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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 21:00:00)

`HATS OFF` TO Patrick O`Brien Rolleston Jr.

Today's "The Good Stuff" award goes to Patrick O'Brien Rolleston Jr. and Urban Young Life.

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) - Rolleston with students after muddy game of Tug-of-War I met someone I can’t wait to tell you about. I hope you meet him one day too because his eyes are so kind and blue, words don't do them justice.

His voice has a hint of his Appalachian roots. His sandy hair and beard must be from the Patrick O'Brien side, but the Rolleston in him makes you feel as if he could wrap you up in a warm bear hug.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 20:29:00)

Stuttering Gets the Royal Treatment on the Big Screen

The Stuttering Foundation Applauds The King’s Speech for Raising Worldwide Awareness

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) - The King’s Speech With the release of the critically acclaimed new film, The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, it is most timely to highlight the plight of those who stutter and the resources that are available to them.

This incredibly complex disorder affects 68 million people worldwide.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 20:17:00)

Foreclosure Rates in Salem Increase

As of October 2010, 0.62 percent of homes with a mortgage in Salem were in REO (real estate owned) status.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem real estate trends Foreclosure rates in Salem have increased for the month of October over the same period last year, according to CoreLogic.

Salem's rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans is 2.22 percent for the month of October 2010, an increase of 0.51 percentage points compared to October of 2009 when the rate was 1.71 percent.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 19:42:00)

State Dept. Issues Vocabulary List for Lebanon

Justice, stability, and peace are, of course, terms that have at no time in the nation’s history been applicable to Lebanon or to U.S. foreign policy goals in the region.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Stabilizing Lebanon, 2006 (Photo: Amelia Opalinska) During the course of yesterday’s U.S. State Department daily press briefing, Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley used the word “stability” 14 times and the word “instability” 4 times in his discussion of the collapse of Lebanon's government.

The ministers resigned over the investigation of the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Hezbollah suggests the tribunal's more concerned with investigating some groups than others.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 18:45:00)

Leopard Crew Abducted

Although ships operated by Shipcraft, the Leopard's Danish operator, routinely carry nuclear items, this vessel is not believed to have any onboard.

(NAIROBI. Kenya) - The Danish Leapard weapons ship The crew members of a Danish weapons ship boarded but not hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean have been kidnapped, TradeWinds revealed.

In what represents a major departure from Somali pirates' usual modus operandi, the six seafarers have been snatched and moved to a seized Taiwanese fishing vessel which is operating as a mothership.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 17:44:00)

Dispatch from a Baby-Boomer

From the Weathermen to Lars Larson; exploring the Yings and Yangs of political revolution...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Revolution As a member of the baby-boomer” generation I can say this without a doubt: “American politics certainly has had its “Yings” and “Yangs” of counter-culture political movements over the past four decades”.

I well remember an extreme left-wing element of Yings, personified by the “Weathermen”, affiliated with the “Weather Underground” from 1969 on into the 1970’s.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 16:25:00)

Afghan Girl Reportedly Raped, Killed by US Troops

The incident comes as violence in Afghanistan has spiked to record highs since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

(TEHRAN / Press TV) - Afghan rape victim US forces in five Toyota Hiace vans are said to have transferred a teenage girl along with several other Afghan women and girls to a military base in the province.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 15:44:00)

U.S. President Gives Moving Tribute at Tucson Memorial

Remarks of President Barack Obama at a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona

(TUCSON) - splashing in puddles "To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 13:50:00)

Arizona Tragedy: Tucson

A brief poetic tribute about those who lost their lives...

(CLEVELAND) - Arizona Six The population of the United States is still reeling from the senseless shooting that took place in Arizona, killing several Americans gathered for a sidewalk meeting with Arizona Representative Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords.

They ranged from a Federal Judge; John Roll, to nine-year old Christina Taylor Green who was born on 11 September 2001; the day of one of America's darkest tragedies; not to sell this brutal slaying short.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-13-2011 02:35:00)

Keizer Man Charged in Wife`s Murder

The manner and cause of death will be released by the Marion County District Attorney's Office after an autopsy is performed.

(KEIZER) - 39-year old Peter John Zielinski is accused of Murdering his wife, 38-year old Lisa T. Zielinski. A Keizer man connected with the Murder of his wife apparently came to the police station after hours

officers with the Keizer Police Department Patrol Division contacted a subject who was at the police 9-1-1 after-hours, Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 7:12 a.m. The man came to the emergency vestibule located at the Keizer Police Department.

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