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Rescue of Miners in Chile Comes to Fruition

The first miner of 33 is rescued after 69 days underground.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Four of the 33 trapped Chilean miners isolated since the Copiapó mining accident on 5 August 2010 have been rescued.

ODFW seeks candidates for Fish Screening Task Force

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking a member to represent agricultural interests on the state’s Fish Screening Task Force.

The ODFW Fish Screening Program helps water users install and maintain fish screens to prevent fish from entering water diversions. The Task Force advises ODFW on program development, implementation, monitoring, technology, funding and reporting.

Lawn Signs Sprout Like Weeds: Are Voters Mere Sheep?

Election Daze: Part I

(SALEM, Ore.) - Springtime may be long past but each fall comes with political weeds, so to speak. Welcome to Gullibility Gulch--in all its variations.

Just as the leaves start to turn, countless lawns seem to display signs trying to tell us whom to vote for. And just like that fall foliage, they come in countless colors.

`Most Famous Woman in Afghanistan` Speaks at Canadian Boat to Gaza Fundraiser in Vancouver

"This war is a disaster for both the Afghan and the Canadian people" - Malalai Joya

(VANCOUVER, B.C.) - Malalai Joya, the woman the BBC has called "the most famous in Afghanistan", is in Vancouver to headline a benefit evening for the Canadian Boat to Gaza tonight: Tuesday, 12 October 7:00 p.m. at W2 Storyeum, 151 W. Cordova.

The event at W2 will also feature Victoria-based Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish, as well as live music and other speakers.

9/11 -The Unidentified Murder Weapons

(BANGKOK) - The four aircraft which crashed on September 11th, 2001 have never been forensically matched to the four passenger planes which were allegedly hijacked that morning.

Requests under the Freedom of Information Act have met with denials and refusals, and documents which have been produced, allegedly using data from the only three “Black Box” flight recorders said to have been found, have no serial numbers of the devices listed on them.

Update on Pirate Seized Vessels in Somalia, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean

(NAIROBI, Kenya) - Today, 11. October 2010, 21h00 UTC, still at least 26 foreign vessels plus one barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners. This includes at least 454 hostages - including an elderly British yachting couple and the 5 new hostages from Somaliland - suffer to be released.

On 8. October only 17 ships with 369 hostages under duress, but obviously doesn't account for the smaller sea-jacked vessels from Yemen or Iran and other maybe considered less important countries, for which the European naval forces seem only to care.

MAPLight.org California Launches Prop. 23 Page

Includes Daily Campaign Finance Updates from Secretary of State Web Site Data categorized by total contributions, top contributors, and contributions by state.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - MAPLight.org California, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, that provides citizens and journalists the transparency tools to shine a light on the influence of money on politics, announces the launch of its Proposition 23 Page.

The page is updated daily with campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State Web site.

Group Will Protest Israeli Dance Troupe at Benaroya Hall in Seattle

(SEATTLE) - Increasing scrutiny of Israel's crimes against humanity is becoming more prevalent these days in western society, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.

BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanction), a large scale boycott movement against Israeli products, is gaining momentum on a worldwide scale. Activist Michelle Kinnucan of Greater Seattle Veterans for Peace, says the next public effort there is a Protest for Justice & Peace in Palestine.

Police Respond to Double Stabbing

Domestic dispute ends in attempted murder charges.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Investigators with the Marion County Sheriff's Office say two people were hospitalized and a third arrested after a domestic dispute that erupted shortly after 7:45 p.m., Monday evening.

Don Thomson, spokesman for the Marion County Sheriff, says deputies responded to a home in the 4600 block of Selby Court NE in Salem on a report that two women had been stabbed.

Short Changing Theft Investigation in Albany

There is reason to believe that Rodney Vaughn has committed the same offense at other Albany and Salem area convenience stores.

(ALBANY, Ore.) - The Albany Police Department is investigating two cases where a suspect, identified as 43-year-old Rodney Robert Vaughn of Salem, "short changed" two local convenience stores.

The Arco station located at 1128 SE Pacific Boulevard and the U.S. Market located at 1709 SE Hill Street both reported that between August and September 2010, Rodney Vaughn entered the businesses and asked for change.