Links From 1/26/12

January 27th, 2012




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Bill in WA State Legislature: $1 Billion Jobs Package?…

House GOP: Only if deregulation too…

Proposed bill would lower minimum wage for tipped employees…

Former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels considering run for Secretary of State


Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest…


Alaska Airlines retiring meal tray prayer cards…


Idaho Supreme Court dismisses Republican leaders’ redistricting lawsuit…


Obama in the Northwest in FEB…


CHA-CHING! State of WA to pay $2.35M in abuse case settlement…


Feds: Pharmacies gave ‘used’ drugs to W. Wash. nursing homes…


Update: Judge may cancel WaMu insider-trading ruling…


1 week later… WA utility down to 3,000 customers without power…


18-foot Great White shark spotted off San Diego beach…


Video: LAPD, Special Forces Conduct Military Drills With Black Hawks In Skies Above Downtown LA…


“Free Egypt! Free Cascadia! Free the world!” – Occupy Portland group clash with police in downtown Portland; several protesters cuffed…


OR CD 1 FIREWORKS: Cornilles uses ex-Congressman Wu to slam Bonamici in new campaign ad…


Oregon GOP pushes limits on medical malpractice liability…


OR Gov Kitzhaber hit with disabilities act class action lawsuit…

Portland Mess Transit: Disabled riders upset about proposed hikes…


Idaho inmates committing crimes by cell phone…


TAX $ AT WORK: Oregon biofuel refinery wins federal backing to make ethanol from poplar trees… $235 million loan guarantee…


Microsoft slammed for ‘avoid ghetto app’…


Oldest Oregonian dies at 114…


Portland Police: Man shot by police was holding replica handgun…


Presentation by global warming skeptics draws big crowd in Portland…


AP Investigation: New Mexico license data points to immigration fraud…


California to vote on new ‘clean car’ regulations…






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HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • ‘FAIR SHARE’? Obama Administration Owes $800,000+ In Back Taxes…
  • Bernanke Has ‘Finger On Trigger’ For ‘QE3′…
  • Weekly jobless claims rise 21K to 377K, missing expectations…
  • Geithner: If Obama Wins,Don’t Expect Me to Stay…
  • Democrat Senators Plan Votes to End Bush Tax Cuts…
  • … Schakowsky on Keystone Pipeline: “20K Jobs Is Really Not That Many Jobs…”
  • Report: Taxpayers still owed $132.9B from bailout…
  • Obama’s Former Faith Adviser: ‘I, Frankly, Am Glad American Civil Religion is Dying’…
  • Jan Brewer on Obama Confrontation: “He’s Very Thin Skinned”…
  • ICYMI: Warren Buffett’s Secretary Makes Between $200,000 and $500,000 Per Year…
  • More Drones, Special Ops In New Defense Blueprint…

  • MIDEAST:

  • US Treasury sanctions another major Iran bank…
  • Official: Iraq will take legal action over US raid…
  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s son barred from leaving Egypt…

  • 2012:

  • New Rasmussen FL Poll: Romney up by 8…
  • Suffolk poll: Romney stronger in FL than Gingrich against Obama by 14 points…
  • MALKIN: Gingrich channels open-borders SEIU… then retreats…
  • Gingrich promises US moon colony by 2020
  • Santorum hints at leaving FL before Tuesday primary…
  • Romney wants Castro ‘off this planet’…
  • Nancy Reagan: Ronnie Turned the Torch Over to Newt Gingrich…
  • INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • Donny Deutsch: ‘American Public Is Never Going to Like’ Gingrich or Romney…
  • NYTimes Puts Photo of Romney’s Tax Return in Lead Story Slot…
  • MSNBC’s Wagner Claims Reagan ‘Would Be A Democrat’ Today…
  • Reuters hit on Rubio contains errors…

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    Links From 1/25/12

    January 26th, 2012




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    Montanans are recalling senators who voted for NDAA…


    CA state lawmakers sue over docked pay, after failing to pass balanced budget…


    Church groups push for action on feds’ Seattle police report…


    Surge in plane sales lifts Boeing…


    Fresh allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in Spokane cop case raised…


    Amanda Knox may make return trip to Italy…


    Relentless WA stalker sentenced to 26-1/2 years in prison…


    Charge: WA babysitter poured cleaner down infant’s throat…


    3.4 quake hits near Mount St. Helens…


    VIDEO: Daredevil bicyclist on I-5 a nuisance to cars, troopers…


    Brainy Seattle voted a ‘rude city?’…


    State of WA argues 18 year old 2/3 vote requirement for taxes is constitutional…


    Idaho GOP Sues Over Redistricters…


    Update: Idaho House committee approves bill aimed at ousting Occupy Boise…


    One Republican vs six Democrats? 1st Congressional District forum in Seattle…


    WA Pastor/Ex-NFLer On Same-Sex Marriage: Gov Gregoire “Might As Well Change Her Name to John Wilkes Booth”…


    Calif. Auditor: Funding for $98 Billion High-Speed Rail Is In Trouble…


    Montana unemployment rate falls to 6.8%…


    ‘Barefoot Bandit’ emails ridicule law enforcement, undercutting his claims that he’s sorry for his two-year crime spre…


    Idaho: Man slashes toe on sidewalk, but county refuses to pay bill…


    Seattle DOT: Snow storm response cost city $1.35 million…


    HBO INW: Texas woman stranded for days in Idaho dairy wastewater pond…


    NORTHWEST STORM AFTERMATH:

  • Windy conditions knock out power throughout Puget Sound…
  • Oregon coast: More wind, rain and landslides…
  • Oregon state motor pool vehicles damaged by flood…
  • Pierce County notification system malfunction sent same text 30 times…
  • Hope fading fast for 4 missing on Mt Rainier…
  • Burglars targeting neighborhoods without power…
  • Search suspended for 6-year-old swept into Clackamas River…
  • … Clothing found…

  • Clackamas County commissioners to consider ending Canby ferry service or raising rates 200%…


    Portland: Armed man killed during early morning rooftop confrontation with police…


    Oregon state trooper in custody after bomb scare…


    U.S. Supreme Court won’t re-hear special ed case against Oregon school district…


    Ex-OSU great Chad Ochocinco live tweets the SOTU: “Like losing virginity all over again…”


    San Francisco mayor asks embattled sheriff to take break, in wake of domestic violence charge…


    Los Angeles mayor signs porn star condom requirement…


    Idaho man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Obama…


    Boxwood blight hits Oregon for first time…


    (***** CONTENT WARNING *****) Video captures L.A. police shooting man outside Carl’s Jr….


