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Two Salem Drivers Arrested for Driving 100+ in Two Separate Incidents

Two motorcycle drivers take a back seat ride to the Marion County Jail.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Deputy Ryan Postlewait and his unmarked traffic vehicle were very busy last weekend, making two arrests in one day for Reckless Driving, at high speeds.

In one instance, he was driving eastbound on Quinaby Road NE near Highway 99E. As he approached the intersection he observed a 2008 Suzuki.

Deputy Postlewait watched as the motorcycle drove in the oncoming lane at a high rate of speed and as the driver started to do a ‘wheelie'. The driver continued to travel with the front tire in the air for at least 15 yards.

Injury Crash With Semi-truck Hauling a Flat-bed Trailer Closes Highway 219 for Hours

Officials say the Saturn was traveling faster than was safe for the road.

(HILLSBORO, Ore.) - Washington County Deputies closed Highway 219 south of Hillsboro today after a car crashed into a semi-truck hauling a flat-bed trailer.

Beware the Dementia Demon: Exploiting an Elder

Do not get caught in this trap. The funds you save may be your own.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Once upon a time a highly intelligent lady of 85 met up with a hit-and-run accident while crossing a busy urban street. She became unconscious after being struck and her heart temporarily ceased. It was only after miracle CPR by a passing police officer that breathing resumed.

That was only the start of a tragic tale of events.

Oregon Boat Registration Renewal Reminders Are Coming

When registering online, decals are mailed within 5-7 days

(SALEM, Ore.) - Boaters with registration decals for “08” or “09” on their boat will soon be getting their courtesy registration renewal notice in the mail.

The Marine Board is mailing approximately 102,000 notices on October 30. The notices will include the new $5 surcharge for the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Permit fund in addition to the boat registration fee which is unchanged.

Robotic Elk Decoy To Help Oregon Troopers Bust Poachers

The primary focus of the Division's WED program is to apprehend nighttime or closed season violators.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Poachers beware!

The big elk you thought you shot just might be a decoy donated by the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust to Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division to combat poaching in Oregon.

Suspect Sought in Clackamas Shooting

Clackamas County Sheriff's investigators conducting investigation into shooting incident on SE 85th and Monterey‏.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - A 16-year old boy called Clackamas County dispatchers Sunday evening after being shot, and taking refuge in an apartment in the Monterey Springs apartment complex; which, is located in the immediate vicinity of the reported shooting where multiple rounds were believed to have been fired.

Detective Jim Strovink with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, says the call came in a 6:07 p.m.

WFP Positioning Food in Afghanistan Ahead of Harsh Winter

WFP plans to feed 8.8 million vulnerable people in Afghanistan in 2009.

(KABUL) - The World Food Programme is moving tens of thousands of metric tons of food to remote areas of Afghanistan in preparation for the rapidly approaching winter.

Pre-positioning food before heavy snowfall begins will allow WFP to continue providing desperately needed assistance to vulnerable Afghans during the harsh winter months.

Costly Day for Americans in Afghanistan

Ten Americans killed as helicopter is lost, and four Americans were killed as a result of the mid-air collision.

(KABUL) - The U.S. experienced one of its worst days so far in Afghanistan, losing three helicopters and 14 American servicemen.

Fox News reports that the first incident involved a helicopter that was lost after picking up troops who had been in a firefight/ 10 Americans were killed, among those were seven members of the U.S. military and three civilian employees.

Goldstone Report & The Struggle of the Palestinian People

Address by Ronnie Kasrils* to NADEL (National Association of Democratic Lawyers of South Africa):

(CAPE TOWN) - Justice Richard Goldstone is an internationally respected judge of integrity and credibility.

Sober, reserved, most prim and proper, his reputation has been built on impeccable credentials, but this life-long friend of Israel, a professed Zionist himself, has been vilified by Netenyahu and the Israeli Government.

A Society Beyond The Limit

Our environment is being destroyed to accommodate our increasing population and fixation on growth

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - My first introduction to Donella Meadows was in the mid 1990s after I began publishing The Record in Gold River. I found her columns on the Internet published under the title The Global Citizen, columns that spoke clearly about our environment and our place in it.

She co-authored a study in 1972 titled The Limits To Growth which dealt with problem of a growing world population and a finite resource base, a problem that even today many refuse to acknowledge.