Wednesday, September 5, 2012

MORNING BRIEF: Vandals, strip clubs and a vegetarian McDonalds

Posted By on Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:06 AM

Around here

Broken windows, holes in the walls, destroyed appliances, flooding. Two teenagers were arrested after allegedly causing $100,000 in damage to a Spokane Valley home (SR)

The Kootenai County jail plans to add a mental health professional in an attempt to curb suicide attempts at the facility (CDA Press)

The Yakima City Council is trying to keep strip clubs out of town (KHQ) 

Out there

Because vegetarians want to eat shitty food too. McDonald's is planning its first meat-free restaurant in India (BBC) 

An attorney plead guilty in Houston to conspiring to steal $2.3 million from 49 disabled veterans (Houston Chronicle) 

Hackers say they've got 12 million Apple ID numbers they stole from an FBI agent's computer. The FBI says that just can't be. (NYT)

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Heidi Groover

Heidi Groover is a staff writer at the Inlander, where she covers city government and drug policy. On the job, she's spent time with prostitutes, "street kids," marriage equality advocates and the family of a 16-year-old organ donor...