    OREGON OOPS: Man using a semi-automatic handgun as prop to tell story shot himself in the head, dies…


    Serial Arson Suspect Faces 100 Counts in 49 Los Angeles Fires…


    Supreme Court Asked to Permit Religious Banners in Calif. Classroom…






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    SOTU POST-GAME / HOPE&CHANGE:

  • Full Text: Obama SOTU…
  • Full Text: Mitch Daniels’ GOP response…
  • REPORT: Speech registers at 8th grade reading level
  • Obama: Millionaires should pay at least 30% in taxes…
  • Noted Lincoln Scholar: Obama Misquoted Lincoln…
  • Obama Fudges Energy Numbers in SOTU…
  • New U.S. Ambassador to Russia: We Support ‘Universal Values’ Not ‘American Values’
  • Judicial Watch: White House/DOJ Working with ACORN, Massive Voter Registration Fraud…
  • Fraud, waste in DHS program to protect high-risk urban areas…

  • MIDEAST:

  • Analysis: Iran preparing now for Armageddon…
  • US Ambassador: All options on the table for Iran…
  • US Special Forces rescue American, Dane hostages in Somalia…
  • Marine gets no jail time in killing of 24 Iraqi civilians…

  • 2012:

  • Poll: Romney, Gingrich neck-and-neck in Fla….
  • Author: Romney Cleared Abortion Stance with Reagan Pollster, Church Before Challenging Kennedy in ’94…
  • POLL: 33% of GOP Voters Want New Candidate To Enter Race…
  • Newt to Pelosi: ‘Put up or shut up… bring it on’…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • NOW President: ‘Poppycock’ to Say Catholic Institutions Have a Conscience…
  • In Sharpton Promo, MSNBC Lumps Republican Tax Policy With ‘Back-of-the-Bus’ Racism…
  • M-BS-NBC: Matthews Falsely Claims That Compared to Romney’s 15 Percent Tax Rate ‘Most People’ Pay ’35′…
  • ABC’s Class Warfare: “Just How Rich Is Mitt Romney and Is He Paying His Fair Share?”…

  • Judge: Americans Can Be Forced To Decrypt Laptops…


    op ed review 1/22: “How are those green energy jobs working out for you? Another Gov’t-funded solar company lays off most of its staff…”

    Climate Change Now Blamed For… Cambodian Sex Trade…


    MORE 2012:

  • BOUNCE: Rasmussen poll puts Gingrich up by 7 nationally…
  • Will the Northwest Media Report? Romney Gave 15% to Charity – Obama Gave 1%
  • TOLERANCE: Rick Santorum glitter-bombed again by OWS activists…
  • TOLERANCE: Chris Rock loses it over Gingrich question; Camera smashed…
  • WHAT BIAS? ABC’s Class Warfare: ‘Just How Rich Is Mitt Romney and Is He Paying His Fair Share?”…

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    Links From 1/24/12

    January 25th, 2012




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    State of WA argues 18 year old 2/3 vote requirement for taxes is constitutional…


    Idaho GOP Sues Over Redistricters…


    Update: Idaho House committee approves bill aimed at ousting Occupy Boise…


    One Republican vs six Democrats? 1st Congressional District forum in Seattle…


    WA Pastor/Ex-NFLer On Same-Sex Marriage: Gov Gregoire “Might As Well Change Her Name to John Wilkes Booth”…


    Calif. Auditor: Funding for $98 Billion High-Speed Rail Is In Trouble…


    Montana unemployment rate falls to 6.8%…


    ‘Barefoot Bandit’ emails ridicule law enforcement, undercutting his claims that he’s sorry for his two-year crime spre…


    Idaho: Man slashes toe on sidewalk, but county refuses to pay bill…


    Seattle DOT: Snow storm response cost city $1.35 million…


    HBO INW: Texas woman stranded for days in Idaho dairy wastewater pond…


    Northwest Contractor in Iraq: Conditions deteriorating since U.S. withdrawal…


    WA State Democrat Party Chair Unhinged: McKenna “has fought to preserve discrimination in state law and has even gone so far as to equate marriage equality to polygamy and incest”


    No sign of missing campers, climbers on Mt Rainier…

    Snowmobiler dug out of avalanche – recorded on helmet cam…


    Idaho Republican leaders remove two redistricting commissioners…


    Update: Union settles fiery dispute at Port of Longview…

    … “It brought tears to my eyes. Gov. Gregoire must be an angel…”


    Utah Teen Fatally Shoots Self With Miniature Toy Cannon…


    Seattle’s ‘Pothole Rangers’ out in force to patch storm-damaged roads…


    WA: Navy woman who stopped to help motorist is killed…


    Sea-Tac Airport honored for on-time performance…


    News rival rescue: Tri-City carrier rescues Yakima carrier from fire…


    Update: Pa. men plead guilty harassing Palin’s Alaska lawyers…


    Enviro-Mystery: Dead whales, sea lion wash up near Long Beach Peninsula…


    Idaho man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Obama…


    Boxwood blight hits Oregon for first time…


    (***** CONTENT WARNING *****) Video captures L.A. police shooting man outside Carl’s Jr….


    OREGON OOPS: Man using a semi-automatic handgun as prop to tell story shot himself in the head, dies…


    Serial Arson Suspect Faces 100 Counts in 49 Los Angeles Fires…


    Supreme Court Asked to Permit Religious Banners in Calif. Classroom…


    OR Governor proposes consequence-free ‘achievement compacts’ to focus schools on results…


    City of Portland, homeless people settle federal anti-camping lawsuit; Case could change the way police enforce regulations…


    Idaho AG: Bill to shut down Occupy Boise encampment “much more likely than not” constitutional…

    Photos: Occupy Eugene ‘Ninjas’…


    (Photo: KVAL/Oregon NewsLab/Ryan Schoeck)


  • Wet storm to swell Northwest waterways again…
  • More floods possible: ‘This is a situation that bears watching’…
  • 52,000 Puget Sound Energy customers still without power…
  • … Outages until Wedenesday…
  • Still no sign of girl swept down frigid river…

  • Reagan Republicans push Idaho liquor privatization…


    Jury: Police wrong to arrest Eugene man in 2009…


    Portland man sinks $10K putt… but gets nothing…


    Oregon State Treasurer calls for big changes in business investment…

    … Economic coordinating board?…


    How many downtown Portland parking tickets can one car get? City baffled by Saab stacked with citations…

    According to a meter receipt in the curbside window, the Saab’s three hours of paid parking expired at 3:20 p.m. on Jan. 17. (That was six days ago)… Since then, nine envelopes — including one with a $45 ticket for not having a valid parking receipt on display that was issued at 11:19 a.m. this morning — have accumulated under the wipers… “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said PBOT spokeswoman Cheryl Kuck…






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    BOUNCE: Rasmussen poll puts Gingrich up by 7 nationally…

    Will the Northwest Media Report? Romney Gave 15% to Charity – Obama Gave 1%

    TOLERANCE: Rick Santorum glitter-bombed again by OWS activists…

    TOLERANCE: Chris Rock loses it over Gingrich question; Camera smashed…

    WHAT BIAS? ABC’s Class Warfare: ‘Just How Rich Is Mitt Romney and Is He Paying His Fair Share?”…


    State Of The (Dis)Union?



