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State Witness Relocation Program Shelters Citizens Who Testify Against Violent Gang Members

Gang-related crimes increased from 73 percent of all crimes reported by CAL WRAP in 1999-2000 to 81.1 percent in 2009-2010.

(SACRAMENTO) - On the eve of her trip to a crime-plagued border region of California, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the 2009-2010 annual report for CAL WRAP

Little French Girl is a Future Fairy Tale Creator

Meet the most charming storyteller...

(SALEM, Ore.) - A friend sent this clip of an adorable little girl in France telling a fairy tale that she seemed to make up on the fly; we don't know how old she is but the words are translated in English and it is highly remarkable.

A Century of Lessons Learned from Triangle Fire Tragedy

100-Year Anniversary Prompts New Discussion of Workplace Rights & Safety in Oregon and beyond

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Oregon workers and workplaces are safer as a result of a tragedy that took place 100 years ago today.

It's the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which raced through three floors of a New York City sweatshop. It claimed 146 victims - most of them young immigrant women, trapped by a locked door and forced to jump to their deaths. The fire prompted a host of government-enforced workplace protections, but many were fought by the business community.

What`s in it For You?

What is the reward that all you little people who support the Republican right expect?

(CALGARY, Alberta) - I, and many of us so-called liberals and lefties, would really like to understand what motivates conservatives, Republicans and Tea Party aficionados. The expanding Republican opposition to their fellow citizens and fellow peoples on the planet is a continuing source of incredulity.

Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Circumcision, A Dangerous Collective Madness

The extreme seriousness of this syndrome comes from the fact that it is perpetrated upon the child.

(PARIS, France) - A recent advance in psychiatric criminology is interested in the perpetrators of sexual mutilation.

It diagnoses a transgenerational and collective Münchhausen syndrome by proxy.

Storms Bearing Down on California, West Coast

Rainfall totals in the Southland will be around 0.50 of an inch. While this will be significantly lighter than in the north, it could still be enough to cause mudslides and minor flooding problems.

(LOS ANGELES) - With more rain on the way, California residents are preparing for dangerous flooding and mudslides, while mountain resorts are looking at record snowfall.

Rain will fall in buckets across northern and central California today, while AccuWeather.com meteorologists are watching two other systems on the horizon.

Egypt Air Deletes Israel from its Destination List

Air travel between Egypt and Israel was suspended temporarily following the Egyptian Revolution which broke out in January.

(CAIRO) - Egypt Air - the official Egyptian airline - has deleted Israel from its travel destinations.

The airline's website no longer features the Zionist state among its flight options.

Pornography and the Clergy: I Guess They are Human Like the Rest of us

Who views porno is very interesting. In a survey in Britain 2/3 of females and 70% of males (age grp 18-34 yrs). The figures for the U.S. must be comparable.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I ran into this subject by accident, really, about 2-3 weeks ago. I even printed a copy of it but after searching for several hours I couldn't re-find it so I started over by checking out Wikipedia. They had a whole rack about the subject.

Disappeared on a Ukraine Train: Mossad Snatches Gaza`s Power Plant Boss

So far Ukraine has kept a low profile on the incident.

(GAZA CITY) - Israel admitted this week that it was behind the abduction of a Gazan engineer who went missing more than a month ago while travelling on a train in Ukraine.

Israeli officials confirmed that Dirar Abu Sisi, 42, was being held in Israel’s Shikma prison, near Ashkelon, after a judge partially lifted reporting restrictions late on 20 March. However, the reasons for Abu Sisi’s abduction are still covered by the gag order.

Lifta an Endangered Cultural, Historical and Environmental Asset

Conserving the Physical Heritage of the Village.

(LIFTA, Occupied Palestine) - Lifta village remains are a unique example of a local cultural landscape and the Arab building heritage that almost no longer exists in this country.

According to a report by the Antiquities Authority, Lifta is a "Reservation for the architecture and rural construction technologies on the verge of extinction ...