around 60 million years older than previously thought -- and so is the moon, new research finds
The timing of the giant impact between Earth's ancestor and a planet-sized body occurred around 40 million years after the start of solar system formation. This means that the final stage of Earth's formation is around 60 million years older than previously thought, according to new research.

Charging portable electronics in 10 minutes: New architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes far outperform the current standard
Researchers have developed a three-dimensional, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped carbon-nanotube cluster architecture for lithium ion battery anodes that could enable charging of portable electronics in 10 minutes, instead of hours.

Seafarers brought Neolithic culture to Europe, gene study indicates
Genetic evidence in modern populations suggests that Neolithic farmers from the Levant traveled mostly by sea to reach Europe. By 7,000 B.C., they were introducing their ideas and their genes to the native Paleolithic people, who had migrated to the continent 30,000 to 40,000 years before.

A life well spent: Consume now (in case you die early)
An early death constitutes a serious loss that should imply compensation to the deceased person. But how – when the person is dead? A team of economists argues that a 'life well spent' might entail consuming more and working less earlier in life. They construct a mathematical model to measure the economic losses associated with an early death.

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes wiped out in lab with genetic method that creates male-only offspring
Scientists have modified mosquitoes to produce sperm that will only create males, pioneering a fresh approach to eradicating malaria. Since 2000, increased prevention and control measures have reduced global malaria mortality rates by 42 per cent, but the disease remains a prevalent killer especially in vulnerable sub-Saharan African regions. Malaria control has also been threatened by the spread of insecticide resistant mosquitoes and malaria parasites resistant to drugs.

Human stem cells used to create light-sensitive retina in a dish
Using a type of human stem cell, researchers say they have created a three-dimensional complement of human retinal tissue in the laboratory, which notably includes functioning photoreceptor cells capable of responding to light, the first step in the process of converting it into visual images.

Male dwarf spiders make sure offspring is their own
Chastity belts were not first thought out in mediaeval times -- members of many animal groups have evolved similar mechanical safeguards to ensure their paternity. Male dwarf spiders, for instance, use mating plugs to block off the genital tract of the female they have just mated with. The larger and older the plug, the better the chances are that other males will not make deposits in a female's sperm storage organ.

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from Scientific American

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from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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from Skeptoid Podcast

Smallpox Inoculation Debate of 1721
If you remember Cotton Mather from history class, you probably know him as the villain behind the 1692 witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. In fact, Mather also deserves credit as one of early America’s most prolific intellectuals and as the first American advocate in favor of inoculation, a historical method for smallpox prevention and a precursor to the modern vaccine.

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from Slate

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from Slate's The Vault Blog

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from Smithsonian Magazine

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Pluto Planethood Debate? Stern Challenges Tyson

Another Asteroid-Strike Danger: Thrill-Seeking Rubberneckers?

Cosmic Explosion-Hunting Space Telescope Earns Top Rank at NASA
A NASA space telescope built to seek out the most powerfulexplosions in the universe has earned top billing on the space agency's list of nine astronomical observatory missions.

In Search for Life on Alien Planets, Checklist Needed
A checklist for the requirements of life as scientists define it could help ground speculation about the possibilities of alien life on distant worlds, new research suggests.

New Private Spacecraft Will Be 1st US Space Lifeboat in 40 Years
The next U.S. spacecraft designed to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station also needs to act as a lifeboat if something goes wrong on the orbiting outpost.

Chow Down! Star Will Devour 2 Alien Planets
Kepler-56 is a star somewhat like the sun, and it is slowly getting larger, ballooning out into a red dwarf. Once it moves into its red-dwarf phase, Kepler-56 will gobble up the innermost planet, called Kepler-56b, in about 130 million years. Kepler-56c, the second exoplanet in the star's meal, will be devoured about 25 million years later.