    (Photo: AP)

  • Based On Occupy ‘Income Inequality’ Messaging?…
  • White House Economic Memo: Obama Team Played Loosely With Numbers to Hide Costs…
  • CBC chairman: If Obama were white we’d be marching on the White House

  • National Park director defends ‘Occupy’ at hearing…


    MIDEAST:

  • Iranian-Hizballah terror strike against Israel targets foiled…
  • Palestinian Media Watchdog: US Tax Dollars Pay Terrorist Who Threatens Jews, Christians…
  • Turkey intercepts Iran missiles, chemical weapons at Syrian border…
  • IAEA: Nuclear material stolen from Egyptian reactor site…
  • Docs: Al Qaida planned to take German hostages…
  • Iran ‘definitely’ closing Strait of Hormuz…
  • Video purports to show Taliban executing Pakistanis…
  • Egypt ‘to end’ state of emergency…
  • Middle East unrest – live updates…
  • Iran creates 6.6-lb. ‘smart’ submarine…

  • 2012:

  • Obama to Make Pitch for 2nd Term in State of Union Tonight…
  • Debate Winner: Mitch Daniels?…
  • Third look at… Jeb Bush?
  • Romney tax returns released…
  • Gingrich Firm Releases Freddie Mac Consulting Contract…
  • … MORE QUESTIONS?…
  • NEWT THREAT TO PULL OUT OF DEBATES IF AUDIENCE CAN’T CHEER…
  • Romney had Swiss bank account, but now closed…
  • Newt: Mitt Needs “Minimal Level of Honesty”…
  • NEWT SLIPS? What happens when a Great Debater loses a lesser debate?…
  • Gallup National Poll: Romney 29, Gingrich 28
  • Palin: Christie Made “Rookie Mistake”…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Obama’s State of the Union will include new push for tax reform…
  • … Buffett Secretary to Attend SOTU…
  • Federal job bias claims rise in 2011…
  • Under Obama… Price of Gas Has Jumped 83%, Ground Beef 24%, Bacon 22%…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • George Stephanopoulos: The DNC Just Sent Me This E-Mail; Let Me Repeat It…
  • Reuters Touts Pro-Abortion Study in One-Sided Article…
  • MSNBC Bashir: ‘Gingrich Lies Repeatedly… More People Were Collecting Food Stamps’ Under Bush…
  • Salon’s Joan Walsh: ‘Newt Is the Face of the Politics’ of ‘Racism and Angry White Male Rage’…
  • Sean Penn: Rick Santorum is ‘a fanatic’…
  • CNN Celebrates Openly-Gay ‘Miss California’ Contestant…

  • World needs 600 million new jobs in next decade: ILO…


    Strongest solar storm since 2005 may stir auroras, mess with GPS…


    Rest Of The Story: WI State Senate Recall Petition Rife With Invalid Signatures, Duplicates, and Errors…


    Ohio wrestler gets prison for failure to share HIV status…


    ‘Hugo,’ ‘The Artist’ Lead the Way in Oscar Nods…


    Study: 70% chance big quake will hit Tokyo…


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    Links From 1/23/12

    January 24th, 2012




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    Update: Pa. men plead guilty harassing Palin’s Alaska lawyers…


    Enviro-Mystery: Dead whales, sea lion wash up near Long Beach Peninsula…


    WA Legislators introduce bill to toll Alaskan Way Viaduct…

    Update: Gay marriage has enough votes in WA Legislature…

    LIVE STREAMING: Public hearings on WA State gay marriage bill…


    WSJ: “Mayor ‘McSchwinn,’ Loveless in Seattle: An ‘anti-car’ crusader from the Sierra Club tests a liberal city’s limits, and patience…”


    Is America Even in the Game Anymore? Amazon Moves Into India In a Big Way…


    Soros: Occupy to turn violent…

    VIDEO: Occupy San Francisco Chuck Bricks and Bibles at Police…

    VIDEO: Occupy St. Louis & CAIR Hold Joint Protest to Harass Shoppers Inside Lowe’s…

    Occupy PDX – “Abolish All Prisons”…

    Occupy San Francisco protesters use Bibles as weapons – literally…


    Search to resume Monday for 4 on Mount Rainier…

    Identified…


    New details emerge about slain Mt. Rainier park ranger’s sacrifice – “She turned her car sideways to keep this – whatever it was – from entering the Paradise area…”


    New WA bill would allow digital billboards that City of Tacoma opposed…


    Zombie debt creeps onward in Idaho courts…


    Wash. teen who faked pregnancy shares story…


    Deadly Reno Wildfire That Destroyed 29 Homes Contained…


    Oregon State Treasurer calls for big changes in business investment…

    … Economic coordinating board?…


    How many downtown Portland parking tickets can one car get? City baffled by Saab stacked with citations…

    According to a meter receipt in the curbside window, the Saab’s three hours of paid parking expired at 3:20 p.m. on Jan. 17. (That was six days ago)… Since then, nine envelopes — including one with a $45 ticket for not having a valid parking receipt on display that was issued at 11:19 a.m. this morning — have accumulated under the wipers… “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said PBOT spokeswoman Cheryl Kuck…


    Alert staff spots man wanted for Oregon armed robbery playing video poker…


    Trial starts for Oregon woman accused of killing newborn…


    Planned Parenthood callers lying to OREGON CD-1 voters? “Rob Cornilles is supported by groups that support the rape of women…”


    What Bias? OREGONIAN: Abortion is “Health[y] for our Society”…


    Portland Mess Transit Chart: Roads losing to bike paths & streetcars…


    Update: Ducks football coach Chip Kelly turns down NFL job with Bucs…


    OR Tax $ At Work: State liquor inspector resigns amid allegations of office sex, gas use…


    Bizarre or Myth? Man finds ‘ball of hawk and snake’ floating on Snake River…


    (Photo: KBCI)


    4.7 earthquake shakes Hawaii’s Big Island…


    NW STORM WATCH:

  • Tens of thousands still without power in Western Washington…
  • Gorge residents wait for power to come back on…
  • Puget Sound Energy may give $50 credit for outage…
  • Mudslide closes West Lake Samammish Pkwy ‘indefinitely’…
  • Search resumes for girl swept down Oregon river…
  • Kalakala reportedly damaged – the end near?…
  • Power restored to thousands… but 100K+ still waiting in the dark…
  • High winds batter storm-weary Western WA…
  • Sewers overflow into Clackamas R….
  • Coast Guard closes river bars in Ore., Wash….
  • Pierce County snow, ice removal costs $500K, puts dent in budget…
  • Homes evacuated after mudslide in Bellevue…
  • Alaska: Heavy Snowfall Causing Moose Aggression

  • There’s a hiring freeze, but Oregon state agencies submit more than 1,200 requests for positions…

    Oregon counties losing forest payments, facing ‘Depression-like’ unemployment…


    Fired CASA director threatens lawsuit, claims violation of Oregon’s whistleblower law…






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    Gallup National Poll: Romney 29, Gingrich 28


    Hope & Change: Under Obama… Price of Gas Has Jumped 83%, Ground Beef 24%, Bacon 22%…


    Study: 70% chance big quake will hit Tokyo…


    Iran creates 6.6-lb. ‘smart’ submarine…


    HOPE AND CHANGE: Obama Says Abortion “Enables Our Daughters” to “Fulfill Their Dreams”…


    GOP Sen. Mark Kirk Suffers Stroke, Undergoes Surgery…


    GOP Senator Rand Paul Detained By TSA – Refuses Pat-down…


    Supreme Court curbs GPS tracking on vehicles without a search warrant…


    Strongest Solar Storm since 2005 Hitting Earth…


    Giants and Patriots set for Super Bowl sequel…


    MIDEAST:

  • “U.S. war with Iran has already begun”…
  • Simulation: US will press Israel not to strike Iran…
  • Assad’s fall could solve mystery of the Iraqi WMD
  • MEMRI: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Affiliated Group Ansar Al-Shari’a Video and Newsletter Supposedly Show US Soldiers in Sanaa…
  • LARS: “Saw Palestinian Muslims working right alongside Israeli Jews in the same factory jobs paid the same wages…”
  • India to pay gold instead of dollars for Iranian oil
  • EU Plans Embargo On Iranian Oil…
  • Ex-CIA chief: Bomb Iranian Revolutionary Guards…
  • USS Abraham Lincoln enters Gulf without incident…
  • Arab League proposes unity government in Syria…
  • US Senators seek trade sanctions on Syria…
  • Iraq falling back into ‘authoritarianism’…
  • Egypt’s Islamists win 75% of parliament…

  • 2012:

  • Florida Poll: Gingrich 41, Romney 32…
  • Romney camp launches first negative ad against Gingrich over Freddie Mac…
  • VIDEO: Mitt Romney Blasts Newt: He’s a Failed Leader Who Had to Resign in Disgrace…
  • Earthquake: Newt Defeats Romney in SC Rout…
  • NEXT UP: FLORIDA…
  • Romney to release taxes…
  • Christie: Gingrich ‘embarrassed’ the GOP…
  • Coulter: SC voters prefer snotty remarks over beating Obama…
  • Hume: Republicans in Congress will be ‘terrified to run’ with Gingrich…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • NAME THAT PARTY: 999 days without a Senate budget on the table…
  • Obama Orders Catholics to Act Against Their Faith; Bishops Call it ‘Unconscionable’…
  • Boehner blasts Bam’s State of the Union agenda as ‘pathetic’…
  • Georgia judge orders President Obama to appear at hearing; attorney Orly Taitz says it will be ’100 times bigger than Watergate’…
  • LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS THURSDAY…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • Piers Morgan Pushes Santorum If He’d Oppose Abortion If His Raped Daughter Was ‘Begging You’ For It…
  • Federal Workers Owe $1.03B In Unpaid Taxes…
  • Maher Brings Aboard Moyers Who’s Glad He Has ‘Confederate Money’ in Case Gingrich Wins…
  • MSNBC’s Bashir Superimposes Republican Candidates In Front Of Confederate Flag…
  • Maddow Blames Audio Glitch in GOP SuperPACS Segment on ‘Nefarious Conspiracy’ By ‘Eccentric Billionaire’…

  • AZ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords resigning; Astronaut husband to fill seat?…


    Russian scientist claims signs of life spotted on Venus…


    OBIT: Joe Paterno, 85…

    Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funeral…


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    Links From 1/21/12

    January 22nd, 2012




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    Ice chunks force closure of Tacoma Narrows Bridge…


    Weather blocks search for 4 overdue on Mt. Rainier…


    Seattle Seeks Compromise on B&O Tax Legislation…


    Gay marriage gaining momentum in WA Legislature…


    9 Idaho senators say they voted against Sen. McGee as caucus chair…


    False rumor of jet crash posted on Facebook spreads swiftly at JBLM…


    SEATTLE TIMES: Dunn’s new conservative rival: a ‘birther’ who says Obama wants to impose Islamic caliphate…


    Wash. Senate eyes restrictions to juvenile records…


    LA Students Reject Healthy School Lunch Menus…


    San Fran Cops to Wear Giants Gear at 49ers Game in Unruly Fan Sting…


    NORTHWEST STORM:

  • Thaw brings new round of problems…
  • WA: Power crews dealing with new outages… from winds…
  • Salem firefighters rescue 7 people stranded in flooded park…
  • Occupy Protest Called Off Due to Weather…
  • PHOTOS: Damage from Seattle area ice storm…
  • NOAA / NWS…

  • Bill in Oregon legislation would hide (PERS) retiree information (?)…


    OR Gov Kitzhaber says feds could support health reform with $2.5 billion…


    Portland police Chief Mike Reese seeks 9 new sergeants for use-of-force investigations…


    Occupy the Courts rally in Portland lambasts law giving corporations ‘personhood’…

    … Shoving, shouting…

    Occupy protesters block banks in San Francisco…


    Portland: Teenager with gun in KATU video arrested…

    Three teens indicted for “in your face” killing…






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    2012 / SC PRIMARY:

  • Final SC Poll: Gingrich 37, Romney 28, Santorum 16, Paul 14; 77 Percent Have Unfavorable View of Media…
  • Candidates make final push in S.C….
  • Goin’ South: Newt, Mitt in Savage Fight…
  • SCarolina officials launch probe into dirty trick emails about Gingrich…
  • Santorum officially declared Iowa winner…
  • SC PRIMARY WIRE…
  • FOX COVERAGE…

  • MIDEAST:

  • DEBKA: Nuclear Iran is past its point-of-no-return, yet oil sanctions remain on paper…
  • 14 killed in Syria bus bomb…
  • US Mulls Closing Damascus Embassy as Security Worsens…
  • Pakistan official says US military will be allowed to return, but not CIA drones…
  • At least 143 killed in north Nigeria sect attacks…
  • Report: U.S. military can no longer rely on Turkey for regional ops…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Obama’s Iowa New Media Director Charged w/ID Theft – Faces 2 Years in Jail…
  • Japanese Holdings of U.S. Government Debt Top $1T for First Time…
  • Secret Service looking into column on Obama ‘Hit’…
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg staying put, won’t give Obama SCOTUS opening this year…
  • OBAMA ORDERS FREE BIRTH CONTROL FOR ALL…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • NYT ‘Conservative’ David Brooks: Gingrich is ‘just unelectable’…
  • MSNBC’s Mitchell, Melvin Denounce Gingrich’s Rhetoric As Racist ‘Dog Whistle’…
  • VIDEO: Michael Moore: This Is a Nation Founded on Genocide and Built on the Backs of Slaves…

  • Illinois gets downgraded by Moody’s…


    Indians pitcher accused of using fake ID to play in US…


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    Links From 1/20/12

    January 21st, 2012




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    State of WA jobless rate drops to 8.5%, lowest in almost 3 yrs…


    NOAA announces additional critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles… 41,914 square miles off coasts of California, Oregon and Washington…


    U of Washington scientist invents technology to add ‘feeling’ to artificial limbs…


    Tax $ At Work: Sobriety not required in subsidized Seattle home for alcoholics…


    (Photo: Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com / SL)

    UW study: Alcoholics drank less…


    Seattle Mess Transit: Passenger hits Metro bus driver in fare dispute, causes wreck…


    Report: Idaho National Lab radiation exposure was preventable…


    Seattle: Last City Hall Occupy Protesters Evicted…

    Occupy Boise members gather Friday to testify against bill that would evict them…

    Occupy Runs Candidate for Portland Mayor – Breaking Campaign Laws?…

    Occupy Eugene plans bank protest march Monday…


    Seattle City Employees Receive Traffic Ticket Scam Email…


    Cops ID Body Parts Found Near ‘Hollywood’ Sign…


    San Francisco sheriff pleads not guilty to spousal abuse…


    Man Paralyzed After Contracting ‘Rat Lungworm’ Disease In Hawaii…


    OBIT: NW music legend Kearney Barton, 80……


    Environy: Predators may block recovery of Alaska sea lions, scientists say…


    NORTHWEST STORM AFTERMATH:

  • NORTHWEST STORM MESS: 300K W/O Power – ‘Could Last Days’…
  • SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN…
  • Flooding recedes in Turner; officials eye swollen Willamette…
  • Interstate 84 opens in eastern Oregon but chains required…
  • Record-tying snowfall in Spokane…
  • … Upgrades to Stage 2…
  • Seattle-bound bus passengers stranded in California…
  • Alaska Airlines Cancels Friday Flights……
  • Photos: Oregon under water…
  • Idaho Winter storm watches and warnings…
  • Woman rescued from roof of car in flooded field…
  • Flood waters + wakeboard + truck – this video…

  • Portland Mess Transit: TriMet needs to tighten security, dump “honor system”…


    SEC expands inquiry into two Portland hedge funds…


    PC IN UTAH: School Fears “Cougars” Mascot Will Offend Women…


    (Photo: FOX News)


    Oregon Outfitter loses mule to wolf attack – ODFW calls probable…


    Oregon bill would shut door to state retiree information…


    Facebook presses Oregon Legislature for property tax exemption…


    Hundreds of firefighters work to contain Nevada blaze; 20 homes destroyed…






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    BG EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi Asked U.S. Capitol Police Not to Arrest Demonstrators on the Hill…


    Georgia judge rules Obama must appear at eligibility hearing next week…


    2012:

  • Gallup chief: Romney support ‘collapsing’…
  • … To 10 points nationally?…
  • Gallup: 6 in 10 satisfied with Romney-Obama matchup…
  • Gingrich Blasts ‘Vicious’ News Media, Denies Ex-Wife’s ‘Open Marriage’ Charge…
  • … DEBATE OPEN VIDEO: KING, GINGRICH
  • … CNN Gergen: Gingrich Could Win SC Primary Due to His Answer To King’s Ex-Wife Question…
  • … Marianne Gingrich: Newt ‘has answers to give’…
  • Santorum on Gingrich’s marriage: ‘These are issues of character…’
  • Scarborough: Conservative Leaders All Tell Me They Want Brokered Convention
  • Romney says he’ll release taxes eventually…
  • Iowa GOP Chairman: 8 Iowa Precincts ‘Just Weren’t Able’ to Submit Their Vote Totals…
  • MSNBC Boiler Room: Potential Romney VPs…

  • MIDEAST:

  • Leader of Iran’s Al-Quds Forces Says Iraq and Southern Lebanon Are Under His Control…
  • 6 Marines killed in Afghan helicopter crash…
  • 4 French Soldiers Shot Dead By Man Wearing Afghan Army Uniform – 16 Wounded…
  • U.S. Treasury, State officials to travel to Israel…
  • Speed of Taliban Peace Talks Worries Military
  • Palestinian officials predict third intifada coming…
  • Iran shuts down toy shops selling Barbie dolls…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Fast and Furious: Cunningham Agrees to Appear Before Issa’s Committee, but Refuses to Testify…
  • Report: Solyndra Destroying Millions of Dollars in Parts…
  • Canada Pledges to Sell Oil to Asia After Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline…
  • … China gets jump on U.S. for Brazil’s oil…

  • Update: House and Senate leaders abandon plans to move on SOPA and PIPA…


    Supreme Court tosses judge-drawn electoral maps…


    After Increasing Income Taxes By 67% Illinois Is Still $8.5 Billion in Debt…


    Monkey ‘Extinct For Years’ Found In Jungle…


    Will the media report? World not quite as hot in 2011; ranks 11th warmest…


    OBIT: Singing legend Etta James, 73…


    William Shatner falls to fiery death… in Priceline commercial…


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    WA Gov Race: McKenna opposes sales tax boost; Inslee not sold either…


    WA LEG: Bill would require costly ballot initiatives to identify a funding source…


    Microsoft, Vulcan, other companies support gay marriage…

    UPDATE: Wash. Senate now 1 vote short on gay marriage…


    Alaska: F & G Commissioner asked to keep quiet about investigation of Dept of Wildlife Conservation Director, according to Division of Public Safety…


