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Kraft Macaroni And Cheese Recalled Due To Metal Fragments
Kraft Foods is recalling 242,000 cases of original flavor Kraft Macaroni & Cheese because some of the boxes contain small pieces of metal. The boxes have "best when used by" dates ranging from Sept. 18, 2015 through Oct. 11, 2015 and are marked with the code "C2."
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Gallup: Ben Carson More Likable Than Hillary, Other WH Hopefuls
Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson has a higher favorability rating than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and every other potential 2016 presidential candidate, a new poll has found. According to a Gallup survey conducted March 2-4 of 1,522 adults, Carson had a 12 percent favorability rating compared to 11 percent for Clinton, who was in second place. At the same time, Carson's familiarity rating is far lower than Clinton's at 28 percent compared to 89 percent, making Carson one of the three least known potential candidates of the 16 tested.
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Coeur d’Alene settles Arfee shooting for $80,000
Eight months after a Coeur d’Alene police officer shot and killed a dog in a parked van, sparking criticism from across the nation, the city has agreed to pay the dog’s owner $80,000.
Israel’s Netanyahu emerges with slight edge after tight election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to fend off a strong challenge from the country’s opposition leader in parliamentary elections Tuesday, emerging from an acrimonious campaign in a slightly better position to form Israel’s next government.
Spokane opens Hillyard police precinct
The new police precinct at the southeast corner of Market Street and Diamond had a grand opening celebration Tuesday afternoon. The first police precinct opened in downtown Spokane in 2013 and there are plans to move it to a larger location at the Intermodal Center later this year. This city is also looking for a location on the South Hill to open a third precinct.
Idaho official who oversaw IEN to resign
Teresa Luna, director of the Idaho Department of Administration and a central figure in the scandal over Idaho’s failed statewide school broadband network, will resign at the end of this year’s Idaho legislative session, Gov. Butch Otter announced Tuesday. Luna is the sister of former two-term Idaho schools Superintendent Tom Luna, who left office in December and also was a big booster of the Idaho Education Network, which was one of Otter’s key initiatives as governor.
Snow advisory issued for Lookout Pass
Snow is finally returning to the mountains of the Inland Northwest. Unfortunately, it’s not the mountains where snow is badly needed. The mountains of northwest Montana have some of the best snow layers in the Pacific Northwest with measurements running near or above normal. Much of Washington and Oregon, especially the Cascades, have very low water storage in unusually thin snowpacks.
Reservoir refilling behind Wanapum Dam
Repairs to a cracked spillway on the Wanapum Dam have progressed to the point where the reservoir can be refilled to normal levels. The Grant County Public Utility District says the refill of the reservoir began on Monday.
Premera Blue Cross says cyberattack could affect 11 million customers
Premera Blue Cross, a health insurer based in the Pacific Northwest, says it was the victim of a cyberattack that could affect 11 million people.
Fed prosecutor to 9th Circuit: Duncan made it clear he didn’t want to appeal death penalty
Convicted multiple murderer Joseph Duncan made it very clear he didn’t want to appeal his triple death sentence, U.S. Attorney for Idaho Wendy Olson told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today. “I think the record is very clear that in November of 2008, this defendant did not wish to appeal,” Olson argued to a three-judge panel chaired by Judge Susan Graber. And she noted that following an extensive competency hearing that the 9th Circuit ordered U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge to hold in 2013, Duncan was ruled mentally competent to make that decision.
Spokane police seek bank robber
Spokane police are looking for the man who robbed the Safeway Credit Union in the 500 block of East North Foothills Drive around 9 a.m. today. The man, dressed in dark clothing from head to toe, told a teller he had a gun and demanded cash, according to a police department press release. He also threatened a bank customer and stole his wallet.
Illinois lawmaker Schock leaves House amid ethics complaint
Republican Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois, dogged about irregularities in his campaign finance and congressional spending accounts, suddenly announced on Tuesday that he would resign his House seat at the end of the month.
Bayview human remains identified
The human remains found by a hiker outside of Bayview, Idaho in early February belonged to Billy Davis, 44, a Coeur d’Alene man reported missing last year. Davis was last seen by his family in July 2014. Family members reported him missing in November 2014.
Spokane begins its construction ‘busy season’
There are 43 city of Spokane projects are planned for this year’s construction season, which began Monday just south of the intersection of Northwest Boulevard and West Garland Avenue.
91-year-old WWII, Spokane police veteran: ‘My whole life I’ve been lucky’
Jack Latta is 91 now, a retired Spokane police officer with a lifetime of harrowing stories that stretch from war to the streets of Spokane.
Jack Latta is 91 now, a retired Spokane police officer with a lifetime of harrowing stories that stretch from war to the streets of Spokane.
