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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maine State News.net http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/cat/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:33:43 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:33:43 -0400 30 Ron Wyden doesn't want to call the director of national intelligence a liar.The Oregon Democrat is too seasoned a politician for that -- and James Clapper's self-assessment, that he answered in the "least untruthful manner" when the senator asked whether the National Security Agency was collecting data about millions of Americans, speaks for itself."No, sir . . . not ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288919/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:11 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288919/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Heartfelt thank you from Chanse's familyThe loss of our beautiful boy Chanse Drew was the epitome of sadness and pain for our family. At this time we would like to extend our heartfelt thank you for all the calls, visits and acts of compassion to help us in this most tragic moment. We would like to extend a special thank you to those of you that donated to the Chanse Drew Benefit Fund. We ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288920/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:09 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288920/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Rick Raemisch was named head of the Colorado Department of Corrections last week. (Denver Post file) ( | ) Rick Raemisch, the incoming director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, has a tough job ahead.The former head of the Wisconsin prison system says he took the job because of, not in spite of, the death of Tom Clements, the corrections director believed to have been shot to death by ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288922/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:06 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288922/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lakewood Police officer James Davies was shot and killed by another officer on Nov. 9, 2012. For cops, it doesn't get a whole lot worse than accidentally shooting and killing one of your own.Tragically, that's exactly what happened in Lakewood seven months ago during a tense hunt for an armed suspect.In response, the Lakewood Police Department opted to commission ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288921/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:05 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288921/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a reading of election law used by Secretary of State Ruth Johnson (in red), which vindicated Gov. Rick Snyder's veto of Johnson's effort to add to the voter registration process. (Dale G. Young/The Detroit ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:15 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Farmington Public School District has a $222 million bond proposal that looks great on paper, and a website full of information that is fashioned to convince residents to ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:14 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Anniversaries remind us of how far we have come and how far we still have to go. This weekend an important milestone is coming up in Detroit, and I urge everyone to think about what it means to the city, our state and our nation. Some people do not realize that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the first version of his ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:13 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Metro Detroit relies on Detroit's water system. Some readers would like to see the control of that system regionalized. (Ricardo Thomas/The Detroit ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:13 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The policies and practices of our harsh immigration system violate human rights: basic respect, dignity, safety and needs of ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:11 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Alzheimer's disease is becoming the most expensive malady in the country. Coupled with the numbers in the baby boom generation, the costs of treating it will skyrocket at a rate rarely occurring in chronic diseases. Utah will have the highest per capita prevalence increase of Alzheimer's among all states — a 127 percent increase by 2025. As a result, the "Health Outcomes, ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288133/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:10 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288133/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hassan Rowhani isn't likely to dramatically change the face of Iran overnight. While his campaign speeches promised better relations with the West, he has set strict conditions for those relations, including for the United States to back away from efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288134/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:16:09 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215288134/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Cheryl's Apricot Fragipane Galette . Apricots are the finest of summer's fruits, with dense, juicy flesh and delicate, velvety skins. Piled in baskets in farmers market stalls, they seem to glow in the early morning light. The prettiest ones have a celestial blush and a sweet, floral fragrance. That's why it is so disheartening when you bite into one only to find it is ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287230/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:19:20 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287230/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A House oversight committee got an earful from state Auditor Suzanne Bump about the apparent inability - or unwillingness - of Patrick administration welfare officials to do the most routine of checks to fight fraud in the EBT program.The governor continued - as recently as yesterday - to insist that there was an element of "exaggeration" in the reporting on claims that 1,164 recipients ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287231/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:41 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287231/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hey, you - the guy with a real job. You know, a "make things/break things/get your hands dirty" job?Here’s what the political class now pushing immigration amnesty thinks of you:"There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut it. There shouldn’t be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:41 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Last, there’s the nature of the disclosures. The initial story broke at precisely the moment President Obama was meeting with the new Chinese president, undermining Obama’s effort to press the issue of Chinese hacking (a practice Snowden seems mysteriously indifferent to). Soon thereafter, Snowden went from "whistle-blowing" on alleged domestic data-mining abuses to leaking ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287232/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:41 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287232/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Abolish the BRAThe Boston Redevelopment Authority cannot be improved; it cannot be made more transparent or responsive; it cannot be broken up to separate planning and development ("BRA’s independence has eroded, critics say," June 7). It was created and structured to be exactly what it is and do exactly what it does, which has included throwing people off their land. The BRA is ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:40 