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This May 24, 2011 file photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)
Such invitations typically are coordinated with the White House and State Department, but this one was not. The House speaker&apos;s office said Netanyahu will be invited to speak Feb. 11 before a joint session of Congress. The invitation comes as lawmakers weigh legislation, supported by Republicans and some Democrats, to tee up more sanctions against Iran in case negotiations fail to curtail the country&apos;s nuclear enrichment program.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu is a great friend of our country, and this invitation carries with it our unwavering commitment to the security and well-being of his people,” Boehner said in a statement. “In this time of challenge, I am asking the prime minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life.”
Asked about the invite, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest described it as a breach of typical protocol since the White House wasn&apos;t involved. But he said the administration would reserve judgment until they speak with the Israelis.
Critics of Obama and his foreign policy say the president has failed to keep close ties to Israel, a long-time U.S. ally and a key country in providing Middle East stability. Among their concerns is that the Obama administration has not done enough to curb Iran&apos;s suspected pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
In his State of the Union address, Obama warned that legislation setting new potential sanctions would "all but guarantee that diplomacy fails."
But Boehner told members of the GOP House Conference on Wednesday morning: “The president warned us not to move ahead with sanctions on Iran, a state sponsor of terror. His exact message to us was: &apos;Hold your fire.&apos; He expects us to stand idly by and do nothing while he cuts a bad deal with Iran. Two words: &apos;Hell no&apos;."
He said: "Let’s send a clear message to the White House – and the world – about our commitment to Israel and our allies.”
Aside from the sanctions bill, a Senate committee was considering a separate bill on Wednesday that would give Congress a vote on any nuclear deal.
The United States and five other world powers have reached a tentative deal with Iran. The countries are trying to reach a final deal by June 15.
If Netanyahu accepts the invitation, it would be his third appearance before a joint session of Congress and his second during Boehner’s speakership.
His previous addresses were in July 1996 and May 2011. Other Israeli prime ministers to address Congress include Ehud Olmert, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, according to Boehner’s office.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- There are many high-tech ways to save money and conserve energy. This isn&apos;t one of them.
Hanging laundry out to dry is a time-tested, easy way to cut utility bills, said Maryland Democratic state Sen. Nancy King. Wednesday she urged the state Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee to support a measure that would give all Marylanders the right to dry their clothes the old-fashioned way.
The bill would prohibit governing boards, community associations and landlords from banning outdoor drying at single-family homes and townhomes. It would allow rules about the time, location and manner in which homeowners or tenants use clothes lines or similar devices on their property.
"We&apos;re not trying to tromp on the homeowners associations," said King, who lives in upscale Montgomery Village -- a community that, she said, allows outdoor drying, with restrictions.
Using clothes lines is more environmentally friendly than electric dryers, King said, and can help families save money on energy bills. But she said some Marylanders, including a friend who owns a home with a "big yard" in Crofton, are not allowed to hang clothes outside at all.
After the brief hearing, Ruth White, a member of the Climate Change Initiative of Howard County, followed King out of the room to thank her for the bill.
White said she hangs her towels and sheets outside to dry in the summer. She said the bill would allow more people to reduce their energy bills and their carbon footprint -- and give clothes a fresh smell, minus the dryer sheets.
Andrew Fortin, vice president for government and public affairs with the Community Associations Institute, said he doesn&apos;t have an issue with clothes lines, but rather the way the bill may override existing neighborhood covenants and agreements.
When someone buys into a property association, they do so knowing they will be subject to certain restrictions, he said. If they do not like the covenants, they can work within the association to change them, Fortin said.
Jeanne Ketley, president of Maryland Homeowners&apos; Association Inc., said she has no problem with the bill as it pertains to single-family detached homes. However, she said she is concerned about possible safety issues at townhomes or other attached units.
Committee Chairman Brian Frosh is also a co-sponsor of the bill. He said he likes the bill, but was not able to gauge the committee&apos;s reaction.
One member of the committee asked King whether the bill would apply to other items in yards, such as holiday decorations. She said it only applies to clothes lines or similar devices.
File photo - Actors dressed as a 'Yeti' attend a promotional event for Travel Channel's "Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti" in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., Oct.4, 2016. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
All but one was found to belong to Tibetan brown bears, Himalayan brown bears, and Asian black bears native to the region, report Science and the Guardian.
One tooth sample, taken from a stuffed "yeti" with the hair of a bear, belonged to a dog, researchers explain in a release. "Perhaps slightly disappointing to the film company ... our findings strongly suggest that the biological underpinnings of the Yeti legend can be found in local bears," study co-author Charlotte Lindqvist of the University of Buffalo says, per the Guardian and CBC.
But "the legend and the myth will live on," she adds. "You can never for sure prove that there is nothing out there." Still, Lindqvist&apos;s study—which also determined the Himalayan brown bear and the Tibetan brown bear have distinct DNA, likely the result of a separation caused in part by glaciers some 650,000 years ago—isn&apos;t the first to link yetis and bears.
Daniel Taylor of Future Generations University tells CBC he was able to duplicate purported yeti footprints using the paw of a tranquilized Asiatic black bear. (The research adds to this work.)
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