In a feverish last-minute push to shore up support among right-wing voters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that if elected he would not allow the creation of a Palestinian state, rejecting publicly the foundation for years of international efforts to negotiate an end to decades of Arab-Israeli hostility. “Whoever moves to establish a Palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical Islamic attacks against Israel,” he told the Israeli news site NRG. Asked if that meant no Palestinian state as long as he was prime minister, he replied, “Indeed.”
Iranians question U.S. about GOP letter during nuclear talks
Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators who warned that any nuclear deal could expire the day President Barack Obama leaves office, a senior U.S. official said Monday.
Aerobic exercise fights breast tumors, study in mice suggests
Aerobic exercise is no friend to breast tumors, says a new study that suggests that regular physical activity may be a “novel adjuvant treatment” for women with breast cancer.
Aerobic exercise is no friend to breast tumors, says a new study that suggests that regular physical activity may be a “novel adjuvant treatment” for women with breast cancer.
About 260 photos, which were about the only items rescued from the Dec. 26 fire in Washington Court House, Ohio, were restored by art conservation graduate students at the University of Delaware. Many of the photos were charred, covered in soot and stained by the water used to fight the blaze that took the lives of 60-year-old Terry Harris and her grandsons: Kenyon, 14, Broderick, 11, and Braylon, 9. Police had said the boys wanted to spend Christmas night with their grandmother so she wouldn’t be alone. The restored photos were delivered to the family Friday in a tear-filled gathering in their hometown about 75 miles north of Cincinnati.
The Columbus Dispatch, 27 Dec 2014: Fire kills woman, 3 grandchildren, in Fayette County
Murder charge filed against Durst
Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a murder charge Monday against real estate scion Robert Durst in the December 2000 killing of his longtime friend Susan Berman, who was found shot execution-style in her home in Los Angeles’ Benedict Canyon on Christmas Eve.
Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a murder charge Monday against real estate scion Robert Durst in the December 2000 killing of his longtime friend Susan Berman, who was found shot execution-style in her home in Los Angeles’ Benedict Canyon on Christmas Eve.
Nigerian troops have ousted Boko Haram from a northeastern town while Cameroon soldiers killed several of the extremists in an attack on a Nigerian village, military officials reported Monday of the latest successes in a multinational bid to curb the Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria.
L.A. policeman charged with human smuggling
A Los Angeles police officer has been charged with smuggling a Mexican man into the country in the trunk of an SUV.
Manatee numbers reach record in Florida waters
Manatees are wintering in Florida in record numbers, according to an annual survey by state biologists released Monday.
Putin emerges, shrugs off absence
Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off his 10-day absence from the public eye Monday with the aside that life “would be boring without gossip,” a reference to the wild rumors of the past week that he was gravely ill, dead or ousted from power. Putin returned to the limelight to receive the visiting president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, at the ornate Constantine Palace near St. Petersburg, his hometown and the imperial capital of Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off his 10-day absence from the public eye Monday with the aside that life “would be boring without gossip,” a reference to the wild rumors of the past week that he was gravely ill, dead or ousted from power. Putin returned to the limelight to receive the visiting president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, at the ornate Constantine Palace near St. Petersburg, his hometown and the imperial capital of Russia.
Lawyer: Ferguson police not targeted
A man accused of shooting two officers last week in Ferguson was not targeting police or aiming at demonstrators at a late-night protest, his attorney said Monday as he countered an earlier police description of the crime.
A man accused of shooting two officers last week in Ferguson was not targeting police or aiming at demonstrators at a late-night protest, his attorney said Monday as he countered an earlier police description of the crime.
Hundreds of sea lion pups stranding on California beaches
It’s not unusual to have some sea lions wash up each spring as the pups leave their mothers, but so far, the number of stranded babies is more than five times greater than in 2013, the worst season in recent memory.
More IS chemical attacks reportedIt’s not unusual to have some sea lions wash up each spring as the pups leave their mothers, but so far, the number of stranded babies is more than five times greater than in 2013, the worst season in recent memory.
Kurdish forces in Iraq are investigating two other possible chemical weapons attacks by the Islamic State group, a top official said Monday, as authorities put an Iraqi offensive to retake Saddam Hussein’s hometown on hold.
U.N., Russia concerned group is in Afghanistan
The top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan said Monday that recent reports indicate the Islamic State extremist group has established a foothold in Afghanistan, a view echoed by Russia, which urged the Security Council to stop its expansion.
Pakistan bombings, reprisal both deadly
A pair of suicide bombers attacked two churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday as worshippers prayed inside, killing 15 people in the latest assault against religious minorities in this increasingly fractured country, officials said.
A pair of suicide bombers attacked two churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday as worshippers prayed inside, killing 15 people in the latest assault against religious minorities in this increasingly fractured country, officials said.
