Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » National News http://newstalk870.am Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Extremist Killing in Syria http://newstalk870.am/extremist-killing-in-syria/ http://newstalk870.am/extremist-killing-in-syria/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:13:08 +0000 Andrew Kirk http://newstalk870.am/?p=140102 A 14 year old boy was overheard supposedly blasphemising the name of Mohammed when a group of Islamist rebels were passing by. They stopped dragged the young boy out of the coffee shop where he worked, wrapped a shirt around his head and whipped him several times until a crowd formed including his parents

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/extremist-killing-in-syria/feed/ 0 Rebel fighters walk through Aleppo. (AFP/Getty Images) Today, June 14, Is Flag Day — Did You Remember? http://newstalk870.am/friday-june-14th-is-flag-day-did-you-remember/ http://newstalk870.am/friday-june-14th-is-flag-day-did-you-remember/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:49:59 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=139919 Friday is the day we salute the Stars and Stripes.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/friday-june-14th-is-flag-day-did-you-remember/feed/ 0 (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) EPA Now Charged With Targeting Conservative Groups http://newstalk870.am/move-over-irs-now-epa-charged-with-targeting-conservative-groups/ http://newstalk870.am/move-over-irs-now-epa-charged-with-targeting-conservative-groups/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:51:58 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=138562 Conservative groups are accusing the EPA of charging them fees by way of the Freedom of Information Act when they were trying to obtain data from the department. Documents show the EPA waived the fees for liberal environmental groups far more than for conservative organizations.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/move-over-irs-now-epa-charged-with-targeting-conservative-groups/feed/ 0 (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Unlucky Woman Wins Powerball Only to Find She Bought Ticket Too Late http://newstalk870.am/unlucky-woman-wins-powerball/ http://newstalk870.am/unlucky-woman-wins-powerball/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:18 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://thefw.com/?p=206772 Here’s proof that timing is indeed everything.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/unlucky-woman-wins-powerball/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Death Toll in Oklahoma Lowered to 24; Search for Survivors Continues http://newstalk870.am/tornado-death-toll-lowered/ http://newstalk870.am/tornado-death-toll-lowered/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:52 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=162570 Officials in Oklahoma have lowered the number of deaths suffered to 24 in the massive tornado that swept through the town of Moore Monday night. Originally, the figure had been as high as 51, probably a result of double-counting.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/tornado-death-toll-lowered/feed/ 0 Brett Deering/Getty Images Massive Tornado Destroys Area Near Oklahoma City; At Least 51 Killed [UPDATED] http://newstalk870.am/oklahoma-city-tornado-destruction/ http://newstalk870.am/oklahoma-city-tornado-destruction/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:01 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=162469 An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.

UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the storm struck. Officials said Monday night that the search of the rubble remaining of the school had turned to a recovery mission.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/oklahoma-city-tornado-destruction/feed/ 0 CNN Boise Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty, Will Face Trial on Charges http://newstalk870.am/boise-terror-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-will-face-trial-on-charges/ http://newstalk870.am/boise-terror-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-will-face-trial-on-charges/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 22:55:38 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=136439 An Uzbekistan native is facing federal charges in Idaho and Utah for allegedly plotting and working with an Islamic terrorist organization.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/boise-terror-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-will-face-trial-on-charges/feed/ 0 (Photo by Warrick Page/Getty Images) Pasco Teenager Skips High School – All The Way to College! http://newstalk870.am/pasco-teenager-skips-high-school-all-the-way-to-college/ http://newstalk870.am/pasco-teenager-skips-high-school-all-the-way-to-college/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 23:03:22 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=136087 Talk about your advanced-placement program!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/pasco-teenager-skips-high-school-all-the-way-to-college/feed/ 0 (Townsquare media image) Seattle Hopes Crushed – NBA Owners Vote Down Sacramento Relocation http://newstalk870.am/seattle-hopes-crushed-nba-owners-vote-down-sacramento-relocation/ http://newstalk870.am/seattle-hopes-crushed-nba-owners-vote-down-sacramento-relocation/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:01:24 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=135943 The Kings will NOT be moving to Seattle.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/seattle-hopes-crushed-nba-owners-vote-down-sacramento-relocation/feed/ 0 (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Teenager Suspended for Posting Mug Shot of Principal on Instagram http://newstalk870.am/teenager-suspended-for-posting-mug-shot-of-principal-on-instagram-claims-he-didnt-intend-to-defame-her/ http://newstalk870.am/teenager-suspended-for-posting-mug-shot-of-principal-on-instagram-claims-he-didnt-intend-to-defame-her/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 17:42:15 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=135060 Our Moron of the Week comes from Georgia.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/teenager-suspended-for-posting-mug-shot-of-principal-on-instagram-claims-he-didnt-intend-to-defame-her/feed/ 0 (Riverdale High School GA Facebook page) Jodi Arias Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder http://newstalk870.am/jodi-arias-guilty-verdict/ http://newstalk870.am/jodi-arias-guilty-verdict/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 21:27:14 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161898 A jury in Arizona found Jodi Arias guilty of the first-degree murder of Travis Alexander, meaning she may face the death penalty.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/jodi-arias-guilty-verdict/feed/ 0 CNN 3 Missing Women Found in Cleveland After 10 Years in Captivity http://newstalk870.am/three-kidnapped-women-in-cleveland-discovered/ http://newstalk870.am/three-kidnapped-women-in-cleveland-discovered/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 15:27:27 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161724 Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, all of whom disappeared between 2002 and 2004 in Cleveland, have been found alive, after being kidnapped imprisoned in a house on Cleveland's West Side.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/three-kidnapped-women-in-cleveland-discovered/feed/ 0 The house in Cleveland where Gina DeJesus (top right), Amanda Berry (bottom right) and Michelle Knight were found after 10 years. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, FBI) NASA Plans? Set Foot on Mars, Capture an Asteroid! http://newstalk870.am/nasa-plans-set-foot-on-mars-capture-an-asteroid/ http://newstalk870.am/nasa-plans-set-foot-on-mars-capture-an-asteroid/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:06 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=134446 After initially cutting budgets deeply, the White House is freeing up a little more money for NASA.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/nasa-plans-set-foot-on-mars-capture-an-asteroid/feed/ 0 (Photo by NASA via Getty Images) Three Airmen Killed Sunday in Tanker Crash Were From Spokane's Fairchild Air Force Base http://newstalk870.am/three-airmen-killed-in-sunday-tanker-crash-from-spokanes-fairchild-air-force-base/ http://newstalk870.am/three-airmen-killed-in-sunday-tanker-crash-from-spokanes-fairchild-air-force-base/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 16:40:15 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=134376 Three Airmen stationed in Spokane were part of the crew of a KC-135 refueling tanker plane that was engaged in operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/three-airmen-killed-in-sunday-tanker-crash-from-spokanes-fairchild-air-force-base/feed/ 0 (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) Group Donates Guns to Neighborhood to Help People Protect Themselves http://newstalk870.am/group-takes-controverisal-step-of-donating-guns-to-neighborhood-to-help-people-protect-themselves/ http://newstalk870.am/group-takes-controverisal-step-of-donating-guns-to-neighborhood-to-help-people-protect-themselves/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 18:04:18 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161312 The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/group-takes-controverisal-step-of-donating-guns-to-neighborhood-to-help-people-protect-themselves/feed/ 0 Three New Suspects in Boston Marathon Bombing Taken Into Custody [UPDATED] http://newstalk870.am/three-new-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing-taken-into-custody/ http://newstalk870.am/three-new-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing-taken-into-custody/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 15:49:40 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161288 UPDATE 2:25 p.m. EST: The suspects' names are Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev and Robel Phillipos. From The Boston Globe:
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and of New Bedford, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting to dispose of a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge was charged with making false statements to law enforcement officials in a terorism investigation, prosecutors said.
12:10 p.m. EST: According to Boston.com, the three suspects went to school at UMass-Dartmouth with Dzhokar Tsarnaev and may have helped him in the days immediately following the bombing, which was on April 15. Two of the suspects have been charged with overstaying their student visas.

The Boston Police Department announced that it has taken into custody three new suspects as a result of its ongoing investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/three-new-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing-taken-into-custody/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Seattle-Based Group Plans Another Gun Control Initiative That Would Include Universal Backround Checks http://newstalk870.am/seattle-based-anti-gun-group-plans-another-gun-control-initiative-would-include-universal-backround-checks/ http://newstalk870.am/seattle-based-anti-gun-group-plans-another-gun-control-initiative-would-include-universal-backround-checks/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:05:09 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=133378 Several controversial gun control measures were crushed in Olympia this spring, but an anti-gun advocacy group is going to try again.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/seattle-based-anti-gun-group-plans-another-gun-control-initiative-would-include-universal-backround-checks/feed/ 0 (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) Shocking Poll Results! Who Do Americans Fear More? Terrorists or Their Own Goverment? http://newstalk870.am/shocking-poll-results-who-do-americans-fear-more-terrorists-or-their-own-goverment/ http://newstalk870.am/shocking-poll-results-who-do-americans-fear-more-terrorists-or-their-own-goverment/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:26:32 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=133307 Fox News recently conducted a poll just after the Boston Marathon bombings and found Americans actually fear their government MORE than terrorists.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/shocking-poll-results-who-do-americans-fear-more-terrorists-or-their-own-goverment/feed/ 0 (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Officials Say 12 Bodies Recovered at Texas Fertilizer Blast Site http://newstalk870.am/officials-say-12-bodies-recovered-at-texas-fertilizer-blast-site/ http://newstalk870.am/officials-say-12-bodies-recovered-at-texas-fertilizer-blast-site/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:46:53 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://tsminteractive.com/?p=160507 The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the site of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, officials said on Friday.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/officials-say-12-bodies-recovered-at-texas-fertilizer-blast-site/feed/ 0 Erin Schlegel, Getty Images ACLU Follows Through With Threat of Lawsuit Against Arlene's Flowers http://newstalk870.am/aclu-follows-through-with-lawsuit-against-arlenes-flowers-suit-filed-in-benton-county/ http://newstalk870.am/aclu-follows-through-with-lawsuit-against-arlenes-flowers-suit-filed-in-benton-county/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:23:44 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=131642 After saying they would consider legal action, the ACLU is helping a same-sex couple sue Arlene's Flowers.

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