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Oregon Considers Controversial Tobacco Tax Increases

HB 2385 would allow counties to impose their own excise tax on tobacco products.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A flurry of tobacco tax bills with conflicting objectives is under consideration by Oregon state legislators.

Oregon currently taxes cigarettes at the rate of $1.18 per pack. One of the bills being considered would hike the tax by an additional $1.

Nominees Announced in the 11th Annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards

Greatest Rides and Biggest Waves of the Last Year to be Honored in April.

(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) - Nominees have been announced for the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards fueled by Monster Energy.

It is shaping up to be another spectacular showdown of surfing’s greatest rides and riders witnessed over the last 12 months.

Hypochondriac Heaven: Drug Makers Blitz Media, Exploiting Insecurities

Nobody ever said that politicians have a monopoly on fudging the truth when convenient.

(SALEM, Ore.) - How are you feeling today? If you're inclined to regard yourself as in fine shape, the drug makers of America would love to plant a much different thought in your mind.

Turn on my any TV during the course of the evening and you'll stand witness to media manipulation in action.

Rachel Corrie`s Story is One America Needs to Know, Too

“Everyone has a right to life, liberty and security of person” — Article 3, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Lord Leebrick Theatre Co.’s production of “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” recently ended, ably directed by Carol Dennis with Rachel’s role well-performed by Nicole Trobaugh.

We thank the theater for staging this important work, now translated into some half-dozen languages and staged in over a dozen countries to date.

50th Anniversary Regional Expo Held in Portland to Showcase Peace Corps Programs

One of nine events across the country to highlight five decades of service.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Peace Corps and the National Peace Corps Association, the nation’s leading 501c3 nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps community, announced today an Around the World Expo will be held in Portland on Sunday.

Land Day 2011 and BDS All The Way Until Israel Ends the Occupation

"I am an Israeli Jew and I am responsible to change something about this situation. We all need to do this together."

(NEW YORK) - As part of the Global BDS Day of Action commemorating Land Day, Adalah-NY: the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel grabbed the attention of busy commuters with a song and dance twisted to remind people to boycott Israel and honor Land Day.

“Land Day” commemorates the killing of six Palestinians, 96 wounded and 300 arrested in March 1976, in the Galilee.

Taking Deborah Lipstadt Apart

Lipstadt urges Western leaders to dismantle Iran and other Muslim countries. I guess that for the sake of world peace, it is necessary to expose people like Lipstadt.

(LONDON) - In a recent article, Shoa-logist Deborah Lipstadt attempts to reinstate her argument against historical revisionism.

Lipstadt is clearly opposing holocaust deniers whom she also identifies as anti Semites, yet, she fails to define what denial means.

AMP endorses Global BDS Movement in Commemoration of Land Day

Lands were, and still are, obtained from their Palestinian inhabitants through exploitative land sales, forced removal or other apartheid State policies.

(CHICAGO) - Today, in solidarity with Palestinians as they peacefully struggle for self-determination and liberty, the American Muslims for Palestine stands with the Palestinian BDS National Committee in commemorating Land Day this year.

Land Day, or ‘Youm al-Ard’ in Arabic, commemorates the day in 1976, when Israeli Occupation Forces opened fire on a group of Palestinians peacefully protesting the confiscation and closure of 5,500 acres of land from villages in the Galilee.

Shadow Inventory Declines Slightly, However, Nine Months` Worth of Supply Remains

—Accelerated Loan Modifications and Short Sales Could Reduce Inventory—

(SANTA ANA, Calif.) - CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of consumer, financial and property information and business services, reported today that the current residential shadow inventory as of January 2011 declined to 1.8 million units, representing a nine months' supply.

This is down slightly from 2.0 million units, also a nine months' supply, from a year ago.

The Zionists Wield their Influence by Winning the Ongoing Propaganda War: Stuart Littlewood

Nobody has forgotten how the US and Britain schemed to snuff out Dr. Mossadeq's first steps towards democracy in the 1950s and reinstated the hated Shah.

(TEHRAN) - Stuart Littlewood is a British writer and photographer. He is the co-author of the book "Radio Free Palestine" in which he has elaborately described the plight of the Palestinian nation under the Israeli occupation.

Littlewood's articles on the cause of the Palestinian nation have been published on a variety of websites.