    Former TV skipper from ‘Deadliest Catch’ pilot gets jail in fatal DUI crash…


    Mom gives birth in Tacoma hospital’s stuck elevator…


    9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Washington carried out Top Two primary without violating party rights…


    WA LEG: Bills would close out-of-state sales tax exemption to pay for kindergarten, change teacher, principal evaluations…


    KING 5 poll: State of WA divided over gay marriage…


    4 people still overdue on Mount Rainier…


    Bill to boot Occupy Boise camp sails through committee…


    Are Seattleites ‘snow wimps’? L.A. Times thinks so…


    Alaska dog sled races canceled — Too much snow and cold…


    Oops! Biden to San Francisco crowd: ‘The Giants are on their way to Super Bowl’…


    UPDATE: Severed hands, feet found near Hollywood sign…


    Plan to abolish Calif. tuition proposed…


    Comic book about Bill Gates scheduled for March release…




    NORTHWEST STORM UPDATE:

  • OR Gov declares state of emergency for several counties…
  • WA Gov issues state of emergency…
  • UPDATE: 210,000+ customers w/o power in King, Snohomish counties…
  • Amtrak suspends Seattle-Portland run…
  • FLOOD PHOTOS…
  • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE…
  • Video: Did KING 5 ruin ‘fun’ for snow tuber?…
  • Flooding & slides latest threat with heavy rain, snow melt…
  • Ice storm warning for Seattle…
  • Mother, infant dead after car swept into creek…
  • Falling tree kills ATV rider…
  • Lincoln County plans state of emergency…
  • Portland hands out sand bags…
  • Spokane declares Stage 1 Snow Condition…
  • Sheriff urges Mapleton residents to evacuate…
  • Coos County evacuating residents…
  • Residents evacuated from Turner as flood waters rise…

  • Environmentalists appeal Coos Bay project that could fuel exports of coal and liquefied natural gas…


    IS OR GOV KITZ MALIGNING LOGGERS?…


    Oregon House Republicans: Plan for 50,000 new jobs…


    CATALYST ON OR CD 1: “Bonamici campaign caught lying on tax/fee votes”…


    Next Portland boondoggle: new performing arts center?…


    Occupy Portland Floats Candidate for Mayor…


    Oregon Home-care workers stage Salem protest…


    Oregon Legislature will consider capping mercury in fluorescent bulbs…


    Update: Commissioner Jim Bernard remains Clackamas County vice chairman after contentious vote…

    Clackamas County Rebellion Claims Three Lake Oswego City Officials–Including the Mayor…






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    2012:

  • What Is Ron Paul Thinking? Sues To Unmask Anonymous Internet Users…
  • PERRY DROPS OUT, ENDORSES NEWT…
  • NOT SETTLED IN IOWA? Santorum claims victory, but confusion hangs over results…
  • Romney supporter: ‘October surprise’ if Gingrich is nominee
  • Gingrich Surges Past Romney in Final Rasmussen SC Poll…
  • Pew poll: Obama 44, Romney 32, Paul 18…
  • Gingrich ex-wife claims he sought ‘open’ relationship…
  • … Marianne interview: First excerpt…
  • … Daughters defend…
  • Newt: I would ignore Supreme Court as President
  • Media Myth Debunked: 97% of Pay Less Tax Than Romney’s 15%…

  • MIDEAST:

  • China to Help Saudi Arabia Gain a Nuclear Weapon…
  • Tehran Weighs Closing Strait of Hormuz, a Terror Campaign – Or Both…
  • Netanyahu: Iran has decided to become nuclear state; Action needed before it is too late…
  • US ‘fully prepared’ in Strait of Hormuz…
  • Iran Threatens To Torpedo US Aircraft Carriers…
  • Syria on the brink? Russia upgrades major port at Tartous to accommodate aircraft carriers…
  • U.S. extends runways at Qatar air base to accommodate B-2 bomber…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Democrats Rip Obama for Blocking Pipeline…
  • Fast and Furious: Subpoena Issued for US Attorney’s Office in Arizona…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • Piers Morgan and Rosie O’Donnell Bash ‘Anti-Homosexuals’ Republicans…
  • Chris Matthews Calls Republican Voters ‘Lemmings’…
  • David Letterman Jokes About Gingrich Abusing Wife, Mocks Gov. Christie’s Weight…
  • Daily Kos: Juan Williams Is a Toilet…

  • New Low for #Occupy Movement: Protester Charged With Lynching …


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    Court: Idaho Redistricting Plan Illegal…


    New law would restrict bad behavior on WA ferries…


    (Photo: AP / KOMO-TV)


    Inmate accused of forging Spokane Jail check…


    What Bias? Tenured Calif. Republican Professor Faces Firing, Calls it a Witch Hunt…


    WA state bills would eliminate death penalty in favor of life in prison…

    State lawmakers seek new pathway for medical pot…

    State lawmakers take up issue of Seattle PD dash-cam videos…

    … 3 off-duty police officers fought with club security, says SPD


    Prosecutor: Northwest anthrax hoaxer ‘an intelligent young woman’ in a ‘downward spiral’…


    Zappos, Amazon sued over customer data breach…


    ‘It’s still better than golf!’ Mount Rainier survivor describes 50 hours alone…


    Update: Seattle petition on plastic bag ban falls short of needed signatures…

    PUBLICOLA: “Lack of Disclosure at Seattle Times” over plastic bag ban criticism…


    Update: Mechele Linehan, convicted in 2007 of conspiring to kill a free woman for now… Prosecutors claimed she was inspired by watching the 1994 movie “The Last Seduction”…


    Los Angeles council requires condoms in porn films…


    Portland City Council questions human resource manager, police chief on police premium pay for biometric screening…


    (Photo: Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian)


    Update: Hand found in LA park where human head discovered…


    Oregon Coast: 113 mph wind gusts reported



    NORTHWEST SNOW:

  • LATEST UPDATES…
  • Emergency officials watching Washington…
  • Oregon Coast weather: NWS says worst of storm is over…
  • Alaska Air cancels 38 flights in Portland, Seattle…
  • 24 semi-trucks stuck on U.S. 26…

  • Update: Idaho House committee prints bill with emergency clause to evict Occupy Boise campers…


    Oregon unemployment drops below 9 percent for first time in three years…


    CHA-CHING! Oregon’s Solyndra, taxpayers must bail out state fund that made bad loans for renewables…


    Oregon public employees want Legislature to block release of names by PERS…


    Audit finds Oregon School Boards Association took questionable financial, management steps…


    Getting worried? Pelosi’s PAC to Put $$$ Against Cornilles in ORCD1


    Portland police investigate alleged hazing involving Grant High basketball players…