Relief workers tried desperately today to reach Vanuatu’s remote outer islands that were smashed by a fierce cyclone, as an Australian official reported scenes of widespread destruction. Radio and telephone communications with the South Pacific nation’s hard-hit outer islands were just beginning to be restored but remained incredibly patchy three days after what the country’s president called a “monster” storm.
Judge orders state to set PCB discharge limits for Spokane River
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein said the federal government erred in allowing the state Department of Ecology to substitute a regional task force on reducing toxins in the Spokane River for permit limits on the amount of polychlorinated biphenyls that can be discharged into the river through wastewater. She ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the state and to file a work plan and timeline by mid-July for wrapping up the task force’s work and adopting future PCB discharge limits for municipalities and industries.
All Idaho school districts would have to allow parents to withdraw their children from any activity, class or program that the parents believe “impairs the parents’ firmly held beliefs, values or principles,” under legislation that passed the Idaho Senate on Monday. Freshman Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d’Alene, who co-sponsored the bill, told the Senate that it solidifies the role of parents as the “primary decision-makers for their children.”
Uber, Lyft get court order blocking release of Spokane County reports
Ride-sharing juggernauts Lyft and Uber are fighting – and winning – a legal battle to keep ridership numbers and other data about their business in Spokane under wraps.
Pro-Uber bill advances
A bill proposed by a lobbyist for Uber would override the ability of Idaho cities to regulate the ride-sharing company; it passed Idaho’s state House Monday on a 56-12 vote. It now moves to the Senate side.
With about a fourth of high school seniors in a recent survey saying they use e-cigarettes, health experts urged the state should tax and regulate the new way of delivering nicotine to the body.
Proposed rules for trains carrying oil across Washington don’t put enough responsibility on the railroads and should include oil pipelines, a Spokane city councilman told a House committee Monday. But some of the proposed rules to increase the number of workers on each train could run afoul of federal laws and negotiated labor contracts, railroad officials warned the House Environment Committee.
Exposure law proposal focused on Spokane baristas falls short on signatures
The Spokane County Elections Office ruled as invalid nearly half of the signatures collected to place an initiative on the November ballot asking voters to create a misdemeanor public exposure law. Of the 3,320 signatures turned in to the city – which sent the signatures to the county for validation – 1,548 were ruled invalid, about 46 percent of what was needed. To be placed on the ballot, 2,477 signatures had to be valid, but only 1,772 reached that mark.
DNA evidence can be the turning point for a post-conviction appeal, but whether it still exists years later is often no guarantee. A bill that has passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate would require DNA collected in any felony case charged as a violent or sex offense to be preserved through the length of the offender’s sentence, including post-prison community custody. In cold cases, where no one has been charged or convicted, the DNA would have to be maintained throughout the statute of limitations for the crime.
Dozens more arrested in ‘Add the Words’ protest at Boise Capitol
There were 25 arrests at Idaho’s state Capitol on Monday, as protesters continued to press without success for lawmakers to enact civil rights protections for gays. It was the second time this session that protests over the civil rights bill led to arrests; on March 2, 23 protesters were arrested after they refused to leave the House and Senate chambers. Last year, more than 100 people were arrested calling unsuccessfully for a hearing on the bill.
There were 25 arrests at Idaho’s state Capitol on Monday, as protesters continued to press without success for lawmakers to enact civil rights protections for gays. It was the second time this session that protests over the civil rights bill led to arrests; on March 2, 23 protesters were arrested after they refused to leave the House and Senate chambers. Last year, more than 100 people were arrested calling unsuccessfully for a hearing on the bill.
Spokane set a daily record Sunday with 1.33 inches of rainfall that was strong enough to back up catch basins and wash dirt and debris onto sidewalks and streets. The previous daily record was 1.18 inches in 2012, a year that turned out to be especially wet in March.
Police arrest suspect in attempted carjackings
Spokane police arrested a carjacking suspect Monday after he allegedly assaulted three people while attempting to steal their vehicles, then fled from police in a stolen hotel shuttle van. Police said David A. Ellis, 26, attempted to steal cars from three people in downtown Spokane between 8:40 and 9 a.m. Monday.
Whitman’s Bridges to lead Evergreen State
The Evergreen State College in Olympia on Monday picked the president of Whitman College in Walla Walla as its new leader. George Bridges, who is also a former vice provost at the University of Washington, will replace Thomas “Les” Purce, who is retiring this summer after serving as president since July 2000.
West Side mudslides stop passenger train service
Heavy weekend rain has caused mudslides around Western Washington, including a handful that have stopped passenger train service between Seattle and the city of Everett.
I-405 express lanes may require 3-person carpools
Drivers may need additional riders if they want to use the new Interstate 405 express toll lanes set to open this fall.