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215287234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I was not surprised to read of this incident. ["Teen cyclist hit, killed in charity ride," NW Monday, June 17.] I would not have been surprised to see several other accidents or deaths related to this event. I was driving east on Pioneer Highway at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and found myself amid dozens of bicyclists. The cyclists were riding as if there were no cars on the highway; in many ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286411/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:49 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215286411/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 helped break up more than 50 plots , including bombings of the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subways. Courts, Congress and a gaggle of self-imposed restrictions protect privacy and civil liberties, other witnesses assured. The message was clear: Nothing to worry about here. Trust us.So what's not to like? The lessons of history. As Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn, said, "We know ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215284668/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:32 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215284668/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 No U.S. person anywhere in the world can be intentionally monitored without a specific order. The gross distortion of two vital National Security Agency (NSA) programs is dangerous and unfortunate.Neither program authorizes NSA to read e-mails or listen to phone calls of American citizens. Both are constitutional with numerous checks and balances by all three branches of government. OUR ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215284667/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:32 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215284667/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 WE recently learned Boeing will be moving some engineers and technical professionals to other parts of the country. The news comes at a time when the world’s focus is on aerospace, with this week’s Paris Air Show and last Friday’s inaugural flight of the Airbus A350 - the rival to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Moving jobs is a continuation of the company’s steady ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283446/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:46 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283446/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Sylvester Bush, 50, of Renton is one of the first drivers for Lyft, a ride-sharing app that launched in Seattle last month. He puts the app’s trademark pink mustache on the front of his car so that app users in downtown Seattle and Capitol Hill know he’s their ride. [Greg Gilbert, The Seattle ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283568/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:52 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283568/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Muraco Kyashna-Tocha started the Green Buddha marijuana dispensary in an unlabeled Seattle storefront in 2008. In 2009, she applied for a business license. In 2010, she began paying taxes and, in 2012, she passed a tax audit. She says, "And I expect to shut in April 2014" when the stores for the public are open for business. Cannabis is a new industry. Change is organic, not ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283569/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:50 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283569/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lincoln Day Dinner is still a Republican Party staple, but it's not clear that most Republicans understand why, outside of inertia and the historic accident that the 16th president happens to be a founding figure in the party.This is a symptom of the party's current discontents. Lincoln is the foremost proponent of opportunity in U.S. history. He lived a life of aspiration -- rising ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283570/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:26 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283570/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 She followed the directions of lawyers and police and undertook every legal remedy available to a woman being terrorized by a violent and enraged husband. She filed a restraining order; she reported his threats and violence to the police, repeatedly; finally, when it seemed she would get no protection from the escalating threats, she took her two small children and fled the family ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283571/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:57 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215283571/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows damaged buildings during battles between the rebels and the Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, June 13, ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282470/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:57 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282470/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This same question might fairly be asked about the controversy dominating the news since the leak that revealed the intelligence community’s highly classified electronic surveillance program. Why are we so fascinated with this case? Why are some Americans outraged at the government while others are outraged at the leaker? Why do so many of us have such firm and passionate views about all of ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282471/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:56 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282471/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Hasan Rowhani as president of Iran creates a chance for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over that country's potential nuclear-weapons program. But a diplomatic solution is far from a sure ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282472/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:54 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282472/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 For all the teen drama, they are, and will remain, my life. I recently got into a debate with a friend of mine over a remark I'd made, mostly in passing. "My kids are my life," I said.My friend, who is childless, argued that parents these days often sacrifice too much of their own lives in pursuit of the impossible: perfect child-rearing. She also pin-pointedly noted that kids are ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282474/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:05 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282474/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 kids' clothing consignment business , a little like the ones that are everywhere now but also a little different. What started as a small family business operating out of our home has grown to 22 states. Now, though, it might all turn out to be illegal, thanks to the bureaucratic thinking of the Department of Labor.Help a mother outThe business model that parents thought was an innovation, ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282473/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:05 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282473/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We asked our Twitter followers what they thought about the Supreme Court striking down an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Comments edited for clarity and grammar: There are legitimate concerns to voter fraud, but the Arizona law was politically motivated. Striking it made sense.