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Motorcycle Rider Dies in Crash on I-84 West of Ontario

There were no witnesses to the single-vehicle crash.

(ONTARIO, Ore.) - Police say a 57-year old motorcycle rider died Saturday night in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 84 about three miles east of the Farewell Bend Port of Entry west of Ontario. The victim's name is withheld pending next of kin notification.

Operation Khanjar: Obama Administration Sends in Marines to Increase the Fight in Afghanistan

After several years of war with too few troops and too little national commitment, Marines are taking care of business in Afghanistan.

(HELMAND, Afghanistan) - 4000 Marines landed in Afghanistan a few days ago and officials report that Operation Khanjar or Strike of the Sword is in full swing.

Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade accompanied by around 650 Afghan soldiers, are part of Operation Khanjar, staged on the Helmand River.

Myanmar`s Human Rights Record Matter of `Grave Concern, Says Ban

“Sovereignty, territorial integrity and national unity are legitimate concerns for any government” -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

(RANGOON, Burma) - Myanmar's future must be rooted in respect for human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, voicing his deep disappointment that the South-East Asian nation's Government refused his request to meet with Nobel laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar was one of the first United Nations Member States to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but “unfortunately, that commitment has not been matched in deed,” Mr. Ban said in Yangon, at the end of his two-day visit to the country. “Myanmar's human rights record remains a matter of grave concern.”

Marine Spouse Battles Navy Over Contamination at Naval Base in Japan

Shelly Parulis, wife of a retired Marine Master Sergeant, is engaged in a running battle with the Navy over dioxin and other toxins at NAF Atsugi, Japan.

(ATSUGI, Japan) - No one assigned to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, the home of Carrier Air Wing 5, would have suspected that duty in Japan could exposed them to toxic chemicals, including deadly dioxin, the carcinogen infamously associated with Agent Orange.

Shelly Parulis, a spouse of a retired Marine Master Sergeant who was stationed at Atsugi from 1995 to 1998, and her family suffered the results of toxic exposure and leads the effort to obtain compensation and health benefits for Atsugi veterans, dependents ad civilian workers.

American Forces Continue to Imprison Reuters Photographer in Iraq

Advocates say Ibrahim Jassam's detention is illegal as the Iraqi central criminal court dismissed all charges against him last November.

(BAGHDAD, Iraq) - As US forces continue to withdraw from Iraq, a Reuters photographer remains detained despite court order, the group FreeDetainees.org says.

They report that as the US troops withdraw from Iraqi cities, many questions remain about the people still being held by the American military.

Oregon Highway 18 Blocked Due to Injury Crash

The often busy coastal route closes down on one of the biggest tourism days of the year.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon State Police say they are on the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on Highway 18 just west of Van Duzer Corridor.

The wreck near milepost 8 has temporarily closed the Corridor as emergency crews, police and other crash responders make their way to the scene.

Highway 18 is a mostly rural highway that spans from the Willamette Valley in McMinnville, to the coastal town of Lincoln City and other points north and south.

Father and Son Found Dead From Traumatic Injuries in McMinnville

McMinnville Police Officers Investigating two males found deceased in apartment‏.

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - Police in McMinnville are investigating the deaths of two men, a father and son, whose bodies were found this morning at about 10:30 a.m.

Captain Dennis Marks with McMinnville PD, says Officers responded to the report of the two deceased males at 915 SW Cozine Lane #16. Upon arrival, they found 59-year old Thomas D Marshall and his son, 22-year old Sean T Marshall deceased from obvious traumatic injuries.

Oregon Guard Prepares for Iraq Deployment (VIDEO)

A large percentage of these "citizen soldiers" comprising this Tigard, Oregon based National Guard unit, are highly experienced and decorated combat veterans.

(FORT STEWART Ga.) - Oregon National Guard soldiers with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team were honored during a special sendoff ceremony Friday in Fort Stewart Georgia.
The roughly 3,500 41st IBCT Oregon soldiers are preparing to spend about a year in Iraq, where the U.S. presence is quickly drawing back after the recent July 1st deadline to vacate Iraq's major cities.

Give Meaning Back to Independence Day

If you believe in democracy, we need freedom of the press. Support it with your modest amounts—tens and twenties or more if you can afford it—and know that you’re doing something for the world in which your children will live.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - We all know what self-censorship is. On a daily basis we routinely censor ourselves knowing that we should not say certain things to co-workers, friends, or family, just to keep relationships running smoothly (or, often, to keep our job). It’s not, in principle, a bad thing to do even though it’s sometimes just a way to put off unpleasant things until the future.

Tylenol, Liver Destruction & Death

I have heard that the drug manufactures lobby to congress is very strong and very generous with its money (bribes??). Did Vioxx, FDA approved, cause several thousand deaths??

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The FDA has the most miserable record of monitoring for safe and unsafe medicines in the world. Vioxx and thalidomide come to mind but they also approved tobacco (as being harmless???).

The lethal toxicity of Tylenol has been known since at least 1975 when it appeared in the most prominent Pharmacology book by Goodman & Gilman. The Chinese took note of this and it has been illegal to import Tylenol into China for many years.