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Two Young Veterans Walk and Bike Across Country with a Message of Peace

The men plan to cover roughly 600 more miles, passing through one more state, reaching San Francisco by the beginning of November.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Armed with only bikes and packs containing essentials and items to document their journey, Josh Stieber and John Conor Curran are on the move.

The Iraq War veterans are traveling across the country on foot and bicycles, spreading a message of peace on what they call the “Contagious Love Experiment”.

A Life-Shrinkers Roll-Call

The world is not what we see, but what we are taught to see and what we believe it to be.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Despite the fact that about a third of Americans don’t believe in evolution, we and they still live in a world dominated by science. In 1962 Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India said:

“It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste or a rich country inhabited by starving people..."

Dick`s Sporting Goods Announces Six New Store Openings in Oregon

Country’s Largest Sporting Goods Retailer Enters Salem Market.

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc., the country’s largest sporting goods retailer, announced today the opening of six new stores in the Oregon area, including the new Salem location.

This store, which is set to open on November 8, 2009, will mark DICK’S Sporting Goods’ first entry into the Oregon market.

Construction Employment Declines in 49 States

Figures from September compared to last year as industry awaits stimulus, recovery.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Nevada and Arizona Experience Largest Declines and 41 States Experience Double-Digit Job Losses; Only Louisiana Adds Construction Jobs During the Past Year

Construction employment again declined in large numbers in all but one state this September compared to last year according to an analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released today by the federal government.

Why Sex With a Partner is Better

Oregon research shows why a mate provides an evolutionary advantage over self-fertilization.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - OK, it takes two for human reproduction, and now it seems that plants and animals that can rely on either a partner or go alone by self-fertilization give their offspring a better chance for longer lives when they opt for a mate.

That's the conclusion gleaned from more than 100 mini-evolution experiments involving nematode worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) at the University of Oregon.

Benny & Sid presents Chapter 5 of the serialized graphic novel The Truant Officer

(Your City, USA) - There are days when not only does your "best" not work, it doesn't even convince yourself. You wonder why you're going through the motions. You wonder why they cut you a check once a month. You wonder why anybody smiles at you and wishes you a good morning.

If every day were like that you'd find something else to do. Something a little more rewarding like vacuuming car interiors at the local car wash or selling Hoovers door-to-door.

Pacific City Man Arrested for Murder in Missing Albany Fisherman Case

John Curtis Adkins has been missing since last July.

(PACIFIC CITY, Ore.) - A Pacific City man is under arrest on Murder charges. Police say the arrest is connected to the disappearance of an Albany man missing since last July, who was the owner of a 47' fishing vessel.

The suspect was arrested in Oregon and is pending extradition to Washington State for arraignment related to the murder of 53-year old John Curtiss Adkins.

My Name is Rachel Corrie at OSU this Week

Learn the story of a young woman whose life was cut short by the Israeli Defense Force.

(CORVALLIS, Ore.) - A play at OSU, My Name is Rachel Corrie, tells the story of this student at Evergreen State College in Olympia who went to Gaza to work for Palestinian human rights. Tragically, she was killed while in Gaza.

A bulldozer manufactured in the U.S. driven by an Israeli soldier was driven over the top of Rachel causing mortal injuries.

US Republicans Side With Halliburton/KBR Against Gang-Raped Woman

American woman gang-raped by fellow US contractors in Iraq wins rights despite Republican opposition.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A federal appeals court has ruled a woman who says she was gang-raped by co-workers of the war contractor KBR can pursue her case in open court.

The three-judge panel rejected KBR’s attempt to have the case handled in private arbitration instead of a courtroom.

Stolen Patriotism: the Phony `Resistance Movement` Uncloaked

Patriot groups unmasked actually front groups for the "Thieving Financial Elitists"

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - Friends, some former Ron Paul supporters are now being courted by "radicals" stressing a new revolution of working class Americans against Obama and his big business supporters.

www.resistnet.org is one of their biggest voices. In truth, our heroic gun totin' woodsmen are actually following Washington DC public relations firm Shirley & Bannister public affairs, a front group for the Bush family and the insurance industry.