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Temp Separation Can Spur Subterranean Bachelor Skills

Independence does have its price.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The other day I ran into an old friend who had opted for a temporary time-out separation from his wife of 25 years.

The two, as he described it, were not mortal enemies but just recognized how profoundly their differences were. They felt the need to take what he called a "marriage respite".

Petition Calls Attention to Lack of Balance in Circumcision Reporting

Petition urges media to report circumcision harm.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Journalists have professional and ethical obligations to present different views on controversial issues.

Unfortunately, most reporting on the topic of male infant circumcision tends to be virtually one-sided, claiming a debatable potential health benefit, and ignoring the inherent harm of this genital surgery. We the undersigned want balanced reporting on circumcision.

Shalit: Israeli Soldier With Atypical Autism

“What the Nile TV channel host did not know was that she was going to interview a psychologically disturbed man with personality disorders.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Israel freed 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners to get Shalit back.

Beyond the debate over the rationale of Israel’s deal to release 1000 prisoners for one kidnapped soldier lies a simple fact: this Shalit deal is not only unbalanced it's also mysterious...

House Passes Mining Company Land Swap Bill Favoring Foreign-Based Rio Tinto

The measure passed by a vote of 235-186, with only seven Democrats joining 228 Republicans in voting for passage and only 8 Republicans joining 178 Democrats in voting against the measure.

(BERKELEY, Calif. ) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill (HR 1904) that would swap federal land in Arizona with Resolution Copper Mining, a company owned jointly by Rio Tinto (55%) and BHP Billiton (45%). Resoluton Copper is hoping to gain greater access to its mining claim, which is considered the largest undeveloped copper deposit in North America and the third largest in the world.

The measure is supported by building, mining, pro-business, and conservative ideological groups.

Oregon Bikers Help Find Answers for Vulnerable Missing Woman

One more "good news" story you won't catch anywhere else.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If I don't write about it now, I'm sure nobody in Oregon will ever hear the story of a small group of bikers saving a lady from certain disaster a couple of weekends ago at an Oregon rest stop.

Mike Kondash of the Oregon Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club and two friends, had stopped at a state park when they were approached by a woman who seemed confused, and looked to be maybe in her late fifty's.

The Energetic Relationship between Enceladus and Saturn

These phenomena occurs in the same near vacuum in outer space as fluorescent tubes, sodium lights and neon signs.

(SAN DIEGO) - In April 20, 2011 NASA stated: “The footprint and magnetic field lines are not visible to the naked eye, but were detected by the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph and the fields and particles instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

A new NASA advisory states: “The European Space Agency announced that its Herschel Space Observatory had found a huge donut-shaped cloud of water vapor encircling Saturn more than 373,000 miles across and about 37,000 miles thick..."

Did US Drone Attack Gaddafi Convoy After Negotiated `White Flag` Truce?

Sources say Gaddafi was under a “White Flag” truce and that he was sodomized by rebels before he was shot.

(BANGKOK Asian Tribune) - Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi was traveling under a negotiated “White Flag” truce last Thursday in an agreement to leave Libya.

More claims from sources inside Misrata, Libya that the Libyan National Transitional Council did in fact agree to allow Gaddafi and his convoy safe passage out of Libya.

Oakland Cops Shoot Two-Tour Marine Iraq Vet in the Head

Hey Americans... the cops in Oakland are calling your bluff.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Third Battalion Fourth Marines took another casualty this week, but it wasn't in Helmand province, or Anbar; it was in the streets of Oakland. The city's police, itching for a fight, shot Corporal Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq Marine Veteran, in the head.

Vets with PTSD and Compassionate Cannabis Laws

In recent years, the number of veterans seeking disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has spiked by almost 80 percent. Approximately 20% of veterans returning from Iraq/Afghanistan are being diagnosed with PTSD.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - “Physicians should use the same standard of care in recommending medical marijuana to patients as they would when recommending or approving any other medication.”- Frank Lucido, M.D

IHH Emergency Teams continue relief efforts in quake-stricken Van

Immediately after the quake, IHH aid teams rushed to the region to join search and rescue efforts.

(ISTANBUL) - Emergency teams of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation continue relief efforts in Van’s Erciş district which was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Sunday.

The aid teams which rushed to the area immediately after the quake took part in search and rescue efforts throughout the night. IHH Emergency Aid Coordinator Recep Güzel who is in the disaster region said there are still dozens of people under demolished buildings while noting that there is a problem of water shortage in the area.