Sun Unleashes 2 Major Solar Flares Back-to-Back

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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

Gonzaga Prep’s Sam Dowd highlights Spokane Youth Sports Awards

Man critically injured in golf club stabbing

Police trainer arrested in fight gets no jail time

Providence Health affiliates with Tri-Cities hospital system

House Majority Leader Cantor defeated by dark horse, tea party candidate

Coldwater Creek may be resurrected under new owner

Police: Walla Walla “hash oil” explosion sends 2 to hospital

Labrador: ‘Leave the Bergdahl family alone’

Sprague soldier among troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan

Vegas police killer decried government on YouTube

Victim in Oregon school shooting a 14-year-old freshman

Spokane, 5 other Washington facilities will get further review
New patients seeking a primary care doctor through VA Puget Sound in Seattle faced a wait time of nearly 59 days, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs internal review released Monday. The report shows wait times averaged about 29 days in Spokane and 43 days in Walla Walla, indicating that delays at the state’s three largest VA systems far exceeded the department’s stated 14-day goal.

More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cracks, never getting appointments after enrolling, the government said Monday in a report newly demonstrating how deep and widespread the problem is.

Donald T. Phillips, who told police he fatally stabbed another man he thought was a drug dealer at the downtown bus plaza Saturday, had been released in April from a seven-year prison stint for kidnapping and robbing a Spokane resident. Phillips, 40, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Sean K. Oie, 49.

In one of the more ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer’s disease, a major study got underway Monday to see if an experimental drug can protect healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they’re at risk.

Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program President Barack Obama expanded Monday, part of an election-year push by Democrats to paint Republicans as blocking common-sense steps that could help the middle class.

The House Armed Services Committee will investigate the Obama administration’s swap of an American prisoner for five Taliban leaders that caused a political firestorm over the lack of congressional notification and fears the high-level Taliban could return to the Afghanistan battlefield.

U.S. customs agency names interim internal affairs chief
Guilty plea in death of two on boat

A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours before the accident, authorities said Monday as Morgan recovered in a hospital.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is physically well despite nearly five years as a Taliban captive, but confinement in a small space and other harsh treatment has left him psychologically unstable, a senior U.S. official briefed on his medical treatment said Monday.

Gunmen abducted 20 women from a remote settlement in northeastern Nigeria as 272 schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram continued to languish in captivity, according to news reports Monday.

The Pakistani Taliban threatened more violence Monday after a five-hour assault on the nation’s busiest airport killed 29 people – including all 10 attackers – raising a new challenge for a U.S. ally trying to end years of fighting that has claimed thousands of lives.

A judge on Monday handed down sentences ranging from 12 years to life in prison to five men convicted in the shooting death of Russia’s most prominent crusading journalist.

At least 40 dead in Iraq bombings
Israelis hospitalize hunger strikers
Mexico City bans animals at circuses

Mars Hill Spokane won’t officially launch until early next year, but about 60 people from Spokane and North Idaho have already committed to becoming members of the Seattle-based megachurch. They’ll be taking over the First Covenant Church building, at 212 S. Division, and the congregation currently meeting there will move to the Garland District.

Avista Corp. is spending $36 million over six years to replace thousands of electrical transformers that contain PCBs, a cancer-causing compound found in elevated levels in the Spokane River.

A Spokane developer who swindled millions from investors and banks in complex real estate schemes, including one involving the decrepit Ridpath Hotel downtown, was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay $9.3 million to his victims.

College student Jon Meis, who has shied away from the spotlight since he ended a Seattle campus shooting by pepper-spraying the gunman last week, said Monday it’s hard to accept his status as a hero.

Tyson Foods Inc. has won a bidding war to gobble up Hillshire Brands, the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs.

When consumers have medical debt that is sent to the collections department and then shows up on their credit reports, they may be penalized excessively by credit-scoring agencies, according to a recent study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Netflix will ease up on a monthlong finger-pointing campaign that blamed Verizon and other Internet service providers for problems with its video subscription service. The decision, announced in a Monday blog post, follows a legal threat issued by Verizon last week.