-- @JonFRiceThe ruling is a major victory for allowing all citizens to vote without ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282475/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:03 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282475/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A viral video of a Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells, and a photo of a Wendy's worker eating ice cream from the dispenser, are examples of social media hazards for brands today. Comments from Facebook:Do you really think an employee who works for less than $10 an hour cares about losing his or her job? I doubt it, but in higher-paying professions, people fear losing their ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282476/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:38:01 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282476/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sit for their official photograph. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot require proof of citizenship when people register to ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282477/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:59 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282477/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Some UCLA climate experts scaled down global climate models to create high-resolution looks at Southern California spots like Big Bear, Wrightwood and Frazier Park, and the forecast isn't good: By midcentury, snowfall on Southern California mountains will be 30 percent to 40 percent less than it was as the 20th century ended, according to the study led by Alex Hall, UCLA professor of ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282478/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:13 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215282478/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The bipartisan Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences is issuing a report on the subject. Once again, in our contentious Congress, the sideshow is upstaging the circus. While our representatives are ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281311/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:34:38 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281311/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on to the ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:07 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280129/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 There was a time not that long ago when it would have seemed far-fetched to suggest that the law should protect gay and lesbian students in public schools from bullying or discrimination. It wasn’t just that homosexuality was still regarded as undesirable, even pathological. There was also a reluctance to recognize that children and adolescents might identify themselves - and be identified ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:07 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280128/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 CLOSE ON the TINIEST AND MOST ADORABLE PUPPY, who tilts his head inquisitively, at a distant noise. TINIEST AND MOST ADORABLE PUPPY (grimly): .... Wurf? crash through the rear wall, which causes the ceiling to crumble. Screams. Blood. Silence. Standing unhurt atop the rubble, WONDER ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:50 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280130/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Non-Western philosophy is typically represented in philosophy curricula in a merely token way. Western philosophy is always the unmarked category, the standard in relation to which non-Western philosophy provides a useful ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:49 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280131/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 file photo, Indian women carry signs as they march to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India. For decades, women have had little choice but to walk away when groped in a crowded bus or train, or to simply cringe as someone tosses an obscene comment their way. Even if they haven't experienced explicit sexual abuse themselves, they live ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:57 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280132/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Graduation advice for my daughter: Bless people. Don’t worry about impressing them. And when God blesses you, enjoy the blessing and be ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278872/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:43 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278872/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The elections of the Islamic Republic of Iran have lead to a surprising — to some at least — result: The election of ';moderate'; Hassan Rowhani over various hardline candidates. The election, unnoticed by many until the results were announced, has resulted in a flurry of opinions on how Rowhani's election will shape and change policies with Iran. Some, such as ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278873/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:40 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278873/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 services for Seattle Central Community College, which owns the Egyptian, he is basically the theater’s landlord. And the interest in preserving the theater has been so strong this morning that Keever said the college will quickly open a bidding process. ';This is actually very exciting,'; said Keever. He believes it would likely be attractive as a performing arts space as well as ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215277632/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:16:47 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215277632/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In 2000, I greeted the first entering graduate-student class at Berkeley where the women outnumbered the men. I was the first female dean of the graduate division. As a ‘70s feminist I cautiously thought, "Is the revolution over? Have we won?" Hardly. That afternoon I looked around the room at my first dean’s meeting and all I saw were gray-haired men. The next week at the ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:32 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276233/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 OGDEN -- It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:21 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276234/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 But just imagine how many more bucks taxpayers will lose in the black hole of government if the public is unable to track tax dollars and hold local officials accountable for ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276236/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:13 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276236/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 People on both sides of the guns debate -- but mostly the pro-guns side -- look at the story of Orange County's gun-toting grandma and say, "See, this proves our ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276235/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:12 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276235/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 While being treated for brain cancer in 2009, my friend Jackie and her family were well served by the Richard M. Schulze American Cancer Society Hope Lodge. It's a well-appointed, comforting home away from home for cancer patients at University of Minnesota Medical Center/Fairview. That personal connection with the generosity ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274802/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:29 