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Five Shot in Tucson: Federal Judge Dies, Arizona Rep. Shot

Killer is caught; A nine year old girl was shot and killed. Arizona State Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head. She survived the shooting and immediately was transported and went into surgery.

(TUCSON, Ariz.) - Tragedy erupts in Arizona; a 22-year old man opened fire in Tucson, killing at six including Judge John Roll. In 2009, he was the subject of an article in Slate about judges whose lives are threatened over controversial decisions.

On Your Mark... Get Set.. Go!

Do you believe there’s a lot of good stuff happening out there every single day? Do you believe in the American Dream?

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) - I’m on an adventure to shine a light on the good in life! This venture is titled "The Good Stuff." You’ll notice I didn’t say I named this venture, and that’s because I give credit where credit is due.

Experts Suspect Military Testing Behind Mass Bird and Fish Deaths

The birds suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and death" -Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

(CHICAGO) - It's been said that Mankind will destroy itself. Unfortunately, during the past 100 years the human race has worked hard to make this prediction come true. Nuclear arsenals can destroy Mankind many times over.

Hmong People Mourn Death of Royal Lao General Vang Pao

Vang Pao, former general, Hmong leader, and enemy of the Communist Pathet Lao, passed away at the age of 81.

(FRESNO, Calif.) - Vang Pao, former Royal Laos general; noted Hmong leader and military leader, passed away in Fresno, California late Thursday. He had been hospitalized for the ten days before his death in Clovis, California.

Vang Pao was born in the Xiangkhouang Province of Laos, which was French Indochina when Gen. Pao was born in 1929.

Haiti Earthquake - One Year into Recovery

Medical Teams International’s next team will be in Port-au-Prince in three days to continue treating cholera.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - One year ago, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Southern Haiti. 230,000 people were killed and millions more were left injured and homeless.

Within three days, Medical Teams International staff and volunteers were on the ground in Haiti.

Hailey Dunn 13 Denied Amber Alert

Are public officials doing enough to help locate missing kids?

(CLEVELAND) - Forward by Mitch Carr: If an Amber Alert had been issued for 13-year-old Hailey Darlene Dunn, you'd see it on blinking TxDOT billboards, hear it on the radio, and be able to see and hear more on TV.

No alert has been issued, however, because not enough information is available.

The Seduction of the Knowledge-Based Society

Just consider the costs when knowledge is corrupted...

(TEMPE, Az.) - The most promising trend in geopolitics is the transition from hydrocarbon-based economies to knowledge-based societies. Leadership for that change is emerging from Arab nations.

The appeal of the Knowledge Society is apparent. Who could object to nations preparing their citizens for the 21st century?

Lost Treasures of the North Oregon Coast

On the edge of twilight, hear the wind that whispers of treasure waiting in the moon shadows of Neahkahnie Mountain.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon's coastal towns are like pearls strung along Highway 101, born of lost legends and mysteries emerging from the mists of time. Native Inhabitants passed on knowledge to coastal pioneers about shipwrecks and castaways that lived with the tribes centuries ago.

Tantalizing tales were told of a fabulous lost gold mine in the northern Coast Range and of buried treasure at Neahkahnie Mountain.

Obama and Whistleblowers

As for revealing government secrets: from whom were they secrets? The fact that Americans were killing civilians was no secret in Iraq.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama advocated greater protection for whistleblowers. But now Obama seems only interested in protecting whistleblowers with whom he agrees.

An Open Letter to Belen Fernandez and the Salem News

Includes the Salem-News.com response...

(TEL AVIV / SALEM) - These Israeli artists can't seem to figure out that this wall they seek to decorate is the largest symbol of Israel's occupation and consequent; the wall, which is a tool of Israel's apartheid government, where different laws exist for Jews and non-Jews.

Different roads also exist, and Lord knows you can't live in most of Israel if you aren't Jewish. If you are Arab it can be next to impossible. This is the reality of Israel and it's perpetual state of 'victimhood' which is an excuse to terrorize a population that existed here long before the waves of Jewish refugees in the late 40's and early 50's.