Two Red Lion hotels sold to franchisees
South Regal Square opening
GM lawsuits sent to N.Y. court
Merck buys drug developer

A Chinese environmental group launched a smartphone app Monday that tracks and shames polluting factories, highlighting how the country is making environmental data more available and enabling public monitoring of companies that pollute.






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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)

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from Sunny Skyz

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from The Sydney Morning Herald - smh.com.au

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from Talking Points Memo

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from The Telegraph (UK)

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from ThatsNonsense.com

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from Think Progress

The Real Reason Eric Cantor Lost
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from Time

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from The Times of India

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from Townhall.com

The Prisoner Swap Deal
The key to this deal, however, is less likely to be what the United States got out of the deal than it is about what Barack Obama got out of the deal. If nothing else, it instantly got the veterans' hospitals scandals off the front pages of newspapers and pushed these scandals aside on television news programs. It was a clear winner for Barack Obama. And that may be all that matters to Barack Obama.

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

As the Bergdahl Heat Increases, Look Who Obama is Throwing Under the Bus Now
Barack Obama, who shallowly claims at times that the buck stops with him, is now pinning the final approval for the exchange of Bergdahl for five Taliban members on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

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from Truth Theory
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]


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from USA Today

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from U.S. News and World Report

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from Viral Nova

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from Vox

This map shows every school shooting since Sandy Hook
The data comes from Everytown for Gun Safety, a recently formed gun control advocacy group. Everytown defines school shooting as "assaults, homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings" that take place "inside a school building or on school or campus grounds." It's hard to find statistically reliable research about school shootings,

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from The Wall Street Journal

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)

Victor Davis Hanson Warns of Isolationist Sentiment
Global freedom and prosperity ‘requires an engaged United States’

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from The Washington Policy Center (State)

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Washington Times (DC)

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from The Week

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from The Weekly Standard

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from The Wenatchee World (WA)

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Hillary Blames Benghazi Victim In Boneheaded ABC News Interview
The ballyhooed favorite among many Democrats looking toward the 2016 presidential election is facing significant backlash as a result of comments she made during an ABC News interview with Diane Sawyer this week.

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from WIRED

Jurassic Park Turns 21: A Look Back at How It Revolutionized Special Effects

Hands-On With Destiny, Bungie’s Wild New World

George R. R. Martin Joins Twitter, Uses Winky Face Emoticon

To Beat a Parasite, Birds Teach Their Young a Secret Password

Google Open Sources Its Secret Weapon in Cloud Computing

Nintendo’s New Games Sound Great, Just Don’t Expect Them Anytime Soon

This Jewelry Lights Up and Buzzes When Your Phone Needs You

Lingerie Startup Uses Big Data to Engineer the World’s Best Bra

Linear Models of Cloud Storage Plans

This Startup Wants to Turn Your Old Electronics Into Solid Gold

These Ingenious New Meal Trays Save Virgin Atlantic Millions in Cash

After Heartbleed, We’re Overreacting to Bugs That Aren’t a Big Deal

A Kitchen Scale That Makes Anyone Into an Expert Baker

Why iPhone Headphones Could Soon Work Only With Apple Devices

What’s Up With That: Why Do Helium Balloons in a Car Move in the Wrong Direction When You Brake?

The Unbelievably Complex Animation Behind X-Men’s Sentinels

Savor the Awkward Atmosphere of the Post-Soviet Dance Club

You Should Learn to Trust Robots. It’s for Your Own Good

Crappy Netflix Playback? Here’s How to Test Your Streaming Speed

These Guys Want to Replace Your Wi-Fi Router With an Android Tablet

Hackathons Aren’t Just for Coders. We Can Use Them to Save Lives

Today’s Most Promising Display Technology May Already Be Dead

The Next Big Thing You Missed: Amazon’s Delivery Drones Could Work—They Just Need Trucks

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from WND (World Net Daily)

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from Yahoo News
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from Zero Hedge

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from 12Tribe Films Foundation

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from 100 Percent FED Up



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