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New Military Charity Promotes `Civilians for Service Members`

Task Force G.I. Concentrates on Creating Military Service Member Opportunity While Addressing Overseas Environment and Educational Needs.

(SEATTLE) - Task Force G.I. is a non-profit Military charity that has been developed for the exclusive benefit of current and future members of the Armed Forces.

The program concentrates on five programs developed specifically to enhance overall overseas deployment environments and further the pursuit of obtaining educational degrees for enlisted members on active duty status with the five branches of service.

The Emotional Abuse of Israeli Advocacy

Most people in Israel who want peace say it's the American Jews and other Diaspora lobbies raising the money for the hate propaganda and the campaigns to elect war criminals in Israel and so on.

(BOSTON) - Gideon Levy a Ha'aretz newspaper reporter recently asked: "If Israelis were so sure of the rightness of their cause, why the violent intolerance they display toward everyone who tries to make a different case?"

In "Survival Instinct or Jewish Paranoia?" my favorite shrink, ex-Israeli Avigail Barbanel writes that, "The implications of seeing the conflict from within the lens of Jewish trauma are very serious.

Can we really negotiate with this? Can we explain to Israelis that their perspective on life and on the conflict is seriously flawed? If we tried will they listen, and do the Palestinians have time to wait until they do?"

Keizer Firefighters Join Stairclimb Event for Fifth Year

The stair climb takes place each year at the Columbia Center Building in Seattle, Washington. At 788 feet in height, it is the tallest building in Seattle and the second tallest building west of the Mississippi river.

(KEIZER, Ore.) - A team of twelve Firefighters from the Keizer Fire District will travel to Seattle, Washington on Sunday, March 8, 2009 to participate in the 18th Annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb.

Fire District Spokesman Jim Trett, says this event, of 1,500 entrants from around the globe, is the largest individual firefighter competition in the world and is a fund raising event for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Police Seek Suspect in Sexual Assault of 3-Year Old Girl

Newberg-Dundee Police request help in locating sexual assault suspect‏

(NEWBERG, Ore.) - Newberg-Dundee Police is asking the public's help in finding a Newberg man, suspected in a sexual assault of a three-year old girl.

Climber Falls at Rocky Butte (PHOTO SERIES)

It's estimated that the man fell approximately 35 feet.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a report of a fallen climber on Rocky Butte today at about 4:00 p.m.

Lt. Allen Oswalt with Portland Fire, says firefighters arrived within a few minutes but had trouble getting an exact location from the caller.

"Rocky Butte has many trails and most are unmarked so locating an injured person is always a challenge. After about 30 minutes firefighters located the victim and began treating his injuries."

Meadow Gold Dairy Recalls Ice Cream

Meadow Gold Dairy Recalls 56 Ounce Scrounds and Round Pints of Herd of Laughter Tin Can Alley Ice Cream Due to Expanded Recall by Peanut Corporation of America‏.

(OREM, Utah) - Meadow Gold Dairy in Orem, Utah is voluntarily recalling 56 ounce scrounds of Meadow Gold Herd of Laughter Tin Can Alley ice cream printed with a "BEST BY" date of January 1, 2008, or later (printed as MM/DD/YY) and a Universal Product Code (UPC) of 041191234805.

Also recalled are round pints of Meadow Gold Herd of Laughter Tin Can Alley ice cream printed with a "BEST BY" date of January 1, 2008, or later (printed as MM-DD-YY) and a Universal Product Code (UPC) of 041191033668.

Give Michael Phelps a Break

A Sheriff in South Carolina Sheriff was quoted in today's LA Times saying, "If someone breaks the law, we have an obligation to investigate and to bring charges."

(SALEM, Ore.) - Sometimes America seems like an animal that devours its young. We send them off to wars that shouldn't have been started in the first place and we attack them over their personal habits.

Israel`s Trauma Psychology and the Attack on Gaza

The very creation of the state of Israel is a reaction to trauma. If you understand the dynamic of trauma and the solutions people try to find for it, you can understand why Israel's existence has always been fraught with trouble

(LONDON) - One of the things that is not being discussed much in the media is how much talk there is in Israel about attacking Iran. Word on the (Israeli) street is that an air attack on Iran's nuclear reactors is imminent.

Wells Farge Calls News Reports About Employees `Misleading`

Wells Fargo Claims that The Associated Press story also misleads readers by implying Wells Fargo used the government's investment to pay for employee events.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - "Today's Associated Press story about Wells Fargo's recognition events is intentionally misleading," the company said in a release sent out to news organizations this afternoon.

Bill Prohibits Sale of `Dangerous and Deceptive` Novelty Lighters

House Democrats and State Fire Marshals to discuss passage of House Bill 2365.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon legislators have targeted the sale of "dangerous and deceptive" novelty and toylike lighters with a bill that will prohibit the items in the state.