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Pill Mill Doc Case Coming to Trial in Kansas Next Month

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
- Plato (427-347 B.C.)

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Wichita, Kansas newspapers are reporting that the federal trial of a Haysville doctor and his wife on charges of illegally prescribing painkillers has been reset for April 26, 2010.

The trial of Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda Schneider, a Licensed Practical Nurse who worked for him had been scheduled to start this week but lawyers asked for more time to prepare for the trial, which is expected to last two months.

Op Ed: Change Process Shapes Healthcare Despite GOPsters Demands of Democracy Guarantee Delayed- `Right`

Part 2 of 2: On healthcare, America has long lingered ‘way back in the early 1900’s, when famed warrior Theodore Roosevelt first realized the nation must have firm, full, fast, effective, efficient healthcare for every citizen.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Despite all resistance-possible in any democracy, the majority-power for decision must finally drive what is done.

Centuries of development since early emergence of democratic concepts has devolved into a complex process of change, demonstrated down the long, dark halls of history ever since early Roman and Greek days.

Experts: U.S. Agrees to Store Enough Nuclear Waste to Fill Two Yucca Mountains - or Face Billions in Penalties

“Under the Radar”: Outgoing Bush White House Hiked Likely Penalties Borne by Taxpayers By Inking Deals With Over a Dozen Utilities; 170 Groups in All 50 States Release Principles Urging an Upgrade in Spent Reactor Fuel Storage Safety to Withstand Equivalent of “9/11 Attacks.”

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The U.S. already agreed to store enough spent reactor fuel to fill the equivalent of two Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repositories.

U.S. taxpayers would be on the hook for potentially tens of billions of dollars in penalties that would have to be paid to utilities if the 21 proposed reactor projects proceed.

What President Obama Didn`t Say

Dennis Kucinich's story - as told to Mark Warren, from Esquire.com.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The meeting that took place on Air Force One was the fourth in a series of meetings that I had attended with the president in the last few months.

There was a meeting on March 4 where the president called nine members to the Roosevelt Room at the White House, and eight of the members had voted for the bill when it passed the House last fall.

Interfaith Freedom March in West Bank Spreads Message of Peace and Unity

Event Organizer Frank Romano says residents of the area are ready for a durable peace, even those who were not ready a year or two ago.

(WEST BANK / SALEM) - Voices of peace from multiple cultures will be heard during a special upcoming Interfaith Freedom March that will be held Monday, April 12th, 2010, in West Bank.

Good friend of Salem-News.com, Dr. Frank Romano, a noted Author and Attorney, will lead the event as he does several times each year, to exhibit the idea of peace and unity that is possible in this war torn Biblical land.

Snowboarder`s Death on Mt. Hood Under Investigation

Although this death is being investigated as accidental, the exact cause has not been determined.

(MOUNT HOOD, Ore.) - Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Patrol notified the Hood River County Sheriff's office Monday at about 6:30 p.m., that a snowboarder had been found deceased after being reported missing about an hour earlier.

Detective Matt English with the sheriff's office says the snowboarder was later identified as 18-year old Levi Krukowski of Portland.

Driver Arrested Following Fatal Traffic Crash North of Salem

One driver, 58-year old Alan J. Olson of Salem, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers are continuing the investigation into Monday evening's three vehicle fatal traffic crash on Highway 221, two miles north of Salem near milepost 17 in Polk County.

Massive U.S. Job Loss to China Trade
Shown by State and Congressional District

High-Tech Hit Hard; Oregon Loses 38,600 Jobs - 2.4 Million U.S. Jobs Lost Since 2001 as Trade Deficit Soars.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The United States is hemorrhaging millions of jobs as a result of the nation’s growing trade deficit, largely with China, according to a report issued today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

US Health Care Reformed, A Better Bad System

The rabid right may have all the press with their Teabagger shenanigans and hate filled demonstrations, and they may want to lay claim to being the voice of a majority of Americans, but it isn't so.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - The US Congress finally passed a health care bill, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As health care programs go, it holds no candle to the Canadian system or some of the other public systems around the world.

Op Ed: `Exceptionalism` Demonstrated In Healthcare Law
Patience, Perseverance, People-Power Prevail Again

Part 1 of 2: "This is what change looks like."

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Despite desperate dollar-power deployed lavishly to lubricate corporate capture of many key Congressional components, true American exceptionalism was again displayed for all the world to see on Monday in D.C.

"We proved that this government -- a government of the people and by the people -- still works for the people," said Obama on Sunday night when the historic legislation and an accompanying package of fixes were approved on Sunday.