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Medical Marijuana Questions & Answers with Dr. Phil Leveque (VIDEO)

The latest round of answers for the myriad questions our viewers submit over the use of legal cannabis.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In our ongoing video series on the legal use of medical marijuana, Dr. Phil Leveque and Bonnie King discuss the person many regard as the first medical marijuana pharmacologist: Queen Victoria of England.

Dr. Leveque explains that the infamous Queen used cannabis throughout her 11 pregnancies. Many women will tell you that marijuana has no equal when it comes to suppressing morning sickness.

Another Blizzard Threatens Flood Victims and Workers (VIDEO)

Despite some good luck, flooding will persist well into next week, displacing residents and changing the lives and routines of many.

(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) - Following a miserably cold weekend, the many workers and volunteers combatting the floodwaters along the Red River and other waterways across the northern Plains may face yet another blizzard early next week.

For the residents and volunteers in Fargo, there is some good news, however.

President Used Marijuana but Mocks & Dismisses Legalization

A former marijuana user; Obama says there will be no quarter for the herb under his reign.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - So... Mr. Obama doesn't think that legalizing cannabis (marijuana) is a good idea and we aren't going to go there? Huh. I can't say as I'm shocked. I will say that I am disappointed.

As a former pot smoker himself, the President should realize that while his pot smoking didn't disqualify him as a candidate for the highest office in the land, a conviction surely would have.

President Obama -- Out of Touch, or A Hypocrite?

When I think about the vast numbers of people who are serving time for nothing more than marijuana possession, and the havoc incarceration wreaks on them, their families, and everyone they will meet in the future, I'm very sad.

(SALEM, Ore.) - On Thursday, March 26th, President Obama hosted an Internet town hall meeting, inviting the public to submit and vote on questions to be asked about the economy.

It was exciting to see that several of the most popular submissions were questioning the economic wisdom of continuing the drug war, and specifically the war on marijuana consumers, in these tough economic times.

The Body Politic: Cutting Meghan McCain Down to Size

Regardless of whether or not McCain makes a serious mark in politics, she is already having an impact on the fight against society's objectification of women.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The personal is political, but does that mean political pundits should critique the size of your thighs rather than your values and actions?

Gresham Economic Summit Focuses on Realizing Opportunity

Keynote speaker and author Ron Pernick will discuss "Clean Tech: Emerging Trends, Opportunities and Challenges.

(GRESHAM, Ore.) - In response to Gresham's rising position as a preferred location for solar manufacturing and clean technology companies, City leaders will convene a Gresham Economic Summit on April 3rd to solicit input from business leaders, stakeholders and partner organizations regarding economic development goals and strategies.

"Gresham is continuing to move forward in this economy to find ways to strengthen and grow our existing manufacturing sector, retain existing family wage jobs, an

Greg Smith Votes to Create Jobs for Oregon`s Youth

Grant Directs Federal Stimulus Dollars to Youth Employment Initiative.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Rep Greg Smith (R-Heppner) today supported a grant request directing federal stimulus dollars to a state program that promotes youth employment on public and private forestlands.

The $6.25 million grant, approved today by the Ways and Means Education Subcommittee, is expected to put 2,000 Oregon youth to work on natural resource conservation and restoration projects.

A Dad`s Point of View

Lessons of a big brother and mentor.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - One of the clichés about volunteerism is the fact that you often get more than you give. In my case, it was in ways and means I least expected.

I’ve just become a Big Brother, again, to a 7-year-old boy and a Mentor to a 22-year-old young man. As these relationships are new, I don’t yet know what lessons I will learn. But, I know well the lessons I learned the first time around.

The Black Market of Abortion in the Arab World

Murder, scandal or women’s rights?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Although relatively widespread in Syria, abortion remains an unspoken secret, brushed under the rug by a conservative society.

Video Released in Confrontation Between Chinese Vessels and USNS Impeccable (VIDEO)

There don't appear to be hard feelings in the high sea antics between the U.S. and the Chinese.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Five Chinese vessels shadowed and in the words of the U.S. Navy, "aggressively maneuver in dangerously close proximity to USNS Impeccable in an apparent coordinated effort to harass the U.S. ocean surveillance ship while it was conducting routine operations in international waters.

Chinese officials say the Impeccable was part of a calculated U.S. surveillance operation in the South China Sea.