Business Support Profiles
3:00 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Pullman Regional Hospital

Pullman Regional Hospital is an acute care hospital, dedicated to both the well-being and comfort of their patients, with a commitment to sensitivity, congeniality and precision. The hospital is located in Pullman, Washington at the heart of the Palouse, a vast geographic area reaching throughout northern Idaho and southeastern Washington. Pullman Regional overlooks the campus of Washington State University, a PAC-12 University.

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Afghanistan
2:51 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

U.S. Apology Fails To Stop Afghan Riots

Credit Noorullah Shirzada / AFP/Getty Images
Afghan demonstrators burn an effigy of President Obama and shout anti-U.S. slogans in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Afghans have been rioting for three days after word that several Qurans were desecrated at a NATO base. The U.S. says the burning of the Qurans was accidental.

President Obama apologized in a letter and Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm.

But that was not enough to keep Afghans from protesting violently for a third day following word that several copies of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, were burned at a large NATO base outside Kabul.

The latest incident resembled other cases in recent years, where rumors that a Quran was desecrated — even thousands of miles away in Florida or Guantanamo Bay — ignited deadly riots in Afghanistan.

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The Two-Way
2:27 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Monsanto Reaches Settlement On Agent Orange Class-Action Suit

A proposed settlement has been reached in a big class-action lawsuit against Monsanto. The case is connected to the company's production of the controversial herbicide "Agent Orange," the defoliant the military sprayed over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

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Middle East
2:13 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Syrian Forces Tightening Grip On Parts Of Homs

Credit Local Coordination Committees in Syria / AP
Flames rise from a house, the result of Syrian government shelling, in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, in this image provided by citizen journalists to the Local Coordination Committees.

The Syrian army has cut off all escape routes from a rebel-held neighborhood in Homs, the city that has seen the most intense fighting in recent days, according to opposition activists.

Syrian tanks were seen moving closer to the Baba Amr neighborhood Thursday, as efforts continued to negotiate a cease-fire to evacuate the wounded, including two Western journalists.

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Performing Arts
2:01 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

For One Man, The Sword Is Mightier Than The Pen

Tony Gangi gave up a successful career in publishing in order to impale himself.

With his wife Suzanne's permission, he went from having a secure 9 to 5 job to following his dream of wowing audiences by doing shock-worthy things to his own body.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I'm about to do is a 4,000-year-old art and it's known as sword swallowing," Gangi, also known as The Amazing Human Head, tells a crowd at a Salem, Mass., performance. "Oh no!" a child in the audience exclaims.

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Business Support Profiles
2:00 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Rolf's Import Auto Service

Rolf’s Import Auto Service employs ASE Certified Technicians and highly-trained Service Advisors. They procure the highest quality parts available and provide continuous training for their technicians to assure that the work on imports is done to a high standard of efficiency and quality. 2 locations exist – in Fife and Lakewood, WA.  Information about Rolf’s Import Auto Services can be found online

Around the Nation
1:42 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Blue Angels Bring Winter Thrill To California Town

Credit Courtesy of Ted Gallinat
The Blue Angels practice above El Centro, Calif., last week.

Fifteen miles from the border of Mexico, the city of El Centro in California's Imperial Valley has something most hard luck small towns don't: the Blue Angels.

For 45 years, the city has been the winter training home of the Navy's flight demonstration squadron. The "Blues," as the locals call them, have been an enduring source of pride for the desert community.

The "hay bales" is a dusty crop field a stone's throw from the runways of El Centro's Naval Air Facility. Lisa Gallinat has been watching the Blue Angels from here ever since she was a kid.

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Shots - Health Blog
1:39 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Law Student Makes Case For Contraceptive Coverage

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Sandra Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University, testifies Thursday about contraceptives and insurance coverage during a hearing before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.

Congress is in recess this week, but that didn't stop House Democrats from holding a hearing to take testimony from a Georgetown law student who was barred from testifying in last week's hearing about President Obama's policy on contraceptives, health insurance and religiously affiliated organizations.

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