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Oregon News Website Sees Increases on a Global Scale

Salem-News.com existed when 'blogs' were still called 'Web logs' - long before much of what you see today ever hit the Internet.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem-News.com has seen Internet traffic spike in recent weeks, as well as heightened rankings in the U.S. and on a worldwide level, according to Alexa.com.

Salem-News.com now has an Alexa World Traffic Rank of 94,094, and has seen the U.S. Traffic Rank grow to 20,593. Our 5/10 page ranking on Google continues, which is an extremely positive example of what five and a half years of daily news can mean.

Fighting Childhood Obesity in America

When we start with ourselves, our children will catch on very fast.

(NEW YORK) - With more than a third of our children now overweight and many already diabetic, Americans of all political colors should commend the First Lady for her recently-announced campaign against childhood obesity.

But taking on such an enormous problem is going to require a lot more than praise. And it will require more than heart-healthy choices, limited TV, and “opportunities for exercise”—buzzwords that public health experts have been tossing around for years with no apparent effect.

The Canadian Health Care Edge

About 41,000 Canadians a year go south for medical care; a tiny fraction of the millions who stay in Canada.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Danny Williams, conservative Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, is a multi-millionaire who used his wealth to fly to an unknown U.S. location for an unknown cardiac procedure done on February 4.

Home Buyers Have New Option: Paranormal Inspections

“From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night, good Lord, deliver us!” -- A Scottish prayer

(SALEM, Ore.) - Cold spots. Apparitions. Things that go bump in the night.

Some of these things can be explained by creaky floorboards, cracked walls or frisky weather. But what if they can't?

Before buying a home, inspections usually mean checking the foundation, roof and pipes. But, sometimes there is another area of concern, things that are a bit more intangible. When there are questions regarding...the unknown... future homebuyers now have someone to turn to.

`The Palin Truth` Is Not Self Evident

Come on, admit it, Palin is truly ridiculous.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The former Vice Presidential candidate from Alaska and running mate of John McCain, is solidly earning the nickname Sarah "Death Panels" Palin, and she was at it again this weekend according to Jon Vogel, Executive Director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

$800 Taxi Ride Into an Israeli Combat Zone

It was cheaper for me to fly to Turkey one way than to hang around Israel in a taxi for a couple of hours, what gives?

(HAIFA 2006) - This story begins in Haifa, Israel, during the summer of 2006, when I was covering the fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah forces as a freelance news photojournalist.

President Obama Should Stop Home Foreclosures

“We haven’t yet found a way of dealing with this……” -Assistant Treasury Secretary Herbert M. Allison Jr. on home mortgage-loan modifications

(LOS ANGELES) - Early in his term of office, President Obama set the standard by which voters should judge his administration, saying it would be tested by how successful it had been in ending the nation’s economic downturn.

Entertainment Will Not Save Us

In a recent report the New Economics Foundation hit the nail on the head when they said "economic growth no longer possible for rich countries."

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - The ancient Romans were fond of games. So much so that a politician's popularity could hinge on the games that he organized during his tenure as a Curile Aedile, one of the career steps for a man rising in the Roman political establishment.

Leader of Iran Says Islamic Nation Stands Tall in Face of Threats

Iran has blamed the post-election riots on the West — particularly Britain, the United States and Israel — and foreign elements inside the country.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - Ahead of the anniversary ceremonies of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, its Leader said Monday threats against Iran emanate from the enemy's inability to comprehend the divine roots of the Islamic Republic.

Mom of Incarcerated Iraq Vet Speaks Out About PTSD

Mom in Georgia is fighting for all veterans.

(STATHAM, Ga.) - Jamie Keyes in Georgia is fighting for her son, an American combat veteran suffering from PTSD- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Nathan Keyes is currently serving a three-year sentence for an episode that resulted from his PTSD. Jamie is the first to agree that there is no manual for deprogramming a soldier from the horrors of war.