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Fatal Traffic Crash - Highway 99W near McMinnville

Passenger Richard Thomas Leonard Luce, age 24, from Willamina, died from injuries sustained in the crash. He was using safety restraints.

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers, with the assistance of a multi-agency team, are continuing the investigation into an early Sunday morning single vehicle fatal traffic crash that resulted in the death of one person and injuries to another on Highway 99W just north of McMinnville.

The Truth Will Set U.S. Free: Breaking Israel`s Stranglehold over American Foreign Policy

“At present, the American public is ignorant of Israel’s all-pervasive influence" - Jeff Gates, former counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

(OSAKA, Japan) - If Israel’s stranglehold over U.S. foreign policy is to be broken, Americans will need to be informed about the harm that Washington’s unconditional support for the Jewish state is doing to American interests, say leading analysts.

“Plenty of people in the United States, especially inside the Beltway, know that Israel is an albatross around America’s neck,” John J. Mearsheimer, co-author of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy.

US Special Forces are Operating in Mexico

On the surface US military intervention in Mexico might be justified. However we must remind ourselves that in the past the underlying motives for US incursions have been based around economic investment issues.

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - A former CIA operative has claimed that US Special Forces are operating in Mexico not only in providing intelligence and training security forces but also “taking direct action against narco-trafficking organizations.”

Ghosts and the Phenomenon of `Looped Time` Anomalies

Discovering the secret of how time can be looped upon itself could even provide mankind with a pathway to the stars.

(CHICAGO) - An entirely new type of physics is being played out—literally before our eyes and ears, yet few scientists bother to investigate the evidence.

Shorebird Researchers Document Red Knot`s Record-breaking Non-stop Flight and Total Migration Distance

The study also found that the birds, most likely flying as part of a flock, took some previously unknown migratory paths.

(TRENTON, NJ) - Researchers now know that this spring, a 6-ounce Red Knot (Calidris canutus)—a shorebird only two-thirds the size of a city pigeon—flew non-stop for six days and nights, covering 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) across the Amazon and the Atlantic Ocean between southern Brazil and North Carolina, shattering the previous known Red Knot record by nearly 700 miles.

In late August 2009, the same Red Knot flew non-stop for eight days between Canada’s Hudson Bay and the Caribbean, a distance of 3,167 miles (5,100 kilometers).

Coast Guard responds to Injuries on Charter Vessel near Lummi Island

One passenger received a concussion while the other passenger had an injured arm.

(BELLINGHAM) - The Coast Guard responded to a distress call from the charter sailing vessel Zodiac after its main mast broke in half injuring two passengers near the San Juan Islands, Wash., Saturday.

The 127-foot double masted schooner was just north of Lummi Island when the incident occurred at approximately 2 p.m.

American Legion Auxiliary Raising Funds for Service Dog for Disabled Idaho Veteran

“We have learned how valuable a service dog can be to disabled veterans with a wide range of disabilities,” - Mary Stratton, auxiliary president, American Legion David Ketchum Post 15

(HAILEY, Idaho) - A disabled Idaho veteran will soon have his or her own service dog, thanks to a new affiliation between Positive Partners Assistance Dogs, Inc. and the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion David Ketchum Post 15.

The cost of training a service dog is approximately $25,000, and the auxiliary already has raised more than half.

Search suspended for missing boater near Waldport

The search was called off Friday due to reduced visibility

(Astoria, Oregon) - The Coast Guard and local authorities have suspended the search for a boater who went missing Friday after his 14-foot boat capsized approximately one mile offshore near Waldport, Ore.

The search was suspended at 1:20 p.m. Saturday after the Coast Guard and local authorities searched for the boater throughout Friday night and Saturday.

Wildlife Postage Stamp Bill Clears Congress

H.R. 1454 is cosponsored by more than one-third of House members.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The House of Representatives yesterday passed by voice vote legislation that would establish a new postage stamp to benefit species conservation efforts.

The legislation was first conceived by World Wildlife Fund in 2000 and creation and implementation of the program has been a priority for WWF for the past 10 years.

Your City USA visits Thomas Kay Woolen Mill at Mission Mill

To see, to learn, to understand takes time. It's the job of the photographer as it is the painter to slow the eye down, to highlight what might otherwise be missed.

(SALEM, Oregon) - I've spent a lot of time in factories. I worked five years at U. S. Steel in Gary, Indiana, and I know what hell-on-earth looks like.

Belching fires, choking vapors, behemoth machines and rough men. What wasn't painted safety-yellow was encrusted in orange rust. The mills were so vile that weeds wouldn't grow.