    Oregon Legislature prepares to open…


    Paralyzed Nevada man reaches South Pole…






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    TSA admits errors in N.Y. searches of elderly women…


    Update: Teacher resigns over slavery math lessons…


    MIDEAST:

  • DEBKA: Iran’s Al Qods cells for Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait to hit oil and US targets…
  • Obama Seeks Direct Talks With Iran’s Leaders?…
  • Iran: Obama Sent Secret Letter Offering Talks…
  • Payback: Israeli Hackers Bring Down Saudi and UAE Monetary Sites…
  • Iran confirms death sentence for ‘porn site’ web programmer…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Obama Officials Concede: New Defense Strategy Increases War Risk…
  • Obama plan seen ending U.S. military edge in space…
  • GQ picks the 50 most powerful people in DC; Obama, Biden don’t make the cut…
  • WaPo-ABC News Poll: 52% say Obama has accomplished “not much” or “little or nothing” as POTUS…
  • Report: Obama Set to Reject Keystone Pipeline…
  • State Dept: US Not ‘Overly Concerned’ About Iraq Detaining ‘Handful of US Contractors’…
  • Culture of Corruption Update: NY Democrats Go On Trial For Massive Voter Fraud Case…
  • Video: Carney dodges question about Obama’s college transcript…


  • 2012:

  • EXCLUSIVE: 1980 Memo Shows Gingrich Urged Reagan to Reach Out to Black Voters…
  • Poll: Third-party bid by Paul helps Obama…
  • McCain’s Secret Dossier on Romney Lands on Web
  • Romney: Gingrich Taking Credit for Job Creation Is Like Al Gore Taking Credit for the Internet…
  • Is Mark Zuckerberg Teaming Up with Politico to Give Obama an Edge?…
  • Gingrich Within 3 Points of Romney in National Rasmussen Poll…
  • Palin (Kind of) Endorses Gingrich…
  • Poll: Perry now third – in Texas…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • WaPo: ‘Occupiers Confront Seats of Power,’ Buries Assault Arrest In 9th Paragraph…
  • AP Buries ‘Occupiers’ Smoke Bombs At WH…
  • “Media Perpetuates 15% Tax Lie With Romney”…
  • St. Louis Media Posts Pics of Arrested White Kids – Won’t Publish Pics of Gang Members in Series of “Knock Out” Attacks…
  • Roger Simon of Politico Sneers at ‘Dangerous’ ‘Blood Lust’ of South Carolina Audience…
  • NYT’s Bruni Forwards Supermarket Scanner Urban Legend About George H.W. Bush…

  • Internet, websites go black on Wednesday to protest SOPA…


    Occupy protesters toss smokeless bomb over White House fence…


    TAXPAYERS Stuck With Port-a-Potty Bill From DC Protest…


    Begin Sex Ed in Kindergarten – ‘National Standards’ Report…


    1 Million Signatures Submitted to Recall WI Gov Walker…


    Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company…


    Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Tells MLK Congregation: Feds Should Bail Out Failed States, Cities and Counties “For a Mere $900 BILLION”…


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    WA Gov Race Poll: McKenna Has Narrow Lead Over Inslee…


    WHAT BIAS? Ex-Seattle P-I David Horsey Already Hitting His Stride in LA, Thanks in Part to ‘Freaked Out’ Rush Limbaugh…


    Beijing rejects ex-WA Gov Gary Locke’s critique of China’s human rights……


    Docs: Idaho man who shot at White House faces more charges…


    Staff: Montana state campaign ethics commissioner is unethical, is conducting private business from his state office…


    Washington House introduces same-sex marriage bill…

    Despite mounting evidence of ineffectiveness and voter rejection… WA state Sen Haugen defends traffic camera law she helped pass…

    “No, no second thoughts. I don’t think I opened up Pandora’s Box… To me it’s all about safety…”

    Retired judge fights WA camera ticket…

    Proposal would stymie Costco’s ability to sell liquor; Targets big spending on last fall’s initiative…

    HB 2563: Establishing a state tax on capital gains…

    ATTACKING OLD AND NEW MEDIA? 2012 Senate Bill 6201: Concerning the business and occupation taxation of newspapers and local interest web sites…

    WA House passes bills affecting military members…


    Bill encourages Idaho schools to combat bullying…

    Boise smoking ban may snuff hookah bars…


    WA lawmakers seek to ban sale of underage sex ads…


    Microsoft’s youngest professional passes: Bill Gates’ grief as girl computer genius dies after epileptic fit aged just 16…


    (Photo: Arfa Karim Randhawa – Photo from Facebook)


    Seattle trying to shut down food program for homeless…


    Ex-Medina police chief files federal suit over his firing…


    Idaho House drafting measure to boot Occupy Boise…

    ‘It’s really messed up’ – protesters prepare for fight to stay…


    Hurricane-force winds expected to pummel central Oregon Coast early Wednesday…


    Oregon boy calls police after mother takes away his Play Station…


    Former NFL lineman found dead in Oregon park faced sex abuse charges…


    Iraq veteran charged with killing four California homeless men…


    WHAT BIAS? Palin Slams Newsweek for Giving Cover Story to ‘TrigTruther’ Andrew Sullivan…




    NORTHWEST WINTER BLAST CONTINUES:

  • LATEST FORECAST…
  • SEATTLE…
  • PORTLAND…
  • 14 inches in Olympia?
  • Missing snowshoer found alive at Rainier…
  • … Burned money to stay warm…
  • Ice-locked Nome finally gets tanker fuel…
  • CLIFF MASS UPDATE…

  • Ore. Islamic charity figure fights date at prison; 3-year sentence begins next week…


    Entire Oregon delegation backs forest restoration plan…


    LARS: Israel has the solution to our immigration problem…


    TAFT: “Numbers Don’t Lie: Occupy Portland Was a Lawless Disaster…”


    More Portland-area homes sell in 2011, but prices still catching up…


    CALIFORNIA WACKADOODLE:

  • Mom killed 4 after taping herself smoking meth…
  • 10-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing 12-year-old friend…





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    Iran intervenes in Syria: Hizbullah launches first combat rocket salvo…


    High Court Tosses Appeal of Prayer at Public Meetings…


    NAME THAT PARTY:

  • Office of Congressional Ethics: ‘Probable Cause’ to Believe Rep. Hastings Sexually Harassed JW Client Winsome Packer…
  • Wisconsin Democrats, Walker Challenger Welcome ‘F*** the Troops’ Blogger…

  • Report: U.S. scientist stole trade secrets for Chinese…


    POST-SC GOP DEBATE:

