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Hatfield Presents Results of Latest Agent Orange Research in Vietnam

The information stems from the Fourth Annual U.S. - Viet Nam Bilateral Joint Advisory Committee Meeting on Agent Orange/ Dioxin.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Hatfield and the Government of Viet Nam presented the results of the Comprehensive Assessment of Dioxin Contamination in Da Nang Airport, Viet Nam: Environmental Levels, Human Exposure and Options for Mitigating Impacts study at the fourth annual U.S. - Viet Nam bilateral joint advisory committee meeting on Agent Orange/ dioxin on September 8th, 2009.

Full text of Ahmadinejad`s Speech to the UN General Assembly

Read the words without the interpretative spin from a FOX News anchor.

(NEW YORK) - It took little time for American media pundits to go on the offensive, condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's speech at the UN General Assembly. Debbie Menon with intifada-palestine.com, summed up the immediate political bashing by saying, "The never-ending commentary has begun."

Menon and others who have already read the full text of Ahmadinejad's speech, ask others to read the text and determine whether you find anything outrageous and/or offensive in this particular speech.

Wednesday Newscast on Salem-News.com (VIDEO)

The latest stories from Oregon in our live 7:00 p.m. newscast.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Coming up in tonight's news, an investigator who worked on the Brooke Wilberger case for years comments on her remains being recovered this week. A police pursuit ended in a man's arrest last night. Salem officers say the man they man they arrested for DUII, probably fled over an existing warrant for... you guessed it, DUII.

Police released surveillance footage of a pair who they say robbed a radio shack store in Clackamas County. And Salem's Mayor goes green, getting her ride to lunch today, in a human powered bicycle taxi.

Lubbock, Texas Murder Suspect Arrested in Bend

One of the man's alleged victims is still missing.

(BEND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police and Bend Police Department assisted Lubbock, Texas police in the arrest Wednesday in Bend, Oregon of a murder suspect wanted in connection with the 2006 disappearance and murder of two women.

Lieutenant Gregg Hastings with OSP, says today at approximately 12:00 noon, detectives from the Oregon State Police and Bend Police Department arrested 59-year old Mickey Weldon Patterson outside of a Bend-area residence located at 31 SE Benaiah Circle.

Itafari Foundation; Inspiring the Children of Rwanda (SLIDESHOW)

They want kids to realize their own empowerment to rebuild better lives.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Itafari Foundation is holding a VIRTUAL fundraiser on September 25-27 to raise money for the school we’re building; Kigali Secondary Parents School. For $75 you can buy a BRICK (itafari!) with your name or the name of a loved one on it which will be placed in the school in Rwanda.

Education is the key to ending poverty and hate; it also guides you through a world filled with choices. You can choose to make an extraordinary difference in the world and choose to make a lifelong difference in the life of a child - for $75. It can start slowly with something as simple as a brick.

Ron Noble Talks About Recovery of Murder Victim Brooke Wilberger (VIDEO)

The former Corvallis Police Lieutenant says he is relieved by the recovery of Brooke's remains, calling it bittersweet news.

(SALEM, Ore.) - McMinnville Police Chief Ron Noble was a Corvallis Police Lieutenant when Brooke Wilberger disappeared in May 2004. Her remains were recovered in recent days after a confession from her killer, Joel Courtney. He avoided a death sentence by revealing the location of her remains.

Over the five years of Salem-News.com's existence, the story of Brooke Wilberger has surfaced many times.

Dr. Phil Leveque Comments on Jack Herer`s Recent Heart Attack (VIDEO)

In this video, Doc Leveque talks about his close friend who fights for his life at the time of this writing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Our Dr. Phil Leveque and Hemp Icon Jack Herer, go back a long way. Over the years, along with other noted activists, doctors and attorneys, they have led the movement to legalize cannabis, marijuana, and of course, Hemp.

As of this morning, Jeannie Herer told Salem-News, "Right now we're just waiting for the results of the latest EEG test. He still hasn't woken up."

Benny & Sid Presents The Truant Officer, Chapter 1

You're just a click away from the serialized graphic novel "The Truant Officer", by Glen Bledsoe.

(Your City, USA) - The nightstand next to your bed spills over with dog-eared paperbacks by authors like Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald, and Donald Westlake.

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Salem-News.com Live 7:00 P.M. Newscast for Tuesday (VIDEO)

Video newscast from Tuesday night.

(SALEM, Ore) - Salem-News.com launched live Internet news earlier this month. We are in beta testing phase as we go live weeknights at 7:00 p.m. with news Presenter/Anchor Bonnie King.

This particular program had its share of technical errors. New equipment was brought online and used for the first time, leading to some disappointments and also remedies and answers. The parts of this program that did not air with clarity will be repeated Wednesday.

They`re Out to Get Us! - Israel Distorts the World

The Arab states need to lead the way in getting off the fence and doing something, simply in their own self-interest: otherwise, someday the Israeli bell will toll for them.

(JACKSON, Miss.) - When the dust had settled in Gaza in January 2009 and most of the bodies had been buried, it was predictable that someone in the United Nations would launch an investigation of what had happened.

It was predictable that Israel would refuse to cooperate with that investigation. It was predictable that the investigation would hold Israel (and perhaps Hamas) responsible for assorted transgressions. And that is what happened, resulting in the Goldstone Report.