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Lame Ducks and Lame Beliefs Allow Prejudice to Hold Back the Country!

The fact that this bill was defeated along party lines tells another story. It implies that the recent General Election simply replaced one foolish party agenda with another foolish party agenda.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Yesterday, the Senate failed to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Sixty votes were needed to pass the bill but the vote fell two votes short at 58-41.

This bill would have taken a giant step in the right direction to level the compensatory playing field in the workplace.

Winter Weather Triggers Home Fires: Simple Steps Prevent Unnecessary Fires, Injuries, and Deaths

(Portland, Oregon) - Portland Office of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue urge all residents to take a few minutes to this week to make sure the heating source for their home is working properly.

The first blast of winter weather to hit the metro area usually triggers home fires caused by a heating source, making it the second leading cause of home fires.

There`s Nothing Civil About Hunger: Pick Your Side, Join the Civil War Food Battle, Help End Hunger One Text at a Time

(Portland, Oregon) - Hunger doesn't choose sides. But, when it comes to the Civil War Food Battle, you can choose sides. In fact, the Oregon Food Bank Network encourages you to do so.

Duck fans and Beaver fans will compete in the Civil War Food Battle to see who can generate the most donations for their regional food banks. Through a special partnership with the Oregon Food Bank Network, the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Oregonians can battle hunger together – Civil War style.

Hookah Bar in Salem Sees Increasing Business

The hookah is a water pipe that is shared in a social group setting.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon news media outlets are sending out smoke signals over the bubbling popularity of Hookah bars, painting these establishments that are very popular in other parts of the world, in a negative light.

McMinnville High School Campuses Burglarized - One Suspect Arrested

Vandalism and burglary are two of many pending offenses.

(McMinnville, Oregon) - McMinnville Officers responded to burglary reports at McMinnville High School at 615 NE Evans Street and the Media, Arts, and Communication Academy (MACA) at 1330 NE Cowls Street early this morning.

Surveillance video indicated the burglaries were committed by two males and that they started at 0200 this morning.

Suspicious Fire in Albany Vacant House

(Albany, Ore.) - This morning at 2:06am the Albany Fire Department was called to a vacant house fire at 6061 Columbus ST SE.

The house at this address is the seventh suspicious house fire since late October; six vacant and one that had occupants. The house on Columbus was built in the late 1890's by the grandparents of the owner, Kent Chapman.

Jefferson Woman Unable to Lose Deputy - Ends up in Jail

(JEFFERSON, Ore.) - A 47-year–old Jefferson woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after she continually drove away from a deputy who had stopped her three separate times for traffic violations.

Maria Klaffke was driving her 2000 Dodge Neon on Jefferson Highway when she entered the school zone in front of Jefferson Middle School at 3:15pm. Deputy Kevin Ely was parked at the school, conducting radar enforcement of the 20-mph school zone.

Four-Hour Search Ends With Arrest of Two Suspects

(SALEM, Oregon) - A 40-year-old Oregon City man was arrested this afternoon following a four-hour foot-chase and a search of the forested area near Lyons.

Monte Whiteley and a friend were driving on Highway 22 near Wagner Road when a Marion County Sheriff's deputy tried unsuccessfully to stop their maroon 1990 Jeep Cherokee.

Road to Hope Kidnapping Statement of Events

Reviewing the recent abduction of Gaza activists from Libya.

(ATHENS) - Before my statement I feel compelled to clear up a misunderstanding about my role in the Road to Hope Convoy. I am not an organizer nor an original leader of the convoy.

I became a leader shortly after joining the convoy, about three weeks after it departed London. This became necessary due to the convoy reaching significant levels of internal crisis.

Hezbollah looks Mexican

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In an August report for the global intelligence firm STRATFOR, analyst Scott Stewart writes:

"When we [at STRATFOR] discuss threats along the U.S.-Mexico border with sources and customers, or when we write an analysis on topics such as violence and improvised explosive devices along the border, a certain topic inevitably pops up: Hezbollah.”