Thursday, April 17, 2014

MORNING BRIEFING: Missing rhino, drive-thru robbery and Putin gets a question from Snowden

Posted By on Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:57 AM

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A Wendy’s on Newport Highway was robbed, the second drive-thru robbery this week. (KXLY)

Spokane is taking over the Waste-to-Energy facility on the West Plains from a private company to have more flexibility as the trash system is handed over to the county. (S-R)

A life-size rhino made of wood and paper mache has gone missing. (KHQ)

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Edward Snowden called in to Vladimir Putin’s annual Q&A with the nation to ask whether Russia spies on its own citizens the way the U.S. has done. (WaPo)

Republican leaders in Louisiana are calling for the resignation of a congressman after a leaked video showed him kissing a married staffer, though some say it's hypocritical since they still support a senator who had a prostitution scandal. (NYT)

Portland is draining nearly 38 million gallons of treated water in the city reservoir because a 19-year-old was filmed peeing into it. (AP)

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Lisa Waananen is the web editor and a staff writer at the Inlander. She specializes in data and graphics, and her recent cover stories have been about family history, the legacy of Spokane photographer Charles A. Libby and genetically modified food...