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Crash on I-5 Near Woodburn Sends Three to Hospital

(WOODBURN, Ore.) - Police say traffic came to a stop on Interstate 5 today following an injury crash on the northbound freeway between Brooks and Woodburn near milepost 268 led to an initial report of three lanes blocked.

OSP reports that three people were injured, they were transported from the scene by ambulance.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Calendar events for October 19th through October 24th 2010

Learn about the dark secrets of Salem in the Ghost and Underground Tours at the Reed Opera House as part of the 13 Nights of Halloween.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This coming weeks calendar of events full of Halloween and other fun, healthy and educational events. The Oregon School for the Deaf last week for the new EXTREME version of Nightmare Factory

Most `Veterans `In the Dark` About Environmental Issues

Important information for Marines who served at Camp Lejeune. Veterans Service Organizations like American Legion shun alerting veterans.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) have not notified veterans of their possible exposure to environmental hazards at 130 military installations on the EPA National Priority List (Superfund sites).

There’s a critical need for the VSOs to exercise leadership by identifying the 130 military bases on the NPL, including the EPA internet link to Contaminants of Concern for each base.

Highway 99W Three Vehicle Crash Involving Horse

The horse died from being struck by the vehicles

(JUNCTION CITY, Ore.) - Two people received minor injuries Friday night during two separate traffic crashes initiated when a horse from a nearby pasture wandered onto Highway 99W south of Junction City. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers from the Springfield Area Command office are continuing the investigation.

According to OSP Trooper April Ratliff, on October 15, 2010 at approximately 10:18 p.m. a white 1988 Pontiac driven by Jacky Lee Gentry, age 59, from Harrisburg, was southbound on Highway 99W near milepost 111 when it struck a horse on the road.

Medical Marijuana: Valuable Medicine: at 4500 Years- the Best Record

Dr. Phil Leveque, Physician, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist; is an instrumental aspect of Oregon's evolving medical marijuana laws.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Anybody who reads my postings must know that I am a strong advocate of the above title. I get a ton of bitches and complaints. I usually conclude critiques are talking about Heroin or Oxycontin which are real killers. Alternatively, because both are smoked,

I think they are confusing Marijuana with tobacco which kills about 400,000 U.S. citizens per year.

U.S. Apologizes for Abusive Guatemala Human Medical Experiments

As Walt Kelly's "Pogo" observed, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The U.S. government acknowledged that between 1946 and 1948, U.S. Public Health Service physicians deliberately infected at least 696 Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea without their knowledge or consent to study the effect of VD.

U.S. officials formally apologized for the "abhorrent" and "clearly unethical" medical experiments.

Democracy and its Discontents

If consent and consensus are the hallmarks of democracy then Hitler’s Germany and Hirohito’s Japan are likely two of the most democratic societies ever created.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The state of American democracy is often bemoaned in political discourse.

North Korea Bangs War Drum, Prepares for Attack on South Korea

Just when you thought U.S. military action overseas was winding down...

(CHICAGO) - A possible showdown is coming between the million man army of North Korea and the joint US-South Korean forces. Like a pressure cooker simmering for many months, all the ingredients for war that have been simmering may be about ready to boil over.

The official news agency of the government in Pyongyang is reacting to the joint naval exercises conducted by US, Japanese and South Korean forces.

Israel, ADL, ICNC and Human Rights

The ADL did me the honor of writing a report targeting me personally, as well as targeting my employer; Yale University at the time.

(BETHLEHEM) - The Arab Defamation League (A.K.A. as Anti-Defamation league of Bnai Brith) is an American Zionist organization which focuses on defending Israeli apartheid policies even when those are harming Jews by attacking Arabs and Muslims and anyone who speaks for human rights.

ADL just named the top ten groups in the US that they say are most organized in their "anti-Israel" stances in the US (see: ADL Identifies Top 10 Anti-Israel Groups In America - ADL; they even included Jewish Voice for Peace).