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FBI Releases 2008 Crime Stats for Oregon and Washington

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-threat, and motor vehicle thefts.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Today, the FBI released its annual Crime in the United States report for American cities. Nationwide, violent crime fell by 1.9%. Property crime was down 0.8%.

Congress/Nuclear Power - Expert: `French Model` for U.S. Reactor `Renaissance` is a Hoax

Leading European Industry Expert says he'll debunk "Myth of French Nuclear Model" for U.S.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Yves Marignac, a leading international consultant on nuclear energy issues and the executive director of the energy information agency WISE-Paris, will challenge the myth of the so-called “French nuclear model” that supposedly could serve as a blueprint for the revival of the embattled industry in the U.S.

Marignac is visiting the United States to meet with federal and state officials, among other groups.

Killer Whales Have a Fighting Chance to Survive...Us

The preponderance of protected stretches of both ocean and coasts gives orcas a boost in their struggle to stay one step ahead of extinction.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dear EarthTalk: How are populations of the world’s orca whales faring these days? Are we still in danger of losing them all in the wild? -- J. Witham, Bangor, ME

Not Too Old for Rock and Roll

Maybe the music has changed, but I don’t think growing up is any different today.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - I just returned from one of the best three-day trip of my parenting life. My son, Will, not yet 16, and two of his female friends and I drove to San Francisco to attend the Outside Lands Music Festival.

It’s an all-day late-into-the-night, music festival on the Polo Fields at Golden Gate Park. There are multiple acts performing simultaneously on several stages throughout the festival grounds.

How Israel`s Nuclear Arsenal Endangers Us All

The focal point for peace in the Middle East should not be those nations that do not have nuclear weapons but the one nation that does.

(TEMPE, Az.) - On September 24th, U.S. President Barack Obama will preside over a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.

In March 2010, Moscow will host a Global Nuclear Summit that the U.S. has agreed to attend.

An American Hero Reprises His Role for the Last Time

The people of Wiltz have never forgotten their beloved American St. Nick and celebrated the arrival of an American Saint Nicholas each year thereafter.

(WILTZ, Luxembourg) - In 1944, Cpl. Richard Brookins was in the right place at the right time to help a city heal after years of Nazi occupation.

2009 marks the 65th anniversary of that event, and Brookins will return one last time to reprise his role as the American St. Nick.

The Power of a Grateful Leader

Lou Gehrig set many records that stood for decades.

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) - Last week a milestone took place that was seven decades in the making. Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees broke Lou Gehrig’s hit record with a single to right field. Gehrig’s record for the most hits by a Yankee player stood at 2,721 for a little more than seventy years.

The Pagan Christ

“The end of Christianity is coming because there is a system undergirding the traditional ‘economy of salvation’ which is more concerned with preserving its own power than exploring the truth.”-Harpur

(CALGARY, Alberta) - BOOK REVIEW:
The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light

Tom Harpur, Author


Hutterites are literalists in that they take the second commandment literally and brook no variations or relaxations. This phenomenon, argues Tom Harpur, is the source of the overwhelming harm that religion inflicts on society.

“Most of the atrocities committed by the Church and its more rabid followers down through the ages have been directly inspired by literalist thinking.

Eugene Woman Hopes Islamic Women`s Ethic`s Course Will Broaden Cultural Understandings

"I'm hoping this course will help disarm the Muslim Community" - Nadia Sindi

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Cultural intolerance of American Muslims does not appear to be waning under the nation's new Presidency, as many activists like Nadia Sindi of Eugene had hoped.

The Council on Islamic Relations, CAIR and other agencies are noting a continuing lack of understanding of one of the world's fastest growing religions in the U.S. Sindi says she hopes an upcoming college class will spread the knowledge and, ultimately, the healing.

Iran Develops Anti-Cruise Missile System

"Today, we are able not only to identify stealth cruise missiles, but also to destroy them" -Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani

(TEHRAN Press-TV) - The sky can no longer hide any cruise missiles -- stealth or conventional -- entering Iranian air space, the commander of Iran's air defense headquarters maintains.

An Iranian general listed ongoing improvements of existing systems, domestic construction of tens of anti-aircraft artillery pieces at a level that is comparable with latest international systems, construction of air defense missiles, and active and passive radars.