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PORTLAND, Ore. – The former owners of a Gresham bakery found guilty of discriminating against a lesbian couple have now been told to pay their big fine by Friday.

Melissa and Aaron Klein have been ordered to pay the couple $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for their wedding.

The decision from Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian also slaps a cease-and-desist order on the Kleins, banning them from advertising their beliefs. The couple contends the ruling is too broad and violates their First Amendment rights.   Continue reading “Sweet Cakes owners told to pay fine or face lien on home”

Wall Street Journal – by Gregor Stuart Hunter

Chinese shares made their biggest daily gain in six years Thursday, restoring confidence in Beijing’s suite of attempts to rescue its struggling stock market.

The Shanghai Composite rose 5.8% to 3709.33, after losses in eight of the last 10 trading days. The smaller Shenzhen market rose 3.8%. Still, both indexes have lost around a third of their value in the past month. The small-cap ChiNext board, which has shed some 38% from its June highs, rose 3%.   Continue reading “China Stocks Make Biggest Daily Gain in Six Years”

ABC News

The South Carolina House has approved a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, and the flag could be removed within days.

The move early Thursday came after more than 13 hours of debate.

The House approved the Senate bill by more than a two-thirds margin. The bill now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, who supports the measure.   Continue reading “South Carolina House Approves Bill to Remove Confederate Flag”

AL.com – by Leada Gore

The graves of Confederate war dead buried at federal cemeteries will likely no longer be decorated with Confederate flags following a vote Tuesday night by the House of Representatives.

The House passed an amendment that prohibits the controversial banners from being placed on any graves in federal cemeteries, The Hill reported. The matter must still be approved by the Senate.   Continue reading “Congress votes to ban Confederate flags at federal cemeteries, national parks”

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Non-GMO Shopping Guide

What’s a GMO?

A GMO (genetically modified organism) is the result of a laboratory process of taking genes from one species and inserting them into another in an attempt to obtain a desired trait or characteristic, hence they are also known as transgenic organisms. This process may be called either Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM); they are one and the same.   Continue reading “GMO Label Reading Guide”

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The Cubic Lane – by Aiman Diaz

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has called for the removal of the statue and remains of the Confederate General and once Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, from the city park.

The Mayor believes that Nathan Bedford Forrest wanted to be buried somewhere else in the beginning.

Wharton’s belief comes from Forrest’s own will and testament which states he wanted his self and wife to both be buried in Elmwood Cemetery.   Continue reading “Memphis City Council Unanimously Approves Removal of Nathan Bedford Forrest Remains from Municipal Park”

Reuters

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said technical problems reported on Wednesday by United Airlines and the New York Stock Exchange were apparently not related to “nefarious” activity.

“I have spoken to the CEO of United, Jeff Smisek, myself. It appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at United and the stock exchange were not the result of any nefarious actor,” Johnson said during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.   Continue reading “United, NYSE technical troubles not caused by ‘nefarious’ actor: U.S. Homeland Security chief”

USA Today – by Tom Vanden Brook

The Army plans to cut 40,000 soldiers from its ranks over the next two years, a reduction that will affect virtually all of its domestic and foreign posts, the service asserts in a document obtained by USA TODAY.

The potential troop cut comes as the Obama administration is pondering its next moves against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria. President Obama said Monday he and military leaders had not discussed sending additional troops to Iraq to fight the Islamic State. There are about 3,500 troops in Iraq.   Continue reading “Army plans to cut 40,000 troops”

Sacramento Business Journal – by Allen Young

California lawmakers on Wednesday will consider a bill to regulate electronic cigarettes with the same laws that govern regular cigarettes. Senate Bill 140 would ban “vaping” in restaurants, bars and other workplaces.

A long list of health organizations support the bill as a way to protect young people from addiction to potentially harmful chemicals derived from tobacco. In opposition, e-cigarette industry representatives say they should not be held to the same restrictions as tobacco products because their product is safer.   Continue reading “Lawmakers consider banning e-cigarettes from bars and restaurants”

Yahoo News – by Dylan Stableford

The FBI and state police searched the Indiana home of Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle early Tuesday.

The Indianapolis Star reports that electronics were removed from Fogle’s house in Zionsville, Indiana, and loaded into a mobile forensics van parked in his driveway.

Fogle was seen entering and exiting the van during the search, and later left with his attorney, according to the paper.   Continue reading “FBI agents search Subway spokesman Jared Fogle’s home”

Breitbart – by Michelle Moons

Five-time deportee, seven-time convicted felon Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez said in a new interview Sunday with a local ABC News affiliate that he came to San Francisco because he knew the sanctuary city would not hand him over to immigration officials.

He also claimed that he was “looking for jobs in the restaurant or roofing, landscaping, or construction.”   Continue reading “Murderer: I Chose SF Because It Is A ‘Sanctuary City’”

Fox News

At least five children received improper immunization shots from a clinic in New Jersey, revealed a state compliance audit of the Shots for Tots program released on Saturday. The statement comes from Salem County, which runs the clinic, according to NJ.com.

The five children who received the incurred medications were: two children who were injected with expired vaccines; one child who received the flu mist dose but was under the recommended age; one boy who received the Gardasil injection; and one child who received a vaccine that officials have not yet determined. The parents of the unidentified children were notified on Tuesday, June 30, officials said.   Continue reading “At least 5 New Jersey children received incorrect vaccines, officials say”

New York Daily News – by Tobias Salinger

A county official and three other people were found dead at a house in South Carolina on Sunday afternoon, according to reports.

York County Assistant Manager Anna Hubbard Moore, 50, her husband, Randy Eugene Moore, 55, her son Jason Lockamy, 31, and Lockamy’s girlfriend, Lora Kathryn Young, 31, died from gunshot wounds, York County Coroner Sabrina Gast said in a statement to the Rock Hill Herald.   Continue reading “County official is 1 of 4 found fatally shot in South Carolina home: reports”

Fox News

ATHENS, Greece –  Greece lurched into uncharted territory and an uncertain future in Europe’s common currency Sunday after voters overwhelmingly rejected demands by international creditors for more austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy.

Results showed 61 percent voted “no,” compared with 38 percent for “yes,” with 97 percent of the vote counted. The referendum — Greece’s first in more than four decades — came amid severe restrictions on financial transactions in the country, imposed last week to stem a bank run that accelerated after the vote was called.   Continue reading “Greece enters uncharted territory after referendum ‘no’ vote”

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Giza Death Star – by Joseph P. Farrell

Do you remember all those strange acts of vandalism over the past couple of years? First, there was the bizarre, and very professional, assault on an electrical power substation at the very southern end of Silicon Valley in California, an assault that left part of the region without electrical power for a few hours. The papers and media tended to report this as an act of vandalism. The trouble was, you’ll recall, that the “vandals” knew exactly what to to, and what to target, inside the sub-station, and were in, out, and gone before local law enforcement even had a chance to respond. In short, the team that hit the sub-station were not vandals at all; they were professionals.   Continue reading “You Tell Us: “Vandals” Sever Another Internet Cable In California…So What’s Going On?”

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CBS Sacramento – by Lemor Abrams

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A week after Amazon stopped selling Confederate flags in the wake of a deadly shooting, Jewish organizations are calling on Amazon to ban books denying the Holocaust.

Sacramento Rabbi Mendy Cohen is leveling serious charges against Amazon for selling books denying the Holocaust.   Continue reading “Sacramento Rabbi Calls On Amazon To Stop Selling Books Denying Holocaust”