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274802/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Instantaneous background checks during gun purchases is a good idea, but I will not support the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility's (WALFGUR) petition to require it for many private transfers. ["Advocates unveil gun background-check initiative," NW Wednesday, June 12] Their initiative is not about background checks. It's about increasing the waiting period for ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273282/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:54:12 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273282/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The late-night comics put their spin on the latest Kardashian "spinoff": the birth of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby girl. What chance do you think their child has for a normal life out of the public eye? Here's what the comedians thought as they welcomed the new addition to the family. Take a look at our favorite jokes from the lineup, then vote for yours in the quick ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273283/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:44 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273283/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 If a House school consolidation bill passes, Inkster Public Schools may be dissolved and its students sent elsewhere. (Clarence Tabb Jr./The Detroit ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271787/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:52:50 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271787/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We are always at risk from threats to our physical well being, both natural and man-made; we live with the daily threat of individual harm or extinction. In a democracy, the key is how to balance this inevitability with freedom. History is replete with examples of freedoms lost in the face of real or imagined threats to a society. Fear is never a good basis upon which to make decisions. How much ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271788/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:52:48 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271788/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The Washington Senate proposal to take away state-funded health insurance from part-time community college faculty could be disastrous for higher education, particularly occupational education in science-technology (STEM) and health. ["Part-time school, college staff may lose state health benefits," NW Thursday, June 13.] The measure would cause critical reductions in the number of ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271789/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:47:23 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271789/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Society for Philosophy and Psychology , affectionately known as "SPP." Daniel Dennett was in the seat just ahead of me; additional luminaries were scattered about the room. A quick count revealed about equal numbers of men and women in the audience -- an unusual figure for an event in philosophy, ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270403/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:52:53 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270403/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Early birds onlyAlan Berner / The Seattle Times The event of my Saturday morning was the dock sale at Ocean Beauty Seafoods. Really it isn't on a dock, but at a warehouse on a dirt road over the railroad tracks by the south end of the Ballard Bridge. I was late. The sale went from 8 a.m. to 11. I got there at 9:45: too late for the black cod. Too late for the sea bass. Still, there were ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270406/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:09 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270406/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 2013 Paris Air Show(AP Photo: Jacques Brinon) The Pacific Northwest's reputation for building the world's best airplanes is getting its proper respect , according to U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Lake Stevens. Larsen is filling in for Gov. Inslee, who was grounded in Olympia by the Legislature's failure to launch the next state budget. Larsen, in a conference call with reporters ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270405/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:09 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270405/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I had to take a second look to see that these young people were graduating Roosevelt High School, and not the School of Boorish Behavior. ["Guterson heckled for gloomy speech at Roosevelt graduation," NW Friday, June 14.] How sad, shocking and downright rude of these students and probably their parents! Nationally known local author David Guterson attends a graduation ceremony and ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270404/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:09 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215270404/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The running shoe is all wrong for the human foot, so Orem's Golden Harper came up with a solution — a radically different shoe called Altra that is expected to do $20 million in sales this year and challenge the big brand names in the ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269182/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:42:40 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269182/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We’ve urged the state Senate to pick up the pace on welfare reforms and happily they’ve obliged. A bill released by Senate leaders at midday yesterday is set for a full debate Thursday. As promised, the Senate is taking a broad approach; call it "Welfare Reform II," after the 1995 crackdown that introduced a stronger work requirement for recipients of public assistance.The ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215266999/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:17:31 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215266999/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 There are many ways in which technology has improved things at work, home and in government. But we're skeptical of a plan by the Lafayette City Council to allow members to attend meetings remotely via phone, video or Internet. Lafayette officials approved a "remote attendance" policy earlier this month by a vote of 4-2, with one member absent. After a keen-eyed citizen pointed out ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264142/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:05:03 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264142/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In the economic history of our time, June 6, 2013, ought to occupy a special place. That's the day the Federal Reserve disclosed that the net worth of American households -- the value of what they own minus what they owe -- hit $70 trillion, a record that exceeded the previous peak before the 2007-09 financial crisis. Higher stock prices and a long-awaited housing recovery are slowly ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263316/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:23:36 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263316/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In an effort to improve our nation's education system and make students better prepared for college and careers, a new set of standards is now sweeping across classrooms throughout the United States. It's an approach call the Common Core and it has been heavily