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Countering the Republican Ruse

I hope you remember this when the next election rolls around, and that you critically evaluate the candidates and any proposition carefully, and not take any campaign ad at face value. A large number of very wealthy people are counting on you doing just that.

(LOS ANGELES) - If you will honestly listen to what the Republicans have to say, you will begin to see an obvious common thread through all of their positions.

`Pappy Boyington Field` Documentary Film Examines Historic Marine Aviator

The film "Pappy Boyington Field" tells the story of the grass-roots effort by Veterans to honor Pappy in the town of his birth, with a commemorative airfield naming...and it was not without controversy.

(BOISE, Idaho) - Do you remember Pappy Boyington and the Black Sheep? This ultra famous Marine fighter pilot hero and squadron leader, was the subject of the American TV show, "Baa Baa Black Sheep" which was named for the famous VMA-214 'Black Sheep' Squadron.

Close call for Calgarian in Mexican Shooting

Mazatlan’s State Attorney has appointed a special prosecutor to the case.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Calgarian Yves Guay, 52, who has traveled to Mexico by RV with his wife Sharon for the last six years was shot during a scuffle at their RV in the evening of March 4th, when two men tried to force their way in. They were staying at the Las Jaibas Trailer Park in Mazatlan.

He was shot in the upper right leg and the bullet just missed the main artery. He is expected to be released from the hospital over the weekend. He and his wife will fly back to Calgary, and a relative will drive the RV.

Police Impersonator Loose in Oregon

Impersonator takes advantage of Oregon's strange law allowing unmarked police to enforce traffic laws.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon's highly irresponsible decision to use unmarked police cars in traffic enforcement, is opening the door to new, innocent unsuspecting victims.

Police in Portland say Saturday night at approximately 10:55 p.m., a police impersonator in a blue or black Charger, the exact type of vehicle used by Oregon State Police for secret unmarked car traffic enforcement, stopped a driver on a quiet section of Highway 99E between 1st St NE and the Clackamas County Line, at the Pudding River Bridge.

Cannabis / Marijuana and Bad Drug Interactions

Found by searching 'cannabis drug interactions'.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I have interviewed about 6,000 medical marijuana patients and I was totally bamboozled by the extreme variety of drugs that the patients had been given by their previous doctors for their various medical problems.

Biker Club Members Keep Salem Home From Going Up in Smoke

Bikers alert the family and battle flames until firefighters arrived

(SALEM, Ore.) - Local motorcyclists from the Free Soul and Gypsy Joker motorcycle clubs gathering for pizza in Salem Friday night, didn't know that they would end up saving a family from a house fire.

And they definitely didn't expect to be the ones who would actually man the fire hose and evacuate the family. Even with small explosions taking place, these biker firefighters held their ground.

Giving Away the Farm... Sugar Beet Farmers Await Federal Decision on GM Crops

No mistake about it, the toll is high on both sides of the genetic fence.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Planting genetically modified sugar beets has a "significant effect" on the environment, because of "the potential elimination of a farmer's choice to grow non-genetically engineered crops, or a consumer's choice to eat non-genetically engineered food."

Flotilla Sailing from Turkey to Break the Siege of Gaza

The many passenger boats accompanying the cargo ships will carry members of Parliament from countries around the world as well as high-profile journalists and human rights workers.

(ISTANBUL, Turkey) - Yesterday, the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), announced a joint venture, sending 10 boats in the spring of 2010 to the besieged Gaza strip.

Log Truck Strikes and Kills 3 Horses on Highway 211

The investigation is continuing to determine how the horses got off the property where they were before this incident.

(COLTON, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a Friday morning crash that involved three horses being struck and killed while they were on Highway 211 north of Colton.

Police Seek Suspect Who Kidnapped Two Women

UPDATE: The suspect in this case, Paul Winklebleck may be driving a dark green GMC Sonoma pickup with an Oregon license plate of 289EPF. Anyone who sees this vehicle is asked to call Portland Police.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Police Detectives have identified the suspect in a local kidnapping case as 42-year old Paul Evans Winklebleck.