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UPDATE: Frustrated Boyfriend Causes School Lock Down At Hamblen Elementary

UPDATE: Frustrated Boyfriend Causes School Lock Down At Hamblen Elementary
SPOKANE, Wash. - A 12-year-old Hamblen Elementary School student was arrested and taken to juvenile detention Thursday after school officials said he threatened his teacher with a table knife. The incident prompted a lockdown at the school but it wasn't because the boy acted out. Instead,

White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder

White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder
By By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and perhaps extend the expiring payroll tax cut, officials said Thursday as talks

White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder

White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder
By By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and perhaps extend the expiring payroll tax cut, officials said Thursday as talks

White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder

White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder
By By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and perhaps extend the expiring payroll tax cut, officials said Thursday as talks

Gonzaga's Not-So-Secret Weapon This Season Is...

Gonzaga's Not-So-Secret Weapon This Season Is...
If there is one thing the Zags have proven so far this season, it is this: depth matters. As it happens, they have plenty of it. From Kelly Olynyk to Przemek Karnowski and Sam Dower in the middle, to any of the guards on the outside, Gonzaga's bench has turned into a considerable asset. On any

NY appeals court stays Argentina debt ruling

NY appeals court stays Argentina debt ruling
By By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL WARRENAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Argentina got some breathing room Wednesday in its billion-dollar debt showdown as an appeals court indefinitely suspended a federal judge's ruling that threatened to push the country into default. The two-paragraph

Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus

Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus
By By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAssociated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes of conduct banning marijuana use, and they get millions of dollars in

Fed survey: US economy growing at steady pace

Fed survey: US economy growing at steady pace
By By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A pickup in consumer spending and steady home sales helped lift economic growth from October through early November in most parts of the United States, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday. The one exception was

Slain Minn. teens may be tied to earlier burglary

Slain Minn. teens may be tied to earlier burglary
By By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A car linked to two Minnesota teens who were fatally shot during an alleged home burglary on Thanksgiving Day contained prescription drugs that had been stolen from another house, authorities said Wednesday. Nicholas Brady, 17, and his cousin

Robot uprising? Cambridge University team to assess threat posed by AI

Robot uprising? Cambridge University team to assess threat posed by AI
By Trevor Mogg Provided by Researchers at the UK's Cambridge University are taking seriously the potential threats posed to the human race by the likes of artificial intelligence and biotechnology with the planned opening of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. If you thought the idea