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Good Samaritan Rescues Three from Willamette River

A vehicle on a point of land in the river was quickly overtaken by rain and a rising level.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - Members of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and Dive Rescue Team responded to the Meldrum Bar Park area along the Willamette River today at 3:28 p.m. after being alerted of an occupied vehicle in the water, Sheriff's Office Spokesman Det. Jim Strovink said.

Crash Temporarily Closes Southbound I-5 in Salem

The southbound lanes were completely blocked for about 30 minutes while fire personnel extricated two occupants.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Police say two people received minor injuries Friday morning in a collision between their car and a motorhome southbound Interstate 5 at the Portland Road interchange in Salem.

Shoeless in Cairo

Mary Hughes-Thompson is part of the GFM convoy that has been trying to get into Gaza.

(CAIRO, Egypt) - In about an hour the Gaza Freedom Marchers in Cairo will be meeting in Tahrir Square to celebrate the beginning of 2010. January 1st will be the fifth day of my hunger strike.

It was an eventful and exhilarating day for all of us here in Cairo. This morning we began to arrive in small groups at a couple of locations in downtown Cairo, intending to join and up and begin a solidarity march to Gaza. We didn't expect to get very far.

Book Review: Gaza`s Untold Story

'My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story" (Pluto Press, London, 2010)

(LONDON) - One year on since Israel's criminally-insane war on Gaza, many are still unaware of the roots of the 'conflict' and the plight of the Palestinian people.

Israel would like to have us believe that its latest onslaught was a direct response to resistance rockets or even Hamas's democratic accession to power, forgetting that both of which came into existence as a response to Israeli policies.

Sackler Brothers Ties to Purdue Pharma and Profits

The last chapter of the OxyContin saga has not been written. Despite their assertions to the contrary, Purdue Pharma has not cleaned up their act.

(ASHEVILLE, N.C. ) - An attorney in Texas by the name of Kay L. Van Wey posted an article "Of Money and Mummies" on her blog recently. Ms. Van Wey has become very "educated" on the marketing tactics of Purdue Pharma in pushing OxyContin in an effort to increase their revenue.

Ohio Takes Honors in Rosebowl Game

Oregon’s Pac-10 championship is its third of the ‘00’s. The Ducks shared the crown in 2000 and won an outright title in ‘01. Only USC, with seven conference trophies, had more than UO.

(PASADENA, Calif.) - The 96th Rose Bowl Game features the No. 8 BCS-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes versus the No. 7 BCS-ranked Oregon Ducks in what is being called "The Granddaddy of Them All".

The Rose Bowl Game began today at 2:00 p.m. Ohio State leads the all-time series with Oregon, 7-0. The two teams first met in the 1958 Rose Bowl, won by the Buckeyes, 10-7.

McMinnville Man receives Multiple Stab Wound Injuries

Anyone with information or questions about this incident is asked to call Detective Sherry McCuistion at 503-434-2340.

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - The New Year got off to a violent start in Yamhill County. McMinnville Police officers responded to 932 NE Lafayette Avenue on a stabbing this morning at about 2:54 a.m.

Car Crashes Into House Causing Extensive Damage

There were two people in the house at the time of the crash. They were sleeping toward the back side of the house and were not injured, amazingly.

(HELVETIA, Ore.) - Washington County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a residence on NW Helvetia Road this morning at 7:48 a.m. after a vehicle crashed into a house.

The vehicle crashed through the front living room window. There were no injuries, according to Sgt. Bob Ray with the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Pedestrian Falls into Path of Tri-Met Train

When the victim fell, it appears he landed between the tracks and the platform wall.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Beaverton Police were called out at 1:00 a.m. to an accident at the Sunset Tri-Met Max platform. It was reported a person had fallen onto the tracks and was injured, according to Detective Pam Yazzolino with Beaverton Police.

America: A Nation of `Damned Fools`

Americans have to decide to join the rest of the human race on the planet instead of staying with the pig-headed belief that everyone must fit them.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Book review: The Limits of Power: The end of American Exceptionalism by Andrew J. Bacevich (New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2008)

Calling himself a “conservative Catholic”, Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University and a retired Army colonel. He is the author of four other books, including The New American Militarism: How American are seduced by war.