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Flatbed Trailer Flips and Spills Jersey Barriers on Interstate 5 in Salem (PHOTOS)

The driver was not injured and there were no other vehicles involved.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Salem area were closed for about 30 minutes Sunday afternoon when a commercial trailer flipped onto its side spilling its load of jersey barriers across the freeway.

Oregon State Police say around 11:50 a.m. a commercial truck was pulling two flatbed trailers loaded with jersey barriers was operated by northbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 256.

Overturned Semi Blocks Freeway in Salem

Motorists should take side streets through Salem.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon State Police say an overturned semi-trailer loaded with jersey barriers has most of the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 blocked in the Salem area.

The crash is near milepost 256.

Expect travel delays through this area until the vehicle and load have been removed.

Op Ed: Healthcare Reform
Demonstrates Power
Of Honest Dialog

Obama Sensitivity Overcomes Bad Government Image.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Did YOU watch President Obama confront head-on the major, most slippery problem/issue facing his new Administration -- HEALTHCARE ?

I did --then watched-again on replay, to “see with own eyes” open, honest, democratic dialog destroying the myth about failure of government, always, on ANYthing. This first-of-a-series by our new President was a truly unheard-of spectacle “on-air/from D.C.”.

Colombia Protests Against Unlawful Killings by Security Forces

All the warring parties are responsible for systematic and widespread human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law.

(BOGOTA, Colombia) - Demonstrations were taking place in Bogotá and other Colombian cities on Friday, focused on the on-going problem of unlawful killings by the security forces.

Men Need Support Too

Resources can help men identify what is important, make clear declarations, and establish principles to live by.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - Do men really have good support? When a man reaches a certain age and he’s depressed, he’s struggling with his place in the world, he’s going through a divorce, etc.etc., where can he turn? Add into the mix that he’s a single Dad and has no immediate family around and you have me, a few years ago.

I was blessed to find a circle of men, when I first got separated, that supported and guided me through the horrible ups and downs that followed.

Women’s Conference Leaves Liberians Out in the Cold

It seems the slum-dwelling women of Monrovia will have little to celebrate on International Women’s Day today.

(MONROVIA, Liberia) - Slums were bulldozed for an international conference on women in the Liberian capital Monrovia.

Hundreds were told to move out of their homes of over 30 years with only minutes to remove their belongings before bulldozers flattened them.

Israel`s Military Supplies to India

Alliances between nations are getting harder to track, and they have certainly changed since the end of the Cold War.

(TORNOTO, Canada) - India's main supplier of advanced military hardware is Israel. In the 1990s India took a major decision to procure arms from Israel after its much-touted Defense Research and Development Organization failed to develop any high-end weapons systems.

To keep abreast of its neighbors, from 1965 till 1997 India purchased weapons from the Soviet Union, and later Russia - the preferred choice for the last 40 years as its weapons were cheap, reliable, rugged and direct copies of advanced weapons in the West.

Why 10,000 Ugandans Eagerly Serve in Iraq

Thousands of men and women from poverty-stricken Uganda risk their lives for $600 a month in Iraq.

(KAMPALA, Uganda) - Under a relentless equatorial sun and the gaze of her Zimbabwean instructor, Juliet Kituye quickly reassembles her AK-47. Next to her, a young man in a ripped red T-shirt discharges imaginary rounds at an invisible target.

On a disused soccer pitch in the suburbs of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, 300 hopefuls are being put through rudimentary firearms training.

Man Killed by Deputies Serving Marijuana-Related Warrant Identified

A warrant for pot charges served at 10:30 p.m. on the rural Mulino home of two senior citizens led to the police shooting of one.

(CANBY, Ore.) - Three days have passed since a man was shot to death by deputies in Canby over marijuana related arrest warrants.

Two Women Among U.S. Combat Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan

Casualties in this report include soldiers and one Marine who were killed in the past eight days.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For hundreds of years the United States refused to allow women into combat roles.

Many people historically believed that is was wrong to disallow women from combat. Today women die in battle with sometimes the same frequency as men.