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Deepak Chopra to Launch Personal `MYMAG` Magazine and Media Platform

— Includes Chopra's personal writings and meditations as well as exclusive, previously unpublished content from Michael Jackson, renowned graphic artist Alan Aldridge and other celebrities —

(NEW YORK) - Deepak Chopra is known as a world-renowned authority in the field of spirituality, well-being and mind-body medicine.

Chopra’s first magazine, is available immediately for pre-order via MYMAG.com; proceeds from sales will go to the Chopra Foundation and the 7Bar Foundation. The magazine will be delivered in late May.

MAPLight.org: Republicans Supporting Stricter Loan Origination Rules Receive Half as Much Money from Mortgage Brokers

MAPLight.org: Republicans Supporting Stricter Loan Origination Rules Receive Half as Much Money from Mortgage Brokers.

(BERLELEY, Calif.) - Five Senate Republicans crossed party lines to support a Wall Street Reform measure to rein in predatory loan practices.

On average, they received half as much money from the mortgage brokerage industry than the Republicans who opposed the measure, MAPLight.org found.

Israeli Jerusalemites Protest Elie Wiesel Letter to President Obama

"We, the people of Jerusalem, can no longer be sacrificed for the fantasies of those who love our city from afar" -response from Just Jerusalem Activists

(JERUSALEM) - In full page advertisements in the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal on April 16, Elie Wiesel published a letter to President Obama stating that “Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people and is much more than a city.”

In response, 100 Jerusalemites, including many distinguished figures, signed a letter to Wiesel expressing “frustration, even outrage” and protesting his “sentimental abstractions,” “factual errors,” and “false representations.”

Taking Down the Gangs of New York

In the pre-dawn chill of upstate New York, nearly 600 local, state, and federal law enforcement officers assembled at the armory this morning to prepare for one of the area's largest gang takedowns in recent memory.

(NEW YORK) - Indictments were unsealed against 78 members of two violent street gangs—the Bloods and the Latin Kings.

Many of the unsuspecting gang members were about to wake up to SWAT teams, handcuffs, and a variety of federal drug charges.

I Stand by Palestine Forever

I stand by the people of Palestine, because they're real human beings.

(TEHRAN) - In a recent interview which I conducted with the brave Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff, he told me that he has never seen a nation to be as strong and powerful as the Palestinian nation.

I admire his statement. He is right in his position to say that the Palestinians are one of the strongest nations of the world.

Wanted Posters Issued for Alleged Israeli War Criminals

A group in Israel is exposing members of its government charged with war crimes.

(JERUSALEM / SALEM) - By now many already know that a series of wanted posters have been issued to help identify and possibly some day bring to justice, a number of Israeli officials who are suspected of acts of genocide and illegal warfare.

The posters were created and posted by an Israeli human rights group that is maintaining a great deal of anonymity at this point.

A Reflective Voice

I am honored to have walked and listened. Mine is the last generation to physically hear a Holocaust survivor speak.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - On Tuesday I had the distinct opportunity to cover a Clackamas High School Field trip.

Mr. Rob Hadley the Genocide Studies teacher took his ninth graders first, on a tour of the Holocaust Memorial, and then listen to a survivor tell her story.

Israel and Depleted Uranium

The not-so-secret illegal dirty weapon is a hazard to Israel and her enemies.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I have been reading a lot of criticism on Tim’s King's story, "Israel's Declining Sperm Quality Tied to Depleted Uranium Exposure", about the question of Israel using depleted uranium rounds in Lebanon recently, or any other place for that matter.

Boycott Over Immigration Threatens Economy, Jobs:
Welcome to Arizona, Amigo

What do Arizona's Real Estate Agents Think? Arizona, Get Ready to Take it in the Shorts!

(LOS ANGELES) - "Tear Down the Wall" is the chant being heard by increasing numbers of Americans, as the U.S./Mexico border comes increasingly into view as a modern day Berlin Wall.

But nothing, absolutely nothing, has stirred emotions like Arizona's new criminal profiling law.

Fallen Angels, Aliens, and Giants: Truth or Tale?

Sumer was the first advanced civilization of human beings on Earth, before the dynasties of Egypt.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Recently, I watched the movie The Fourth Kind. While I found the film to be thoroughly entertaining, I immediately knew that the producers claims that the film was based on factual events containing footage from actual hypnosis sessions involving the victims and their therapist were false.