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Syria intervention still lacks strategy Our view

93,000 people have been killed in the country's still-metastasizing civil war. This week, President Obama -- gearing up for an unspecified new intervention ...
Syria needs no move zone Other views

In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian regime protesters gather in northern Syria on ...
Guest Prevent prescription-drug deaths with a medicine-return program

A convenient and secure unused medicine-return program is a key strategy to reduce deaths due to prescription drugs, according to guest columnists David Fleming and Joe ...
Seattle’s waterfront mayor’s race most important topic mysteriously absent

Seattle’s waterfront is about to go through a major transformation in the mayor’s next term. Why aren’t the candidates talking more about it, wonders columnist Jonathan ...
Villaraigosa not a bad mayor but disappointing Editorial

Villaraigosa told a public-radio interviewer Tuesday that his future includes a move to Venice and the possibility of work with a university or think tank. And, yes, probably a campaign for higher office someday. "I want to run for governor," he said. "In fact, I fully expect that I ...

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Cookie's Fortune

"You know how come I know he didn't do it?" says Lester Boyle (Ned Beatty), a deputy police officer in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the small town turned upside down at the heart of Robert Altman's new film, "Cookie's Fortune." "Because I fished with him." That's the kind of town Holly Springs is--the kind where a police officer can defend his friend against murder charges, even though there's pil ... ...

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Minnesota mom Add loose guns to parents worry list

Sally asks Suzy over for a play date. Suzy’s mother learns through neighborhood gossip that Sally’s family recently adopted a man-eating Bengal tiger named "Roscoe." Ignoring the advice from animal experts, Sally’s parents have decided not to enroll the family in tiger training due to their busy ...
Organ donation Make it opt-out not opt-in

In this May 30, 2013 file photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, left, lies in her hospital bed next to adopted sister Ella on the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Murnaghen, whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how donated lungs are allocated was getting a transplant Wednesday, June 12, ...
Teach for America faces new Minnesota obstacle

Not surprisingly, the seemingly all-powerful Education Minnesota teachers union opposed both the funding request and the group waiver. And, once again, Education Minnesota and its lobbyists succeeded in sustaining the status ...
U.S. infrastructure Addressing the needs

The American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 report card on America’s infrastructure says it succinctly. The grade the ASCE gives for our deteriorating roads, dams, bridges, water and sewer systems, aviation, and other infrastructure components is a resounding … "D." That means the facilities studied are in poor shape, and worse, that they place many Americans at ...
Will talks with Taliban yield results tellusatoday

We asked our Twitter followers for their opinion on possible peace talks among the U.S., Afghanistan and the Taliban. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:We didn't negotiate with the Nazis. Receiving Taliban input legitimizes its actions. Involve citizens, not terrorists.-- @SbudnoWe can never realize peace as long as the Taliban has a voice. It is radical and hates the U.S. -- ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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JW Marriott Ihilani Hotel Resort & Spa

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US top court rules voters don't need citizenship proof

Siding with the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court Monday tossed out a provision in a Arizona state law requiring proof of citizenship for registration as a voter.

With a 7-2 majority, the apex court ruled that the state's voter-approved law interfered with federal law designed to make voter registration easier.

Opponents of the law saw it as an attack on vulnerable voter groups such as minorities, immigrants and the elderly, while the state called the provision a "sensible precaution" to prevent voter fraud.

Civil rights group countered that it added an unconstitutional and burdensome layer of paperwork for tens of thousands of citizens.

The Obama Justice Department opposed the Arizona law, which went beyond what other states have done to ensure integrity in the registration system.

The case focuses on Arizona but the decision would have wider implications as four other states - Alabama, Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee - have similar requirements, and 12 other states are contemplating such legislation.

A single judge of the apex court a year ago blocked the Arizona law from being enforced, while the full court decided internally whether to accept pending appeals for review. ...