CdA woman files claim over shootout in yard
A woman whose backyard became the scene of a deadly police shooting has filed a claim against her Idaho hometown. The Coeur d’Alene Press reported Sarah Shields filed a tort claim against Coeur d’Alene this fall. She’s seeking $18,000 for emotional distress and damage to her property from bullets.
Packing pachyderms to Oklahoma costs $111,000
Woodland Park Zoo estimates it will cost $111,000 to ship its two Asian elephants to a new home at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Activists have sued to block the move, and the zoo has agreed not to move the elephants before an April 3 court hearing. Activists want the elephants to go to a wildlife sanctuary.
Portland man sentenced for pointing lasers at planes
An Oregon man who said he dealt with the grief from his girlfriend’s death by aiming a high-powered laser pointer at commercial airliners has been sentenced to six months in federal prison.
Patti MacDonald, 60, of Hauser, was charged with a misdemeanor count of beating or harassing an animal after authorities say she beat a hunter’s falcon to death with a beaded scarf after seeing the bird of prey take down a duck.
Nutritionists paid to give healthy image
Coca-Cola is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its soda as a treat at a time when the world’s biggest beverage maker is being blamed for helping to fuel obesity rates.
Coca-Cola is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its soda as a treat at a time when the world’s biggest beverage maker is being blamed for helping to fuel obesity rates.
The Machinists union on Monday asked for an election so about 2,400 Boeing production workers in South Carolina can decide whether they want union representation. The aeronautics giant immediately responded that a union is not in the best interests of the company, the workers or the state.
McDonald’s workers file hazard complaints
McDonald’s workers in 19 cities have filed complaints over burns from popping grease, a lack of protective equipment and other workplace hazards, according to labor organizers.
U.S. factory output falls for third month
Output at U.S. factories fell for a third straight month in February, driven by a big drop in production at auto plants. The Federal Reserve said Monday that manufacturing output fell 0.2 percent in February, following a decline of 0.3 percent in January. Overall industrial production edged up a slight 0.1 percent in February, as unusually cold weather in many parts of the country led to a surge at utilities.
Fed expected to stop using ‘patient’ in stance on hikes
Surrounding the Fed’s policy meeting this week is the widespread expectation that it will no longer use the word “patient” to describe its stance on raising interest rates from record lows. Many economists say the dropping of “patience” would signal the Fed plans to start raising rates in June to reflect a steadily strengthening U.S. job market. Others foresee no rate hike before September. And a few predict no increase before year’s end at the earliest.
More than half of Americans are worried about the U.S. government’s digital spies prying into their emails, texts, search requests and other online information, but few are trying to thwart the surveillance, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center released Monday. Pew researchers found that a majority of those surveyed don’t know about online shields that could help boost privacy or believe it would be too difficult to avoid the government’s espionage.
Blackstone buying Willis Tower
Blackstone is buying Chicago’s Willis Tower, once called the Sears Tower, from 233 South Wacker LLC for an undisclosed amount. The Willis Tower is 110 stories and the second-tallest office building in the U.S. It is the fifth-tallest office building in the world and was for many years the world’s tallest.
Blackstone is buying Chicago’s Willis Tower, once called the Sears Tower, from 233 South Wacker LLC for an undisclosed amount. The Willis Tower is 110 stories and the second-tallest office building in the U.S. It is the fifth-tallest office building in the world and was for many years the world’s tallest.
Brazilian prosecutors on Monday charged the treasurer of the ruling Workers’ Party with corruption in connection with a sprawling graft scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.
Editorial: Court-mandated attention to mental health long overdue
Robert J. Samuelson: Job worries, hopes each have their place under robot invasion
Flossing key to putting plaque in its place
Flossing is better than brushing for removing dental plaque, that thin film of bacteria around your teeth. It is plaque that causes the gum inflammation that ultimately leads to so much adult tooth loss. Dental plaque is the enemy you want to root out to protect your teeth. But according to provocative new research from the British Medical Journal, there is another reason to floss – to fight cancer.
Pest prevention
As a mild winter has given way to an early spring, sunny, warm days may have people opening cabins, cleaning barns, garages and sheds, and hiking through tall grass much sooner than is typical. Pesky, disease-spreading critters might appear earlier than normal, too. The biggest ones to watch for are deer mice and ticks.
Soft, adorable, lovable, but also very dangerous
Remember, don’t nuzzle and kiss those cute fuzzy chicks, ducklings and bunnies filling farm and pet stores in anticipation of spring and Easter. Although soft, adorable and loveable, these babies often carry salmonella bacteria that can cause diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps.
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FACEBOOK HAS NEW CENSORSHIP RULES
Facebook said Monday it won’t allow the social network to be used to promote terrorism or hate speech as it unveiled a wide-ranging update of its “community standards.
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