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Coast Guard Rescues Surfer Near Cannon Beach

The surfer was airlifted and transferred to Ecola State Park.

(INDIAN BEACH, Ore.) - The Coast Guard rescued a surfer who was reported to be in distress today off Indian Beach in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon.

Police Investigate Fatal Traffic Crash on Highway 126E east of Vida

The driver and his small dog crushed by shifting load.

(VIDA, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash this morning that resulted in the death of a Cottage Grove-area man on Highway 126 East about five miles east of Vida.

Driver Rescued From Car Caught in Trees, Over Steep Embankment

Firefighters say the incident could have been worse if the occupant of the vehicle was not wearing his seatbelt.

(MILWAUKIE, Ore.) - A car that went off an embankment today in Milwaukie caught fire as a tow truck driver pulled it back up onto the roadway.

Colombia: 196 families Near Barrancabermeja Displaced Again

"Tell us where we are supposed to go" - Displaced Resident

(VILLA DIGNIDAD, Colombia) - Over the last four months, 196 families have occupied an area called Villa Dignidad on the outskirts of Barrancabermeja in search of better living conditions.

Breaking the Silence Releases New Publication

Can you serve in the occupied territories without getting your hands dirty? Breaking the Silence presents 96 new testimonies by female soldiers about the situation in Occupied Palestine.

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - Breaking the Silence published a new book of testimonies by women who served in Palestine's occupied territories, from the outbreak of the second intifada until now.

Citizens United/Investors Launch Big Push to Make Boards Accountable on Political Contributions

Shareholder Resolutions, SEC Rulemaking and Congress All Seen as Venues to Ensure Full Board Accountability in New Era of Unleashed Political Contributions.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Shareholder organizations and major investors responded to the last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision providing much greater latitude to corporations making campaign contributions.

Don`t Ask, Don`t Tell: Discrimination in a Frontline Dogface`s Foxhole

Medically/scientifically I believe they were born that way and if God loves all his children he should love them also.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I was 21 years old and a college graduate when I volunteered to be drafted into the WWII Army. I really didn’t have to go.

I ended up in a seven private section with 18-year old boys. They were still exuberant boys and I had little in common with them except the Army BS.

VA Vows to Improve Tracking of Military Sexual Trauma Care Following IG`s Findings

Report requested by Akaka finds insufficient monitoring of whether veterans are charged for care that should be free.

(WASHINGTON, D.C) - An Inspector General investigation requested by Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) found that the Department of Veterans Affairs is unable to sufficiently monitor whether veterans are being wrongly charged for care related to military sexual trauma.

God is Neutral

TRUE GOD IS NEUTRAL, not a champion of the Republican Party.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - The confusion surrounding the nature of God is due to the difference between the Universal concept of an unknowable God vs. Christianity‘s “Institutional God”

Deficits, Debt and Demand

Federal government deficits and debt are here to stay.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The Federal Government had a deficit of $1.4 trillion dollars last year and is projected to have a deficit of $1.35 trillion this year.