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Spokane coffee stand Jitterz Java was robbed for the fourth time in less than a year on Sunday evening. (KXLY)

Inlander columnist Rachel Dolezal, former director of the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d'Alene, has been elected president of the Spokane NAACP. Congratulations, Rachel! (S-R)

Spokane attorney Robert Caruso, 76, has been charged with raping a 22-year-old woman last September. He unsuccessfully ran for  county prosecutor in 2006. (KXLY)

Beware! Wild turkeys are apparently invading Spokane. (S-R)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has resigned. Officials say he was forced out because he "wasn't up for the job." (NBC)

Cleveland police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy playing with a toy air gun over the weekend. The officers involved were placed on leave. (CNN)

Tensions are high in Ferguson, Missouri, where residents (and a slew of reporters) are waiting to hear whether a grand jury indicts Officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting African-American teenager Michael Brown. (Reuters)