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Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Industry is a Minimal Risk Enterprise

Despite rules changes intended to benefit consumers over the past 60 years, multiple felon Big Pharma continues to play by its own rules.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - As far back as 1947 when US military courts tried the criminals of I.G.Farben for the atrocities they both committed and assisted in support of the Nazi regime, sentencing for pharmaceutical/chemical companies and their employees has been remarkably minimal.

Missing Money and the Suspicious Jail Death of Robert Haws

"I know exactly where Robert got hurt, and it is the same place in the yard at the Marion Jail where all the attacks happen. The only place in the yard that gets the sun, which inmates really miss, is out of the camera's line of view." - Friend of deceased

(SALEM, Ore.) - The death of 29-year old Robert Haws, an inmate in the Marion County jail, on Tuesday, 13 July, involves significant information that was not revealed in our earlier report.

The incident leading to his mortal injury or injuries, reportedly involved Haws being injured by a single inmate in a fight.

Unidentified Man Drowns at Wagon Wheel Park

The victim is described as an adult, Hispanic male.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - A drowning at Wagon Wheel Park in Molalla, led to the response of both Molalla Fire personnel and Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies tonight at about 7:00 p.m. this evening.

American Denialism

America is the most economically inequitable nation on earth among the developed countries.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - I recently read a book: Denialism: How irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet and threatens our lives.

It was about: people who refuse to have their children vaccinated in the face of all the evidence demonstrating the efficacy of vaccination; people who believe that “organic” food is “better”...

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.

Another Marion County Inmate Dies in Custody

Three inmates died in the Marion County Jail between 25 March and 14 August- roughly four and a half months.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Deputies say they found an inmate dead in his cell at the Marion County Jail this evening. This is the third death in the facility in less than five months.

Thousands Head for Seattle`s Hempfest 2010 Honoring Jack Herer

"This one's for you, Jack!" The 19th Annual Seattle Hempfest is dedicated to the late hemp guru.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - Hippies and hempsters from high and low are coming together at the biggest hemp festival in the United States this weekend, August 21-22. The Seattle Hempfest celebrates its 19th year by remembering the late, great Jack Herer, a moniker of hemp events whose absence is greatly felt throughout the cannabis community.

For over forty years, Jack Herer, the Emperor of Hemp, shouted from the rooftops, "Hemp will save the world!" He spoke to advocates and critics alike, filling in the gaps created by propaganda and misinformation.

Feature from Occupied Palestine:
First Friday of Ramadan: When 5 Seconds Seems Like Five Minutes

Includes an eyewitness account of the attack of masked racist settlers on members of the Christian Peacemaking Team in Hebron area.

(AL WALAJA, Occupied Palestine) - On the first Friday of Ramadan, thousands of Palestinians tried to reach the Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem for prayers in Al-Aqsa mosque.

But only some men above 50 and some women above 45 year old were allowed to enter through the checkpoints in the apartheid wall. Some of those left behind participated in demonstrations.

The Ground Zero Mosque Lies

Let’s get some facts straight.

(CINCINNATI ) - There never were plans for a mosque at “ground zero.” The entire story is made up by a public relations agency working with the Israeli government and the GOP. There are plans for an Islamic center in an old Burlington Coat Factory store blocks away. That far down the island of Manhattan, a couple blocks away is “across town.”

The idea that Israel is financing the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy when Mossad agents were arrested, dancing in the streets on 9/11, is an obscenity.

`2011 Solar Storms Could Plunge US Into Great Depression`

The last massive cycle that occurred in 1859 brought catastrophe and caused telegraph lines around the US to burst into flames.

(CHICAGO) - With the US economy still tottering and the European economy in shambles, some economists are predicting a double-dip recession in early 2011.

Few economists, however, are predicting a collapse into another 'Great Depression' such as that experienced by the US during the late 19th Century and the 1930s.