discussed at the Education Nation ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263318/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:21:34 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263318/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The following editorial appeared recently in the San Jose Mercury News: Silicon Valley has a problem. The furor over the Obama administration's use of technology to track possible terrorists has cast a spotlight on the private information Valley companies collect. The question is: Is government's disclosure of its use of data for national security more important than companies' ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263317/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:21:33 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263317/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In laying out his blueprint for saving Detroit, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is finally forcing the city to accept that its priority must be providing services, not jobs and benefits. The plan he presented to creditors is weighted toward residents and asks tremendous sacrifice of workers, retirees and debt holders. Those expecting Orr to solve ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262452/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:21 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262452/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Detroit turns away needed investors By Henry Payne An oil sands byproduct, petroleum coke, has brought more business to the ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262450/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:20 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262450/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Activists protest in front of mounds of of petroleum coke on the Detroit waterfront. Pet coke is a byproduct of the nearby Marathon oil refinery. (David Coates/The Detroit ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262451/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:20 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262451/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The bitterest fights tend to be civil wars. Today, Syria is going through such a brutal bloodletting. The Obama administration reportedly has decided to provide arms to ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262449/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:19 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262449/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Readers say that councilman Kwame Kenyatta, who is collecting a check but not showing up to work, symbolizes Detroit's problems. (Robin Buckson/The Detroit ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262448/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:18:19 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262448/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 OK, so the newly elected president of Iran isn’t a hate-spewing, Holocaust denying whack-job like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.And sure, that’s a good thing. It speaks to the good sense of the people of Iran who, no doubt, would like their leader not to be a source of international embarrassment. It also is encouraging that Hasan Rowhani, the only cleric in the presidential race, spent much of ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262453/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:09 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262453/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 While it is true that the Obama administration has been uniquely hostile to the exploitation of America’s vast hydrocarbon energy resources, not every bad energy policy has originated during this president’s tenure. One such counterproductive policy dates to the 1970s: the ban on exports of crude oil. The ban was predicated on the belief that two factors would starve the United States ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262456/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:03 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262456/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 James "Whitey" Bulger is nearing the end of the trail ("Noble crime lord - or ‘hands-on killer,’ " June 13).Over the next few months, government prosecutors will try to make Whitey out to be a very bad man. That should not be too hard for them to do. They will also try to make the FBI out to be a very honest organization. That is going to take some doing. ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262457/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:01 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262457/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Are Americans becoming more libertarian on cultural issues? I see evidence that they are, in poll findings and election results on three unrelated issues - marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage and gun rights.Start with pot. Last November, voters in the states of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana, by a 55 to 45 percent margin in Colorado (more than Barack Obama’s ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262455/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:59:57 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262455/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 One of the charms of watching a beauty pageant these days seems to be the inevitable YouTube moment when a contestant botches a question designed to show her bikini comes with a brain. So no one can really be surprised by the torrent of tweets and snarks following Sunday’s Miss USA contest, where Miss Utah flubbed a question about the gender gap on wages. Yet as badly as Miss Utah may have ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261653/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:21:28 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261653/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We have long supported the recommendation of a bipartisan panel. In recent years, too many states seem to have been more interested in imposing voter ID requirements than in making sure eligible voters weren't disenfranchised by them. The same may apply to citizenship tests. After Arizona voted in 2004 to require voters prove their citizenship, more than 30,000 people were turned away ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260008/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:01:00 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260008/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Nuclear program is also popular among the regime's opponents. The results of Friday's election in Iran could have conceivably been worse for U.S. interests, but there is little reason to believe that the election of Hasan Rowhani, a relative moderate within Iran's theocratic system, should significantly change U.S. strategy toward Iran and its nuclear program. OUR ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260009/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:00:58 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260009/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 However, his instinct for pragmatism could lead him to press Khamenei to stop the program short of the West's red line. It would be hard not to cheer the results of Iran's weekend presidential election, if only for the moment.The surprise winner, cleric Hasan Rowhani, is by all accounts the least extreme candidate voters could have picked, and "least extreme" is about as good ... http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260010/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:00:58 -0400 http://www.maine.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260010/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867