  • WaPo poll: Romney 35, Gingrich 17…
  • Reuters: Romney unscathed from debate attacks…
  • Last stand for Gingrich?…
  • Perry: ‘Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Trillion Dollars Ago?’…
  • SC Gov Haley: ‘I Would Say No’ to VP Offer…
  • Video: Newt VS Juan Williams…
  • Video: Paul Booed Over Foreign Policy…
  • Video: Paul vs Newt on Osama bin Laden…
  • Video, Perry: “I was hoping I’d get the Huntsman girls…”
  • Video, Santorum: Romney Engaged in “Outright Lies and Hypocrisy”…

  • MIDEAST:

  • Iran: Oil embargo means ‘economic suicide’ for EU…
  • Syria: ‘Heading for civil war’…
  • DEBKA: Iran is winning Hormuz faceoff; Israel, Saudis break away from US Iran policy…
  • Joint US-Israel drill called off by Netanyahu, to Washington’s surprise…
  • Muslim Brotherhood Islamist Set to Be Egyptian Parliament Speaker…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Obama Jobs Panel Pushes Tax Reform, Domestic Drilling…
  • Tax $ At Work: $200,000 in bonuses for congressional staffers of the VT delegation…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • MSNBC panelist insists South Carolina voters hate Obama “because he happens to be black”…

  • Protesters set to ‘Occupy Congress’…

    … Targeting banks Thursday?…


    Cyberbullying or free speech? SCOTUS will decide whether principals can suspend students for malicious comments made online and after school…


    Italian Cruise Ship Disaster: More bodies found, Captain to appear in court…


    Police: Woman offered sexual favors for McNuggets…


    British Airways tells fliers plane will crash…


    Education $ At Work: Mom slams son’s assignment on slavery…

    “He’s never had a master nor will he ever have a master, so why should he have to pretend to have a master?…”


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    WA state legislators consider creating state bank…

    New bill addresses power of state attorney general…

    Wash. cities worried tax plan will cost them money…


    Amazon-owned Zappos says customer database hacked – up to 24 million affected…

    Seattle’s Cheezeburger network going black to send lawmakers a message on SOPA…


    Tax $ At Work: WA Rep. Dicks leads charge to ban Burmese pythons…


    4 dead in apparent murder-suicide in Fresno…


    Occupy Wall Street Confiscate Man’s Home…


    Business asks Idaho Legislature again: End our belongings tax…


    WA: Bill would protect gun ranges from new noise laws…

    Bill would allow free beer, wine in Wash. spas…

    Bill would increase state tax on cigarettes…


    (Photo: AP / KIRO FM)


    EDUCATION $ AT WORK: Survey data show South Seattle parents less happy with schools…


    FBI seeks help finding Montana teacher’s body…


    USDA recalls beef distributed to Washington schools…


    SEATTLE MESS TRANSIT: Seattle streetcar knocked off tracks after collision with car…


    (Photo: Tonya Mosley / KING)


    Russian space probe crashes into Pacific…


    Cornilles cuts lead in Oregon CD-1 race to 4 percentage points…

    Poll: Tightening…


    Tax $ At Work: OR Department of Revenue system $92 million overhaul ‘a bad idea’ – GOP…


    Portland: Woman who jumped off Ross Island Bridge dies, identified as Police Bureau employee…


    GET READY FOR ROUND 2!

    NORTHWEST WINTER BLAST:

  • MORE SNOW WEDNESDAY?…
  • Alaska: $20.30 an hour offered for snow shovelers
  • LATEST FORECAST…
  • TONIGHT: GET READY FOR ICE…
  • Chains required in Coast Range after crashes…
  • NOAA using extra measures to decipher potential Tues. snowstorm…
  • Stranded skiers rescued at Glacier Park…
  • Search expanded for missing snowshoer on Mount Rainier…
  • Wrecks rack Oregon’s snowy roads…
  • UPDATE: Tanker carrying fuel arrives at iced-in Nome, Alaska…
  • SNOW PHOTOS…
  • TRAFFIC CHAOS…

  • PORTLAND MESS TRANSIT: Verbal exchange over boy may have lead to MAX assault, police say…


    UPDATE: New York D.J. Jonathan Toubin released Friday from OHSU Hospital after Dec. 8 accident…


    Discovery of text messages on 14-year-old girl’s cell phone leads to Eugene rape arrest…






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    HOPE AND CHANGE: U.S. feared backlash from Iran over missile defense exercise with Israel…


    What Bias? NBC’s ‘Today’ Touts Colbert Spoof Calling Mitt Romney a Serial Killer…


    Tax $ AT Work: Occupiers eligible for federal homeless aid


    Iran Makes Arrests in Killing of Nuclear Scientist…

    Iran cracks down… on Barbie dolls…


  • Eurozone crisis: IMF warns of catastrophe…
  • French banks fall after country loses AAA rating…
  • Euro at 17-month lows against the dollar…
  • FTSE DOWN…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • Politico: GOP Win In November Could Mean The End Of ObamaCare…
  • Morning Joe: In Rejecting Huntsman, Republicans ‘Turned Their Back’ On Reagan…
  • NPR Host Smears Romney As ‘Michael Vick of Presidential Candidates’…

  • 2012:

  • Gallup: Obama faces re-election challenges…
  • New SC poll puts Romney up 11 over Gingrich…
  • FOX Poll: Romney Does Best Against Obama…
  • TAX $ AT WORK: Paul fights Washington spending, flies first class
  • Campaign officials: Huntsman to quit GOP race…
  • … To endorse Romney…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Obama on Pace to Borrow $6.2T in One Term…
  • Poll: 51.6% of U.S. Immigration Officers Say Agency Policy Favors Immigration Over National Security…
  • Obama military budget cuts claim airborne laser program…
  • Reid to Republicans:Drop Tea Party ‘Extremism’…

  • MIDEAST:

  • Hackers hit Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al…
  • ‘Quds Force to aid Syria if outside forces interfere’…
  • Syria: Arab League split over military intervention…
  • Report: Al Qaeda Militants Capture Town in Yemen…
  • Iran issues oil warning to Gulf…
  • Report: U.S. sent secret warning to ayatollah…
  • DEBKA: US, Israel in open rift over Iran: Big joint military drill cancelled
  • Report: Pakistan Taliban leader killed in US strike…
  • Corruption in Iraq: ‘Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don’t pay’…

  • Italy: Captain’s conduct blasted as divers find more dead…


    (Photo: AP/Gregorio Borgia)


    UK EDUCATION $ AT WORK: Nazi-themed drinking game ‘sparked brawl on LSE union skiing trip’…


    9-year-old girl whose battle with Huntington’s disease drew attention after she was taunted online by neighbor has died…


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