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`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.) - 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.

Stuttering Gets the Royal Treatment on the Big Screen

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

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) - 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.

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.) - 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.

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.) - 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.

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 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.

Dispatch from a Baby-Boomer

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

(SALEM, Ore.) - 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.

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) - 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.

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) - "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.

Arizona Tragedy: Tucson

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

(CLEVELAND) - 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.

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) - 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.