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The latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.

Obama's war on national security reporting crosses a bright line

It's going after a reporter who received a leak. This has never happened before in this country.

SLATE

Colorado legislators vote to ban marijuana images, Internet ads

The lawmakers in a state that names its baseball field after a beer wants to trample the First Amendment in an attempt to thwart voters' will on legalization.

SALON

Bill Keller: Pot legalization may best be modeled on wine industry

"If you read the proposal Kleiman’s team submitted to Washington State, you may be a little boggled by the complexities of turning an illicit herb into a regulated, safe, consumer-friendly business."

NEW YORK TIMES

France enacts marriage equality

France became the 14th nation to pass marriage equality.The first wedding could take place before the end of the month.

SLATE

FBI searches downtown Spokane apartment in ricin investigation

Some two dozen police and federal agents spent the morning in an apartment search that began after dawn this morning. 

SPOKANE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

Murder conviction in Monroe officer case paves way for death penalty decision

A jury took less than an hour to convict inmate Byron Scherf of strangling Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendel. Next week: the death penalty phase of the trial.

HERALD (EVERETT)

Seattle police officer injured in May Day 'protest'

Seattle police say one officer was injured when he was hit by an object that was thrown near Minor and Pine shortly after 8 p.m. The extent of the officer’s injuries was not immediately known.

SEATTLE TIMES

Gitmo hunger strikers weaken as we look away

A good percentage have been cleared for release but we are doing nothing.

NEW YORKER

Former Spokane-based attorney joins Boston bomber case

Judy Clarke, a well-known death penalty lawyer, will be part of the team defending Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Clarke was the executive director of the Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho in Spokane from 1992 to 2002. 

SPOKANE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

Pot users can be fired, Colo. court says

The Colorado Court of Appeals decided Thursday that marijuana users don't have job protection. 

NEWS TRIBUNE (TACOMA)
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