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Sept 1, 2013

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Report: Obama to attack Syria even if Congress votes no
Examiner.com
On Saturday, a senior State Department official told Fox News' James Rosen that President Obama will attack Syria even if Congress votes against military ...

(c Below) Ferry County Fair by Blanche Montbrousouss

(c Below) Ferry County Fair by Blanche Montbrousouss

Hiker Dies After Falling From A Trail In The Columbia River Gorge

Kids sell lemonade to help childhood cancer research

We are in Haines, Alaska photographing the bear and eagles during the Pink Salmon run. This is a time of plenty for the bears and eagles on the west coast. This three year old Grizzly sow is foraging in the Chilkoot River, near Haines.I would like to dedicate this image to Ingrid Shaul.
Rick Price

Local protestors voice concern over possible U.S. attack in Syria

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Peru snow state of emergency extended to more regions

Egypt attack on Suez Canal ship 'foiled'

Yemen Prime Minister survives assassination attempt

Virtual therapy reaches Chad via Skype w/video

South African inventors show off their creations w/video

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Sierra's Rim fire becomes the biggest to burn in U.S. this year  

Russia, NORAD conduct hijack response training over Alaska   

Maverick Colorado prospectors have aquamarine fever

For a Classic Motown Song About Money, Credit Is What He Wants

'Tobacco wars' senators take aim at energy drinks

Tracing the historic margins of Los Angeles

Sacramento railyard: A cultural treasure at a crossroad w/gallery

Ferry County Fair

Picture by Blanche Montbrousouss

“These are all limestone ridges,” says Andy Weaver, who with his dad Fred and sister Vicki, runs the family ranch near Bearmouth. “After the fire, you could hardly walk here. It had burned away all the duff and dirt, so it was like walking on marbles.” The Weaver ranch was burned up in the Ryan Gulch fire back in 2000, after what a jury ruled was negligence on the part of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

Montana Supreme Court decision could change how crews fight wildfires

 Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that fresh laboratory tests show that Sarin nerve gas was used in an Aug. 21 attack in Syria that killed more than 1,400 people, the first time U.S. officials have pinpointed the type of chemical weapon used.
In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," Kerry said blood and hair samples from emergency workers in east Damascus had tested positive for Sarin, a highly toxic nerve agent. He said that U.S. officials learned of the lab results in the past 24 hours, citing the evidence as yet another reason for Congress to pass President Obama's request to authorize the use of military force against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.